[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I also agree with Lord of Angmar. What annoying articles. The first is rather overly enthusiastic at some points because the author provides little physical evidence to back his claims. It seems one big rant about LOTR's greatness until the end- "Oh, yeah, it deserves the Oscar". <P>And the second... well, the second article, as Eomer said, was "written by a man who obviously refuses to even try to enjoy the films". If nothing else, he might at least admire New Zealand's physical beauty. But instead, he proclaims it boring. Sounds like a hopeless case to me.<P>But I think LOTR deserves the big Oscars, and will be very disappointed if it doesn't (and then there's my own private Best Supporting Actor for Sean Astin crusade, but that's rather beside the point).