No Oscars For Highest Quality? Again ?

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2011)

I watched this and "Toy Story 3" out of curiosity and to stay well informed, without any expectations of an actual high quality material. Imagine my surprise when my eyes remained glued to the screen and how soon I forgot the plastic-looking faces of some characters (common problem with with today's 3D animation attempts).
This film has just about the strongest (and even layered) story seen in animated features in decades and transcends the basic (kid) audience in every aspect. Not to mention impeccable animation, flight scenes and black "dragon" close ups in particular. Think "Avatar" meets "E.T." but with some decent character development as well. In comparison the "Toy Story 3" is just an infantile plastic to the last shot unless you are bellow certain age.
It's a sorry state of Oscar affairs in the Animated Feature category when a forgettable flick like "Toy Story" gets declared "better" than this masterpiece. Whether it was just a stupid bow to the highest box office number, old grudges or a refusal of a film with some intellectual and emotional depth will remain a mystery.
This film will remain a highly respected work decades from now when "Toy Story" is long forgotten even by those who were young enough to swallow it initially.