Lord of the Oscars

Well, well... There have been among us for some time now certain skeptics who, in their insinuating, have raised doubt in the greatness of legend. Now we can see the pitiful end of these blasphemeous insiunuation: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has completed a full sweep of the Academy Awards, winning all 11 of the awards for which it was nominated. This ties the record totals set only by "Ben Hur" and "Titanic". Everyone knows that "Titanic" was a terrible movie, and no one knows why it did so well. So in reality, this evening has lifted "The Lord of the Rings" to a level of cinematic perfection achieved only by one other movie in the history of mankind. This is the kind of movie that transcends time and place and reality, and is nothing less than a legend, both literally and figuratively. Here is our modern Shakespeare, Homer, or Virgil: Peter Jackson and his armies of cohorts that have created this über-masterpiece.