Awards judges don’t quite seem to know what to do with the flood of 3D movies this year. So far there is no consensus and little consistency except the near-unanimous recognition of Disney’s “Up” in some form.
“Avatar’s” Golden Globe nomination today for Best Motion Picture – Drama may mark the first time a 3D movie has been so honored.
The biggest 3D movie of the year thus far, “Up,” was one of three 3D movies nominated in the category of Best Animated Feature Film, along with Sony’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and Universal’s “Coraline.” Those same three animated 3D movies were nominated earlier for Annie Awards.
Meanwhile, the American Film Institute recognized “Up” as one of its ten best films of the year but snubbed “Avatar” while including the far lower-profile “Coraline.”
“Up” was the only film recognized as one of the ten best films of 2009 by The National Film Board of Review.
In an unusual situation created by the not-yet-fully-formed 3D market, on the home front the only nominated film that can be viewed in 3D is “Coraline,” which Universal released in the TrioScopics anaglyph 3D process in full HD on Blu-ray.
Disney/Pixar and Sony do not release their major theatrical films in 3D on disc yet, awaiting the industry’s new home 3D specifications to be finalized and formally announced (any day now) and for 3D players and 3D TVs with those new specs to come to the market beginning in 2010.