Originally Posted by TravisR
Since animated movies have gained some more respect over the last couple years, I think the animated category should be abolished and the voters should treat animated movies like every other movie. Toy Story 3 is a better movie than what ended up winning the Oscar but it never had a chance of winning since many see it as just a cartoon and not a 'real' movie.
That may be, but get rid of the animated category, and cartoons will never get any recognition. The Oscars have already slpit up some genres, they should keep them split:
Best Picture: Live action fiction/reenactment
Best Documentary: Live action fact
Best Animation: Cartoons
They should keep them completely separate, then create the "Ultimate Picture" and have it be between the three winners of the above categories. To ensure no politics, the winner of the "Ultimate Picture" would be decided by a hamster race in which the director of each film can pick their hamster from a pool of 18 hamsters, and that 5 minute final race would be more entertaining then the preceding 6 hours of Oscar coverage, MARK MY WORDS!