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Essex · 03-02-2004, 08:59 AM

Sorry, my first rant on the attitudes towards ROTK at the Oscars.

Notice how they stuck all of the LOTR crew on the right hand side of the auditorium?

Now I'm wondering, if this had been a big American movie, where would they have been sitting?

Hmmmmmm............

Also, the auditorium had the decency to join in when some actors on the left hand side of the auditorium stood up (funnily enough, one of the first was Naomi Watts) when Sean Penn won his award. He then got a standing ovation.

Hey, what happened when a lot of the people on the LOTR side of the auditorium stood up to applaud ROTK as Best Film? What did the rest of the auditrioum do? Absolutley NOTHING. They sat on their rich, fat behinds and sulked like school kids!

Anyway, well done to ROTK, but how come it did so well if the breadth of feelings from inside the auditorium is any way to go? Weren't most of the people on the ground floor members of the Academy and therefore voters?????

I noticed how Jackson made an aside comment to Billy Crystal who hillariously (NOT!) kept mentioning the amount of thanks to New Zealand throughout the show (talk about flogging a dead horse!) But Jackson slapped him down at the end and told him to go over to New Zealand to make a film if he was worried! I think Peter was a little bit peeved at the continuous snide remarks from Mr Crystal.

Rant over.

It was nice to see Mr Speilberg and Mr Cruise give the 2 main awards to Peter Jackson. You could see at least THEY were happy for ROTK to have won. Respect to Steven and Tom.

03-02-2004, 08:59 AM	#158
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	Sorry, my first rant on the attitudes towards ROTK at the Oscars. Notice how they stuck all of the LOTR crew on the right hand side of the auditorium? Now I'm wondering, if this had been a big American movie, where would they have been sitting? Hmmmmmm............ Also, the auditorium had the decency to join in when some actors on the left hand side of the auditorium stood up (funnily enough, one of the first was Naomi Watts) when Sean Penn won his award. He then got a standing ovation. Hey, what happened when a lot of the people on the LOTR side of the auditorium stood up to applaud ROTK as Best Film? What did the rest of the auditrioum do? Absolutley NOTHING. They sat on their rich, fat behinds and sulked like school kids! Anyway, well done to ROTK, but how come it did so well if the breadth of feelings from inside the auditorium is any way to go? Weren't most of the people on the ground floor members of the Academy and therefore voters????? I noticed how Jackson made an aside comment to Billy Crystal who hillariously (NOT!) kept mentioning the amount of thanks to New Zealand throughout the show (talk about flogging a dead horse!) But Jackson slapped him down at the end and told him to go over to New Zealand to make a film if he was worried! I think Peter was a little bit peeved at the continuous snide remarks from Mr Crystal. Rant over. It was nice to see Mr Speilberg and Mr Cruise give the 2 main awards to Peter Jackson. You could see at least THEY were happy for ROTK to have won. Respect to Steven and Tom.