With the benefit of hindsight, The Hours now looks like the one outlier in a competitive Best Picture field at the Oscars in 2003. It adopts the tried-and-tested formula of revitalizing an old fairy tale with catchy songs and plenty of jokes, but there are other Disney classics from the '90s which were just as deserving of a nomination, like The Lion King and Aladdin. It's easy to forget that the first Star Wars movie was nominated for 10 Oscars, because the franchise it created has come to represent the antithesis of what the Academy usually chooses to reward.
Author: Ben Protheroe
Published at: 2025-07-06 21:40:21
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