While I agree with your comments about it being taken as a trilogy, your examples of other "because it was there turn" awards are quite poor. Landau was absolutely fantastic in Ed Wood, and the choice between him and Sam Jackson (who I consider a horrid actor) is primarily a judgement call. And as far as Michael Caine goes - he put forth a wonderful performance in a year when the the Supporting Actor field was rather weak - would you honestly pick Michael Clarke Duncan or Tom Cruise over him?
But honestly I think it's a shame because there were other films that might have been more deserving in some categories but I feel that the voters simply checked off RotK for everything no matter what. Really cheapened the ones they won in my mind.
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While I agree with your comments about it being taken as a trilogy, your examples of other "because it was there turn" awards are quite poor. Landau was absolutely fantastic in Ed Wood, and the choice between him and Sam Jackson (who I consider a horrid actor) is primarily a judgement call. And as far as Michael Caine goes - he put forth a wonderful performance in a year when the the Supporting Actor field was rather weak - would you honestly pick Michael Clarke Duncan or Tom Cruise over him? But honestly I think it's a shame because there were other films that might have been more deserving in some categories but I feel that the voters simply checked off RotK for everything no matter what. Really cheapened the ones they won in my mind.