Dorian_Gray

While I do not deny that the LOTR trilogy is a great undertaking with high production values, I would never be inclined to believe it deserved all of this year’s wins. I just don’t understand why LOTR fans falsely cling to the notion that they deserved it because they had been left out of The Oscars when history proves otherwise.

FOTR Wins
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Best Cinematography
Best Makeup
Best Music, Original Score
Other nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ian McKellen
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Music, Song
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Best Sound
Best Picture<-- see
And mind you both "A Beautiful Mind" and "Moulin Rouge" were better films than FOTR

TTT Wins
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Other nominations
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Editing
Best Achievement in Sound
Best Picture<-- yes, here too
Likewise "Chicago", "The Hours", and "The Pianist" were all better films than TTT

Then this year ROTK comes up lacking against more deserving films like "Mystic River" or "Lost in Translation"

So the way I see it this year...

Best Motion Picture
Should have been Mystic River or Lost in Translation

Best Director
Should have been Clint Eastwood for Mystic River

Best Adapted Screenplay
Should have been American Splendor or Seabiscuit

Best Achievement in Makeup
Should have been Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Original Score
Should have been Cold Mountain/ Gabriel Yared

Best Original Song
Should have been Cold Mountain ("You Will Be My Ain True Love")

Best Sound
Should have been Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World


BTW Strifer

"Shakespere in Love" was up against "Elizabeth", "Saving Private Ryan", "The Thin Red Line", and "La Vita è bella"