I watched UP a couple of times at the cinemas! Amazing piece of work. I've seen many films this year, and I'm going to be hella disappointed if UP doesn't win Best Film awards...and not just creative/technical awards.

I haven't read the reviews for Aladin(except for the comments here) but from the trailer, it looks interesting.

but only after being absolutely sure about its originality I guess

I'm sure Up will win the Oscar for Best Animated Film of 2009, but, maybe unfortunate, it can't compete in the "regular" Best Picture category.

Paa, I feel, definitely deserves to be sent to the Academy as a contender for Best Foreign-Language Film.