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I just want to add that ITA with those who think FOTR should have won the adapted screenplay award. And no, I haven't seen or read ABM, but I have read enough reactions to it to know that while the story itself might have been well-done onscreen, it departed significantly from the work upon which it was based.

LOTR was absolutely the most difficult adaptation--just consider the fact that it took 8 years to develop a workable screenplay, and that is an indication of how challenging the material was to adapt. Then add in the sheer scope of what had to be translated from text to screen, with visuals, other-worldly characters, and the depth and number of characters, and it really is no comparison. It should have been a shoo-in, but it wasn't because it was not part of mainstream Hollywood's idea of who should win a screenplay award.

Hmph! Stupid academy!