Blogcritics: Comments on Oscar Commentary

Comment by Heather Howe

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:14:14 EST

TTT should have been nominated for best adapted screenplay because so much more than one book went into this film. Quotes distinguishing character have been selected from 3 detail-rich rings books and the Hobbit to create an insanely great dialogue between elves and men, wizards and dwarfs, hobbits and trees, etc. No makeup and no costume for TTT is just absurd. I think Weinstein counterprogrammed his own Oscar vote to win his favorite, Chicago, and it backfired. But Scorsese gotta be hurtin- Shutout!

Comment by Scott Ward

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:53:02 EST

Thanks for the post, Phillip. Let me respond: Andy Serkis: I agree that he probably shouldn't win the Oscar, especially without the WETA team that created him. But since Gollum's expressions, motions, etc. were all based on his performance, I thought a nomination was certainly deserved. Minority Report: I found this movie completely engrossing, and thought that it was Spielberg's redemption for the disaster that the last 20 minutes of A.I. was. Again, not an Oscar winner methinks, but certainly in the running for nomination. Treasure Planet: What a disappointment. Granted, Veggie Tales wasn't what I had hoped it could be - but still...

Comment by Phillip Winn

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:43:08 EST

And now my own opinion: Andy Serkis did a great job as Gollum, but a huge portion of his success was because what he did was new. To award Andy the Oscar but not the CGI team that created Gollum seems odd to me. Ask yourself, was Andy Serkis really as good a supporting actor as, um, any of the nominated actors? I don't think so. That said, Peter Jackson deserved a nod as director. Minority Report didn't work for me as a screenplay. I bought the DVD, but only because I found myself (barely) able to ignore gaping plot holes and enjoy the look and feel of the film. I suspect that they threw a nomination at Treasure Planet because they didn't want to have fewer than five nominated films.