I've had nightmares in which Seabiscuit wins The Academy Award for best Picture...

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2003)

Wow! Where to begin? This is by far the best film I have ever seen. There are few words that can describe why tears kept falling from my eyes as the film unraveled upon the screen. I cannot remember the last time I felt so strongly for the characters of a film. Having now seen it twice, with tickets booked, I find myself wanting to buy every single little replica of the rings, the knives and the brooches worn in the films. Get it while you can! They're making history here.
Some friends made a comment about it being to long and that they'd thought the film to be over several times during the last third of the film. I find that genuinely surprising as I think it's way to short. Another friend made the comment that they could have cut out 30+ minutes out of the film to make it better. What 30 minutes would that have been I replied. ...No answer. You simply cannot cut even a second out of this film. Every moment from the opening scenes with Smeagol/Deagol to Sam's farewell at the end oozes of atmosphere and talent. It is hard to believe that they actually managed to pull it off. Peter Jackson and company actually made films out of The Lord of The Rings! And not only did they do that; they made some of the best films ever made. The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King is a masterpiece, and I seriously doubt that anyone will ever be able to top this. No, noone will ever be able to do a better film than this!

The fact that the Academy might not even nominate Sean Astin for an Oscar scares the hell out of me! I've had nightmares in which Seabiscuit wins the Best Picture Award and where The Cat in The Hat takes home the Visual Effects. Members of the Academy: Please spare us from this tragedy coming true. Show us that you are among the millions, billions of people that will see this film before it leaves theaters for good, and please throw Andy Serkis a bone as well.