The bloggers over at Vulture must have drunk the Kool-Aid. Or maybe they just LOVE Andrew Stanton. But their not-so-hidden agenda to stump for Wall-E's Oscar nom is getting the best of their senses. Lane Brown has been closely following Wall-E's Oscar future for some time. Then it started getting heated when Jessica Coen became annoyed at EW's Dave Karger for not predicting a nomination. Then it somehow morphed into the hottest film story of the month. Jan. 2 Brown writes a headline: "Jeffrey Wells Finally Relents, Predicts a Best-Picture Nomination for Wall-E." Then yesterday two posts: one claiming Wall-E's EVE had a single vote to be considered for a nomination and then later that Wall-E's director, Andrew Stanton, was snubbed by the Directors Guild. Then more on the subject today.
Come on, guys, it's not that important that this animated feature be recognized with an Oscar. And anyway, it was only the first 15 minutes that you even loved. The rest of the film was not even that interesting. We don't usually get involved in such prognostications and battles for the right to get one of those gold statuettes. Leave that to the fat cats and their expensive marketing campaigns. And anyway, as will be revealed tomorrow in Armond White's "Better-Than List," he thinks Stephen Chow's CJ7 was better than Wall-E anyway. So Vulture pack, just give it a rest.
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