LoTR Takes 4 Oscars

E1ven writes "The Lord of The Rings: The fellowship of the ring won four awards, including Cinematography, Makeup, Music (Score), and Visual Effects. " At least they have 2 more chances for Best Picture or Best Director. They definitely deserved the ones they got.

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How many do you think Two Towers is going to win?

[The Great Wakka]

A little OT, but...

Next year's Oscars may not have as many other good films. Do you think that the Two Towers is the likely canidate for next years?

It had to be said.

[zapfie]

One Ring to [win] them all..

Re:It had to be said.

[ackthpt]

"You must roll D20, 18 or greater to win Best Picture."

*roll*

11

Oh well, 2 more chances. :]

Re:LOTR will never get best picture

[Teknogeek]

Plus, what person would be so insensitive to vote for the best picture for a film entitled The Two Towers in this post 9-11 age? I hope Peter Jackson shows a little sensitivity and changes the name.

What idiot modded this guy up? If we went around changing classic works of literature to keep anyone from being offended, you'd lose all those sexual innuendos that make Shakespeare so much fun to read!

Re:Amelie gets zilch nada

[Teknogeek]

We all know it's the homosexuals that control Hollywood

Then explain Ian McKellan not winning an Oscar.

Re:late?

[Anonymous Coward]

>>also, after her proformance last night, halle berry really is an actor...

soft-core porn actor ?

Re:LOTR will never get best picture

[fruey]

it's always going to be a dreary mainstream serious film.

Well, I don't think that is entirely fair. For all the hype, crap and bullshit that goes with each Oscars ceremony, what it is really about is universal appeal to a panel who all want to pick a good film that is somehow "universal".

Mainstream films are the only films that ever get a look-in at the Oscars, but comedies have won. Some people might even say that LOTR is a great book, but a dreary mainstream adaption. Visual effects aside, I didn't find the characters anywhere near as pensive or wrapped up in their world as in the book.

And, of course, no comment about your comment about changing names of films, but a couple of references for the fun of it:

1. The film, for most cinema goers, will be called Lord of the Rings II anyway
2. People made similar suggestions for SWII (The Clone Wars) because of cloning paranoia
3. The Madness of Richard III (British film) was renamed (without the III) in American cinemas because audiences believed it was a follow-up to Madness of Richard II which they obviously hadn't seen.

Oscars?

[Anonymous Coward]

Are they still giving those out? I thought it ended
when both Raging Bull and Elephant Man
lost to Ordinary People and everyone realized
what a joke it was.

How LOTR can win more Oscars

[vjmurphy]

* Give Frodo a incurable disease;
* Have Gandalf take a shot to the head and be mentally impaired for the next two movies;
* Arwen's role in Two Towers should be to sleep with some Orc played by Billy Bob Thorton;
* Sam gets Rain Man autism;
* Strider overcomes his disabilities and is able to kill Orcs using only his left foot;

Re:Which "two chances" would those be?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or is Taco talking about the Blockbuster Awards

Nah, he's waiting for the Canadians to appeal against the voting since the French academy members colluded with the Russians. Extra gold statuettes all round.

Slashdot Poll

[DeadBugs]

For those who watched. Did anyone else want to reach inside their TV and smack Halle Berry, not just for completely losing it, but for thanking her lawyer.

Re:Screenplay adaptation?!

[CynicTheHedgehog]

Those kinds of things bothered me too, but what hurt the most was the way Elves were portrayed. Agent Elrond aside ("What good is a Ring of Power, Mr. Baggins, if you are unable to speak!"), they all seemed kind of surly. Call me crazy, but that isn't the "Merry and sad at the same time" concept Tolkien had in mind. That, and why twist Sauruman's role in the whole affair? Instead of Sauron's dupe he becomes a fanboy hatchet man, and all of the sudden you have wizard fights that look like bad episodes of Xena, Warrior Princess. Things like this bother me because they're not done in the interest of time, but more out of extravagance and sensationalism. Maybe Jackson was true to the fans, but he wasn't true to the spirit of the novels.

That's why I don't think this movie deserves best adaptation or whatever. Great makeup, terrific cinematography, and outstanding setting--give it Best Picture, I don't care--but please, don't parade this as the profoundly perfect adaptation everyone seems to think it is.

Re:Why does /. have to concentrate on this film?

[tswinzig]

This will probably get modded down as flamebait or troll, but whatever.

I need to turn this into my signature, because you fucking no that any time someone writes this, they get +5.

Coincidence? I think not!!

Oh well, this will probably get modded down as flamebait or troll, but whatever.

My Precioussssss ...

[ProfMoriarty]

my precioussss is lost, it is.
Nasty Opie takeses it.
Gollum will have his sweet revenge, yes preciousssss, next year preciousss will be mine again ...

Re:My Precioussssss ...

[_archangel]

Make that your signature.

Re:Amelie gets zilch nada

[bitrott]

Amen. Amelie loses out to YET ANOTHER WAR FILM. The greatest romantic film of all time, the msot original film of the year, and the most gorgeous art direction short of Moulin, and it loses to YET ANOTHER WAR FILM. It's time for the stuffed shirts and the life-haters to realize that love is as powerful, if not more powerful an emotion than despair, trial, or tribulation. And that most people would rather watch a beautiful french lass, than YET ANOTHER WAR FILM