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He lost. Who’s surprised? I love that they simply showed a picture of him, I didn’t expect him to go.
he’s off doing his work. that makes me happier than the oscar. looking forward to spider-man 2…
peace – chris
I agree. Thinking about how wonderful the Spider-Man 2 score will be is much more enlightening than seeing Lord of the Rings gobble up Oscars like a dog on a bowl of kibble.
I thought that just by having “Elf” in his surname, some of the dafter voters might have ticked his box by accident…
;o)
I didn’t watch the oscars. My girlfriend and I went to a world premiere of a concert and I saw A Clockwork Orange. Besides, I hate endorsing the Oscars anyway; they’re all rigged (sometimes you get lucky, though).
About “Elf”… did that movie not make more money on its second weekend than on “Master and Comander’s” first? And was not Will Ferrell at the Oscars? I think that somebody was more popular than Peter Weir and Russell Crowe but everyone is ashamed to admit it.
Hehe – an excellent point, Spidey!
>=oD
The JMy nieces and I gladly watched the Oscars. Everyone knew (whether they wanted to admit it or not) that this was Jackson and Co.’s year. In my humble opinion, they deserved it. The LOTR trilogy is the epic of our time. Cliched? Think what you will – and I’m not knocking Burton in the least – but Jackson’s got an eye for what dazzles the masses, at least in these films. The proof is in the numbers: dazzle them, he did. Regardless of your individual opinions (and you know what they say about opinions…), the general public loves the trilogy. Sure, I was as unhappy as certain other fans when they left Christopher Lee’s Saruman on the cutting room floor – but the beauty of Rohan lessened the feeling of being cheated. (Um…that, and the guy playing Eomer, Karl Urban, is my new snack cake). Offhandedly, I, for one, am quite amused by Tolkien’s linguistic puns – Theoden is derived from the Old English word for “prince,” Frodo from “savior,” etc.
I wasn’t terribly surprised when Big Fish wasn’t nominated for Best Picture – nor Burton for Best Director. Wouldn’t you rather have had Timmy nominated in a year he’d actually stand a chance? LOTR was a juggernaut; there was no stopping it this year. I did laugh, though, when it was obvious that Elfman wasn’t there – how classic, and yet not wholly unexpected!
-E
I thought it was very moving when Annie Lennox mentioned her “friend Michael Kamen” in her acceptance speech.
The best part of the night was Mitch and Mickey! The crowd seemed to love it too, to bad that McKean and O’Tool didn’t win.
I can’t wait for “The Lord Of The Rings” Symphony concert in Atlanta!
Nat
Good point about Big Fish. I laughed when the director of “The Barbarian Invasions” said she was glad LOTR wasn’t nominated in that category. Also when Billy Crystal said that all of New Zealand had been thanked. Still would have been nice to see some nominations on the record of Big Fish.
I am really starting to tire of this whole Lord of the Rings thing. Especially on this board.
N – yes, good point about Annie Lennox’s speech. I picked up on that and found it a lovely gesture as well. LOTR Symphony concert in Atlanta? Oh, you lucky, lucky boy, you! I assume you mean Shore’s LOTR symphony – not de Meij’s?
-E
That would be correct.
Nat
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