In a surprising move, a fantasy film won the award for best picture. Film- Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring . Elijah Wood, the actor who played Frodo, was there.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
Well, that's far better than if Gregory Peck were there. Because he's not in Lord of the Rings. And he's all dead.
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
What? That movie won best picture? That's interesting...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, LotR hasn't had a lot of competition this year. There were some... interesting flicks, but 'twas a rather crappish year overall.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
What? Gregory Peck is alive. Keep in mind, Star Wars was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. It lost to Annie Hall, but did get, like, 11 nominations. So a fantasy sci/fi film has a good chance of racking of Oscars. The AFI Award is a good sign of things to come.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Uh...what the hell are the AFI Awards?
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
I believe it stands for American Film Institute Awards. As for a sci-fi film being in the Oscar race, the way I look at it is if Cher can win an Oscar so can a sci-fi flick.
Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
Too bad a lot of sci-fi nowadays is total ccccccccccraap (LotR excepted of course).
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What is this CRAP about tLotR being Sci-Fi... do you people know the definition of Sci-Fi!?! Science Fiction... usually things set in the future - with a spin on tech/science. This is not tLotR. People would like to call it "Fantasy" but that is such a rediculous genre to put this in - considering the Hobbit in 1937 and the Lord of the Rings in 1954/55 had no such 'title' as Fantasy. Tolkien created the Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion etc. as a new Mythology for Britain who had lost thier own mythology after the Norman invasions. Call it Fantasy - but don't call it Sci-Fi!
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
How about we call it speculative fiction?
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :