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I don't know about you, but when a separate Oscar category for Best Animated Feature was inaugurated, I welcomed it as a chance to open audiences up to the rich world of cartoons, CGI and stop-motion that exists outside of the usual Disney/DreamWorks axis of evil. (Plus, I like to think that advancements in animation will mean fewer live-action cinema - meaning fewer borderline-psycho actors would be employed in our midst - and that can't be a bad thing). So, perhaps thanks to the Academy, more viewers are turned on to stuff like SONG OF THE SEA and the output of Studio Ghibli than would have been otherwise.Still, there are still some major animated features that take some time to get here. I'm still curious about FELIDAE, the German cartoon based on a best-selling thriller novel (that never broke big with American readers) about a cat version of Sherlock Holmes...
Wait a minute! Didn't I just write this same exact lead for a previous review? Well, yes. I've got two movies in a row in which it's applicable. Plus this is a bad economy, it's cold and dark, it's dispiriting in Cleveland, and I just couldn't up with anything more original. What are you going to do, garnish my Cleveland Movie Blog wages? Good luck.
