So it WASN'T released too late? They just didn't nominate it? Those mother****ers. I want to go to their mother****ing houses and slit their mother****ing throats. Big Fish is more than one of the five best movies this year. It's possibly one of the five best movies of all time. If I see anyone from the Academy, I'm going to fight them.
Ok, let's eliminate a few right away. Seabiscuit was Rudy with a horse. right. Next, Lost in Translation. From what I understand (I must admit I haven't seen it) it was actually funny. Moving along we come to Mystic River. This has a pretty good shot, from what I can see, but it seems more likely to wind up a Sean Penn oscar than a whole-movie oscar. Master and Commander. Very well done, so on and so forth. I really enjoyed it. BUT: the characters are kind of flat; they never really do anything unexpected or show depth (my opinion). I don't see it getting best picture, but it might get some costuming/cinematography awards. ROTK: huge, epic, oscar-worthy performances from both Andy Serkis AND Sean Astin, and it's the concluding chapter of one of the greatest stories ever written (I believe the Bible leads in sales, but that's it) so no worries about the story being good enough. We have a winner. Although I agree, Big Fish would give it a run for its money.
Go ahead and let the flames begin, but a movie with dragons and elves should not win best picture, I don't care how good it is.
I don't know what you mean, EM. It's only slightly more seeped in fantasy than "Gangs of New York", "Gladiator" and "Braveheart"...
Just because it may be one of hte greatest stories ever written (although I can't stand fantasy), doesn't mean it should win an oscar. Look, it was a good movie, but I didn't enjoy it any more than, say, Seabiscuit, or Master/Commander, or Mystic River. Actually, I enjoyed the latter three more than LOTR. I also have a general rule that if I have to take a nap in the middle of a movie, it wouldn't be something I'd like My vote would got to Seabiscuit or Mystic River.
Big Fish?? The cold has frozen your brain Frozen - Mystic River was far better than Big Fish. <-- Winky thing for the frozen brain comment, not for the MR > BF opinion.
I picked The Return of the King. I want a real movie to win the award for once. I'm tired of seeing those artsy-fartsy "films" win the big one. You know, the movies that no one really likes, but they say they do just because it's the thing to do.
Like the ones about the transgendered holocaust survivor who plays the accordian with his feet because he doesn't have arms?
