Should Lost In Translation have beaten Return of the King in 2004?
Yes it should have, because it was in every respect the superior film. Return of the King is visibly rushed, badly edited and dreadfully paced. It's smug where it should be dramatic and it's sluggish when it should be rushing at a breakneck pace.
I don't think we should be under any illusions that the Oscar for Return of the King was for The Lord of the Rings as a whole. It's just sad they didn't give the Oscar to Fellowship, which was easily the best film of the three.
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Yes it should have, because it was in every respect the superior film. Return of the King is visibly rushed, badly edited and dreadfully paced. It's smug where it should be dramatic and it's sluggish when it should be rushing at a breakneck pace.
I don't think we should be under any illusions that the Oscar for Return of the King was for The Lord of the Rings as a whole. It's just sad they didn't give the Oscar to Fellowship, which was easily the best film of the three.