Unfortunately, The Dark Knight is not going to get the chance it deserves come next year’s Oscars. Apparently, according to Variety, the executive committee of the Academy Awards has ruled that the score for the A-rated Batman film is ineligible for competition because… it has too many composers.
To me, this seems like just the latest odd rule to be revealed by the Oscars over the last several years. Who cares how many composers a score has? Shouldn’t the determination be made about the final product, not the number of people who contributed? The Dark Knight has a pretty amazing score when you think about it (recall the low rumbling that develops as Harvey Dent is taken by police escort through the streets of Gotham), and it’s a shame it won’t be up for a nomination (assuming it were to be nominated). Warner Brothers must be in a tizzy.
Way to go, Academy. Way to go.
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November 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I cannot believe this. The Dark Knight is a brilliant film that warrants recognition as such to disregard this because of a technicality is a fatal mistake by the prestigious academy
November 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
FUCK THA ACADEMY! THE DARK KNIGHT WAS EXCELLENT AND DESERVES AN AWARD!