The movie didn't get nominated.

[CastletonSnob 3,025]

The other night at the Oscars, the MLP Movie didn't even get nominated for an award. Can you believe that? Yet Boss Baby did. Surely, the MLP Movie was at least more deserving of a nomination than that movie. 

[SDP40F amtrak 2,441]

I guess it wasn't successful it was good movie but I don't think get popular I think people think it wasn't good enough

[Vocal Analyst 665]

Hasbro didn't submit the film for nomination... which explains it's absence in categories it could've stood a chance in. It could've gotten nominated in Animated Feature over The Boss Baby for sure, but considering Mary And The Witches Flower, Your Name, A Silent Voice AND In This Corner Of The World didn't get nominated despite being better than Boss Baby speaks volumes.

I am aggrieved that none of its musical numbers or score didn't get anything because they deserved something... hell even The Annie Awards didn't consider the film due to Hasbro's decision and it's disheartening. Oh well, it happens, so I can't complain much more.

[Jeric 46,834]

26 minutes ago, VG_Addict said:

The other night at the Oscars, the MLP Movie didn't even get nominated for an award. Can you believe that? Yet Boss Baby did. Surely, the MLP Movie was at least more deserving of a nomination than that movie. 

I certainly believe it. Do you know what the probability of winning the lottery is? How about winning the same lottery if you don't even buy a ticket? 

Hasbro didn't even submit the film for consideration and put it up. Dude, they have no chance of winning since they didn't even participate in the nomination process.

 

[CastletonSnob 3,025]

2 minutes ago, Jeric said:

I certainly believe it. Do you know what the probability of winning the lottery is? How about winning the same lottery if you don't even buy a ticket? 

Hasbro didn't even submit the film for consideration and put it up. Dude, they have no chance of winning since they didn't even participate in the nomination process.

 

OK, but what if they did submit it for consideration?

[Jeric 46,834]

3 minutes ago, VG_Addict said:

OK, but what if they did submit it for consideration?

Then ... who knows? Hard to prognosticate with the absence of action. Maybe they get nominated, maybe it doesn't. It certainly wasn't going to beat Coco, that's for sure. 

[Denim&Venöm 16,464]

The Oscars have a particular disdain for any animation that isn't CGI. Unless your last name is miyazaki, critics won't give your film a passing glance. 

The mlp film was good, but it wasn't that good. Plenty of arguibly better films also got snubbed. I don't think the film would've stood a chance. 

[Pr0m4NV14 837]

 

9 minutes ago, Denim&Venom said:

The Oscars have a particular disdain for any animation that isn't CGI. Unless your last name is miyazaki, critics won't give your film a passing glance. 

The mlp film was good, but it wasn't that good. Plenty of arguibly better films also got snubbed. I don't think the film would've stood a chance. 

But isn’t using an animation program technically CGI? 

[KH7672 1,604]

1 hour ago, Vocal Analyst said:

I am aggrieved that none of its musical numbers or score didn't get anything because they deserved something... .

I know what song plenty of people thought should have been nominated and the irony only intesified when it was Emily Blunt announcing the award for "Best Song"

[Tacodidra 59,781]

1 hour ago, Jeric said:

I certainly believe it. Do you know what the probability of winning the lottery is? How about winning the same lottery if you don't even buy a ticket? 

Hasbro didn't even submit the film for consideration and put it up. Dude, they have no chance of winning since they didn't even participate in the nomination process.

It seems silly to me that a film has to be submitted for it to be eligible. If it has been shown in theaters and meets the rest of the eligibility criteria, surely that should be enough, as long as the Academy wants to nominate it. Not that it really matters, as pretty much all films with a chance of winning will be submitted anyway, but still...

Edited March 8, 2018 by Tacodidra

[Denim&Venöm 16,464]

2 hours ago, Pr0m4NV14 said:

 

But isn’t using an animation program technically CGI? 

Not if it still resembles a hand drawn work in any way. 

[The Kaeya Simp 13,953]

Sadly many people wouldn't give it a chance because it was a My Little Pony movie (even though my non-brony family really liked the movie) even though it was a good movie.

So it couldn't get popular enough for a nomination.

Which is a shame, I think if it was a transformers movie with the same story line and script, it would've been nominated.

[Miss 6,211]

7 hours ago, Vocal Analyst said:

Hasbro didn't submit the film for nomination... which explains it's absence in categories it could've stood a chance in. It could've gotten nominated in Animated Feature over The Boss Baby for sure, but considering Mary And The Witches Flower, Your Name, A Silent Voice AND In This Corner Of The World didn't get nominated despite being better than Boss Baby speaks volumes.

I am aggrieved that none of its musical numbers or score didn't get anything because they deserved something... hell even The Annie Awards didn't consider the film due to Hasbro's decision and it's disheartening. Oh well, it happens, so I can't complain much more.

I pretty sure it was Lionsgate that didn't submit it for consideration, not Hasbro. 

[Concerned Bystander 2,901]

Academy awards don't mean a darn thing, and the ceremony itself is nothing but an opportunity for the hollywood crowd to pat each each other on the back and stretch their acting skills to the limits by pretending to care about whatever the hot button topic of the day is.  The MLP movie was good, and even if it had been submitted and recognised by that nest of hypocrites it would ultimately not change anything.

[Megas 27,052]

I mean Coco was there, so it's not like it was gonna get a fair chance anyway. At this point it's a participation award for Disney/Pixar. 

And even then, it still has the stigma of well, being My Little Pony

Edited March 8, 2018 by Alvin Yakitori

[Ganondorf8 11,118]

I'm guessing that Hasbro didn't think the movie was worth submitting it to be nominated so they opted not to do so. Had it been nominated however, I don't think it would've stood a chance against the likes of Coco.

[Jeric 46,834]

2 hours ago, Misscellanio said:

I pretty sure it was Lionsgate that didn't submit it for consideration, not Hasbro. 

Both. Submissions must be sent by the film's Producer (Hasbro Studios employee) or the representative of the distributor (Lionsgate). That's the AMPAS rule found in their Rules and Eligibility document. 

Either/Or can submit. Neither did. 

[Vocal Analyst 665]

2 hours ago, Misscellanio said:

I pretty sure it was Lionsgate that didn't submit it for consideration, not Hasbro. 

Indeed it was, but the point remains the same.

[Jeric 46,834]

8 hours ago, Tacodidra said:

It seems silly to me that a film has to be submitted for it to be eligible. If it has been shown in theaters and meets the rest of the eligibility criteria, surely that should be enough, as long as the Academy wants to nominate it. Not that it really matters, as pretty much all films with a chance of winning will be submitted anyway, but still...

It speaks to the entire purpose of the Oscars. The entire reason for the awards ceremony has nothing to do with the audience. It's about the industry recognizing those in the industry. It isn't meant to be a general audience awards show. 

[The_Gobo 36,257]

Some day people will learn that the oscars aren't about quality :V

 

[Jeric 46,834]

3 minutes ago, Vocal Analyst said:

Indeed it was, but the point remains the same.

No, you were right ... it's usually the executive producer that makes the call on submitting. That would have been Meghan McCarthy. 

[Drunkfrank 1,125]

Who cares honestly? It is just an awards show, the movie was successful enough to be a profit for Hasbro and we got a really fun MLP 4 parter (kinda)

[Rhythm Red 6,484]

First off, the movie wasn’t even submitted, as others have said. Second off, Coco exists. So, yeah.

[RDDash 18,848]

Does Hasbro even have enough bribe money for Oscar critics even consider to look at it? Also, and most importantly does MLP movie does have enough strong female characters that don't need rescuing?

[PinkiePie97 913]

As others have said, Hasbro or Lionsgate (not sure who's responsible for  submitting it) didn't even submit it for consideration. Also, I don't care if The Boss Baby was nominated or not.