Sunday 11 December 2011

Comparing "Best Animated Picture" Nominees From the Past

With the website "Rotten Tomatoes" at my side, we can tell whether a film that won Best animated film in the past really deserved to win over it's competitors, and since Oscar season is rolling around soon, and you can't do all that comparing by yourself, I made this post to help you out. So, here are critics ratings of past films nominated for Best Animated picture:

2001:
Winner:
Shrek: 89% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: 75% of Critics liked it.
Monsters, Inc.: 95% of Critics liked it.

2002:
Winner:
Spirited Away: 97% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Ice Age: 77% of Critics liked it.
Lilo & Stitch: 86% of Critics liked it.
Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron: 69% of Critics liked it.
Treasure Planet: 70% of Critics liked it.

2003:
Winner:
Finding Nemo: 98% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Brother Bear: 38% of Critics liked it.
The Triplets of Belleville: 94% of Critics liked it.

2004:
Winner:
The Incredibles: 97% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Shark Tale: 36% of Critics liked it.
Shrek 2: 89% of Critics liked it.

2005:
Winner:
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: 95% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Corpse Bride: 84% of Critics liked it.
Howl's Moving Castle: 86% of Critics liked it.

2006:
Winner:
Happy Feet: 75% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Cars: 74% of Critics liked it.
Monster House: 74% of Critics liked it.

2007:
Winner:
Ratatouille: 96% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Persepolis: 97% of Critics liked it.
Surfs Up: 77% of Critics liked it.

2008:
Winner:
Wall-E: 96% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Bolt: 88% of Critics liked it.
Kung Fu Panda: 88% of Critics liked it.

2009:
Winner:
Up: 98% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
Coraline: 90% of Critics liked it.
Fantastic Mr. Fox: 93% of Critics liked it.
The Princess and the Frog: 84% of Critics liked it.
The Secret of Kells: 91% of Critics liked it.

2010:
Winner:
Toy Story 3: 99% of Critics liked it.
Nominees:
How to Train your Dragon: 98% of Critics liked it.
The Illusionist: 90% of Critics liked it.

Final Verdicts:
Best Animated Picture Over The Years: Toy Story 3 (2010)
Worst Animated Picture of the Listed: Shark Tale (2004)
Best Year For Animation of the Listed: 2009
Worst Year For Animation of the Listed: 2006
Best Animated Film Not to Win: How to Train your Dragon (2010)
Worst Animated Film to Win: Happy Feet (2006)

I hope you enjoyed these statistics, and more reviews to come!

2 comments:

  1. really interesting post Mr. Bookover11 :P i love Toy Story 3 but i would prefer Spirited Away over everything .... (not over Up or WALL.E ofcourse) but yeah agree with ur final verdict.

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  2. Thanks! :) And yeah, Toy Story 3 and Wall-E were awesome, but I haven't seen Up in a while and never seen Spirited Away ever! :P I'll try to watch them soon though.

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