TT's Oscar Chances

[Ben]

Not that the Academy Awards would be any less of a joke if they finally gave one of the LotR movies top honors, but I'd be happy that the movies were finally getting the recognition they deserved .

Some sites already have their predictions as to next year's nominees. Most people seem to be writing TT off of their lists, although the buzz is that RotK is the likeliest bet for a Best Picture win.

Check out The Film Experience's "April Fools Day Predictions" for an overview of upcoming movies and their Oscar odds. According to these sites, the movies that look to be good bets are Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis; Road to Perdition starring Tom Hanks; and the musical Chicago starring Rene Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I certainly hope that TT is nominated for the major awards like FotR was (picture, director, some acting, etc.), but given how stupid the Academy is, that's far from assured. Even the technical categories will be fiercely competitive, with Star Wars Episode II, Spiderman, and Spielberg's Minority Report among the special-effects laden blockbusters opening.

What do you think?