The Oscars in Retrospect: 2005 Best Animated Feature

2005 was one of the weakest years in animation that I’ve lived through, and not just in terms of the number of films submitted for the award. There was no Pixar film, so for Disney their biggest hope in the category was Chicken Little. The year was so weak that many thought it had a chance despite it’s weak animation and just general unpleasantness. They same goes for Valiant, which got a release here for being Disney’s first co-production with China.