Well, if anyone really had any doubt that The Incredibles was going to take the Oscar for best animated film (and really, it should be nominated for BEST PICTURE!), those doubts should now all be laid to rest.
Sunday, the 32nd annual Annie Awards were given out, and The Incredibles swept the show. The good folks at the USA Today gives us this run down:
It was an incredible night for The Incredibles. The Pixar Animation Studios film about a family of superheros who save the day swept the 32nd annual Annie Awards on Sunday, winning top honors for best animated feature, best directing and best voice acting for Brad Bird, the film’s director who voiced the diminutive seamstress Edna Mode.
The Annie Awards are presented by the International Animated Film Society to honor outstanding animation in television and film. Winners, including last year’s Finding Nemo, have typically gone on to win the Academy Award for best animated feature. The film was distributed by The Walt Disney Co.
In the voice acting category, Bird beat Antonio Banderas, who provided the voice for Puss in Boots in the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek 2. He also edged out Samuel L. Jackson, who was nominated for his voicing of the cool superhero Frozone in The Incredibles.
This is going to be the easiest pick in my Oscar pool this year.
