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Return of the King Leads Oscar Nominations
PurdueGraphicsMan writes "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the final chapter in Peter Jackson's directoral masterpeice is leading the 76 Annual Academy Awards with 11 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Next in line with 10 nominations including Best Picture and Best director is Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Here is a full list of the nominees in all categories."
most wooden delivery of lines.
kind of sad when the best actors in the movie are a cgi and the asthma kid from goonies.
*insert Krusty the clown quote about the academy being out of touch here.
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No-one with a half a brain gives a shit about the 'Oscars'.
Oh wait, you're all American aren't you?
LOTR:ROTK was the worst movie I have ever seen.
Ever.
The film's raison d'etre was BIG NOISY BATTLE SCENES that would hold the attention of the average highschool student/computer programmer. Y'see, a story is too much to ask. The book itself had the dullest story ever written but the verbosity of the telling ensured JR Tolkin published three lucratives books altogether.
The film showed up this failing even more so. We have lousy effects instead of JR's vivid descriptions.
The film is horribly slow when there aren't any battles going on. And the bit with the big spider was horrid.
The only people who liked this kind of movie are the same people who couldn't get laid in highschool and ended up spending weeks reading books about hairy dwarves. Is it any wonder they lap this stuff up?
- Hackneyed "good vs evil" plot
- overlong, sappy, soap-opera of middle earth
- paint-by-numbers acting
- every cliche in the book (they actually "sailed into the sunset" people! and don't get my started on "'no man can kill me' -- 'i'm no man.. i'm a woman!'")
- but great special effects!
=- Best picture?
I sure as heck hope not. It was a fine movie if you like that sort of pap, but hardly best picture material.There are good comparisons to be made to "Gladiator", arguably the last questionable best picture - but gladiator benefitted immensely from a strong performance by the lead wheras LOTR just had typecasting. Oh yes, and Gladiator had a plot.
That said, finding a substitute is not easy. Lost In Translation won't win though just to shut the fanboys up I'd be thrilled if it did :)