[Fedora]

> Yes, Astin was good... Miranda Otto could have been nominated if Jackson hadn't edited her part with a bloody axe...

I didn't hear about that--what happened with that? The scene where Eowyn kills the Lord of the Nazgul has the best lines in the book, IMO.

[JenB]

Well, removing her scenes after the Pelennor Fields leaves her character just hanging. And rips out the nice little romance she and Faramir have, though movie-Faramir's a bit of a jerk and might not really deserve her. But if they'd left that in, she might have got Supporting Actress, at least.