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The Secret of Kells

My quest to see all the Oscar-nominated animated features from 2009 has ended.

In-Flight Movie

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog? Finally I’ve seen it. I’m an animation buff, after all. For that reason I’m glad to have seen it (so I can say that I have only one more movie to go to finish the Oscars’ 2009 animated feature list, that being the import The Secret of Kells). Another animated film I can check off.

[Update: My family and I at last saw The Secret of Kells on Saturday, April 17, which was a birthday celebration for me. See my separate post on Kells.]

There was a time when -- and my sons can attest to this -- I promised myself I would go see every animated feature that made it to the theaters. That seemed like a good thing for an animation buff to do in this era of renewed interest in the art. Briefly seemed, that is.