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Return of the King Wins Four Golden Globes

Posted by timothy on from the thank-all-the-little-people dept.

stubear writes "According to MSNBC, 'Lord of the Rings: Return of the King' won 4 Golden Globes, for Best Picture - Drama, Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Original Score (Howard Shore), and Best Original Song ("Into the West" by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox). LotR: RotK was the big winner for the night, at least for movies. Hopefully LotR: RotK will fare just as well, or better, at the Oscars."

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  1. Why ROTK will probably not win... by The+Closet+Optimist · · Score: 3, Troll

    50% of the Oscar voting body is women, who have historically voted for whatever the most romance-based movie is of the bunch (Cold Mountain in this case.) Put another way, 50% of the voting body is interested in movies about relationships as opposed to epic cinema - unless of course it's about romance; think "Titanic."

    Remember when "Shakespeare in Love" beat "Saving Private Ryan"; "Forrest Gump" beat "Pulp Fiction", etc.?

    While there certainly can be exceptions to this rule, and hopefully this year will be one, past history suggests that the Oscar will go to something like Cold Mountain or Big Fish.

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  2. Who Gives a Shit? by red+floyd · · Score: 0, Troll

    All the film awards are the (evil) industry stroking themselves.

    To them, you're still just a pair of eyeballs with a wallet. You do what they want or they'll sue you.

    My wife watches Extra! and Access Hollywood, and all those shows, and my reactions is, "who gives a fuck about what some overpaid actor does?"

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