[Lil'freeper]

More than 40 percent of the film critics' choices for best picture have gone on to win the Oscars in the same category.

Don't know if this is good news or bad.

[baseballfanjm]

It's VERY good for Return of the King. The NYFCC often gives indy or artsy films their award, films like Mulholland Drive, Far From Heaven and Topsy-Turvy, that are more obscure to the general public. Their embracing of a huge blockbuster, one that's guaranteed to have MASSIVE box-office, is a big suprise. ROTK was already favored to win the Best Picture Oscar, but it wasn't expected to get support from the critics groups. This puts it way out front in the race.

[My2Cents]

I doubt ROTK or Peter Jackson will win Oscars. Jackson refuses to play the game that Hollywood demands of producers, directors, and actors to win the award. Besides, his message in the film series that there is such a thing as evil in the world, and that evil must be confronted at all costs, is anathema to the Hollywood left.