Chances at the Oscar's? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 12-31-2002, 01:44 AM

On the subject of ROTK, I think that awarding an Oscar to a movie that hasn't even been <I>made</I> yet is even worse than the Academy having a general bias against Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a notable exception, thanks for pointing that one out, but really it's almost a bit of a historical picture, and in the minds of most people hardly as fantastic as LOTR. Good insights on the rotation thing at the Oscars, I don't really follow movies enough to notice something like that. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon seemed at least in part to be a move for political correctness, for the Academy to get brownie points by awarding a foreign film. Maybe they'll try to do the same by awarding a token award to TTT so that they don't seem too one-eyed. Would we be happy with that, though?

12-31-2002, 01:44 AM	#11
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	On the subject of ROTK, I think that awarding an Oscar to a movie that hasn't even been <I>made</I> yet is even worse than the Academy having a general bias against Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a notable exception, thanks for pointing that one out, but really it's almost a bit of a historical picture, and in the minds of most people hardly as fantastic as LOTR. Good insights on the rotation thing at the Oscars, I don't really follow movies enough to notice something like that. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon seemed at least in part to be a move for political correctness, for the Academy to get brownie points by awarding a foreign film. Maybe they'll try to do the same by awarding a token award to TTT so that they don't seem too one-eyed. Would we be happy with that, though? __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.