Animated Oscar Shorts

The Danish Poet - 72 (Torill Kove, Canada/Norway)

This was warm and touching and pretty wonderful. And as an added bonus, the narration is by Liv Ullman. 72 may be a little bit low. Chance Of Winning: 33%

Lifted - no rating (Gary Rydstrom)

Pixar would not allow this to be shown with the other short films. Boo! Chance Of Winning: 33%

The Little Matchgirl - 40 (Roger Allers and Don Hahn)

If you know the story, then you know what happens. Nothing special at all. And Disney people will vote for Lifted, so Chance Of Winning: 0%

Maestro - 49 (Geza M. Toth, Hungary)

This was mostly very boring, but the ending pretty well brought the house down. I think that they were just happy that something finally happened.

No Time For Nuts - 52 (Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier)

My least favorite parts of Ice Age were the parts with the stupid squirrel, so of course, I have been tortured with short after short featuring that damn thing. This was probably the best one of those, but that isn't saying much. The title sucks. Chance Of Winning: 33%

SPECIAL UPDATE:
OK, I have now seen both EW and that dweeb Tom O'Neil have picked The Little Matchgirl. I don't see how that could happen, but they have watched them too and have somehow come to that conclusion. So maybe it has more than a 0% chance of winning.


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