War movie sweeps Oscars

[severin]

The Narnia books also have a heavy-handed Christian message, which LOTR doesn't as it draws on more pagan myths. Narnia was also created as a children's story (and a middle-class one at that) while Tolkein was going for an adult audience who would appreciate his linguistic and mythopoeic efforts.

There is a strong tradition in this country (UK) for child/adult cross-over books dealing with the big themes. His Dark Materials , also a trilogy, is the latest in this tradition. And jolly good it is too.

 

[epepke]

The Narnia books also have a heavy-handed Christian message, which LOTR doesn't as it draws on more pagan myths.

Narnia was a Christian allegory, plain and simple.

Tolkien admitted that his Catholic theology heavily influenced LOTR.

 

[peptoabysmal]

Perhaps the third episode of the trilogy won so many awards because the first two won so few and the members of the Academy decided that the entire effort deserved some recognition. In some categories, it won because it was clearly the best (special effects) and in some categories, it won because it sucked the least (best song).

Also note that some members of the Academy vote for one or two categories and then give the ballots to their spouses or children to complete.

That and the fact that the rest of the movies this year were...

 

[severin]

Peptoabysmal – that's a little harsh. What about City of God, Belleville Rendezvous, Lost in Translation, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mystic River, Kill Bill, Animal Factory, Buffalo Soldiers, Spellbound, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?

(Some of these may have come to us in the UK well after you got them and not been elegible for this year's Oscars but they were my top films of the year).