'WALL-E' gets its due

 

Never bet against Pixar. Isn't that the rule? Isn't that what Jack Black just said?

One of our absolute favorite films of 2008, "WALL-E" just took the animated feature Oscar (with director and co-writer Andrew Stanton picking it up), as most everyone expected, but the Pixar-created short "Presto" has messed up our perfect batting average.

What did win in the animated short category? "La Maison en Petits Cubes," with its adorable director, Kunio Kato, making a Mr. Roboto reference in his acceptance speech. In this case, we learned that we should've bet against Pixar and that we really want to party with Mr. Kato.