3 comments on the Oscar Nominees

[thehefner]

1.) It won't win, but me, I'd be pushing for American Splendor to win best adapted screenplay. Did anyone here not see this awesome, awesome little film?

2.) Again, not a fan of the movie, but goooooooo Deppy! I love Ben Kingsley, and he ruled in his movie, but Depp totally deserves this.

And finally...

3.) "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," has been nominated for best song. I... well, I really don't have to say anything, do I? Except here's hoping for a live performance by Mitch and Mickey.

Comments

Re: No Oscar for Depp

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Exact same critical rating as ROTK, if I recall correctly. I'm hoping the pressure will be on the voters enough for not giving it to the first two (and the theatrical cut of TTT totally didn't deserve/need that award anyway), in addition to the fact that ROTK was damn good anyway. As I wasn't a fan of the books before, ROTK didn't have the same kind of eye-opening beautiful revelation quality for me that Fellowship did, but it was still... well, I don't need to say it, do I? Here's hoping it gets the award.

Re: No Oscar for Depp

[tompurdue.livejournal.com]

Totally agreed on TTT. RotK had the problem of being the third movie. You'd already seen Hobbiton, and you'd already seen Gollum: the two truly novel visuals were already spent.

Like I said: you don't have to like the books, but you do have to respect them. If you haven't read enough to respect them, I'd encourage you to keep reading, or have somebody explain what it is you're looking at. If you've read enough to respect the books, give up and read something more fun. They're extraordinary achievements, but that doesn't mean you necessarily want to read them.