Fantasy - inferior?

[doug*platypus]

LOTR was such a huge scale and committment as an actor that at least one of the actors should at least get a nomination .

How many people are going to see Hours or Chicago compared to the LOTR.

Those would both be absolutely ridiculous reasons to hand out Oscars. And handing out is effectively what that would be. Just because TTT is on some levels a more enjoyable movie than FOTR does not make it a better one.

The Oscars do not give awards out based on how important literacy is. They give recognition to achievements in moviemaking. Just because you happen to love Aragorn doesn't mean that Viggo Mortensen delivered one of the top five acting performances of the last year. True, the snubbing of Howard Shore's score is a little odd (although I assume that Chicago will rightly take Best Soundtrack), but I can understand how no other top class awards will come the way of TTT.

As for costume and makeup, all three movies were made at the same time, making it one production. Ngila Dickson didn't spend the last year creating thousands more costumes. And as soon as an actor in a fantasy movie delivers a performance worthy of Best Actor, then I'm sure they will be nominated. I think that Ian McKellen and Ian Holm put in exceptional performances for Supporting Roles, but Best Actor? I think some people on this site could benefit from watching a few more movies.