It's about time! Andrea & I stayed up last night watching the Oscars (we're both very big movie people). Every time the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King came up for an award we kept chanting "Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings" & amazingly they would say "The winner is ... the Lord of the Rings!" I think we had something to do with it - you know, positive mindwaves (or something like that).

All I have to say is that it's about time that Peter Jackson and that crew/cast were recognized for these movies. They've had to endure the snobbish overlooking by the 'distinguished' Academy of Motion Pictures for the past two years. I think Peter Jackson hit it on the head when he thanked the Academy for recognizing fantasy as something more than an "F" word. 11 nominations - 11 awards won! Amazing! Not sure if that has ever been done before (winning everything that you're nominated for), especially with that many nominations! They did say that this ties the record for the most awards by one film - with Titanic and Ben Hur - pretty good company (although, Titanic, in my opinion, doesn't hold water with either of the other two - no pun intended)!

Kudos, Peter Jackson & the LOTR crew - we've known it all along ... we're glad everyone else has started to clue in!