learnedax ([personal profile] learnedax) wrote2004-03-01 12:57 am
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Huh. Return of the King got 11 Oscar nominations, and 11 Oscars. Has that ever happened before?

This backs up my theory that they were cautiously waiting until the third film in the trilogy before giving them the big awards.
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[identity profile] its-just-me.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope - it's a first.

[identity profile] jadasc.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Twice before -- Ben Hur and Titanic each got 11 awards. I don't know what their percentages of nominations to Oscars were, though.

[identity profile] katkt.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
This backs up my theory that they were cautiously waiting until the third film in the trilogy before giving them the big awards.

Of course, in this I think they were grossly mistaken. ROTK (the movie) was the worst of the three, IMO. I'm a big fan of the Tolkien, and I enjoyed all three movies, but the end of ROTK the movie was incoherent. I mean, I knew what he was going for, but I didn't feel like the movie said it or really made any sense at all after Frodo passes out after destroying the ring.

So the trilogy deserved awards. It was a stupendous endeavor of a previously unknown scope, and it was well (but not flawlessly) done. It was beautiful. But ROTK wasn't the best picture this (last) year.

*shrug*
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