Oscar Nominations-Congrats!! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-12-2002, 08:33 AM

Break out the murivor and lembas everyone! The Oscar nominations are out...and FOTR has the MOST nominations with a whopping 13!! The two films tied for second only have 8! I heard that it was the first time that a fantasy type movie had managed to hold such recognition. Go Peter!Here's a quick rundown of the nominations:Best Picture Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellan) Makeup Music (Score) Music (Song) Art Direction Cinematography Costume Design Sound Directing Visual Effects Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Film EditingWe've got a number of other great movies that we're going up against..but with a five nom lead minimum over the others, we'll do very well. So don't forget to mark your calanders for (I think) March 23rd.Namarie!

Glenethor · 02-12-2002, 08:50 AM

In my best Austin Powers:YEAH BAY-BEE! YEAH!

Ulmo · 02-12-2002, 09:42 AM

Yeah, it is just amazing: 13 nominations, including Best Picture!! If this isn't validation, I don't know what is! Go PJ! Go PJ! Go PJ!

Bad Fairy · 02-12-2002, 10:30 AM

13 ?? Wow, a very lucky number

Enedhil · 02-12-2002, 02:49 PM

*blows party trumpety thingy* Hoorah! *squeals with excitement*

Androndo the Thoughtfull · 02-12-2002, 03:20 PM

Go! Go! Go!(but 14 would have been better )

Mayla Took · 02-12-2002, 03:42 PM

Oh I know!!! I was so happy to hear that they got 13 nobs!!!!! Wowzers!! I was jumping up and down. I was so happy for all the people to worked to make FOTR a sucess!! They diserved it!

Lush · 02-12-2002, 05:02 PM

Hope it won't turn out like the Golden Globes did... In the meantime, congrats to everyone that worked on the film! Big kisses for to all of them (hmm, imagine how many people I would actually have to kiss, maybe I could just limit myself to director and cast, eh?). Ian McKellen deserves to win. I doubt he will. Regardless of that, I bow low before him, he was Gandalf.

Jessica Jade · 02-14-2002, 11:34 PM

I was INCREDIBLY pleased to learn that LOTR got nominated in ALL of the categories it should have been nominated in. I was worried at first because i thought they might not get every category they deserve. (remembers the Golden Globes this year-ugh!) But it's all good now! They sure have stuff competition this year, but the movie is a beautiful work of art, and i hope those judges can truly appreciate that. It's wonderful filmaking and thoroughly moving, as well as enjoyable, by all.

avarrogion · 02-14-2002, 11:51 PM

But one can`t be to sure rght?The history of the Oscar is not in favor of fantasy am i rght?Look at the past nominations and winner shall i say...most are dramas that reflect on life itself...American Beauty and so on. Anyway i am glad taht FOTR got those nominations that they deserve...they should win of course

Gayalondiel · 02-15-2002, 04:15 AM

I wouldn't worry about winning too much, if they don't get the oscars they'll get the Baftas: Britain's notorious for awarding the opposites of the US! remember Titanic? loads of oscars and NO Baftas whatsoever!!Mind you, it'll be better if LOTR wins all on both!

avarrogion · 02-15-2002, 04:23 AM

And who was worrying about winning or not...all of us.

Balefalathiel · 02-15-2002, 09:54 AM

GO, LOTR GO!!!!!! (and take all oscars!!!)

02-16-2002, 04:00 PM

Hi to all, I'm a longtime lurker (er, "guest"..) who just signed up. Congrats to all who had a part in making the movie for the 13 nominations, but I'm a little pessimistic going into the awards. I've seen "A Beautiful Mind", and it's just the kind of performance-driven, emotion-wringing story of adversity and redemption the the Academy just eats up. (Though you want to talk deviations from the book!... I just finished reading the biography the movie is based on, and whooo boy did they play fast and loose with John Nash's actual life...). I fear we're going to go the way of all epic fantasy flicks and clean up in the lesser categories and get shut out in the big ones. FOTR's AFI award predated A Beuatiful Mind's wide release, the Golden Globes were probably a better barometer. Oh, well, hopefully I'm WRONG, and anyway it is going to be VERY cool just to have FOTR be mentioned so often and be such a big player during the ceremonies.... Cheers, all!

northernlight · 02-17-2002, 08:25 AM

hi all...i'm really excited about all those oscar noms!! personally i don't care what we win/don't win...we all know the film deserves every award it's nominated for! it's so good to see this movie get the recognition it deserves!i haven't had time yet, but tonight i'm going for a celebratory viewing

Elanor · 02-17-2002, 10:43 AM

It's great news, but personally, I was disappointed that the acting didn't get more recognition. There was so much more to the movie that special effects. Ian McKellen was fantastic, but I really believe Sean Bean deserved a nomination as well, and possibly also Viggo. I suppose they couldn't nominate all three, but still, I was disappointed.

02-12-2002, 08:33 AM	#1
Malinear Guest Posts: n/a	Oscar Nominations-Congrats!! Break out the murivor and lembas everyone! The Oscar nominations are out...and FOTR has the MOST nominations with a whopping 13!! The two films tied for second only have 8! I heard that it was the first time that a fantasy type movie had managed to hold such recognition. Go Peter!<P>Here's a quick rundown of the nominations:<P>Best Picture<BR>Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellan)<BR>Makeup<BR>Music (Score)<BR>Music (Song)<BR>Art Direction<BR>Cinematography<BR>Costume Design<BR>Sound<BR>Directing<BR>Visual Effects<BR>Writing (Adapted Screenplay)<BR>Film Editing<P>We've got a number of other great movies that we're going up against..but with a five nom lead minimum over the others, we'll do very well. So don't forget to mark your calanders for (I think) March 23rd.<P>Namarie!

02-12-2002, 08:50 AM	#2
Glenethor Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Posts: 176	In my best Austin Powers:<P><B>YEAH BAY-BEE! YEAH!</B><P> __________________ "Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people, living life in peace..." Dr. Winston O'Boogie

02-12-2002, 09:42 AM	#3
Ulmo Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 55	Yeah, it is just amazing: 13 nominations, including Best Picture!! If this isn't validation, I don't know what is! <P>Go PJ! Go PJ! Go PJ!<P> __________________ Lord of the seas and one of the greatest of the Valar; in the dark days of the First Age, he kept watch on Elves and Men while the others of his order remained in Valinor. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.

02-12-2002, 10:30 AM	#4
Bad Fairy Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Beneath the Misty Mountains Posts: 15	13 ?? Wow, a very lucky number __________________ "Rise up, Witches, throw off your masks And cease crying guilt for ancient crimes; Earth and all her children need us, For ALL face now the Burning Times." - L. A. Hussey

02-12-2002, 02:49 PM	#5
Enedhil Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	blows party trumpety thingy<BR>Hoorah! <BR>squeals with excitement __________________ Meanwhile these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.

02-12-2002, 03:20 PM	#6
Androndo the Thoughtfull Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Daugaardstrand, Denmark Posts: 118	Go! Go! Go!<P>(but 14 would have been better ) __________________ ...and with a tremendous slice of luck you may come out one day...

02-12-2002, 03:42 PM	#7
Mayla Took Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 152	Oh I know!!! I was so happy to hear that they got 13 nobs!!!!! Wowzers!! I was jumping up and down. I was so happy for all the people to worked to make FOTR a sucess!! They diserved it! __________________ Good Things Come in Small Packages. (And don't you forget it!) Pippin:"What is that?!?" Merry:"This, my friend, is a pint!" Pippin:"It comes in PINTS?!?....I'm getting one!" "Don't let your heads get too big for your hats! But if you don't finish growing up soon, you are going to find hats and clothes expensive." Bilbo to Merry and Pippin "Fool of a Took! This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance. Now be quiet!" Gandalf to Pippin in Moria E-mail me at mailto:ThirdAgeHobbit@hotmail.comThirdAgeHobbit@hotmail.com</A> Oh, and please rate me. THANKS!

02-12-2002, 05:02 PM	#8
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Hope it won't turn out like the Golden Globes did... <BR>In the meantime, congrats to everyone that worked on the film! Big kisses for to all of them (hmm, imagine how many people I would actually have to kiss, maybe I could just limit myself to director and cast, eh?). <BR>Ian McKellen deserves to win. I doubt he will. Regardless of that, I bow low before him, he <I>was</I> Gandalf. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

02-14-2002, 11:34 PM	#9
Jessica Jade Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tirion upon Túna, Atlanta Posts: 154	I was INCREDIBLY pleased to learn that LOTR got nominated in ALL of the categories it should have been nominated in. I was worried at first because i thought they might not get every category they deserve. (remembers the Golden Globes this year-ugh!) But it's all good now! They sure have stuff competition this year, but the movie is a beautiful work of art, and i hope those judges can truly appreciate that. It's wonderful filmaking and thoroughly moving, as well as enjoyable, by all. __________________ http://www.cadential64.com The musicians had indeed laid bare the youngest, most innocent of our ideas of life, the indestructible yearning for the way things aren't and can never be. ~ Philip Roth, The Human Stain

02-14-2002, 11:51 PM	#10
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	But one can`t be to sure rght?The history of the Oscar is not in favor of fantasy am i rght?Look at the past nominations and winner shall i say...most are dramas that reflect on life itself...American Beauty and so on.<BR>Anyway i am glad taht FOTR got those nominations that they deserve...they should win of course __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-15-2002, 04:15 AM	#11
Gayalondiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: My own little wierd, wierd world Posts: 133	I wouldn't worry about winning too much, if they don't get the oscars they'll get the Baftas: Britain's notorious for awarding the opposites of the US! remember Titanic? loads of oscars and NO Baftas whatsoever!!<P>Mind you, it'll be better if LOTR wins all on both! __________________ Not another ****ing Elf! ~C.S.Lewis

02-15-2002, 04:23 AM	#12
avarrogion Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 120	And who was worrying about winning or not...all of us. __________________ I might have been a slasher but I never killed children, only real men!...A mistake cannot make right by another mistake... ~Kenshin Himura~

02-15-2002, 09:54 AM	#13
Balefalathiel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 34	GO, LOTR GO!!!!!! (and take all oscars!!!)

02-16-2002, 04:00 PM	#14
The Shirriff Guest Posts: n/a	Hi to all, I'm a longtime lurker (er, "guest"..) who just signed up. <BR>Congrats to all who had a part in making the movie for the 13 nominations, but I'm a little pessimistic going into the awards. I've seen "A Beautiful Mind", and it's just the kind of performance-driven, emotion-wringing story of adversity and redemption the the Academy just eats up. (Though you want to talk deviations from the book!... I just finished reading the biography the movie is based on, and whooo boy did they play fast and loose with John Nash's actual life...). I fear we're going to go the way of all epic fantasy flicks and clean up in the lesser categories and get shut out in the big ones. FOTR's AFI award predated A Beuatiful Mind's wide release, the Golden Globes were probably a better barometer. Oh, well, hopefully I'm WRONG, and anyway it is going to be VERY cool just to have FOTR be mentioned so often and be such a big player during the ceremonies.... Cheers, all!

02-17-2002, 08:25 AM	#15
northernlight Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: michigan, u.s. of a. Posts: 14	hi all...i'm really excited about all those oscar noms!! personally i don't care what we win/don't win...we all know the film deserves every award it's nominated for! <BR>it's so good to see this movie get the recognition it deserves!<P>i haven't had time yet, but tonight i'm going for a celebratory viewing __________________ ash on my tomatoes!

02-17-2002, 10:43 AM	#16
Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	It's great news, but personally, I was disappointed that the acting didn't get more recognition. There was so much more to the movie that special effects. Ian McKellen was fantastic, but I really believe Sean Bean deserved a nomination as well, and possibly also Viggo. I suppose they couldn't nominate all three, but still, I was disappointed. __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )