Lord of the Oscars

[Kai Lord]

Frustrating me a bit, as alot of the awards were categories that they were nominated for in the past, and very little in the ways of the major technical awards actually was 'different' from the prior two movies. Especially since they were all filmed and edited at the same time to begin with. Oh well, pet peeve rambled over me for this year's awards I guess.

If you think all three LOTR films were edited at the same time you are enormously mistaken. And the awards are given based on who the Academy feels were the "Best" not who was the most "Different" from prior films in a series.

 

[Krug]

Well I'm happier with this year's results than last years. Chicago? Bleah.

 

[Kai Lord]

Billy Crystal's best line of the night:

"The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King has 11 nominations, one for every ending..."

 

[Banshee16]

Woohoo! 11 wins! Although I think Fellowship was my favorite, followed by Return and then Two Towers, I'm happy with the results tonight. The Academy's apparently pretty political, so the win tonight is supposed to be as much for the trilogy as a whole as for the Return of the King itself.

Banshee

 

[Wycen]

I'm happy to see it sweep, as it will hopefully let studios and viewers know that scifi and fantasy movies, that are good, are just as deserving and serious as other movies.

 

[Kai Lord]

I'm happy to see it sweep, as it will hopefully let studios and viewers know that scifi and fantasy movies, that are good, are just as deserving and serious as other movies.

Yep, though the technical awards are nothing new. Best Adapted Screenplay, Director, and Picture speak the loudest.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

What I love about the 11 wins is that RotK won all the categories it was nominated in. The other films with 11 wins were only 11/12 (Ben Hur) and 11/14 (Titanic). Only RotK is 100% gold!

 

[Shadowdancer]

Only RotK is 100% gold!

Not quite. Two Films -- "Gigi and "The Last Emperor" -- both went 9 for 9.

 

[Kai Lord]

Not quite. Two Films -- "Gigi and "The Last Emperor" -- both went 9 for 9.

He qualified ROTK's percentage as being specifically in the context of the other two films with 11 nominations. I'm sure there are a plethora of films that have gone 1/1 or 2/2, but as he said, only one with more than 10 nominations and a clean 1.000 batting average.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

He qualified ROTK's percentage as being specifically in the context of the other two films with 11 nominations. I'm sure there are a plethora of films that have gone 1/1 or 2/2, but as he said, only one with more than 10 nominations and a clean 1.000 batting average.

Exactly--I was not in the mood to search every year's Oscar results to find other films that had a 1.000 average; hence the "11 wins" qualifier.

Now, since I haven't seen Gigi (which I mis-read as Gigli--LOL!) and The Last Emperor, I may have to rent them and check them out....even though I don't put much faith in awards shows....