[OT] Lotr:FotR is now an Oscar winner

[LightPhoenix]

Who won best original song?

 

[Nightfall]

The 'Ben Stiller' thing was a joke...

Jim Broadbent is a very fine actor, and his performance in Iris was remarkable. I was happy to see him win, though I would also have liked to see 'Sir Ian' win -- but he has two more years to take a crack at this one, and it's not as if he isn't already a rather well-recognized international star of stage and screen...

Oh sorry...*sighs* Long days are wearing me down.

You are right, BUT I felt he deserved to win for Gods and Monsters. It was a good film.

 

[Tsyr]

Hence the word "adapted", Bronze. Lets face it... the LotR book would NOT have worked strait-up.

 

[Zhure]

... the halfling pushes aside the ale, the human removes the fly, wipes his hands and drinks.

The dwarf grabs the fly and pounds it on the back, "Spit it out, damn you!"

 

[Green Knight]

It wasn't faithful to the book because you didn't like the pacing?!? Well, I think it was very faithful to the book. Not exact, but it did a damn good job.

So who should win it, then? A Beautiful Mind? Oh yeah. THAT was faithful to the book.

 

[Skywalker]

http://www.xtrasite.co.nz/entertainment/oscars02/lord.html is pretty good.

.....the entertainers on the stage seem to be performing a disjointed montage of songs....

I think that was the point. It was trying to tell the story through music. It used modern songs rather than ones specially adapted. As for whether its disjointed that's your call. i think they did a damn fine job and as I have a love of fantasy I found the world they created pretty trippy

 

[Zhure]

Who won best original song?

Randy Newman, Monsters Inc, didn't pay attention to the song, performed by Newman and John Goodman

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I know this is probably the worst place in the world to post this, but it's what I believe in.

Everyones intitled to their opions, and no one can say yours is wrong.

That being said, your probably right about this being the worst place in the world to post that.

I don't really agree, i was impressed with the adaptation, but i really wouldn't get upset if someone didn't agree.

 

[Apok]

Random Thought of the Day: Faith Hill is friggin' gorgeous!

And you are just figuring this out?

I've always thought she was one of the most beautiful women in the music industry.

 

[BronzeDragon]

Hence the word "adapted", Bronze. Lets face it... the LotR book would NOT have worked strait-up.

Hum, sorry, butI believe "adapted" should not mean "mangled".

And the book WOULD translate well to the big screen if they just used a bit more fade ins and fade outs to demonstrate the passage of time, instead of throwing around the viewer into a thriller, with everything that this choice implies.

Also, taking out things that weren't even present in the books and took up several minutes of screen time would help. Using that time to do it the right way could produce a better adaptation.