Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Actually that isn't the way it is, because FOTR didn't win the Academy Award. For all the *****ing and moaning, Annie Hall WAS better than A New Hope (Star Wars IV). It's just that ANH has lived on longer because of the 'coolness' factor (I admit I like Star Wars better, but I consider Annie Hall the better film).
Originally posted by MrBaggins
BM was not a FAR better movie. FotR was... and thats the way it is.
BM was not a FAR better movie. FotR was... and thats the way it is.
Actually that isn't the way it is, because FOTR didn't win the Academy Award. For all the *****ing and moaning, Annie Hall WAS better than A New Hope (Star Wars IV). It's just that ANH has lived on longer because of the 'coolness' factor (I admit I like Star Wars better, but I consider Annie Hall the better film).
The Academy is far too clique-y and has odd patterns in terms of "due"ness and not re-rewarding people who've one before.
Take one look at all the reviews in hindsight after a couple of years, and the average rating of ABM and LotR:FotR...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ABeautifulMind-1111029/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheL...eRing-1108476/
Check out the IMDb ratings...
Take a peek at the comparitive Box Office of the films...
I could list any myriad number of critical or populist statistics lending proof to the argument that FotR was better than ABM.
Making the the Academy Awards the final arbiter on the relative quality of one film or another is a monumentally short sided approach.
LotR:FotR stands by itself or as part of a trilogy as a significant achievement, and a real part of film history, and it will be fondly remembered a decade or two from now. ABM's relevance a decade from now will be in the form of a trivial pursuit question.
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