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!
Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands...unless they're evil errands.
Lilah ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.