The Dark Knight The Oscar Push!

[WVsax27]

Slumdog wont win both of the sound awards...I can promise you that

 

[batman11]

Exactly what I was thinking. It's a shame that these awards are voted on mostly by actors. Why is an actor allowed to vote for Best editing or whatever? They are no more of an expert in that field than you and me. And what they typically do is vote for the same movie that they supported for Best Picture. In this case, it's Slumdog. Which means Slumdog will likely win pretty much every category it's in at the Oscars.

I've got to agree somewhat with this sentiment. It appears that with awards, those that are eligible to vote simply vote for their favorite film that appears on the ballot, without looking specifically at the category. Is this a fact? No. But it's something that I've frequently observed. The most notable example of course, was Slumdog winning Best Ensemble. I love the film, but it appears that the voters confused the award with Best Picture. Either that, or everyone else is seeing something that I don't. LOL t:

 

[hatebox]

That's what happens when musicians choose the awards...not some actors or producers or directors.

No wonder Slumdog wasnt even nominated.

Erm... Indy and IM's soundtracks were nothing special at all in fairness.

 

[Nina7]

I've always thought it was strange that each Academy member votes for all the categories once the nominations were decided. I think they all should vote for Best Picture, but shouldn't only the writers vote for writing, the techs for the techs, etc...What the heck would a writer know about good sound editing anyway?

 

[baronghede]

Video of Roven accepting Ledger's award...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5u966OMYyc

 

[GlasgowBat]

that's always been my thinking as well.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I've always thought it was strange that each Academy member votes for all the categories once the nominations were decided. I think they all should vote for Best Picture, but shouldn't only the writers vote for writing, the techs for the techs, etc...What the heck would a writer know about good sound editing anyway?

Exactly. And the actors make up such a HUGE portion of the voting bloc that it seems pretty ridiculous to have actors deciding tech awards. They know nothing about those categories.

 

[GlasgowBat]

it would make the oscars more reliable, at least

 

[redfirebird2008]

The only people who have a right to be voting in the tech categories who aren't actual tech artists themselves would be the Directors. Directors oversee everything in the film so they at least have SOME idea of what goes on with editing, visual effects, etc. Actors are completely clueless on this stuff, yet they make up the largest voting bloc by far and have a huge influence on awards that they have no business voting on.

 

[Red Mask]

You guys know that the TDK soundtrack is similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean, right? Hans worked on both.

 

[redfirebird2008]

You guys know that the TDK soundtrack is similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean, right? Hans worked on both.

Uh, no it's not. Zimmer's work on Pirates is a ripoff of Zimmer's work on Gladiator. The thing that BB/TDK are similar to is Crimson Tide, which Zimmer also worked on of course.

 

[Red Mask]

Uh, yes- they are. I've listened to them both. They're similar alright.

 

[Etienne]

James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer took home a trophy for Best Score for The Dark Knight, beating out Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, There Will Be Blood and Wall-E.

Awesome! Was this televised?

 

[redfirebird2008]

Uh, yes- they are. I've listened to them both. They're similar alright.

Uh, no they're not. I've listened to them both repeatedly and they're different. As I said, Zimmer ripped off Gladiator for Pirates. And he ripped off Crimson Tide for Batman Begins. And he ripped off Batman Begins for TDK.

 

[redfirebird2008]

BTW Red Mask, since you claim to be an expert. Look 'em up on YouTube and prove that BB/TDK rip off the Pirates soundtracks. You can search for the song names of anything from the 5 soundtracks (BB, TDK, COTBP, DMC, and AWE) on YouTube. I own all 5 scores and the only ripping off that goes on from what I can tell is by TDK of BB and by DMC/AWE of COTBP. I would love for you to prove me wrong though.

 

[WVsax27]

You guys know that the TDK soundtrack is similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean, right? Hans worked on both.

umm...only not really at all?

 

[byte19]

guys...Zimmer is a musician... been so for 3 decades. like Williams, Elfman, and others, they repeat and steal from themselves. not expected for me. if they can use old tunes to get their point across on another film, they do it. i own every score from Zimmer. he repeats. how many (o)scars has he won?

so he rips from his own work.... i love his work, and AWE is vastly different than the other pirate scores

 

[BaleISBatman4ev]

They just won the Grammy for best score for TDK!

 

[byte19]

and.... i'm ecstatic!!!!

 

[Etienne]

Video of Roven accepting Ledger's award...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5u966OMYyc

The video they played when Heath's nom was read out was the "I'm a man of my word." scene.

 

[Etienne]

They just won the Grammy for best score for TDK!

Damn, I missed it!

 

[ChrisB]

Damn, I missed it!

It wasnt televised.

 

[Etienne]

It wasnt televised.

That's what I figured, good to know. Is it normal not to televise the grammy for a movie score?

 

[redfirebird2008]

guys...Zimmer is a musician... been so for 3 decades. like Williams, Elfman, and others, they repeat and steal from themselves. not expected for me. if they can use old tunes to get their point across on another film, they do it. i own every score from Zimmer. he repeats. how many (o)scars has he won?

so he rips from his own work.... i love his work, and AWE is vastly different than the other pirate scores

AWE is the best of the Pirates scores, though it does steal the main theme from the first movie as well as the Davy Jones theme from DMC.

 

[byte19]

AWE is the best of the Pirates scores, though it does steal the main theme from the first movie as well as the Davy Jones theme from DMC.

of course! you got to have familiarity...