Return of the King Wins Four Golden Globes

stubear writes "According to MSNBC, 'Lord of the Rings: Return of the King' won 4 Golden Globes, for Best Picture - Drama, Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Original Score (Howard Shore), and Best Original Song ("Into the West" by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox). LotR: RotK was the big winner for the night, at least for movies. Hopefully LotR: RotK will fare just as well, or better, at the Oscars."

I was watching it

[debilo]

And I'm really glad for Peter Jackson and the crew, they really deserved it. Peter was pretty funny too, he said something like "I didn't realize that working 7 years on this film would turn me into a hobbit". And it really did. He was not much taller than Dustin Hoffman, who gave him the award.

I'm very grateful to Jackson. Hats off to you, sir, you almost made es forget the desaster the Matrix was.

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RoTK for Best Picture!

[Xpilot]

OR ELSE! [pvponline.com]

Re:ROTK had the gayest ending ever

[spakka]

The battle of Helm's Deep in TTT was gayer. Recall the bit where Gimli calls to Aragorn "Toss me! Toss me!", and then asks him not to tell anyone about it.

Re:There's a moral to this story

[!the!bad!fish!]

Using the news.bbc.co.uk search results isn't an accurate method for judging a movie.
Try entering crap movie [bbc.co.uk] into the search box.

I see the Two Towers a number 1.

Re:Oscar ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Human lifespans being what they are, do you think ROTK will finish in time for the decision?

Great!

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I can go see it. I always wait to see how well a movie does in the Golden Globes before I am willing to shell out my hard earned dollars. ;-)

Tolkien profiteering

[Anonymous Coward]

This Tolkien guy is just getting rich writing novels adapting Jackson's film creations, that's all.

A word from Howard Dean

[AtariAmarok]

"Not only are we going to Rivendell. We're going to Caradhras, and Moria and Rohan and the Paths of the Dead, and we're going to Fangorn and West Emnet and Ithilien and Morannon. And then we're going to Minas Tirith, to take back the White Tree! YEEAAARGGHHHHHH!!!!"

The appropriate quote from another movie

[AtariAmarok]

Ents into hasty creatures, whose minds could be changed at the sight of a few tree stumps, that was most out of keeping to me.

"Run Forest, Run!!!!"

Re:LOTR was not the only noteworthy thing...

[Savage-Rabbit]

If I had the choice between spending eternity either in "The Office" or "Sex and the City's" New York I think I would abscond [reference.com] and run screaming for the safety of Helms deep (straight through Fangorn forest AND the Uruk'hai army). Busting the heads of evil scum with the Rohirrim must be better than spending eternity with a bunch of neurotic yuppies...

Re:ROTK had the gayest ending ever

[waitigetit]

What struck me was that from the moment is Sam pulled in through the window by Gandalf ("Don't turn me into something unnatural!"), he has his googly eyes all over Frodo. Then, the minute the ring is destroyed, he says something like "Hey, I would have liked to marry that Rosie chick."

I think Gandalf used the ring to turn Sam gay, to ensure his loyalty to Frodo.

Bruckheimer LOTR adaptation

[AtariAmarok]

How about the Jerry Bruckheimer version?

Merry and Pippin get into the fireworks. Instead of a premature dragon-launch, all of Hobbiton goes up in a 15-minute long orgy of pyrotechnic destruction.

When Gandalf defeats the Balrog, it blows up real good.

The orcs must be filled with gas at Helms Deep, because each time one of them is hit, it explodes like a Pinto.

The kill competition between Gimli and Legolas is made more exciting because each of them has a rocket-launcher instead of a bow or axe. Boom! Boom! Boom!

Those heads lobbed over the Minas Tirith walls? Those are EXPLODING heads now.

Just to make things more exciting, each time an Oliphaunt is killed and falls, it blows up in a fireball the size of Brooklyn.

Ring explodes when it hits the lava.

Best Original Score

[Stultsinator]

Adam.

Oooo... Feel that Karma burn...

Re:The Office wins Two!

[Mr Reaney]

I heard a rumour that Brad Pitt was going to be cast as the David Brent character.

Can that be right?

Re:Get out more.

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, you need to learn this word. [reference.com]

journalistic integrity??? let me show you around..

[vt0asta]

But I thought that Slashdot was above that. This site has a reputation of journalistic integrity that should be upheld.

You must be new here. Let me show you around a bit.

What you are looking at now, is a crispy critter(you) being flamed for good measure for the following things: appearing pro-american (slashdot is Euro centric), bringing up that whole terrorist 9/11 twin towers thing, and mixing LoTR in with the previous two.

Down the hall you'll see the SCO section filled with people who are not lawyers, but play one on slashdot. Across from there is a broom closet, which is also labeled the Journalistic Integrity Vault, there you'll find boxes of repeat stories, mis-spelings, and summaries written by people who never read the article.

Your ignorance is welcome here, but please adjust it according to slashdot standards. 9/11, Osama, et. al are not a national security concern, but more of a vast right-wing conspiracy, LoTR 0wnes j00 and you will recognize it, also LoTR is considered by some more in-line with Christian ideals vs the Muslim ones you suggest.

Two words

[AtariAmarok]

people in the UK seem to more aware of subtle humour and irony than many people in the US.

Two words: Benny Hill.

You just can't get more subtle than that!

Re:Did I confuse the definition of 'nerd'?

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html [brunching.com]

Re:Why ROTK will probably not win...

[Mandomania]

It's like if your favorite team wins a championship. Sure, you feel great about it, but it's not like you were a part of the victory.

Now that's just a flat out lie. Everyone knows that the Yankees won the AL pennant last year because I ate 10 hot dogs/inning during the Championship series.

They would have won the World Series if I hadn't gone to the hospital because of the aforementioned hot dogs.

--
Mando

Re:There's a moral to this story

[the gnat]

What were you smoking before you saw them that gave you that opinion? And did it make you hungry afterwards?

Funny you should mention this. I was drunk when I saw AOTC in theaters, and thought it was the greatest thing ever. In fact, I remembered liking it so much that I bought the DVD when it came out.

I don't combine movies and alcohol any more.