[OT] Lotr:FotR is now an Oscar winner

[Barendd Nobeard]

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

Well, if the award was for screenplay that "improved" the book, LotR would win!

 

[BronzeDragon]

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.

Again, isn't pacing one of the things that makes a script qualify for best adaptated screenplay? It's not just reproducing the situations which happen in the book, it's giving the viewer about the same impression as it gives to the reader.

I don't know who should win, since I did not see A Beautiful Mind and never read the book too. But I certainly would not consider FotR for it.

Turns out it did not win, and ABM took it. Don't know if it was good, but I am happy FotR didn't win. Perhaps that will send the right message to Peter Jackson and his crew for the final editing of The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and better movies will come.

P.S.: i don't think FotR was a bad movie, but I certainly think it is not the best adaptation that could be done of Tolkien's book. In fact, it's not even a good adaptation at that. Several of my friends, who had once read the book thought the film did good justice to it. I just told them: "Re-read it. Now.". Again, this does not mean it was a bad movie.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

[EDIT] I wonder if Randy got a sympathy award...

Probably didn't hurt. He should have won for Toy Story.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Probably didn't hurt. He should have won for Toy Story.

True, true. Bastiches!

 

[Velik]

since LotR was shot in New Zealand, shouldn't it get a "Foreign Film" nomination?

 

[Skywalker]

Foreign Language Film even, as it was deep down in the South Island where they filmed it

 

[DMG]

since LotR was shot in New Zealand, shouldn't it get a "Foreign Film" nomination?

Probably not because they spoke english...that's 'fish & chips' not 'fush und chups'

 

[Skywalker]

Or Feesh and Cheeps as you Ozzies say

 

[BronzeDragon]

To each his own. I still felt though I got my money's worth EVEN if they cut out things that I liked (like the Barrow Downs and Tom to name a few). So maybe it's NOT the truest adaptation, BUT it's certainly closer than the feuding going down with John Nash and movie itself.

I enjoyed the movie. Heck, I watched it 4 times!

As I said before, I cannot argue against ABM, since I didn't either read the book or watch the movie.

And repeating, enjoying the movie does not preclude me from being critical of it.

 

[Forrester]

Well, if the award was for screenplay that "improved" the book, LotR would win!

Preach on, brother!