Posted by RunsWithScissors at loki57.thomtech.com on March 24, 1998 at 11:09:06:
In Reply to: My Two Cents On The Awards... posted by Josh on March 24, 1998 at 10:38:14:
: Thank God Ben and Matt won. Titanic doesn't deserve all this fanfare and the academy should be ashamed for jumping on the bandwagon and doing what everyone wanted them to do and not what they should have. I'm a little upset about Kevin not winning the Independant Spirit Award for best picture but I've heard a lot of good things about the Apostle (I haven't seen it yet) so I really can't say. Well that was my two cents.
: Josh
Realistically, all the awards that Titanic won were primarily technical (visual effects, sound editing, Costumes, etc.) or music (score, song). I agree that in terms of the script or the acting Titanic was nothing special, but everybody must honestly concede that technically that movie was absolutely phenomenal and deserved all the kudos it recieved there. As for the music, ah well... I don't think anyone really expected Miss Misery to go the distance, including it's composer. But he did get to play in front of THE largest audience he ever will in his life! Is there really reason to be so bitter?