‘Ultimately, we should not only enjoy art, but also learn from it, using those lessons to improve our lives. One of the Oscar-nominated films this year allows us to do just that, the movie furthest from reality: “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” We can learn much from the tale if we apply its arguments to our own lives today.’ [More]

Thanks to Iduncan, Merwyn, Navlys and Beth for the link.

Chris writes: The attached link is to an Oscar poll on the Today show’s website. They are going to read the results to the poll on television tomorrow morning. Vote now for LOTR! [More]

Cam sents in this link to another article detailing how New Line’s gamble to let Peter Jackson run off to New Zealand for 18 months with nearly $300 million for a budget could prove to be one of the shrewedest moves they have ever made. [More]

Rubin writes: Just wanted to let fellow (German) fans know, that the TTT trailer will be shown in German theatres, starting 29th March. We got this confirmed by phone and email directly from Warner Bros. Germany, the German distributer of LotR… πŸ™‚ We were also told that it would run most likely in bigger theatres which are still showing the movie daily, and to check with our local theatres if they got a new 9th film roll or not.

Magnus sent in a link to this article on Aftonbladet which claims that Swedish Ringers will have to pay 100 Swedish crowns just to see the Two Towers trailer at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. [More]

Katie: Tonight, after the Daily Show, Comedy Central aired Frank Decaro’s Oscar review show, which was a spoof off of an E! Hollywood True Story. According to Frank, Ian McKellen was “fabulous” as Gandalf, is going to win the Oscar for Best Actor, and is going to look awesome. As for Best Picture…He said FOTR was “stunning and fun.”