and let me add a fuck yeah. I only stayed up this late to watch my hobbits win big. I'm so very, very happy for all of them!
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Ling Mao - Feb 29, 2004 7:30:08 pm PST #2077 of 3902
I believe that we will take the non-sinking sheep of love and will go far away to the ocean...
billytea - Feb 29, 2004 8:13:21 pm PST #2078 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I loved that. I don't think I've ever watched through the whole Awards, but I had to see it win Best Picture.
RobertH - Feb 29, 2004 8:31:19 pm PST #2079 of 3902
Disaffected college student
Tied both Ben-Hur and Titanic for 11 wins . . . but those films had 12 and 14 nominations, respectively. RotK made the biggest Oscar sweep ever.
Katie M - Feb 29, 2004 8:59:47 pm PST #2080 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
See, I am pissed that all the acting was glossed over, but ... I'm happy in the end.
Eh. For Fellowship I felt like that, but not for RotK. (Billy Boyd's performance was the only one that I remember being really impressed by. I mean, everyone was good, don't get me wrong, but... I dunno. I have to confess that Sean Astin's big Hero Moment on the slopes of Mount Doom kind of makes me roll my eyes.)
Liese S. - Feb 29, 2004 9:00:49 pm PST #2081 of 3902
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay for the sweep! Yay for the cute hobbits all in a row! Yay for fantasy slipping past the blind eye of the academy!
(And also yay for Johnny Depp who has the smirkingest non-winning smirk ever)
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2004 4:02:34 am PST #2082 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Sean and Billy (oh, but mostly Billy) did great jobs. It's hard for me to say for the others, because I was used to the jobs they'd been doing. So if they'd rocked in FotR, they'd raised their own bar already.
sumi - Mar 01, 2004 4:10:10 am PST #2083 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Woo hoo for the Sweep.
It makes sense that stor=big because the date on that picture is 1932 -- so it's probably VM's father. (If only I had remembered the date on the photo earlier.)
Yeah, Sean and Billy were both extraordinary in RotK.
sumi - Mar 01, 2004 4:28:10 am PST #2084 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, and what was that about Chicago Weta?
There is a branch of Weta in Chicago? I want to work there! I'm not sure what I could do . . . .
Volans - Mar 01, 2004 4:36:11 am PST #2085 of 3902
move out and draw fire
I think it's a bar/restaurant, where the Weta guys were hanging out watching the awards.
I don't think I've ever watched through the whole Awards, but I had to see it win Best Picture.
billytea speaks for me. I'm so blissed for them. Barry Osbourne was the only recipient to thank the fans, so yay Barry!
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2004 4:41:56 am PST #2086 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to watch all the movies, and watch the awards scrupulously and with a (possibly inflated) sense of what should win. But I got lazy, and movies got depressing.
This year I'd seen very few, but damn if I didn't stay glued to my screen for 12 awards (all the RotK ones plus Keisha), and dude -- never before have movies I cared about won so many awards.
It was pretty much just the one movie this time, though.