Academy Awards

I am not that bent out of shape that The Passion of the Christ didn't get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, although I think the day will come when the award to whichever picture wins will look like a shallow cop-out, while The Passion will, over time, become legendary and classic. The fact that Christ does not appeal to the popular mind is, well, an obvious fact that has been true from the beginning.

One thing I noted, however, is this. The five Best Picture nominees are

"The Aviator"
"Finding Neverland"
"Million Dollar Baby"
"Ray"
"Sideways"

Meanwhile, the nominees for best animated film feature are

"The Incredibles"
"Shark Tale"
"Shrek 2"

Maybe it's me because I have small kids, but aren't the animated films self-evidently better movies than the non-animated films?