'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' Wins Best Picture Oscar 

17 nominations*

@@pshr2447 no it was 11. That's why it's a clean sweep

Yep the Lord Of The Rings smashed it, swept 11 Oscars away and won everything it was nominated for, I’m sure all the ones from the other nominations, I’m sure they just knew it was gonna be Lord Of The Rings

@@pshr2447 wrong

I thought it was 12 nominations but I'm probably wrong

or a prejudice in hollywood

E Weber *cough* Sean Astin

Not anymore. "The Shape of Water" won this year.

Return of the King was the last film to win that actually deserved it, and I don't just mean from the nominees of future years.

Academy had to make up big time because the first 2 Movies were not nominated.

7 movies for the Harry Potter fans in their halls of stone, 3 movies for the hunger games fans under sky, 9 seasons for the Game of Thrones fans doomed to die

@@Omar-Azimi three movies fore the STAR TREK fans, above the sky (the trilogy of 2,3, and 4 will always be up there as one of the greatest movies of all time!!!)

In the land of Hollywood where shadows lie

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another trilogy was made later on

@@Omar-Azimi 9 seasons?

Totally agree! These films wouldn’t be the same without his masterpiece of a music score.

@@WSUGLUE HE IS THE SAME GUY WHO BACKGROUND MUSIC TO THE DEPARTED.

The score is one of the most praised and beloved part of those movies, that’s not really underrated

@@ralphintheshadowrealm7002 by some fans. I know plenty of LOTR fans who don't know of Howard Shore or the have looked into the score other than the fact they know it sounds nice.

Idk, he literally got an oscar...

So true

+Loki Agent of Asgard LOL

+Loki Agent of Asgard em, Master and Commander is fucking good movie too ;)

+Loki Agent of Asgard So true. Although I gotta say, Master and Commander and Seabiscuit were pretty good too.

Loki Agent of Asgard lost in translation is a pretty good film, but yah it didn't really have a chance lol

+bread_n_butter One trilogy to rule them all.

+Eziokilla9595 And in Oscars bind them.

Absolutely 😎

bread_n_butter exactly!

Legend Games Cinema Into a deep deep feeling.

They're all adorable!!!

@@xshxr liv tyler is actually tall

The women would be just as tall as them if they took the 3 inchers off.

@@adi4032 yes I believes she’s 5’10” and she’s probably wearing heels here as well.

It helps that those four just happen to be standing between two taller people than all of them on stage. Gives you Hobbit vibes

Very cool that they mentioned him, and the fans.

@@davidhiltner7288 Yep its even more special when you consider that nowadays the holders of the IP that makes film/shows currently seems to dispise their fandoms

@@aesir1ases64 Yeah, I rewatched the Extended Edition of Two Towers with friends to ignore the Rings of Power premiere.

@@aesir1ases64 ya bc after lotr and star wars were a smash hit every book had to become a movie and 99% of them suck balls

@@PierceHart-777Tolkien's Legendarium is far more intricate than a simple fable that could be written by an average person. Yes, an average Christian may believe in the same morals which inspired Tolkien, but unless they have his talent for worldbuilding, his knowledge of linguistics and skill of writing, they would not be able to "replicate" LOTR.

I agree that Sean Astin should have at least gotten nominated for best supporting actor! He was great and enjoyed watching him in LOTR!

and Ian Mckellen should've won.

judy rioflorido Yes, I wanted him to win, too! Was disappointed when he didn't!

yeah but if he didn't win it wouldn't have been a clean sweep for the return of the king

Ian McKellen received his oscar nomination as best supporting actor for the first movie, Followship of the Ring, not the last movie, Return of the King.

😂 this is hilarious 👌🏻

Ha haaaa.That would have been funny ;-)

With a Bilbo-esque riddle in his speech. "I don't know half as many of you as much as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve".

Tis not Peter Jackson it is SIR Peter Jackson.

@@TheCrowDoctor If you see him in NZ (or Australia), it's more likely to just be "Peter" or "Pete" than anything else.

Well said. But we have to recognize Tolkien for creating such a detailed, complex, believable world in the first place.

the difference why lotr is soo good compared to other shows or films because no matter how deep the philosophies are on other shows or films they may not tackle the most important elements that shows how humans re portryed in emotions and lotr nailed those and will remain a timeless work wherareas GOT is too complicated and too detailed

Beautifully said

Just imagine what was on Tolkien's mind when he envisioned LOTR, the amount of horrible memories he had of his WW1 experiences. I bet any soldier who fought at that war definetly stared longer into the abyss than any character in LOTR, and his writing tells... i'm glad that in the end hope prevails.

I feel the EXACT same way. Every year I feel more the impact of this film and the certainty that I’ll never watch something on this scale again.

Wise words to live by, wise words.

Yeah exactly, they stayed true to the source.

Humility win total respect for this guys and womens

I'm seeing this comment Jan 4th, 2024, did you come watch this for New Years and edit your comment?

Timeless. Just watched it with my ten year old granddaughter. One of the great experiences of my life to share it with her.!

Nah, you can thank Tolkien for creating a whole new genre of literature. What you can thank The Ring Trilogy is for making people take fantasy movies seriously.

Carlos El Oso Speaking the truth my dude, I could dare say that most modern day entertainment with Fantasy elements were heavily inspired by Tolkien’s work.

Adam Clown Still are. Examples: Game of Thrones (Although he doesn't like to admit it, G.R.R. Martin., The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Narnia by C.S. Lewis, plus Aragon Series.

filmfan24 amen

Game of thrones does even better

About some guys returning jewelry.

Id argue its a better compliment to say its a successful trilogy. to split a story into 3 separate films that all hold their own and have all 3 tell a cohesive story is pretty darn impressive especially something on the scale of a war fantasy. Much more challenging a feat in film than in writing

@@rozz1864 It's a 12 hour epic divided into three parts of some guys returning jewelry through great battles, speeches, monologues, dramatic scenes, and excellent CGI that nobody could think of. And to think, the director of these films was making B-grade horror comedies.

@@rickardkaufman3988 The ring is a metaphor for power. You can dull literally any story ever told in the same way you did. If all the things you listed there you thought was great then what's the problem?

@@rozz1864 I have no problem whatsoever. I love the trilogy more than the last season of GOT. I was giving a bad take on describing the trilogy as a whole. In simplistic terms, I was joking about the trilogy as I fucking love it.

I think there’s something to that. Caps off what was a complete triumph of a trilogy.

@@peterp2153 And the rest is history. The LOTR trilogy is considered now as a classic masterpiece.

Agree

Yep

Fue una vergüenza cuando ganó Una mente brillante en lugar de La comunidad del anillo

Yes!

Wins*

That scene is beautiful😢

VlRGlL my mom talks about that scene so much. she's 60 and still loves it

Indeed

I literally wept like a child.

Best moment in the film!

Star Wars?!

Monarque Nope.

@@Pensive_117 lol no

Greatest film of all time!

@@Pensive_117 Star Wars, as great as it is, not even close.

No way! One of my local theaters is going to do that on January 6.

I did this last year, it was amazing, even though there were barely a handful of people watching

Tolkien's novel was actually split into 6 books, written in three parts.

17* Oscars then

Fucking PREACH!!!

@@MrSupdup "7". You forgot the appendices.

Really shows how much the world have changed since when those books were made, If it was made today it probably would have been a single book.

Same I was 17. 17 years later here I am ,finishing the trilogy and heading to the comments on youtube

2021 and me neither

Plus that's how Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson first met, then the two made the movie "The Adventures Of Tintin".

@@TheImaginator972 Wonder what could have happen for the sequel for The Adventures of Tintin. There's been no word of development on that sequel ever since.

gives me chills everytime

Aside from Crash. *jumps off building narrowly avoiding gunshots*

Return of the king,Godfather part 1 and 2,and schindler list .

@@CGRADT Also Parasite last year. It was the best movie of 2020

@@dominikudovicic3573 Jesus I have to watch that

This, the Godfather and Parasite are to most deserving best picture winners in Oscar history No Country For Old Men would be up there but honestly There Will Be Blood should have won that year

I know that’s right. There were other great movies nominated but ROTK just has it all.

Absolutely. Fun fact, in the 30s and 40s they often handed out the Acting awards for last. They did Best Picture last in '45, but not in '46-48. However, they realized over the years that it was fitting to have Best Picture last. Such as in '47 when the papers reported to anticlimactic ending with: "Fontaine settled the highly contested Best Actor race: the winner was Fredrich March for "The Best Years of Our Lives". March was in New York and his Oscar was accepted by Cathy O'Donnell, who played Harold Russel's girlfriend in the movie. And that was the show" and the year after it was reported that audience members were starting to leave the theatre after Best Picture despite having the acting awards left. So they actually have done a different format and learned that it doesn't work. Looks like they have completely forgotten about the failures of the 40's.

Man Sasuke looks like Madara.

I know

+RiceDuke I like your profile pic

Thanks dude.

hahaha man have you watched mystic river? master and commander? but specially mystic river. Don't be so fanboy

Amen!!

i love the "Making of"-Bonus Material. The commitment of the team was outstanding.

@@TheBrotherdarkness9 I just was blown away when they built The Golden Hall and Edoras. Not only make an entire city of temporary buildings, but to move every .single. clump. of grass and plant and safekeep it And replace it all when they were done!

In a land of New Zealand, in a fires of Mountain Doom, all the film crew forged in secret *a master Trilogy* to surpass others, and into this Trilogy they puted all passion and talent.

it’s not often at all you get movies of this scale where EACH & every one of the performances is literally perfect.

And the movie is not even close to the wonder of the books. Imagine.

@@Riri-oj1zs Well that means that the books are the best books ever written. :3

Very beautifully said, my friend. I totally agree.

totally agree so many things went right that its a miracle that they came out so great. from Bob Shaye saying peter 3 books 3 movies. to Arwen being cut from helms deep and Sauron being cut from the final battle. truly a miracle

You mean a lame version of it

Yeah a little slow but still, ‘twas cool

Which version is this?

Nope, they are playing the music that sounds at the very end of the end credits of the film, after Into the West has ended.

+MtMarshi Star Wars

+Sigurd Torvaldsson Nice joke, I forgot to laugh

YukiGibson No joke. Star Wars deserved all the oscars it got. Don't fool yourself pretending like it didn't. It was revolutionizing for its time. Even more than lotr

+Sigurd Torvaldsson (sorry for my english) well if you say Tolkien's Middle Earth coming from the Silmarillion to Lotr and all his works, then presented in movies in an incredible good way by Peter Jackson is not revolutionary enough that won several oscars then... you just love SW more than LOTR that's it

YukiGibson That's a bold deduction. And wrong

Im no simp but cute pfp!

@@ccptube3468 hahaha youre.

Very true, but the only thing is that you don’t see stuff exactly like this anymore. The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings will remain as my favourite movies. And looking at this video, I’m sure the ones from Master and Commander or Mystic River, I’m sure they just knew The Lord Of The Rings would get it, regardless of if Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany and possibly even his wife did get a chance to go out to see all three of the LOTR films

You have in the first movie Sam afraid to leave the shire and not know what lies beyond Then in the last film you have him carrying frodo into a mountain of fire. Just epic

Vfx👌

And music!

@@christopherrodmell1694 you’ve never seen it. It’s never been done before as well as this.

Facts right there.

Best movie ever,

No

Pirelli913 fellowship was so good

The Two Towers here! The King of the Golden Hall (the Viking like song) was the best instrumental music of the series. and one of the best scenes of the series! "Breath the free air...!"

Pirelli913 I can't decide which is my favorite. I love all 3. Greatest movie trilogy ever!

The whole Trilogy is my favorite, but primarily The Extended Editions. Lol

Fellowship is my favorite as well

+Sunset Shimmer the Magical Virgin Smelling Buttshaking Unicorn (Aka Captain Phasma) same!!!

Mine only won seven.

Star Fucker Gravity?

+I'm not even going to type that- No, Schindler's List.

Star Fucker Oh lol that's a better movie than Gravity xD

I'm here in 2022!

@@user-ik4kh9lt6d yeah boy!

You have my comment

@@switchmasterstopmotions you have my like

2022. Timeless classic

i will push my self off the wheelchair(cause im gonna be a fucking granny) and fire the set.i got this dont worry;)

yeah it's guaranteed. especially with how much money the jackson series made.

don't worry, me and my walking frame will join

Have you see the new Ben- Hur? I can't imagine another cast of actors portraying the LOTR characters.

I wouldn't mind, if a version extremely more accurate with the books, i.e. Sauron once defeated by Elendil and an elf Lord, mortally wounding the two warriors, and Isildur chopping the ring off after the battle; instead of Sauron stepping on a sword, breaking it, then reaching out to Isildur to get his finger chopped off. Love the films, wish the best for any future films

He was great but stood no chance to Tim Robbins

@@Maaden84 No way. Robbins was good but Astin gave the performance of a lifetime.

Andy serkis should've been nominated as well too.

Not only that, The Return of the King is a classic masterpiece.

So was Sean Astin, probably even more so.

True, was a changing moment in he history of the movie industry.

mercedes mccambridge best supporting actress 1974

AdrianManzo they both work together for Tintin movie.

Only Spielberg has the right to award this Oscar to Peter Jackson.

Pffffttt... kids like you don’t know you’re born.

Kids...?

Get off my lawn...

......I'm 26

Exactly, you’re not old enough to remember when we had _really_ shitty picture quality.

It's a GOAT

Wich one is te best 1, 2 or 3? I think fellowship

Same here

me 2

Fellowship was quite beautiful and stands out from its sequels, but Return of the King is everything I think a film should be with an incomparable balance of components.

true fans know this was really an award for the whole trilogy. fellowship was the best film.

@@JoefromNJ1 i personally think Return Of The King was the best but i believe it was rewarding the whole trilogy i liked the whole series

Buddy, I've been watching this for over a decade. My emotional attachment to these movies is next level.

movieman175 Agree too : ) Along with The Hobbit Trilogy too.

@@theonerichard6842 Fuck no

Richard Zenteno II bruh the hobbit movies were terrible

@@theonerichard6842 Agreed.

@@wygant00 they werent that bad

so true :)

You are right, but is annoying that people say that endgame is better, they never watch this film

@@luffyanime4348 Endgame has bigger battle and more jokes :)

@@TallisKeeton and had a shitty story with stupid jokes

Nobody can compare LOTR. Not even Avenger endgame.. Mark my word..

While he was great in that I think Gollum was still finest achievement

+Taylor Tri You are kidding right? He did well in the Ape-movie, but Gollum was so much more, and is totally superior to the Ape :o

Didn't he get one for Fellowship of the Ring?

Puff Ball and here we are, 14 years later, and they still don't understand shit.

Puff Ball for the second one. For this, you mean Sean Astin

Andy Serkiss too.

@@fawful94 of course and him.

Austin definitely

His last name is Astin not Austin

Yes, the behind the scenes will make anyone amazed at these LOTR films!

And the oscar goes to... Lord of the rings

and the oscar goes to: Matthew Mcconaughey

:)

No ,No ,No,No ,No. I'm sorry but, The Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King should be on the on the nominations too.

Hahahahaa!

This is like NBA teams trying to beat Jordan and the Bulls in their peak. People were simply playing for second place

I feel the same man, nothing has ever come close to recreating the love I have for the trilogy. I'm teary-eyed just watching this.

I feel the same man, nothing has ever come close to recreating the love I have for the trilogy. I'm teary-eyed just watching this.

I feel the same man, nothing has ever come close to recreating the love I have for the trilogy. I'm teary-eyed just watching this.

+GaLoS I AM NO MAN!!!! (Hahah THERE , I finally used it in real life!! lol )

+Charles Heiston I like the movies you've mentioned.. But.. Idiot? Wow :) Only someone with low intelligence can call someone an idiot because he prefers something else! But since you started it- numbers speak for LOTR, it still beats all those movies you've mentioned!! Have a good life! ;)

+Ian O'Hara Sean Astin so deserved to be nominated for supporting actor, and he would have definitely won it!! maybe the academy wanted to give some other films a chance haha

I wish it did

+Johnny Phesto Ian McKellen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards; he's the only actor in the trilogy to get such nomination. Even in the Fellowship, they had 9 main characters and several secondary characters. I completely agree that throughout the entire trilogy, there were too many actors to narrow down who should get nominated for Best Supporting Actor/Actress.

Cinematography should've won too

and Sound Editing

it's not fantasy movie.....it was really on the planet several thousand years ago

I actually agree with the Oscars on this one!

So did Andy serkis honestly

zteevy dood same here too

Bob Newbe superhero

Then it probably wouldn't be "a clean sweep".

@@jp3813 still deserved the nominations regardless

Lol, you really dont watch many movies

Aw man, if only you were wrong. Oscar's 2020 was a garbage fest

@@Rinesmyth literally one of the best Oscars, the deserved people won in almost every category

@@jjmcn8377 you can't say that for the best animated feature. Klaus got snubbed

@@Rinesmyth okay that's fair i do agree on that but basically other category bar a few i agreed with or can't argue against

The Tolkien Estate must not have seen the movie(s) or understood how it would encourage book sales on into the future. (I was inspired to read the books from having lived in a house in Hollywood called "Rivendell", named by the resident college students who read the books soon after they were first published.

***** I have actually never seen Chicago, but given that The Lord of the Rings films are my favorite films of all time, I doubt that it even stands a chance of not being crushed by the masterpiece that is The Two Towers.

+Bknowles1998 Fellowship is my favourite, which prompted my initial post, but yes you are totally right about that.

+Zac Spearman A Beautiful Mind is quite a forgettable film.

The pianist was an incredible film

LuKasAV6 no, is not

I have no doubt you’ve read the novels, so why are you so grateful for Jackson’s adaptation? I wanna preface and say that I absolutely believe that two things can happen at the same time: one can love Tolkien’s work and praise it, and they can also love what Peter Jackson did with his adaptations and praise that. But what I don’t understand is when those who present themselves as Tolkien purists praise Jackson’s work as if it is the utmost faithful and precise adaptation of the books, which it is absolutely not. There are so many drastic departures from the books that I’d need twenty sets of hands to count them all with my fingers. The story of Lord of the Rings is about good triumphing over evil, man overcoming his temptations, and doing the right thing in the name of what’s good in the world, and ANY group or person or COMPANY that is dealing with the source material, knows that. Why do you think Peter Jackson made these movies? Why do you think MGM and New Line and Warner Bros made these movies? I’ll tell you: to make MONEY. That’s why any movie gets made, not because a faithful adaptation is owed to an estate or fan base. I really dig your enthusiasm and appreciation for the lotr trilogy and Tolkien’s legacy, so I hope it’s coming from a 1000% genuine place in your heart, because I’m sick of the negative attention this franchise is getting at the moment. It’s absolutely not deserved and people ought to just move on instead of being hot and bothered in comments sections. Sorry for sounding passive/aggressive (probably more aggressive than passive) I truly am not trying to come at you personally, I’m just bummed at the current state of fandom, and how when some “fans” don’t seem to like something, they just try to bring others down

And to be honest I sound like such a crybaby that I’ll probably delete that comment in the morning

@@brianscli9567 No you are right, whenever someone comments something like this on anything related to the movies and compares it to Rings Of Power for not being 'Tolkien' enough, it's a very obvious tell they haven't read the books.

@@jj-tw6eu and also haven't watched the new show either. These are the sort of people that were complaining months ago about the hypothetical show.

@@jj-tw6eu A lot of us have read the books. RoP is infinitely worse to the lore than PJ's LotR. It's not even close.

It’s not a trilogy, it’s one long movie

Michael Scott nope

Daniel Birkhoda Why not?

Nope

@Wes Bradley-Taubner Dark Knight is ruined by the 3rd movie.

It says so right in the video...

@@remembernavarro5344 the video is 13 yrs old. The comment is 5 months old. The original movie and Oscar's happened almost 20 years ago. I think they were commenting that it still stands 20 years later

@@VeteranGaming_GamingUnitedyeah but still there’s no need to comment on that

​@@andreimcallister1365 One might have thought about Oscar inflation with Titanic 1998 and Return of the King 2004 being just six years apart. But because nothing came close since, it is definitely remarkable.

They LITERALLY say this in the video lol

Jozhster Honestly, so glad he did.

Love Sean. But Sir McKellen was perfect for the part.

+Jozhster yeah he said something that he couldnt understand it. hard to read the guys mind and than he does league of extraordinary gentlemen and has an arguement with the director. well i guess hes been in the business longer that sir ian mcmellan so i guess it just showed.

+Jozhster Thou shalt not pasH :)

+Jozhster To be honest with you, I don't think that Sean Connery would make a good Gandalf. Ian McKellen, to me, made that role legendary.

Jack McClelland Absolutely. As great as it was to see this movie get all 11 awards it was nominated, it's still a shame it didn't receive any acting nominations/awards. This was such an stellar ensemble cast.

Maybe graciously, not defiantly.

he's talented, but he doesn't like these things, i'm guessing he doesn't care very much. He might get one eventually.

He's now nominated for Best Actor

@@darrenng3863 A day may come when I will accept this great honor the Academy has bestowed upon me, but it is not this day! This day I fight! **stabs the presenter in the heart**

Birdman is fictional so finnaly we get a new film that isn't set in a historical period or based on a true story winning best picture. Slumdog Millionare I think was the last one.

Channel Blaino: Birdman is not a purely fictional movie: The main character is an actor who used to be famous with an animal-themed superhero role, now his career is downhill and he's finding a way to revive it. It resembles Michael Keaton.

Fiction is the common term for every film that isnt a documentary or 100% based on true events.

Technically the movies are ALL fiction. The documentaries are non-fiction

@@angelinatemelkovska450 To my memory, I think it's the only fantasy film that's ever won best picture if you other than shape of water

It's still the best trilogy ever

Tempus Fugit!

15 years

I opened the door, but no sink there after 4 years

Tom Fegredo Your comment was 5 years ago. I'm gonna pause for a while and let you sink that in.

And the results show of how the Oscars in 2021 were a disaster.