Oscar 2014 Nominations: 9 Big Surprises (And 1 We Should Have Seen Coming)
8. Monsters University Misses Out On Best Animated Feature
Mike and Sulley have to be the unluckiest of all of Pixar's heroes. When the Academy created the Best Animated Picture category for the 2002 Oscars it was assumed it was just there purely to honour Pixar, who in the past six years had taken cinema by storm. And yet the masterpiece factory missed out in the awards inaugural year to on-again-off-again rivals Dreamworks and their Disney-mocking Shrek. That loss still doesnt make sense, but Pixar subsequently made a point of winning the award every year since (bar two). Well that numbers about to become three, as the studios latest, Monsters University has missed out on even a nomination in a category that is filled to capacity. MU may not be quite matching its predecessor, but to suggest it wasnt in the top five animations of the year is frankly ridiculous. Why the lightweight Despicable Me 2, surely only there based on box office, and The Croods, a dire Dreamworks attempt, are there instead makes no sense. Things weren't brighter in the Animated Short category, where The Blue Umbrella failed to even make the longlist.
