Originally posted by NoFate007
The thing that bothers me about the academy is how they'll give into peer pressure. Memoirs of a Geisha is a film that has visuals we've already seen. Its nothing special. War of the Worlds and Narnia are just thrown in there with Choc. Factory cause they're old stories, like King Kong.What bothers me is how, I mean, look at this:
Batman Begins, Episode III, Sin City...don't you think they should get nominated for a few things? But they won't. Episode III should get something like musical score and sound editing, but it'll go to like, Cinderella Man and War of the Worlds. Sin City should get cinematography, without a doubt, but it most likely won't. Batman Begins should get nominated for a lot of things (not editing though). Won't.
King Kong, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, and so forth, are gonna wreak havoc just cause they're old stories and such. Look at how much Moulin Rouge and Chicago got, and they weren't the best ones to win those categories.
Its ridiculous. At the very most they'll give Episode III ONE award for makeup or something, and Batman Begins will get looked over, and Sin City will too.
You bring up some good points. I didn't take into account how old the academy members are and the "rose colored glasses" thing coming into play here. Still though, I think because of their age, they won't want to give those awards to films like Sin City because they won't connect to it as well.
I'm hoping in all honesty that Charlie and Kong don't get anything at all. I don't think that they were different enough to make them Oscar worthy...although, that term is getting less and less prestigious over the years.