11 for 11.
Tied with Ben Hur and Titanic.
Wow.
What an amazing display of respect and honor for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at the Academy Awards last night. The movie was just showered with awards all night long, and deservedly so.
It won in the expected catagories such as Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, and Best Special Effects, although I can’t fathom why it wasn’t even nominated for Best Cinematography. The sweet wins were for Best Score (I can’t stop listening to this song), Best Song (I can’t stop listening to this either, actually all three scores), Best Director, and Best Motion Picture. For such a diminutive man, Peter Jackson made such a grand trilogy. Too bad none of the actors were nominated for anything; half of them deserved an award more than the pompous Sean Penn.
All in all, it was a very subdued evening, politically speaking. There were only two guys who couldn’t keep their opinions to themselves, and even they weren’t obnoxious about it.