Return of the King Oscar Predictions (and post-Oscar Comments) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mollecon · 01-28-2004, 12:08 PM

Yeah, it'll be exiting to see what happens...<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>RotK is much more deserving considering the 7 years of effort put into it and it's predessesors.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Maybe, but that's the problem, isn't it? The way the Academy Awards are 'geared', they cannot absorb a project like LotR - which in reality, like the books they are based on, is one story divided in 3 for practical reasons. Of course, the Academy <I>could</I> overcome that hurdle by handing out one (or more) 'special' awards - but we'll see

01-28-2004, 12:08 PM	#1
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	Yeah, it'll be exiting to see what happens...<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>RotK is much more deserving considering the 7 years of effort put into it and it's predessesors.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Maybe, but that's the problem, isn't it? The way the Academy Awards are 'geared', they cannot absorb a project like LotR - which in reality, like the books they are based on, is one story divided in 3 for practical reasons. Of course, the Academy <I>could</I> overcome that hurdle by handing out one (or more) 'special' awards - but we'll see