Oscars

Heidi18 · Post by **Heidi18** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:02 am

YEAh clean sweep for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

They got all 11 oscars they were nominated for

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:09 am

Are you Serious? That's pretty crazy, I wonder if any other film has ever won that many Oscars.

Heidi18 · Post by **Heidi18** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:55 am

I do believe Titanic had thirteen oscars and fourteen or fifteen nominations

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:31 pm

Titanic won 11 as did Ben-Hur.................I think.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:57 pm

Yeah, they said during the show that LOTR tied Titanic and Ben Hur for 11 Oscars each. The most in history. Does anybody remember how LOTR faired in the last two years?

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:01 pm

I think it basically only won for effects and costume and music in past years.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:48 pm

That's the reason I think they showered so many awards on it this year. Give it a lackluster hauling in past years and then unload on it at the end of the trilogy.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:10 pm

Yeah. You could be right. I do wish, however, that The Last Samurai had won something. I thought it was a very good movie, and a decent depiction of the Samurai. (It's not like I'm biased or anything)

Heidi18 · Post by **Heidi18** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:17 pm

Jew could be right, although i do believe this was the best one out of the three.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:35 pm

I think the first one made a much better movie, and really deserved more awards. However, the Oscars are generally a popularity contest. Not as much as other award shows, but to some extent nonetheless. They most likely saw the first two as too 'common' to recieve awards, but as the films grew in popularity they recieved more credit.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:03 am

Ben-Hur was an awesome movie. It dragged a little between the action scenes, but what movie doesn't? The fact that the chariot scene used enough film to make 7 movies and a guy died during it makes Ben-Hur my favourite of the three. Plus, it's Mr. NRA himself going out there and kicking @$$! LOTR:TROK is just a hair behind, though.