Just a few quick remarks. I was happy, on the whole, that Lord of the Rings did so well. The awards were for all three episodes, really, since it is one very long film in essence, the same as Tolkien’s story is one long book, merely split for convenience. I can’t imagine a project of this scope being done again anytime soon, so it needed to be acknowledged.
I felt a bit sorry for Bill Murray, but Sean Penn is great and deserved to be fourth time lucky.
Jonathan Ross did a good job presenting, as usual. It’s a bad idea to take this stuff too seriously. Billy Crystal as host was on autopilot, though. Not a very glitzy affair (apart from the stupid clothes), but that’s no bad thing.