Well, no terrible movies on the best feature list, and two that are way above average (in my opinion: Ratatouille and Persepolis), but, garsh, is there a reason - other than that it's a popularity contest - that Paprika is ignored in favor of the mediocre Bee Movie? And does this mean the same slight will probably happen come Oscar time?

And what about the short that ran before Ratatouille, which is probably funnier than almost anything else on the list?

Also: That Annies list page on their web site has a typo, it's Creature Comforts America not Creative Comforts America, from Aardman.

Paprika was eligible for Oscar last year, and thus won't be this year.

That scurrying sound you hear is that of Oscar prognosticators erasing Beowulf from their predictions list. Nope, motion-capture is still not actual animation.

Hm, but according to the Annies rules, at least, it should've been considered for this year's Annies...
" Entries submitted for consideration must be from productions that first publicly aired, or were exhibited in an animation festival or were commercially released in the United States between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007."

Its official US release was in June, no? Ah well. Not worth my getting all animated about it, I suppose.

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I can't believe Madame Tutli-Putli isn't even mentioned.