Animated feature films

[Sean]

Okay....I have a question. In the Dirty Movie Club 1.0 thread, I read this:

Originally Posted by Tom

Any movie is allowed to be submitted. Feature length animations are also eligible.

So seriously....does this need to be specified? Do people not view animated feature films as being legitimate feature films? If not, then why? And where would the line be drawn? Would Stuart Little be considered a legitimate feature film, or would it be considered "feature length animations" since the title character was animated? Or how about Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow, which was primarily a digitally created film? I'm just interested in the perspective of people outside of the animation industry. Being in it myself, I can say with certainty that we view the films we make as being every bit as much a feature film as any live action project, just created using a different medium.