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[neverwhere]

Absolutely furious about Oscar nominations. Or rather, THE LACK THEREOF.

Can't even talk right now, am so angry, and utterly, utterly disappointed.

Sigh.

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[trukkle.livejournal.com]

Grrr, why can't they take it seriously.
*beats the oscar judges round the head for being so bleedin' stupid*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Moop.

*whimpers and rests head on your shoulder*

[winterswitchery.livejournal.com]

Oscar time always destroys my admiration for the film industry.

Because they have so very little taste.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Amen sister.

*sighs sadly*

[meretia]

Fsh. I never watch the Oscars. It's nothing but a bunch of elitist morons patting their friends on the back and being bloody dull while doing it.

But any of the Supporting Actors--with the exception of Ed Harris, who is awesome--being nominated over ma cher Andy makes me want to break some thumbs.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

I knew Andy wouldn't be nominated, and yet a part of me desperately hoped to be surprised.

I should have known better.

(Yeah, I was suprised alright -- by the total fuckwads of the Academy who obviously don't have anything between the ears.)

[ladynemo.livejournal.com]

Wow. Can you imagine the sheer amount of people who worked their asses off for this movie? *sigh* They're such snobs, and I can stand anything but a snob.
I wonder how much damage one of those statuettes would do. Not that I plan on doing anything, but... *whistles innocently as evil grin spreads across her face*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Hehehe you're so cute when you're plotting...;-)

[mlfoley.livejournal.com]

Exactly what movie are you talking about? Lord of the Rings is up for 4 nominations, including best picture. While I agree that the actors should be given a lot of credit, 4 nominations is still nothing to sneeze at. And ultimately, no one cares who wins an Oscar (at least I don't). People will still love the movie, despite the lack of awards.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

SNUBBED: Best Director. Best SCORE. Best Song. Best Actor (supporting or otherwise).

Am so, so sad about Howard not being nominated for his beautiful music. So unfair.

And the awards would validate the seriousness of LOTR, and the fantasy genre in general -- it's not just a 'silly fairy story' after all, it's blood, sweat and tears. It's beautiful and it's brilliant. And dammit, it DESERVES to be recognized.

And even that asmatic cow XenArwen can act a ZILLION times better than Renee fucking Zellwigger. *spits on her name*

[bcgphoenix]

I know :(

Strangely enough, I'm less bewildered by the lack of a directing nomination (though that still pisses me off) than by the lack of a makeup nomination. For the love of Pete, how is a unibrow more impressive than the painstaking recreation of a half-dozen fantasy races? *growls*

Stupid Academy. Well, at least I won't have to bother sitting through the whole ceremony this year...there's no point.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

It isn't even nominated for make up?? I didn't notice that. ARRRGHH!

AND no costume design!?? WHATTHEFUCK!!! *bashes head against wall*

Sometimes I have absolutely no faith in my fellow actors at all. Were they all on drugs this week or WHAT!? *snarls*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Arrgh.

Sorry about the swearing. I never swear, but I'm just so annoyed and supremely frustrated right now.

*whimper*

[purplepiano.livejournal.com]

5 nominations by my count, including techy stuff, sounds all right to me but *shrug*. My bet is that they're saving up the extravagant praise for the third one, so they can reward the whole lot in one go, as it were.

[winterswitchery.livejournal.com]

I realize five noms is doing alright. But last year Jackson received
a nom in the best director catagory. As did Ian McKellen and a slew of
other things. Five compared to the thirteen Fellowship snagged is pretty
sad.

And the majority of Oscar viewers that I've known don't give a damn about the tech awards.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

I know they want to wait, but I also know that there will be another film (perhaps a christmas release) that will ultimately steal ROTK's glory, and Peter Jackson will never receive the honours he deserves.

[sillypants.livejournal.com]

They suck, completely. I am so, so angry and disapointed -- however, the Academy Awards are nothing but blow jobs between friends. I don't know why I give a shit (except for the fact that it might have been nice if they at least made a pretence of being merit-based, rather than industry politics-based).

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

>however, the Academy Awards are nothing but blow jobs between friends

*snorts loudly*

Oh, I missed you so. :))

[akira114.livejournal.com]

I was so furious I nearly had a meltdown!! Sons of bitches don't know a good movie when they see it! And LOTR is more than a good movie, it's the good movie! The best!! Among all the awards it didn't get nominated for -ex. all of them- I was particularly pissed to see that Peter Jackson didn't get Best Director, and Howard Shore didn't get best score. And it really chesses me that "Gollum's Song" wasn't nominated, which, in my opinion, is the best lyrical song written specifically for a movie.

GOD!!! The Academy pisses me off!

Who wants to go to LA with me and go Treebeard on their ass!!!

*hugs* to everyone who loves Lord Of The Rings

Akira

[ladynemo.livejournal.com]

Go Treebeard on their asses? I shall help you bear this burden for as long as it is yours to carry. Teehee.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

grrrrr.

I think that the various small film industries around the world should gang up with the Lord of the Rings, a few over-looked British and US art films, and all take over Hollywood together. Then they could have an awards ceremony for art films, films-in-languages-other-than-English and fantasy/sci-fi films, and ignore the rest of the rubbish. Damn it, I'd pay money to watch that!! Maybe they could even set up a tv section, and finally give Buffy the plaudits it deserves...

The fact that the Oscars have the patronising "Best Foreign Film" award when the US is only the second biggest film producing country in the world anyway, and when the best cinema at the moment is apparently being made in Iran, is some indication of how silly things are. Peter Jackson's in *very* good company being ignored like this, which I hope is some comfort.

And in addition, I imagine that they're only doing it so that they don't have to be repeating themselves when they shower RotK with plaudits next year.

Nevertheless.... grrrrrr! And *huggggss* to you!

*cuddles*

Ellyyyyy

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm quite sure they've all decided to wait until ROTK to give them any sort of proper recognition. But of course by then there'll be another 'amazing' film that all the critics love and will certainly beat LOTR for the best film Oscar once again. *growls*

It's amazing how everyone (critics I mean) realize how terrific Buffy is, and praise the writing to the skies, but it still gets no respect. Why is everything I love doomed to such a fate? *sighs*

[marp2003.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. How could PJ not be nominated for Best Director? And what happened to Best Costumes? I know it took a lot of work to make all of those costumes in the movie.

The Academy Committee pisses me off. If ROTK doesn't win big next year, I'ma start busting some chops on their asses.

And if Viggo Mortensen dosen't get nominated for Best Actor or Supporting Actor next year, oooohhhh, Malie's gonna knock somebody out...lol...

[lady-aquila.livejournal.com]

And if Viggo Mortensen dosen't get nominated for Best Actor or Supporting Actor next year, oooohhhh, Malie's gonna knock somebody out...lol...


*grabs Sam's frying pan*

I'll help..! ;-)

[eyre-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

Screw the academy. It's just another wonderful money-making machine of the American movie making industry.

Can we all say, "cash cow"? Although it is my nasty little pleasure to watch the ceremony and gawk at the gowns. I would NEVER spend the money they spend (even if I had it) but I do so enjoy looking.

I also agree that next year will be the REAL year for LotR. If it doesn't win something serious next year, then I swear that I will never watch the Oscars again. The tradition will die next year if RoTK doesn't get a win for actor, director or film.

You are my witness!

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

I love that you can see the grinning skeleton behind you in that picture. :)

I used to love the Academy Awards show. LOVE it. It was one of the highlights of the year. And now, I loathe them. I am weary of the wrong films winning, and people who truly deserve awards being overlooked.

Rawr.

Don't shoot me but...

[queeniefox.livejournal.com]

I do understand the decision about the acting nominations. There's several performances in TTT that I think are equally good, but I wouldn't single out one performer who I thought was excpetionally better than everyone else. Also, the film is not really an 'actor's piece' like the Hours. However I do think it should have got a nomination for best director and definatly best score.

Re: Andy Serkis. I seem to be the only one who thought that Gollum was an appauling cartoon character. I couldn't take notice of the voice, the appearence was so bad. I also see to be the only one who thinks that Andy Sekis could have played that part himself and forget about the CGI. I realise I may be insane but that's my view.

Re: Don't shoot me but...

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

I'm not nearly as upset about the acting (we all knew they'd never be nominated) as I am about directing, score, and screenplay. NO reason on earth justifies TTT being left out of these categories. None.

I also think Andy would have been brilliant without the CGI, but I didn't mind Gollum as much as you. I did, however, much prefer the look he originally had in FOTR, with darker skin and gecko-like hands.

Don't worry, you're not insane. At least, not today. ;-)

[mrs-puppethead.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that The Pianist was nominated for quite a few things, because it really deserves the recognition.

What bothers me most is that TTT wasn't nominated for Best Original Score.

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

The Pianist just came out here, so I havent been able to see it yet. But I definately will.

I know. No score. No song. What a waste.