Oscars

At the risk of the ridicule of others, I thought that the Oscars got it pretty much right. I've been astounded by the vision of Lord of the Rings. There is a scope and range in the books which I did not think could be adequately translated to the big screen, and a scope to the story which I did not think could be condensed into a film which takes a fraction of the time it takes to read the books (even if you're a fast reader!).

And if anyone has gone and seen these films, and thought that either Peter Jackson did not deserve the Best Director Oscar, or the last film did not deserve the best film, you are, as Jonathan Woss said to Alastair McGowan, an idiot. Sorry and all that, but just go and watch it again, and then say it didn't deserve it.

Which is not to say that the other films are lacking. Well, I haven't seen most of them, but I'm sure that they're not. Simply that it's not all that often that someone makes films on the sheer scale of the Lord of the Rings, whether we're talking Return of the King or the entire trilogy. If it hadn't been for the trilogy, I would still have thought that Return of the King merited 11 Oscars.

So there you have it, for once I agree with Jonathan Ross... It may never happen again.  ¶ 2:50 PM