arliss | (no subject)

H watched the Oscars with me. The whole way through. He never watches awards shows, but he's so invested in LotR. He was beaming, while I was squeeing and woohooing as the awards got progressively more important. Woo! He had to make a quick call to work, and I ran to check on Mom. Our bad luck to choose the same time--and they awarded Best Director while we were out of the room. Nooooooo! I got to hear the end of PJ's speech, though. And the both of us were riveted to the screen as it came down to best picture.

I'm SO pleased. I have no earthly idea why the LotR team sweeping the Oscars, as well as picking up other awards along the way, feels like a personal accomplishment. Maybe just a wee bit too invested, perhaps?

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They made it so easy to get over-invested, though. By the time you're halfway through the DVDs, you've seen so many of the people up for awards, and heard all the stories about how much they loved schlepping their lives halfway across the world.

Them winning made me almost as teary as the damned movie.

It's true -- this is the only year when I actually know the names and recognize the people who won for things like: visual effects, makeup, art direction and set design, adapted screenplay.

It was wonderful to see them all.