I also feel like giving them all the statues they were nominated for was more a reward for the effort of the whole project, rather than awards for the merits of RotK itself.

It saved them having to give PJ awards in more than one year. And although it's not the point of the Oscars, LotR was very much a cumulative work, released in instalments. So I'm good with it.

Or -- "Fickle Academy!"

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(I mean, I was glad to see the trilogy win, but I thought RotK was by far the weakest film of the three.)

Yep, yep, yep!

In a sense it's one really, really, really long movie subdivided for the sake of people's butts.

And don't think my butt isn't grateful.

So I'm good with it.

Oh, I was all kinds of good with it too. But that was one of their many recent cases of awarding Oscars for reasons that go beyond the piece actually receiving the nomination.

I think the LotR was a more organic extension of the award to past works, though. It wasn't as unrelated as an actor's good body of work.

I think the LotR was a more organic extension of the award to past works, though. It wasn't as unrelated as an actor's good body of work.

This is very true.

I laughed and laughed at Dodgeball. I'm not proud of it, but I laughed. Although generally not at Stiller.

I should have liked it, since I usually like those Frat Pack movies. But I felt dirty after Dodgeball. It felt soulless and corporate, like Stiller these days.

I think the LotR was a more organic extension of the award to past works, though. It wasn't as unrelated as an actor's good body of work.

Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah, good point.

I should have liked it, since I usually like those Frat Pack movies. But I felt dirty after Dodgeball. It felt soulless and corporate, like Stiller these days.

See, that's how I felt about Old School, but I love the crap out of Dodgeball.