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LoTR Takes 4 Oscars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the maybe-next-year dept.

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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  1. yay by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Congratulations Frodo! Now you are 'pauses' Lord of the Oscars! *sighs* I need a nap.

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  2. late? by 2MuchC0ffeeMan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    isn't this a little late?

    beautiful mind already one the best picture and best director, making a total of four for them too... plus they got the better awards, not just the editing ones.

    linkage: the winners and nominees listed here

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

    score -1, troll... sorry, i just hate it when hollywood pats itself on the back for bad jobs.

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  3. Re:The oscars aren't about the best films... by mark_lybarger · · Score: 2, Redundant

    exactly. it's all about whoring yourself out to the academy. the best whores normally come out on top. it's how it works in business, how it works in gov't why would we expect the movie industry to work any better? don't we loathe the MPAA here on the site?

  4. No Kidding!! by green+pizza · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hear Hear! Of all the movies over the past year, LOTR had **by far** the most substance (costumes, set design, effects, atmosphere, actors -- not just a few scenes in downtown LA or in some dark studio). But yet it was not created for film, it was an ADAPTATION! If that doesn't count for something towards Best Picture, then I don't know what does. And heck, they didn't even win for the best screenplay adaptation.

    If this isn't Hollywood bias and ignorance, I don't know what is.

  5. A response by Faust7 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sure, it was certainly the most popular on /., but it would have been nice if you had said something like "A Beautiful Mind got the awards for best picture and best director."

    That sort of general news is available at dozens of other places like CNN.com or MSNBC.com. Slashdot is "News for Nerds."

    I dare say that A Beautiful Mind is also a film that alot of nerds found good. I mean, the movie is about a mathemetician who wins the nobel prize for pete's sake. And there were loads of other movies that the /. crowd really seemed to like as well.

    It's about more than just liking movies. The LotR books introduced the whole fantasy genre; its author has reached mythical proportions comparable to those he wrote about. And the film has done justice to the epic. The LoTR events--the books and the film--are milestones that deserve recognition.

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  6. Re:Lasting impression by vidar_waits · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree that history will prove that FotR will prove to be the more significant movie in the future, while A Beautiful mind will be largely forgotten. I just wonder why the Academy can't see that too.

  7. Re:Why does /. have to concentrate on this film? by nomadic · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know I'll get modded down for saying this, but I am just so courageous that I'm still going to risk it; hopefully my bravery will stand out as a testament to the rest of you.

    I agree, I'm constantly taunting people for using that "I know I'll get modded down for this" cop-out.

  8. Screen play adaption was the worst. by tyrr · · Score: 0, Redundant
    To me the most disturbing things were:
    1. In the movie Isuldur takes the ring knowing what the ring does. There is even a scene where Elrond tryes to persuade Isuldur to through the ring in Orodruin, and Isuldur refuses.

      I know they can't do without something like this in Hollywood but IMHO this screws up the plot from the book badly.

      In the book Isildur doesn't have a slight idea of what ring does, he takes it in memory of his father, Elendil, who with Gil-Galad died slaying Sauron.

      In the movie Gil-Galad is replaced with Elrond for simplicity.
    2. Aragorn taking alone on 5 Nazguls including Witch-king of Angmar and winning! They completely fscked book in that scene so I don't even want to go there.
    3. Arwen (woman) doing the job of Glorfindel (great elven warrior) fighting Nazguls too.

    They should have given the award to fourth Oscar to Sir Ian McKellen. The Oscar for the best screen play doesn't even sound funny.