KennyR wrote:
Worth an oscar. Maybe two. Not eleven.
That's right.
Nowadays most people seem to go on the hype that a film has raised, rather than its technical merits.
For example, as Mikeymike has said Titanic is a good film, but not brilliant, anyone with a modicom of film experience will realise that it does not compare to the classics (a la Ben Hur).
But at the time the media hype meant it was virtually guaranteed the max number of Oscars. The same us true of Lord of the Rings, whilst it may be a good film (I have not seen it) it is not as good as Ben Hur or the other classic films, merely the media has carried the film.
Yet again, the Oscasrs/Brits/BAFTA's etc. etc. has merely turned into a backslapping event for the film industry rather than a constructive view of the previous 12 months of films, - but then again what are we to expect from this industry?
