The Reign of the King!!!!!!
The power of the ring has been determined. Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King, has garnered ELEVEN AWARDS OUT OF ELEVEN NOMINATIONS at the 76th Academy Awards!!!!!!!! It's a feat only met by Gigi and The Last Emperor, to garner all the awards nominated for a film. Of cos, LOTR bested it since the two only had 9 awards each...
AND the film also ties with Titanic and Ben Hur as getting the most number of Oscars, tying at 11 each. Titanic had 14 nominations, Ben Hur had 12.. so they didn't win ALL their nominations. *glee* ROTK would have broken this record if it had been nominated for Best Cinematography, which it should have, cos it definitely would have won that award as well!!! Grrr.... but I'm just thankful and amazed by the film's feat... SO HAPPY!!!!
AND it has broken the US$1 billion mark in world-wide box office gross within 2 months, the only other film apart from Titanic to do so, and of cos within a shorter period of time.
Of cos if u don't count ROTK as a stand alone film and instead focus on LOTR as a whole epic trilogy, it would have broken records many times over! Together with the 6 Oscars garnered by Fellowship of the Ring and the 2 by The Two Towers, the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has been awarded a jaw-dropping 19 Oscars!!!! Plus it has broken the US$2.8 billion mark world-wide!!!! WOOHOO!!!
Now who's the King??? Lord of the rings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One more time!!!! Lord of the RINGSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I can't hear you~~~~~~ LORD OF THE RRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SHRIEKS*
Academy Awards 2004 wins
1. Achievment in Art Direction
*breathless*
2. Achievement in Costume Design
Even in a simple cloak, Legolas looks amazing.
3. Best Visual Effects
I mean.... really... just look at him.... the BEST visuals ever. :P
4. Achievement in MakeUp
An improvement for BuzzieIdiot.
5. Achievement in Sound
*drool* new pic taken from the upcoming ROTK DVD EE
6. Best Original Score
Remember the majesty that overwhelmed you when you watched the beacon scene? Accompanied by Howard Shore's amazing soundtrack. Bravo!
7. Best Film Editing
How they edited the film was amazing, especially since PJ had THAT MUCH footage!
8. Original Song - Into The West
9. Best Adapted Screenplay
Tolkien would be pleased, no matter what purists say. A seemingly 'unfilmable' text, brought to life in such marguantan proportions.
10. Achievement in Directing
The Hobbit man himself!!!! All HAIL Peter Jackson, whose dreams exceeded our very own. Thank you for your passion, thank you for your vision, thank you for Lord of the Rings. It has been an amazing journey... thank you for dedicating seven whole years of your life to bring us this stupendously amazing work. The world, and the Academy Awards (finally!!!!) salute you!!!!
11. Best Picture
Best picture now... Best Picture EVER!!!!!!!
I have to thank dear Galvin for sms-ing me the results regularly.... made my day man... MUACKS!