05-31-2004, 05:54 PM
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Not that I should be surprised, but I feel let down by the Academy, who in my opinion, failed to recognize this film as the Best Picture of 2003. That’s not to say that Return Of The King wasn’t worthy of the statues it garnered last year, it most certainly was. Perhaps not a popular one but I am of the opinion Peter Jackson and his marvelous film(s) should have been recognized as the best film in 2001. Instead, an almost nostalgic-like vote went to longtime favorite Ron Howard. In my opinion, that caused a domino effect thereby creating a vote-by-default for the franchise that had, up until that point, gone virtually unrecognized. As a result, the creme de la creme of Clint Eastwood’s career paid the price. Fortunately, the cast members were recognized. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins both took home Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, while Marcia Gay Harden was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Clint Eastwood was nominated for Best Director. Not only were all of the performances brilliant but (and this is something when poorly crafted drives me bananas), their perfected assimilation of the Bahston accent was commendable.
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I agree 100%. Although, I feel that ROTK did not deserve half of the Ocsars that it took home.
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