Hollywood Reporter columnist

[amdorn]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, patientx3 at a... wrote:
> It *would* be nice if it got some sort of recognition from any of 
the major 
> awards (if not the Oscars than the Golden Globes or Screen 
> Actors/Writers/Directers guild), but its such a longshot. Its got 
two huge strikes against it 
> being both a kids movie and a fantasy movie, both genres which are 
generally not 
> taken seriously. (yes LOTR won a lot of awards, but it was 
completely snubbed 
> on acting, and it was ignored for the most part until the third 
film came out). 
> Personally, I would love to see a nomination for cinematography or 
directing, 
> but I won't hold my breath. (I'm not even going to btoher hoping 
that Gary 
> Oldman will get an acting nomination, even though I think he 
deserves one...its 
> amazing that that wonderful of an actor has never even been 
*nominated*...if 
> Johnny Depp got one for Pirates of the Carribean, why can't he get 
one for 
> Harry Potter?).
> 
> 
> -Rebecca
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

In response,

I must say that the possibility of HP3 getting a nomination for best 
picture is slim to nil.  Not necessarily because the film was not 
great but look at the precedence it would set.  There are still four 
more movie due out.  I truly believe that the only reason LOTR 2 did 
not get an oscar was because they were waiting for the last one to 
come out before awarding the oscar to the producers.  Now as far as 
best director oscar I can see the academy giving one to Cauron.  
Simply because they might not get another chance.  If you had a 
chance to give the oscar to someone just as deserving this year 
because next year you know that another movie in the same series will 
come out.  Why not spread the love so to speak.  The same goes with 
acting oscars.  I am not saying that currently the young actors are 
good enough for oscars but if they repeat their performances over and 
over for the next four films, get an oscar this go around, are we 
going to expect them to at least be nominated for the rest.  We are 
talking about a slippery slope.  The academy doesn't want to set a 
precedence with any movies in a series until the last movie.  No 
matter how deserving.  I gues they think that if this one was great 
then the next can only get better.  If this movie gets an oscar think 
about the pressure on the next movies to just as well.

Does that make sense?

amdorn