Fantasy - inferior?

[doug*platypus]

Wow! I'm glad I checked back on this thread, there have been some very intuitive posts lately. And no flames at me! Curses, playing Devil's Advocate isn't as fun as it used to be.

It seems to be consensus that LOTR has come closer than any previous Fantasy or Sci-Fi movie to capturing an Oscar for the genre. I think we should be thankful that it has not received simply a token Oscar. In my mind, that would be worse than being snubbed. If the films are to win, it should be on their own merit. The Academy gains a bit more credibility in this way as well.

Saucepan made an excellent point about there "not yet" being a category that could handle Gollum. Surely now is the time to introduce Best Digital Effects? Computer animation and effects are becoming increasingly integrated into the mainstream of movies, TV shows and commercials.

I think we've learned two important things about FOTRs failure to secure a 'real' Oscar - the Academy is a little stuffy in still not recognising Fantasy as an important form of film, and also that no Fantasy movie yet made has quite what it takes to earn Best Picture.