Return of the King Oscar/Awards thread

[PsYkOoOoO]

thats pretty good!!im hoping that it will win all 4..:P

[adnamasevoltam]

Originally posted by downflow311
^i agree with you on the problematic thing, because alot of things i wanted to see where in the books but not in the movie, which the EE will fix. but i *highly* disagree about the Matrix having better FX.

perhaps poorly worded on my part, downflow311. i didnt mean to say that Matrix graphics were better than ROTK. i personally put them at the same level, so i dont really think that ROTK has it in the bag as it didnt go beyond the Matrix, nor did the Matrix go beyond it.

sidenote: sad to not see Sean Astin in that supporting actor category :(

[RebelwithaCause]

Well I'm furious that Sean Astin at the very LEAST wasn't given a nomination. That pisses me off. They won't give him one, but they'll give it to some crap performance by Tom Cruise? I'm sorry, but he was not good in that film AT ALL. Does not deserve that nomination. And Will. H Macy for Seabiscuit? Sure the dude did OKAY, but he was in it for, what, 5 minutes? Jeff Bridges I could understand, but Will Macy???? NO NO NO....However, I can be happy for a few other things. ROTK getting 4 noms...very good job dudes! Very good for this sort of film though, lol. And also...hehehehe....Uma Thurman for Kill Bill??? Oh, I'm so happy!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Dude, that would so rock if she won. Major brownie points also to Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black The Man, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, (whoohoo!!!) Billy Bob Thorton, Peter Sarasgard, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, and Charlize Theron. My best of luck to all of you. As for ROTK, you go in there, and you win those awards. My heart goes with you...

[RebelwithaCause]

See..the award is for Best Visual Effects, but it depends upon how you look at the award. My way of seeing it, Best Use of Visual Effects in a movie, not Best Visual Effects, lol. Matrix, since they spent so much damn money on it, would have a very good chance of winning, and the effects were good...but by no means stunning like ROTK. In terms of either use in the story or just visual appearance, ROTK wins.

[adnamasevoltam]

well...i mean...if were looking at stirring/stunning film then ROTK wins, but as far as VFX...both ROTK and Matrix stunned/awed me to just be like - WOW! neither really did anything more awing than the other...just MO though...well see...

as for the noms:

the lack of Sean Astin is VERY disappointing. as u say Rebel, he should AT LEAST get a nom, even if he doesnt win. i personally thought Cruise did an excellent job in TLS. win worthy? not really, but nomination worthy. i personally forsee Penn winning as he should have for I Am Sam and did an equally powerful performance here. i think its awesome Johansen has two nominations too. i think shes awesome. my vot goes to Murray over Depp b/c i just LOVED him in LIT SOOOO much, though i did love Depp in POTC too. and the score category will be a tough fight too, Zimmer, Shore and Elfman.....DAMN! lol

[downflow311]

well, the golden globe nominations were announced. ROTK only got four nominations:

-best picture (drama)
-best director
-best score
-best song

[JEDI_THE_WHITE]

Excellent.

I hope Annie Lennox wins best song along with ROTK winning best picture and Best director and best score.

[ROTKFreak127]

Here are the awards I think it will be nominated for (a predicted win has an asterisk next to it, non-winners have who I think the real win will be)

Best Picture (Cold Mountain)
Best Director - Peter Jackson*
Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (Tim Robbins, Mystic River)
Best Adapted Screenplay (House of Sand & Fog)
Best Sound*
Best Visual Effects*
Best Cinematography*
Best Art Direction*
Best Costume Design (The Last Samurai)
Best Makeup*
Best Original Score*
Best Original Song ("You Will be My Ain True Love" - Cold Mountain
Music & Lyrics by: Sting)

I think 12 nominations, 7 wins is reasonable for a film like this. Who knows, with all the wins I gave it, maybe it WILL win best picture.

[Glordreen]

Cold Mountain will most definatley not win Best Picture, its getting mixed reviews and its BO will be terrible, as ROTK will be dominating. ROTK will take Best Picture

[downflow311]

the academy does not care about the box office. shakesspeare in love?!?!

[JEDI_THE_WHITE]

Originally posted by ROTKFreak127
Best Original Score*


ROTK can't be nominated for Best Score because of the new rule in place.

[Glordreen]

I dont understand why the academy made that rule, its so idiotic. But it is possible for it to still be nomed, because they are campaigning for it. The ROTK score is easily the best ever, it should win for that at the Globes, hell it will win all that it is nomed for at the Globes.

[CWLakers34]

All I wanna know is how the hell Cold Mountain got so many GG nominations. Like Glordreen said, I've been reading some very mixed reviews that ranged from great to downright boring. Hopefully it won't be this way at the Oscars.

[Glordreen]

Its because Mirmax practically controls the GG's with their money and polotics, although Mirmax's films do not win all the time, they do usually get most of the noms, The Hours got 8 last year, and it was Mirmax.

[Glordreen]

I know were in globe talk right now, but here a little bit of news for you.

Return of the King has picked up two awards at the San Diego Film Critics awards

Best Director
Best Production Design

[Glordreen]

So far this is what ROTK has won

-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Director (SFCC)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)

These are all the major awards it has won, it has a won a bunch of techs at different places. and there are still many award shows to come, and the GG's which ROTK has scored 4 noms. Best Picture Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Original Song. Thats damn good! And if the GG's know whats good for them ROTK will take all 4 awards.

[LOTRNUT04]

Best Ensemble (2003 National Board of Review); Best Picture (2003 New York Film Critics Circle); Best Director (2003 San Francisco Film Critics Circle)

[Glordreen]

and also you can add to your list LOTRNUT, Best Director (Sandiego Film Critics Circle)

[LOTRNUT04]

^whoops, i didn't even look at your list, i just repeated yours w/o one....sorry :)

[adt100]

Disappointing that ROTK hasn't picked up any acting nominations for the Golden Globes, but the biggest farce, almost laughable IMO is this -

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced Michael Douglas as the recipient of its Cecil B. De Mille Award for Outstanding Achievement, to be presented at the 61st annual Golden Globe Awards on January 25, 2004.

And I thought it was just the Academy that were filled with a bunch of senile old men. (oh, wait a minute ... maybe that's why they put forward MD's name in the first place!) :rolleyes:

[IceGambit]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
Well I'm furious that Sean Astin at the very LEAST wasn't given a nomination. That pisses me off. They won't give him one, but they'll give it to some crap performance by Tom Cruise? I'm sorry, but he was not good in that film AT ALL. Does not deserve that nomination. And Will. H Macy for Seabiscuit? Sure the dude did OKAY, but he was in it for, what, 5 minutes? Jeff Bridges I could understand, but Will Macy???? NO NO NO....

My sentiments exactly.

And what is the rule that prevents a nomination for ROTK in the Best Score category?

[Glordreen]

I dont know, some stupid rule that the idiotic academy made up. But there is a chance the Score will be nomed, cause their campaigning fo it. I also am pissed off the Sean didnt get the nom, he deserves the win.

[IceGambit]

Cold Mountain, while increasingly looking worse everyday, is still exactly the kind of movie Oscars like to award.

Big stars, cheesy love story, anti-war in theme (the Academy probably wants to make a political statement.) And it is epic, while not the most so this year.

I have thought all along that Cold Mountain was just another vehicle to: 1) Pick up lots of undeserved awards for Miramax, and 2) Allow Nicole Kidman to find a way to take off her clothers.

[Glordreen]

Okay the awards are in for the Seattle Film Critics awards, here is what ROTK has won.

Best Supporting Actor- Sean Astin
Best Cinematography

It was runner up in Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Great news for Astin!

[PsYkOoOoO]

sean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Glordreen]

ROTK's list of major wins

-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)

And as for runnerups, PJ was runnerup at the BFCA, and at the SFCC ROTK was runner up for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. This is looking good so far for ROTK!

[PsYkOoOoO]

runner up..losing to?

[Glordreen]

At the SFCC, American Splendour won Best Pic, Sofia Coppla won Best Director, and American Splendour won Best Adapted screenplay. As for the BFCA I dont know who PJ was runner up to.

[ILOVEKATIE]

ROTK needs to win the Golden Globe award for Best Pic.
I can't believe they actually nominated William H. Macy instead of Sean Astin, Macy was in the film for like 7 minutes or so, probably less. Unbelievable.

[PsYkOoOoO]

boycott!!!boycott!!!

[ILOVEKATIE]

hell yeah! boycott!!! lol

[Glordreen]

agreed, Sean has the best preformance of the year. But there is still the Oscars, and those are the ones that we really care about.

[Glordreen]

The WAFCA has just announced their awards. ROTK has won two, geuss what they are....

Best Picture
Best Director

YES!!!!!!!!! Keep racking up the awards!

[Glordreen]

ROTK major wins list so far

-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)

This is spectacular!!!! It has also won Cenimatography at the SDFCC, and Production design at the SFCC. Many more to come!

[Rizor]

Standard press release from the Academy:

Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 76th Academy Awards?

The films in consideration are listed below in alphabetical order:
"The Hulk"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Peter Pan"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"
"X2"

Fifteen-minute clip reels from each of the seven films will be screened for the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee on January 21. The members will then nominate three of these seven films for Oscar consideration.

The finalists will be announced along with nominations in 23 other categories on Tuesday, January 27, at 5:30 a.m. PST.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2003 will be presented on Sunday, February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland?and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment.

Surprised to see the Matrices getting snubbed. Oh well. Less competish for ROTK.

[ILOVEKATIE]

Surprised indeed. I know the Matrix sequels were not that good, but to say that they are not worthy of atleast a nomination for Best F/x it's ridicolous, IMO. I don't know what they were thinking.
Oh well, ROTK better win!

[The Moose]

very interesting about no nomination for Matrix

[adt100]

Very surprising to see Revolutions not in the first shortlist. Maybe it's an anti-'all CGI and marketting hype with no real plot, rubbish story, dialogue, acting' film decision.

If ROTK doesn't win though given that shortlist, it will be a complete farce.

[pungolo reporte]

so far rotk will win, will absolutely win...

p.s. do you know that master and commander FX are made by weta? ^_^

[PsYkOoOoO]

no shyt really?

[Glordreen]

Just got back from my second viewing of ROTK, if this film does not win I will declare war on the Academt and any other award show who snubbed this film.

[Brock Landers]

I've seen the movie twice....and I HOPE it gets Best Picture and Best Director. I love this movie so much, I can't give it a rating because their isn't one high enough for it.

[The Moose]

i need to see it again, but i simply don't have the time. work next week, and then i'm going away. but there's 1 day on which i may be able to see it. 1 short day

[PsYkOoOoO]

i just saw it again yesterday morning..interesting..

[Glordreen]

just saw it again for the third time. the third time is better than the second.

[Glordreen]

Time and the Chicago Tribune have released their top ten

TIME's Top Ten:
Richard Corliss's list:
1) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2) Finding Nemo and The Triplets of Bellville
3) Master and Commander
4) City of God
5) Cold Mountain
6) All The Real Girls
7) Kill Bill Volume 1
8) The Fog of War
9) Divine Intervention
10) Pirates of the Caribbean

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
1. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2. "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
3. "Mystic River"
4. "Seabiscuit"
5. "Chihwaseon"
6. "The Magdalene Sisters"
7. "City of God"
8. "Finding Nemo"
9. "Together"
10. "In America"

[Brock Landers]

Another ROTK victory.......we all just rule, don't we? :)

[Glordreen]

THIS JUST IN!!!

The South Eastern Film Critics have announced their awards. Return of the King has been awarded Best Picture and Best Director. The awards just keep coming!!!!!!!!!!

[Brock Landers]

COOL! GO ROTK!




Now what the hell is the South Eastern film critics awards? ;)

[Glordreen]

ROTK major wins list so far

-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)

It looking fantastic!!!!!

[Brock Landers]

Originally posted by Glordreen
-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)

Now what about the NAACP awards? Did we win anything there? ;)

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by Brock Landers

Now what the hell is the South Eastern film critics awards? ;)

Just another critic awards, but the more the better chances ROTK has, and its chances are already excellent.

[The Moose]

i'm just wondering somethingg, totally hypothetically.

if NL didn't put ROTK up for nomination, and the EE came out in theatres, would the EE be eligible to be nominated? (seeing that the TE hadn't)

[Queen Arwen]

Good question. I don't see why not although I'm not the most qualified person to trust! I don't know the nominating rules when it comes to EEs, hehe!

[Queen Arwen]

Originally posted by Brock Landers
Now what about the NAACP awards? Did we win anything there? ;)

:applaud: HA HA HA HA! You just made my early morning!

BTW, your sig comprises one of my absolute FAVE scenes in ROTK. I still cannot get over how brilliant this scene was!

[Glordreen]

Here is NY Daily's Jack Mathews top ten list.

1. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": The best fantasy movie experience since 1940's "The Thief of Bagdad," and one of the most deserved success stories in Hollywood history.

2. "21 Grams": Alejandro González Iñárritu's followup to "AmoresPerros" is a brilliantly conceived evocation of loss and spiritual crisis.

3. "Mystic River": The rare movie that's better than its source novel, featuring career performances from Sean Penn and Tim Robbins and providing further evidence of the cool storytelling style of Clint Eastwood.

4. "Winged Migration": This remarkable French documentary about the migratory behavior of birds puts wings on its audience and lets us see the world as they do.

5. "American Splendor": Combining actors with the characters they're playing was just one of the clever strokes of this biographical curio about blue-collar comic book author Harvey Pekar.

6. "The School of Rock": I was laughing so hard I forgot that I hate this kind of music.

7. "The Magdalene Sisters": An eye-opening social drama about Rome-sponsored morals prisons for Irish girls that were operating into the 1990s.

8. "Stuck on You": More inspired lunacy from the Farrelly brothers, about conjoined twins who like each other too much to consider separating.

9. "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World": The story is no "Mutiny on the Bounty" or "Captains Courageous," but it evokes greater period authenticity than any high seas adventure that has gone before.

10. "Bad Santa": Bah humbug indeed, this depraved comedy about a dissolute department store Santa and his felonious elf is more fun than a drunk puppy.

[Glordreen]

This just in!

Peter Jackson has won Best Director at the Toronto Film Critics Circle!

So the list keeps on growing. And here is the FULL list of ROTK wins so far.

Wins list so far
-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCAA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Director (TFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)
-Best Cinematography (SFCC)
-Best Art Direction (SDFCC)

Noms/runnerups list so far

Golden Globes
4 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Director
-Best Score
-Best Song

Guild Awards
-Makeup/Hairstyling Guild (3 Nominations)
...Best Character Makeup
...Best Special Makeup Effects
...Best Character Hairstyling

Broadcast Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Score

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Adapted Screenplay

London Film Critics
2 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director

Golden Satellites
8 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Cinematography
-Best Film Editing
-Best Art Direction
-Best Costume Design
-Best Score
-Best Sound
-Best Visual Effects

RUNNER-UP

Boston Film Critics
-Best Director (runner-up)

New York Film Critics Circle
-Best Director (runner-up)

Seattle Film Critics
-Best Picture (runner-up)
-Best Director (runner-up)
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)

Southeastern Film Critics Association
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)

[RebelwithaCause]

Does anyone have any scans or something of the top 10 at LA Times, or of Ebert and Roeper? I wanted to see what they said.

[Queen Arwen]

Ebert and Roeper gave ROTK 2 thumbs up. Naturally.

[Rocksolidus]

There are a bunch of new FYC ads, here they are. And dont mind the newstand stuff. In no particular order.

http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/10/80/7d_1.JPG
http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkelijahcu1114.JPG http://members.cox.net/filmex/tues1223/astin01.JPG http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkianfury22.JPG
http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkelijahjackson21.JPG
http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/07/d8/29_1.JPG
http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkbernarddominic26.JPG

[Glordreen]

Thanks Rocksolidus, I was just about to post those.

[Rizor]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
Does anyone have any scans or something of the top 10 at LA Times, or of Ebert and Roeper? I wanted to see what they said.
From Oscarwatch.com

The LA Times (number 1 was withheld for some reason)

Kenneth Turan's Top Ten!

Ladies and gentlemen, drumroll, please: "Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary," "Amandla!," "Lost in La Mancha," "Rivers and Tides," "Winged Migration," "Spellbound," "Step Into Liquid," "OT: Our Town," "The Weather Underground," "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator," "Balseros," "Bus 174," "Etre et Avoir," "Charlie: The Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin," "Tupac: Resurrection," "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," "The Fog of War."

If there has been a stronger year across the board for the documentary genre since the Lumiere brothers filmed workers coming out of their factory in 1895, it does not come to mind. If 2003 was the year of anything, it was the year the documentary came into its own, and putting the best of the genre at the top of a 10-best list is the least thanks a grateful nation should give.

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2. "Mystic River." An overpowering crime drama that investigates the most basic human emotions, faultlessly acted by an ideal ensemble and directed by Clint Eastwood in the best, most mature work of his career.

3. "House of Sand and Fog." Staggering performances by Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly animate this deeply moving classic tragedy about two strangers on a terrible collision course. As with "Mystic," restrained direction (by the debuting Vadim Perelman) is the key to success.

4. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The closing chapter of the cinematic epic of our time, a richly imagined story whose ability to make a made-up world completely real has us always in its grip.

5. "The Triplets of Belleville." This French animated feature is a creation of such dazzling eccentricity and uninhibited imagination it reminds us that the movies can be wonderful fun, they really can.

6. "Lost in Translation." Tart and sweet, unmistakably funny and exceptionally well-observed, this delicate and distinctive film did nothing but good for stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson and director Sofia Coppola.

7. "Sweet Sixteen" and "Dirty Pretty Things." How good it is to see Ken Loach and Stephen Frears, two of Britain's best-regarded directors, both coming out with gripping films dealing with social problems in the most dramatically involving way.

8. "The Station Agent" and "Shattered Glass." One is a charming character riff about the need to connect, the other is a persuasive examination of a troubled personality. Together they are the kind of personal films that typify American independents at their best.

9. "Cold Mountain." A satisfying Civil War saga convincingly acted by Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger and told by director Anthony Minghella with the kind of bravura visual scope and eye for romance with a capital R that brings to mind Minghella's Oscar-winning "The English Patient."

10. "Nowhere in Africa." A major hit in Germany, a deserved Oscar winner here, this tale of Jewish refugees struggling in Africa is an intelligent epic told without special pleading and able to cut deep enough to reveal a keen specificity of experience.

And ROTK didn't make wither Ebert's or Roeper's lists, but here they are 'cause you requested them.

Ebert

1. "Monster"
2. "Lost in Translation"
3. "American Splendor"
4. "Finding Nemo"
5. "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
6. "Mystic River"
7. "Owning Mahowny"
8. "The Son"
9. "Whale Rider"
10. "In America"

And Roeper:
1. "In America"
2. "Mystic River"
3. "Lost in Translation"
4. "21 Grams"
5. "Elephant"
6. "The Barbarian Invasions"
7. "The Station Agent."
8. "Whale Rider"
9. "Monster"
10. "Seabiscuit"

[Glordreen]

Ebert and Roeper are complete idiots!!

[LegolasIsntSexy]

haha, they put Finding Nemo on there but not LOTR? god, nemo sucked. i really didnt like it. i think i might be the only one though...

[PsYkOoOoO]

oo i like the first FYC poster!!

[ILOVEKATIE]

i like it alot as well, looks awesome!

[Brock Landers]

Originally posted by Queen Arwen
:applaud: HA HA HA HA! You just made my early morning!

Glad I could. Because I'm such a funny bastard. :D

[Glordreen]

Check out this FYC ad I made myself.




http://free.inkfrog.com/pix/joekool77/11210.jpg

[Brock Landers]

I made one too, but it sucked. It's just some mad kid staring at the Camera and printed above his face says "GIVE ROTK OSCAR NOW!"

Well, I liked it.

[ILOVEKATIE]

Nice work, Glordreen.

Sounds cool, Brock.

[Brock Landers]

Originally posted by ILOVEKATIE
Sounds cool, Brock.

Just cool? I cannot comprehend. JUST COOL?!












Thanks. ;) :)

[Rocksolidus]

$250 MILLION!! WHOOHOOOO

[RebelwithaCause]

LOL...thanks for the scans by the way Rizor...yeah...what is #1? That is odd....I'm actually surprised that ROTK isn't there....I mean, this is the dude that said that this film was, "The Cinematic epic of our time, the one by which all others will be Judged. The one film to end it all." Now how is it possible that you can say that about a movie, and yet still give it a number 4 spot...and what am I missing about Mystic River? Sure it was well made, and brilliantly acted....but beyond that, it was interesting, and had good tragic elemends, but not one of the best pics of the year. Its a film to admire, not to love....unless for its acting.

[Brock Landers]

Any new awards yet?

[Glordreen]

nope. There is like a 2 week gap of no award shows or critic award shows, and we are in the middle of it. I believe the next recognized award chows are the BAFTA's and there noms are announced Jan. 7, but we have yet to get into the big boys yet. Such as the SAG's, DGA's, PGA's, Golden Globes ceremony, Oscar noms, and Oscar ceremony.

[Brock Landers]

One of the cast better get an acting nomination.

I'm pulling for either Astin or McKellen.....

[Glordreen]

Astin has the best chance although both deserve noms. I am surprised they arent campaigning for Billy Boyd, he was brilliant.

[Queen Arwen]

I hope you don't find me ignorant, Glordreen, but what are the PGA's? Am I right in guessing it's the Producers' Guild Awards? And when are the Oscar noms going to be announced?

[Queen Arwen]

Boyd was brilliant. Personally, I thought he gave a more powerful performance than Astin did...or rather, a performance on par with the excellent and beautiful Astin performance. It's really not possible that he gave a better performance, but for the amount of time he had onscreen, he was just as brilliant as Sean Astin, in my opinion. I would push for him to get a Supporting Actor nom.

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by Queen Arwen
I hope you don't find me ignorant, Glordreen, but what are the PGA's? Am I right in guessing it's the Producers' Guild Awards? And when are the Oscar noms going to be announced?

yes, that iswhat the PGA's are. And I believe the Oscar noms are announced Jan. 27, and no, I do not find you ignorant.

[Glordreen]

Here is a new FYC ad I made

http://free.inkfrog.com/pix/joekool77/aneis_retornodorei_46.jpg

I accidentlly forgot Best Costume Design.

[Brock Landers]

Anyone know when the Oscar nominees will be announced?

[Glordreen]

January 27th

[Cbars]

Originally posted by Glordreen
Here is a new FYC ad I made

http://free.inkfrog.com/pix/joekool77/aneis_retornodorei_46.jpg

I accidentlly forgot Best Costume Design.

That text is kind of hard to read, could you maybe try a different font?

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by Cbars
That text is kind of hard to read, could you maybe try a different font?

Will do.

[QUINNtheESKIMO]

I don't forsee it getting a ton of noms, perhaps none in the acting...

[PsYkOoOoO]

Originally posted by Glordreen
Will do.

just a suggestion..there's a picture of the rohirrum coming to gondor's aid...with the sun rising from the back...i think that'll be really cool as a FYC poster..

[Glordreen]

Here are the tallies for all top ten charts. The first number is for how many lists they have been on, and the second number is how many times they were #1 on to ten list.

1. LOST IN TRANSLATION 86, 12
2. AMERICAN SPLENDOR 60, 5
3. MYSTIC RIVER 59, 14
4. THE RETURN OF THE KING 56, 17
5. ELEPHANT 54, 7

So even though ROTK is fourth for the amount of lists it was on, it is first for how many times its was #1 on a list. :applaud:

[Ryvyan]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed but... Is it just me who adores Andy Serkis for Gollum?

HE'S ROBBED OF A NOMINATION, PEOPLE! (yes am agitated)

Dug up some old news and here's a quote...

His performance was breathtaking, but the Academy decreed it ineligible for an Oscar.

Link here: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/20/1071868695902.html

Ugh. The Academy is probably going to get lots of hate mail (if there was an address, anyone knows?) if RotK does not get the number of nominations it deserves! My guess would be that it would get some nominations, grudgingly, and probably win the not-so-important ones, just to pacify the people out there.

Ugh.

[Glordreen]

It WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brandy]

Here's your chance to vote for your favorite movies for Oscar. You can pick 5 current movies . . placing your favorite first, and so on . . your choice will than be ranked, and the contest will continue until the Academy Awards are announced. At the moment Mystic River is ahead with the most votes for Best Picture.



Pick the Oscars Contest (http://www.ibiblio.org/bess/oscars2003/intro.phtml)

It's just for fun, no one really wins anything other than bragging rights. ;)

[Glordreen]

Thanks, I m gonn vote right now.

[Brock Landers]

Just voted. My votes were HEAVILY in favor of LOTR and Kill Bill :D

[Brandy]

Hmm, there appear to be two entries for ROTK: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and LOTR: The Return of the King . . if you add the two together you get over 200 more votes than what is recorded. Which means that despite the tally . . Return of the King is way ahead of the others. :applaud:

If you choose to vote though . . cast your vote for the one that reads: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King If you've already voted, you can go back and change it to the right entry. ;)

[Queen Arwen]

Thanks for the heads-up, Brandy! The whole two-entry thing actually exists for Elijah, Viggo, and a slew of other people as well. Kind of odd.

Glordreen, you and I are on the same team! How random is that? I just picked the first one I thought was cool without even checking out who belonged to the team, and we are now in the same team! Rock on!

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by Queen Arwen
Glordreen, you and I are on the same team! How random is that? I just picked the first one I thought was cool without even checking out who belonged to the team, and we are now in the same team! Rock on!

Really, thats awesome! Same here, I also chose the first one that sounded cool.

[PsYkOoOoO]

which team?

[Glordreen]

This is not really an award but its great nonetheless.

BBC has named ROTK best film of the year.

[Queen Arwen]

I was really heavy on LOTR for the Best Supporting Actor category. We have some very similar ballots.

[Queen Arwen]

Originally posted by PsYkOoOoO
which team?

Best Pic-LOTR-ROTK

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by PsYkOoOoO
which team?

I think its the ROTK WILL WIN BEST PIC! or ROTK ROCKS! something like that, cant really remeber.

[Queen Arwen]

Originally posted by Glordreen
This is not really an award but its great nonetheless.

BBC has named ROTK best film of the year.

That's great! I totally respect the BBC. I'm very glad they picked ROTK.

[PsYkOoOoO]

hahaha...right...well if we predict the thing right will we get any prizes?

[Queen Arwen]

Like Brandy said, only bragging rights. But your name gets to be at the top of the list!

[PsYkOoOoO]

oooo...interesting...actually i voted already...but i might vote again..

[Queen Arwen]

Be sure you voted for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, not LOTR: The Return of the King. Two VERY different things, like Brandy said. But if the tallies for the two are added together, ROTK is winning!

[Glordreen]

Here is a new FYC ad.



http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11569.jpg

[Queen Arwen]

I just saw it on TORn. He better get it! :mad:

[RebelwithaCause]

For me, here is who I would nominate for acting awards:

1: Sean Astin, (he'd better win!)
2: Elijah Wood (awesome performance)
3: Ian McKellen (brilliant...scene about death with Pippin was heart-wrenching)
4: Andy Serkis (Terriffic, terriffic, terriffic...to hell with Oscars! He was terriffic!) (I sound like I'm walking out of Charlotte's Web...ehhh...)
5. Billy Boyd (Shocking for me, I was not expecting this at all. Awesome performance that really surprised me, and he does deserve a nom...even more than Viggo in my opinion...well, for this installment that is. Plus, his singing was just as shocking, and sent chills up my spine.)
6. Miranda Otto (Great performance...might have needed a bit more meat to it, and I don't think it is the best performance by a supporting actress this year, but I would still nominate her.)

[kylesmile]

I think the most underrated actor of the trilogy is Elijah Wood. He is the one person that has the carry the entire trilogy; if his performance was not perfect, the trilogy would not work at all. Even though he isn't given as emotional material as Sam in ROTK, I completely believed Frodo's inner struggle with the Ring and himself. I'm not saying that Sean Astin wasn't excellent, which he was, I'm just supporting Elijah here. If I had to pick one other actor who was consistently amazing throughout the trilogy it would have to be Ian McKellen; an absolutely incredible performance. No one else in this world could possibly be Gandalf or play him with such strength and warmth. Ahhh..... these movies are incredible! :)

[RebelwithaCause]

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/seanasti/petition.html

I'm still trying for it!!!

[RebelwithaCause]

ROTK just got nominated for Online Critics Film Societies Best Pic, as well as many other awards, ( including Director, Screenplay, and 2 supporting actors...hehehe...Go Sean!)

Go to www.oscarwatch.com to see the nominations.

[Glordreen]

Here is the full list of noms for the Online Critics Awards



2003

Best Picture


City of God (Producers: Mauricio Andrade Ramos & Andrea Barata Ribeiro)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Producer: Lawrence Bender)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Producers: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne & Fran Walsh)

Lost in Translation (Producers: Sofia Coppola & Ross Katz)

Mystic River (Producers: Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt & Robert Lorenz)


Best Director


Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Clint Eastwood- Mystic River

Alejandro González Iñárritu - 21 Grams

Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill: Volume 1


Best Actor


Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Paul Giamatti - American Splendor

Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog

Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Sean Penn - Mystic River


Best Actress


Angela Bettis - May

Scarlett Johannson - Lost in Translation

Charlize Theron - Monster

Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 1

Naomi Watts - 21 Grams


Best Supporting Actor


Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Alec Baldwin - The Cooler

Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass

Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best Supporting Actress


Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog

Maria Bello - The Cooler

Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April

Holly Hunter - Thirteen

Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain


Best Original Screenplay


Guillermo Arriaga - 21 Grams

Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Thomas McCarthy - The Station Agent

Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan - In America

Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill: Volume 1


Best Adapted Screenplay


Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini - American Splendor

Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Don Coscarelli - Bubba Ho-tep

Brian Helgeland - Mystic River

Billy Ray - Shattered Glass


Best Cinematography


Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Robert Richardson - Kill Bill: Volume 1

Eduardo Serra - Girl with a Pearl Earring

John Toll - The Last Samurai

Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse & Thierry Thomas - Winged Migration


Best Original Score


Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Brian Reitzell & Kevin Shields - Lost in Translation

RZA - Kill Bill: Volume 1

Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai


Best Documentary


Capturing the Friedmans

The Fog of War

Lost In La Mancha

Spellbound

Winged Migration


Best Foreign Language Film


The Barbarian Invasions

City of God

Irreversible

The Man Without a Past

The Triplets of Belleville


Breakthrough Filmmaker


Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini - American Splendor

Niki Caro - Whale Rider

Fernando Meirelles - City of God

Billy Ray - Shattered Glass

Peter Sollett - Raising Victor Vargas


Breakthrough Performance


Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider

Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent

Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dirty Pretty Things

Keira Knightley -Bend It Like Beckham

Cillian Murphy - 28 Days Later


Best Animated Feature

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Finding Nemo

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Millennium Actress

The Triplets of Belleville


Best Visual Effects


Kill Bill: Volume 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

X2: X-Men United


Best Art Direction


Down with Love

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Kill Bill: Volume 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World


Best Costume Design


Down with Love

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Kill Bill: Volume 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl


Best Sound


28 Days Later

Kill Bill: Volume 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl




Return of the King has scored 11 nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Supporting Actor (Sean Astin)
-Best Supporting Actor (Andy Serkis)
-Best Adapted Screenplay
-Best Cinematography
-Best Original Score
-Best Art Direction
-Best Visual Effects
-Best Sound
-Best Costume Design

[Glordreen]

Also this just in!

ROTK has won Best Picture at the African American Film Critics Awards.

[RebelwithaCause]

I saw that...lol...See! There is no racism in Middle Earth! LOL!

(This is in reference to that thread about there being racism in Middle Earth...this is not a racist comment...just pointing it out so's I don't get a virus sent to me. ;) )

[RebelwithaCause]

www.newlineawards.com - Interesting to see what New Line is promoting...hmmm....;)

[Queen Arwen]

That's all very WONDERFUL and ENCOURAGING news! :applaud:

[Glordreen]

Just thought I'd let you know. The Oscar nomination ballots were mailed to day. there are 254 eligible films.

[Queen Arwen]

I read! I am SOOOOO freakin' excited for ROTK!

[Glordreen]

Another update.

Time Magazine has named ROTK best film of the year!

[PsYkOoOoO]

Complete FYC posters..

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11629.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11630.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11631.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11632.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11633.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11634.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/11635.jpg

http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/orig/11636_orig.jpg

[Glordreen]

BRILLIANT!!!!

[RebelwithaCause]

That bites! They are pushing Elijah as supporting now? That's not good...that might raise his chances, but it also weaken's Sean's...if New Line wants to stick with a great lineup, they should have stayed where they were at....and maybe have added Andy Serkis and Billy Boyd...but that's another story.

[Queen Arwen]

I want that Best Ensemble poster!!!

[PsYkOoOoO]

me too...i want that so bad

[moviegeek]

yup

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
That bites! They are pushing Elijah as supporting now? That's not good...that might raise his chances, but it also weaken's Sean's...if New Line wants to stick with a great lineup, they should have stayed where they were at....and maybe have added Andy Serkis and Billy Boyd...but that's another story.

Where did you hear this? If you got it from a FYC poster, dont bother with those, even though they are the FYC posters newline has been switching around there campaign a lot. But I am positive Elijah Wood is being campaigned for Best Actor.

[PsYkOoOoO]

if newline wants to push elijah as supporting actor we shld support them

[Glordreen]

Just checked newlineawards.com and Elijah is being campaigned for Best Actor. And they have Sean, Ian, Viggo, and Andy all being campainged for Best Supporting Actor, they should have thrown in Billy Boyd.

[Glordreen]

I have never really asked you guys this, but whart are your Oscar predictions. just do the top 8, but you can do all if you want. Here are mine.

Best Picture
Return of the King
The Last Samurai (I have my doubts, but I think it can make it)
Mystic River
Cold Mountain
Seabiscut

Alt: Big Fish


Best Director
Peter Jackson- Return of the King
Clint Eastwood- Mystic River
Sofia Coppola- Lost In Translation
Anthony Mighnella- Cold Mountain
Peter Weir- Master and Commander

Alt:Edward Zwick- The Last Samurai, Tim Burton- Big Fish


Best Actor
Sean Penn- Mystic River
Tom Cruise- The Last Samurai
Bill Murray- Lost In Translation
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean
Ben Kingsley- House of Sand and Fog

Alt: Russell Crowe- Master and Commander, Elijah Wood- ROTK


Best Actress
Charlize Theron- Monster
Cate Blanchett- Veronica Geuren/The Missing
Julia Roberts- Mona Lisa Smile
Nicole Kidman- Cold Mountain
Naomi Watts- 21 Grams

Alt: ???

Best Supporting Actor
Sean Astin- Return of the King
Ken Wantanabe- The Last Samurai
Albert Finney- Big Fish
Tim Robbins- Mystic River
Alec Baldwin- The Cooler

Alt: Peter Sarsgaard- Shattered Glass, Benicio Del Toro- 21 Grams

Best Supporting Actress
Renee Zellwegger- Cold Mountain
Scarlett Johansen- Lost In Translation
Marcia Gay Harden- Mystic River
Emma Thompson- Love Actually
Patrcia Clarkson- Pieces of April

Alt: Mirand Otto- ROTK


Best Original Screenplay
The Last Samurai
Lost In Translation
In America
Thirteen
21 Grams

Alt: Finding Nemo, Love Actually


Best Adapted Screenplay
Return of the King
Mystic River
Cold Mountain
Seabiscut
American Splendor

Alt: Master and Commander

[Glordreen]

Heres an Update.

The NSFC(National Society Film Critics) awards will be announced on Saturday.

[Glordreen]

Another update.

The PGA (Producer's Guild) nominations will be announced on Monday.

[Glordreen]

Another Update.

The Peoples Choice awards will be on Jan 11 on CBS. And you can vote right now on CBS.com, but you can only vote for TV stuff right now. And all the noms are not posted I asume because they dont have favorite film up.

[RebelwithaCause]

Thanks for all this Glordeen. Very nice to check out. Yeah, I did get that from an FYC, and the reason why I didn't much care for it is because he IS the lead actor, and it also hurt the other guys's chances. I'm rooting for him and Sean, and if they can fit in Ian or Andy, then I'm cool with that too. Billy won't get a nom, and Viggo is a brilliant Aragorn, but I didn't see as much of him in this one as I was hoping for....maybe it was just me....but still, for what he was given, he did it awesomely.

[Glordreen]

Update.

The CFAA (Cinema Film Awards Association) has announced their nominations for Best Picture, they are as follows

- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 21 Grams
- American Splendor
- Cold Mountain
- Finding Nemo
- In America
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Lost in Translation
- Mystic River
- Whale Rider

[Glordreen]

ROTK has won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Florida Film Critics Circle.

[RebelwithaCause]

Damn your good...I just found that...I was hoping no one else had done that yet. Grr...lol. Hey, is the Florida Film Critics Circle basically the Southeastern Film Critics circle, (since it is in the south-east) or are they two seperate organizations? I hope so...so I may be able to see another victory before I sleep.

[Glordreen]

No the Florida Film Critic Circle is much smaller than the South Eastern Film Critics. two different organization

Here another bit of info. ROTK was shut out at the NFSC awards, oh well, no biggie. NFSC has just proved their idiots, thats all.

[RebelwithaCause]

Exactly. I saw that...that pissed me off. Ah well...let them have their American Splendor. Why should we care?

[Rogue]

Can I ask a really stupid question? What are ya'll gonna do if ROTK doesn't win all that you want? I mean, films I've wanted to win have been snubbed in the past. What happens if ROTK loses?

[RebelwithaCause]

Eh...no biggie. Just shows me nothing for the Academy. Oh, i'll be dissapointed, but I won't go all nutso and just scream for the entire existence of humanity...I do that later. ;)

[Glordreen]

Yeah if it doesnt win it will practically prove to everyone that the academy are complete idiots and hardly ever award the deserving films.

A little side note: If ROTK doesnt win the academy wont make it out of the auditorium alive.

[RebelwithaCause]

LOL, amen.

P.S. In case this was not announced, The southeastern Film Critics Assoc. also announced their awards, in case this has not yet been posted. Here it is.

SEFCA TOP 10
1. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2. "Mystic River"
3. "Lost in Translation"
4. "Cold Mountain"
5. "American Splendor"
6. "The Station Agent"
7. "Finding Nemo"
8. "Seabiscuit"
9. "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
10. "In America"

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
(winner) "City of God" (Brazil)
(runner-up) "The Barbarian Invasions" (Canada/France)

BEST DIRECTOR
(winner) Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
(runner-up) Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"

BEST ACTOR
(winner) Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"
(runner-up) Sean Penn, "Mystic River"

BEST ACTRESS
(winner) Naomi Watts, "21 Grams"
(runner-up) Diane Keaton, "Something's Gotta Give"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
(winner) Tim Robbins, "Mystic River"
(runner-up) Peter Sarsgaard, "Shattered Glass"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(winner) Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain"
(runner-up) Holly Hunter, "Thirteen"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(winner) "Lost in Translation," Sofia Coppola
(runner-up) "In America," Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(winner) "Mystic River," Brian Helgeland, from the novel by Dennis Lehane
(runner-up) "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

BEST DOCUMENTARY
(winner) "Capturing the Friedmans"
(runner-up) "Winged Migration"


So ROTK wins Picture and Director, gets runner up for screenplay. Not bad at all. I would have loved to see some love for Sean Astin....and yet, not so.

[Smeagol]

Critics really, really seem to love ROTK. :applaud: So do I, although I wish New Line would release the real ROTK at the cinemas... :p

[PsYkOoOoO]

why have runner ups without second runner ups?why have runner ups in the first placE?hmmm

[Glordreen]

The results of the Kansas City Film Crtics circle are in. Here they are.

Best Picture- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Director- Peter Jackson


I dont think I need to list the rest.

[PsYkOoOoO]

cool..:D

[Glordreen]

Here is the full list of everything.

Wins list so far
-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (KCFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCAA)
-Best Picture (AAFCA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Picture (FFCC)
-Best Director (KCFCC)
-Best Director (FFCC)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Director (TFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)
-Best Cinematography (SFCC)
-Best Art Direction (SDFCC)

Noms/runnerups list so far

Golden Globes
4 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Director
-Best Score
-Best Song

Guild Awards
-Makeup/Hairstyling Guild (3 Nominations)
...Best Character Makeup
...Best Special Makeup Effects
...Best Character Hairstyling

Broadcast Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Score

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Adapted Screenplay

London Film Critics
2 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director

Golden Satellites
8 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Cinematography
-Best Film Editing
-Best Art Direction
-Best Costume Design
-Best Score
-Best Sound
-Best Visual Effects

RUNNER-UP

Boston Film Critics
-Best Director (runner-up)

New York Film Critics Circle
-Best Director (runner-up)

Seattle Film Critics
-Best Picture (runner-up)
-Best Director (runner-up)
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)

Southeastern Film Critics Association
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)


Truly amazing how its cleaning up the awards.

[Glordreen]

Just for the hell of it.


ROTK id destroying everything when it comes to critics top ten lists. Out of all top ten lists made ROTK is #1 on 77 of them, no other movie is close.

[RebelwithaCause]

Damn, ya beat me to it Glordeen! LOL, i just saw that. Rock on ROTK! I'd be a little happier if Sean Astin won...but eh, ah well. Its the ensemble. I'm just glad for the film.

[Glordreen]

Okay the Online Film Critics Awards have announce their winners, if you remember ROTK was nomed for 11 awards. It has swept the awards winning 9 awards, and they are.

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction

[Queen Arwen]

Woo hoo! :applaud:

[Glordreen]

PGA noms will be announced today. They are a mjor award in the series of PGA, DGA, and SAG. They are not as major as the GG's or the Oscars.

[Glordreen]

Here are the Producers Guild (PGA) nominations!!!

Return of the King
The Last Samurai
Mystic River
Cold Mountain
Master and Commander
Seabiscut

Strange that they have six nominees, but anyway, look for ROTK to take the award. DGA nominations are tomorrow.

[LOTRfan]

Originally posted by Glordreen
ROTK is destroying everything when it comes to critics top ten lists. Out of all top ten lists made ROTK is #1 on 77 of them, no other movie is close.
It was excluded from both Ebert and Roeper's top ten lists...Finding Nemo came in #4 on Ebert's!!! Not even a mention of ROTK...totally ridiculous.

[Glordreen]

ROTk has also picked up a CDG(Costume Desgin Guild) nom.

[The_Manipulator]

Seabiscuit??!! Is that good? Haven't seen it!!
I like that people have comed up to Elijah Wood one day and said to him that he was excellent in Seabiscuit!
And a man thought he was Daniel Radcliffe who plays Harry Potter! HA!
Who said dumb?

[RebelwithaCause]

Rock on ROTK! Also, at Oscarwatch.com, it is now official. The score for ROTK IS elligible...the odd news is, it always has been...as has the second one. No one knows how the rumor started...lol...go to www.oscarwatch.com to see the article...hopefully it's still there.

[Rogue Program]

^^I hope this is made clear to the oscar voters because Shore definitely deserves another nomination (and win;) ).

[Glordreen]

You beat me to it this time Rebel. just read that. Shore is definatley getting a nomination. But this also brings up the question was Two Towers Score ever ineligible. If it was eligible, it should have benn F**King nominated.

[Rogue Program]

Originally posted by Glordreen
You beat me to it this time Rebel. just read that. Shore is definatley getting a nomination. But this also brings up the question was Two Towers Score ever ineligible. If it was eligible, it should have benn F**King nominated.
and won;)

[Glordreen]

true

[Glordreen]

The DFCA have announced their awards, and here they are

BEST PICTURE: The Return of the King
runners-up:
2. Cold Mountain
3. Mystic River
4. Lost in Translation
5. Finding Nemo
6. American Splendor
7. In America
8. Big Fish
9. Master and Commander
10. The Last Samurai

BEST DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson for The Return of the King

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn for Mystic River
BEST ACTRESS: Charlize Theron for Monster
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alec Baldwin for The Cooler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Andrew Lesnie for The Return of the King

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: City of God
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Capturing the Friedmans
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Finding Nemo

WORST FILM: The Cat in the Hat

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD: American Splendor



ROTK is dominating everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Glordreen]

Here is the full list of everything.

Wins list so far
-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (DFCA)
-Best Picture (OFCA)
-Best Picture (KCFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCAA)
-Best Picture (AAFCA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Picture (FFCC)
-Best Director (OFCA)
-Best Director (KCFCC)
-Best Director (FFCC)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (DFCA)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Director (TFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor - Sean Astin (SFCC)
-Best Adapted Screenplay (OFCA)
-Best Original Score (OFCA)
-Best Cinematography (SFCC)
-Best Cinematography (OFCA)
-Best Cenimatography (DFCA)
-Best Cinematography (FFCC)
-Best Art Direction (SDFCC)
-Best Art Direction (OFCA)
-Best Visual Effects (OFCA)
-Best Sound (OFCA)
-Best Sound Editing (OFCA)


Nominations

Golden Globes
4 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Director
-Best Score
-Best Song

Guild Awards

PGA nom
Best Picture (only award they give)

CDG nom
Costume Design (only award they give)

-Makeup/Hairstyling Guild (3 Nominations)
...Best Character Makeup
...Best Special Makeup Effects
...Best Character Hairstyling

Broadcast Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Score

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
4 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Ensemble
-Best Adapted Screenplay

London Film Critics
2 Nominations
-Best Picture
-Best Director

Golden Satellites
8 Nominations
-Best Picture (DRAMA)
-Best Cinematography
-Best Film Editing
-Best Art Direction
-Best Costume Design
-Best Score
-Best Sound
-Best Visual Effects

RUNNER-UP

Boston Film Critics
-Best Director (runner-up)

New York Film Critics Circle
-Best Director (runner-up)

Seattle Film Critics
-Best Picture (runner-up)
-Best Director (runner-up)
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)

Southeastern Film Critics Association
-Best Adapted Screenplay (runner-up)

[Glordreen]

That list is phenomenal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Glordreen]

This just in. ROTK has picked up 8 awards at the Las Vegas Film Critics Awards (LVFCA). Here they are.

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor- Sean Astin
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score
Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction
Best Visual Effects


Absolutely amazing how ROTK is destroying everything, and great news for Sean Astin, and the list just keeps getting bigger.


Wins list so far
-Best Picture (NYFCC)
-Best Picture (DFCA)
-Best Picture (LVFCA)
-Best Picture (OFCA)
-Best Picture (KCFCC)
-Best Picture (SEFCAA)
-Best Picture (AAFCA)
-Best Picture (WAFCA)
-Best Picture (FFCC)
-Best Director (OFCA)
-Best Director (LVFCA)
-Best Director (KCFCC)
-Best Director (FFCC)
-Best Director (SFFCC)
-Best Director (DFCA)
-Best Director (SEFCA)
-Best Director (SDFCC)
-Best Dirtector (WAFCA)
-Best Director (TFCC)
-Best Acting Ensemble (NBR)
-Best Supporting Actor- Sean Astin (SFCC)
-Best Supporting Actor- Sean Astin (LVFCA)
-Best Adapted Screenplay (OFCA)
-Best Original Score (OFCA)
-Best Original Score (LVFCA)
-Best Cinematography (SFCC)
-Best Cinematography (OFCA)
-Best Cenimatography (DFCA)
-Best Cinematography (FFCC)
-Best Cinematography (LVFCA)
-Best Art Direction (SDFCC)
-Best Art Direction (OFCA)
-Best Art Direction (LVFCA)
-Best Visual Effects (OFCA)
-Best Visual Effects (LVFCA)
-Best Costume Design (LVFCA)
-Best Sound (OFCA)
-Best Sound Editing (OFCA)

[RebelwithaCause]

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEAN ASTIN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!

[Glordreen]

YES IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FrodoLover]

I REALLY think that Sean Astin and Elijah Wood should be nominated for an Oscar. I absolutley hate how the Academy always nominates big name actors while ignoring the ones who truly deserve it. But all these awards ROTK is winning will hopefully take away some of the anger ill be feeling when Oscar nominations are announced :D

[Glordreen]

I dont think you guys understand at all what is happening. ROTK is doing practically the impossible, it has won more critics award than FOTR and TTT by a long shot, eryone thought it wouldnt do so well (but well enough) at the critics awards like FOTR and TTT, but still get Best pic and Director at the Oscars. However ROTK has turned into the Critic pet, it is destroying everything, nothing can stop it, it will win at the Globes and will sweep the Oscars, I can nearly go on the verge and say that its a fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FrodoLover]

Glordreen your so optimistic! I need to get into your mindset and start believing that ROTK will kick some major booty at the Oscars! ROTK will win! ROTK will win!.....ok i think im getting there :p

[RebelwithaCause]

I think it will. What cracks me up is it is turning into the critics darling, when at this point everyone thought it was going to be the audiences vs. the critics, who we thought were gonna pick like, Lost in Translation or Mystic River. Instead, we win the NYFCC, and that starts a trend, and we end up winning all the critics awards....and the fact that Sean Astin is getting more wins is very pleasing to me....I really cannot see anyway this is losing now...the critics adore it, as it is the film with the most #1's, the critics circles adore it, as it has won the most of them, and audiences, of course, are embracing it as one of the greatest films of all time. There is no stopping it now.

[Glordreen]

The Pheonix Film Critics Awards nominations are in, and here they are.

2003 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Nominations

Best Picture
Finding Nemo
In America
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Director
Sofia Coppola 'Lost in Translation'
Peter Jackson 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
Jim Sheridan 'In America'
Gore Verginski 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'
Peter Weir 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Johnny Depp 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Paul Giamatti 'American Splendor'
Ben Kingsley 'House of Sand and Fog'
Bill Murray 'Lost in Translation'
Sean Penn '21 Grams'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Scarlett Johansson 'Lost in Translation'
Scarlett Johansson 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
Diane Keaton 'Something's Gotta Give'
Naomi Watts '21 Grams'
Evan Rachel Wood 'Thirteen'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Sean Astin 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
Alec Baldwin 'The Cooler'
Benicio del Toro '21 Grams'
Tim Robbins 'Mystic River'
Ken Watanabe 'The Last Samurai'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Clarkson 'Pieces of April'
Hope Davis 'American Splendor'
Holly Hunter 'Thirteen'
Emma Thompson 'Love Actually'
Renee Zellweger 'Cold Mountain'

Best Ensemble Acting
A Mighty WInd
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Love Actually
The Station Agent
21 Grams

Best Screenplay - Original
In America
Lost in Translation
Pieces of April
Thirteen
21 Grams

Best Screenplay Adapted from another medium
American Splendor
Big Fish
House of Sand and Fog
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

The Overlooked Must See Film
A Mighty Wind
Down With Love
Pieces of April
Shattered Glass
The Station Agent

Best Live Action Family Film
Elf
Freaky Friday
Holes
Peter Pan
Secondhand Lions

Best Animated Film
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
Looney Tunes Back in Action

Best Foreign Language Film
Barbarian Invasions
City of God
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Man on the Trian
Swimming Pool

Best Original Song
Here's to Love 'Down With Love'
Into the West 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
Man of the Hour 'Big Fish'
Time Enough for Tears 'In America'
You Will Be My Ain True Love 'Cold Mountain'

Best Original Score
A Mighty Wind
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music
American Splendor
Elf
Love Actually
Mona Lisa Smile
School of Rock

Best Cinematography
Cold Mountain
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Winged Migration

Best Film Editing
American Splendor
Kill Bill, Volume 1
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
21 Grams

Best Production Design
Down With Love
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Costume Design
Down With Love
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Visual Effects
Kill Bill, Volume 1
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Matirx Revolutions
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Best Makeup
Big Fish
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Singing Detective
Underworld

Breakout Performance - On Screen
Peter Dinklage 'The Station Agent'
Scarlett Johansson 'Lost In Translation'
Kiera Knightly 'Bend It Like Beckham'
Keira Knightly 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'
Evan Rachel Wood 'Thirteen'

Breakout Performance - Behind the Camera
Sophia Coppola 'Lost in Translation'
Peter Hedges 'Pieces of April'
Tom McCarthy 'The Station Agent'
Vadim Perelman 'House of Sand and Fog'
Nikki Reed 'Thirteen'

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Brett Kelly 'Bad Santa'
Shia LaBeouf 'Holes'
Max Pirkis 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'
Thomas Sangster 'Love Actually'
Jeremy Sumpter 'Peter Pan'

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Emma Bolger 'In America'
Sarah Bolger 'In America'
Jenna Boyd 'The Missing'
Keisha-Castle Hughes 'Whale Rider'
Evan Rachel Wood 'Thirteen'


ROTK has broken this award shows record recieving 13 nominations, two more than bothe FOTR and TTT.

[Glordreen]

The DGA nom have been announced.

Peter Jackson
Clint Eastwood
Peter Weir
Sofia Coppola
Gary Ross

Looks like Cold Mountain is dead in the water. And with these noma, it pretty much assuers (I was already sure) That ROTK will take BP and BD.

[RebelwithaCause]

Yeah, not seeing Anthony Mingella on there shocked me. Expect a big dip for Cold Mountain for this...I haven't seen it yet, so I can't comment, but this will give it a dip. Seabiscuit looks like it got a huge boost from getting both DGA and PGA awards. That might just squeeze into the Best Picture arena because of those awards...ya never know. Nice to see that after the Las Vegas awards, there seems to be a bit of love for Sean Astin, as the Phoenix people have already nom'd him as well. Sure, its just one society, but let me have my dream. Its not all too far off that he won't make it....if New Line continues to push him hard, and the movie keeps doing amazing business, then the likeliness of him getting nom'd is very possible. A win is unlikely...but it's what I'm hoping for.

[Glordreen]

Here are some new FYC ads.



http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkseanelijahcarry38.JPG

http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkseanelijahcarry38b.JPG

http://www.newstands.org/lotrrotkviggosword37.JPG

[Queen Arwen]

Hey, it's about time that EVERYONE take notice of ROTK properly.

[RebelwithaCause]

I love those ad's....especially the one with Sam carrying Frodo and the quotes...that's just amazing right there. Oh man...I gotta see this movie again.

[Queen Arwen]

Yeah, I still haven't gotten enough of ROTK. :)

[RebelwithaCause]

Neither have I...and I doubt I ever will. :)

[Elf]

Interesting article from Variety

:applaud: :applaud:
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Not of this Earth
Though unprecedented, the final 'Rings' saga begs the question: Will Oscar finally warm to fantasy?

By DAVID ROONEY

With the arrival of Peter Jackson's trilogy-capping "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," has the time finally come for fantasy films to be legitimized by top-tier Oscar recognition?
That's what New Line is hoping as it positions the "Rings" conclusion for the attention of Oscar voters -- despite a complete absence of any Academy precedent for bestowing principal honors on a fantasy film.

Including the best pic noms for previous "Rings" installments, "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers," only a handful of fantasy titles have made the shortlist in the top Oscar slot. Not one took home the gold. That list includes "The Wizard of Oz," "The Lost Horizon," "Star Wars" and "E.T." -- so clearly, "fantasy" encompasses a wide spectrum.

" 'Lord of the Rings' is a hybrid," says New Line president of domestic marketing Russell Schwartz. "It's a combination of the best of fantasy elements: imagination, visual effects, technical prowess. I think it's the best of literary adaptations, based on a book read by well over 100 million people. And in another sense, it has the best of historical pedigrees because it's based on the author's real-life experiences during World War I and his fear of the encroaching Nazi movement in World War II."

Those hybrid elements will be key to securing Oscar recognition beyond the obvious tech categories where the previous two chapters have been successful.

"A lot of it is how you define fantasy," adds Schwartz. "Is it about where it takes place or what it is saying? I think 'Return of the King' has all the grand themes of the great big-scale Hollywood dramas.

"Is it about special effects? We have special effects, but so do a number of other films which may be best picture contenders, as did past winners like 'Gladiator' or 'Titanic.' I think Peter's approach to the shape and scope of the Tolkien books suggest that this is a huge and unique world, but also a story that could only be told through very intimate human drama."

Popular thinking says the Academy tends in general to take genre films less seriously. But while conventional wisdom said Westerns, B-movie thrillers or musicals lacked the heft to garner top Oscars, the trophies awarded to "Dances With Wolves" and "Unforgiven," to "Silence of the Lambs" or to "Chicago" indicate contemporary Academy voters are less blinkered in the types of films they choose to embrace.

Schwartz points to the advent of controversial rapper Eminem winning a song Oscar for his "8 Mile" ditty, or of Roman Polanski, a director with an outstanding arrest warrant in the U.S., winning for "The Pianist," as signs the perception of Academy voters as an aging group clinging to traditionalist values is outdated.

"There are no rules any more," offers Schwartz. "People vote on the achievement of what they are seeing, not on the baggage they may at one time have brought to it. We've never bought that argument."

Schwartz and the brass at New Line aren't the only people singing "Return of the King's" praises. Reviews have been largely stellar, from the major metropolitan newspapers to weekly and monthly magazines. That most esoterically oriented body of film pundits, the New York Film Critics Circle, in December voted "Return of the King" best picture of 2003 despite having failed to name either of the previous two chapters in any category.

Even David Thomson, the astringent, often provocative author of "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film," is unequivocally praiseful. "I think 'The Lord of the Rings' is going to get best picture," he says. "It's going to do such business; it's got imaginative integrity, it's got vision. The overall achievement of the trilogy is so immense that it has to be recognized."

Many critics and industryites, not to mention legions of Tolkien geeks, feel similarly, that Jackson is overdue recognition for a project that dwarfs almost anything in the history of cinema in terms of sheer size, scope and ambition. Rarely have popcorn entertainment, visual spectacle, literary pedigree and Shakespearean dramatic texture been wed with such intelligence as in the final chapter in particular.

One obstacle for New Line is that the majority of successful best picture contenders have built additional momentum with nominees in the lead acting categories. However, while the distrib is running a lead actor campaign for Elijah Wood, "Returnof the King" is very much an ensemble piece, and more likely to figure in the supporting ranks, where Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen and Miranda Otto are being pushed.

A number of best picture winners such as "Braveheart," "The Last Emperor" and "Platoon" scored victories without lead acting nominations. But the tendency of actors -- the largest body of Academy members -- to vote more for actor-driven films may provide a minor stumbling block.

While every Oscar contender eyes the gold of a best picture or director statuette longingly, few filmmakers have had their eye on the prize as long as Jackson, whose completion of the "Rings" saga represents the culmination of five years' work.

With close to $1.8 billion in the coffers for the first two installments and a seemingly not-unrealistic goal of $1 billion for the finale, the trilogy represents the best kind of behemoth -- a massive logistical undertaking and even more daunting financial gamble, which has paid off stunningly both commercially and artistically.

What makes the overall achievement even more singular is that it was made in far-flung New Zealand, without the infrastructure or supervision of a major studio, maintaining -- albeit in a vastly magnified version -- the same spirit of cottage-industry enterprise and creative independence that has characterized Jackson's work since his early days. (Expanding on structures he set up for "Heavenly Creatures," the director built his own special effects and post-production facilities, providing a significant adrenaline shot for the New Zealand film industry.)

The view that filtered through the Oscar rumor mill in the past two years was that voters were saving their full-throttle endorsement of Jackson for the trilogy's final chapter as a means of honoring the entire endeavor.

However, New Line was never a party to that thinking, which many observers believe was propagated by the distrib's rivals. And those same rivals show no sign of stepping back or being less aggressive in their campaigning out of deference to Jackson this year. But New Line insists its campaign this time around is geared exclusively to "Return of the King" and not around the trilogy.

"Our intention is to focus completely on this film," stresses Schwartz. "This is about this movie this year."

Once the initial wave of critical coverage subsides, New Line is anticipating an ongoing stream of editorial think-pieces through January to keep "The Rings" high on Oscar voters' radars -- including those older voters who may be resistant to the genre. Some see the movies as boy toys unlikely to register across all the necessary demographics to secure the ultimate Oscar crown.

"Is there an audience segment that is not first to embrace this movie?" asks Schwartz. "Of course there is; In our case, I would say 50-plus women. Every movie has an Achilles' heel, a group which is hardest to appeal to.

"Ultimately, the film will speak for itself and that's the beauty of this voting process as compared to a regular election campaign."

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[evenstar]

Nice article.

The overall achievement of the trilogy is so immense that it has to be recognized."

This is my feeling exactly.

[The_Manipulator]

Excellent!!!
I want it so much to win the Oscar Best everything here 29th Feb....

[moviegeek]

just love the one with sam.

[RebelwithaCause]

The LAFCA are about to announce their choice for BP and such...I'm seriously praying they choose LOTR...it would be one of its final big boosts...it really could give it a great boost...the Oscars would almost have to come up with the dumbest excuse to not give it BP.

[Rogue Program]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
The LAFCA are about to announce their choice for BP and such...I'm seriously praying they choose LOTR...it would be one of its final big boosts...it really could give it a great boost...the Oscars would almost have to come up with the dumbest excuse to not give it BP.
Do you know exactly when the announcement is going to be?

[RebelwithaCause]

The site that I'm looking at is www.oscarwatch.com ..., they say that they are going to announce it any second now...so I donno. Let's just keep watch.

[Glordreen]

It was supposed to be around 6:00pm, but I was browsing Oscarwatch, and this guy got an email from the LAFCA president saying they were meeting up and will announce their winners when finished, but to not expect anything until 10pm, and I assume thats pacific time since its LA. But some people are still saying anytime now, so who knows.

[RebelwithaCause]

GREAT....
Well, at least it's good to know this now. I had been reloading the page like every minute trying to find out. Ah well...i'll just go on Nintendo and wait a while. Hey, btw, does this awards thing just do BP, or all the other catagories, like Director, Actor, Actress...Best supporting actor for Sean Astin?

[Glordreen]

It does all categories according to my knowledge, and I trust my knowledge, so yes.

[RebelwithaCause]

GREAT! Another possiblity for our little hobbit dude! I really really hope he wins.

[Glordreen]

I believe these are the second biggest critics awards, behind the NYFCC which ROTK won Best Picture. So any wins here is a big boost, but like ROTK needs a boost.

[RebelwithaCause]

It couldn't hurt though, lol, and a win for supporting here for Sean would be a big help as well to get him into the top 5, and a possible, (hopefully!) win.

[Glordreen]

He should win, his preformance is the best of the year. But the stupid academy is well..............stupid.

[RebelwithaCause]

Exactly. But hey, there's no time like the present to make up for the past...and in my book, this would do so. And I agree completely on his performance being the best of the year. He was just....I donno....there ain't no words for how good this dude's performance was.

[Glordreen]

urghhhhhhhhhhhhh! still nothing on OW!

[RebelwithaCause]

I know it...That bites......ah well...it'll come soon.

[Samwise Gamwich]

Originally posted by evenstar
Nice article.

The overall achievement of the trilogy is so immense that it has to be recognized."

This is my feeling exactly.

Amen!, Sister!!!

[RebelwithaCause]

Amen!

[Glordreen]

Can I get an Amen! oh wait.

[Samwise Gamwich]

Wait for what?

[Glordreen]

it was a joke, seeing how you guys aready said Amen, and thenb I called for one.

still notin on OW.

[Samwise Gamwich]

Originally posted by Glordreen
it was a joke, seeing how you guys aready said Amen, and thenb I called for one.

still notin on OW.

DOH!!!

:rolleyes:

[RebelwithaCause]

LOL, I almost thought for a sec that something was going on when you said Oh wait...so I checked OW right away, lol. But yeah, I get the joke, lol. And yet, still nothing on OW....

[Glordreen]

I heard there site is being updated right now, so we could be close.

[Samwise Gamwich]

Originally posted by Glordreen
I heard there site is being updated right now, so we could be close.

Please let us know something OK??

[Glordreen]

plan to.

[Glordreen]

I am really getting pissed off, hurry up LAFCA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Glordreen]

The awards are beginning to trickle in as I type. so far this is what is announced

Best Actor- Bill Murray
runner up Sean Penn- 21 Grams

Best Actress- Naomi Watts
runner up Charlize Theron

Best Supporting Actress- Shohreh Aghdashloo
runner up Melissa Leo,
"21 Grams"

[Glordreen]

Best Supporting Actor- Bill Nighy
runner up Benicio del toro

[Glordreen]

Best Production Design- Grant Major, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

[Glordreen]

Best Animation- Triplettes of Belleville

[Glordreen]

Best Music Score- Benoit Charest & Mathieu Chedid,
"The Triplets of Belleville"

HOward Shore should have won, know idea if he was nomed.

[Glordreen]

Ill keep posting as they keep coming.

[Glordreen]

Best Cinematography- Eduardo Serra, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

again ROTK should have won that.

[Glordreen]

Career Achievement award- Robert Altman

[RebelwithaCause]

So far, only one for ROTK...nothing for Sean Astin, unfortunately. Ah well.....so long as it gets Director and Picture...I'll be fine. This was just a hoping for kinda thing.

[RebelwithaCause]

Bill Nighy was a huge surprise, but I liked him in Love Actually, lol, so good for him. New Generation will no doubt be Evan Rachel Wood...I can't really think of anyone else, except Keira Knightley or Shia LeBouf possibly...but Evan sounds like the best guess.

[Glordreen]

They've just like stopped announcing the awards, we still have Screenplay, Director, and Picture.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I have gone insane!

[RebelwithaCause]

I KNOW IT!!!! It's like, dude, NOOO!!!!

[Glordreen]

*$%#$%@% THIS is MADNESS! Its been like 20 minutes since they last announced. I swear they are doing this on purpose!

[RebelwithaCause]

They really liked 21 grams though, didn't they? I mean, look at the acting awards....Melissa Leo, (who has got NOTHING PREVIOUSLY), then Benicio Del Toro, who had basically disapeared from sight recently in terms of Oscar Hype. Naomi Watts isn't a huge surprise...but could this lead to a 21 Grams sweep? It's possible...I'm hoping not....oh please LA films critics...just pick ROTK...ya know you want to....hehehe :grin:

[RebelwithaCause]

Oh no doubt...unless they really are having a tough time with the Screenplay.

[RebelwithaCause]

We have New Generation, Experimental Film, Foreign Language, Documentary, Screenplay, Director, and Picture left to go, according to everythingoscar.com.

[Glordreen]

ture, 21 grams seems to be the favorite, but what did ROTK win at the NYFCC along with Best Picture, I cant remeber even. I still hope ROTK can get BP and BD.

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
We have New Generation, Experimental Film, Foreign Language, Documentary, Screenplay, Director, and Picture left to go, according to everythingoscar.com.

yep,and they seem to love torturing us. I give them 1/2 and hour than I am off too bed, if your still here you can post the winners if they havent been announced by then.

[RebelwithaCause]

Actually, it says that it didn't win anything beyond that at the NYFCC.

[RebelwithaCause]

I need to head to bed in a while too...but I'll stay up till 11, cuz I'm dying to know...but then sleep for me...gotta wake up at 5 and exercise.

[Glordreen]

21 grams- Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (runnerup), Best Supporting Actress (runner up)

It leads so far, you could say.

[Glordreen]

Originally posted by RebelwithaCause
Actually, it says that it didn't win anything beyond that at the NYFCC.

So pret