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Dear Saturn Awards,
The Mummy 3 is NOT a horror film. On that note, neither is Hellboy II (what, just because it has hell in it, you think it's horror?)
Love,
Rhea
I'm happy to see Splinter made the list…even though I haven't seen it (damn this town and it's lack of horror flicks). But from what I've read it's the only horror flick on that list that is REALLY a horror flick in the best sense (aka in my head). You know scary weird stuff, gore, more gore…scary weird stuff…
I'm really surprised that Let The Right One In is not in the Best Horror Category. I mean, it's there, under international film, but I think it's more deserving of the horror spot.
I would certainly consider Quarantine and The Strangers to be horror movies. More so than Let The Right One In, in fact. While LTROI was an amazing movie, there were very few real horror elements in it. Sure, it was a vampire movie, but that no more makes it horror than a movie about a mummy. That said, it still would have been a better nomination than The Mummy 3 or Hellboy.
I find a lot of the categorizations questionable. To me, The Mummy is an adventure film, Hellboy is fantasy. I can sort of see how; The Mummy has the living dead, Hellboy has Hell, etc. But then, Twilight has vampires and that's in the fantasy category. It doesn't make sense.
I have to question quite a lot of that list. >_<; And I am seriously annoyed that Atlantis isn't on there in any way, shape or form. SGA was a helluva lot better last year than Lost was, and Hewlett and Flanigan in "The Shrine" were light-years better than Wiley in Librarian!!!! (Not that I really blame Wiley — he's a decent actor most of the time, and the script was crap.)
I'm annoyed that Pushing Daisies didn't get any noms in any categories. But thrilled that True Blood picked up a few. Other than that, I really have to wonder what the criteria is for nomination eligibility. The Librarian? Really?
Why are there so many non-fantasy, non-scifi movies in there? Gran Torino was great, but it shouldn't even be nominated here. Same goes for Changeling. I love everything JMS does, but Changeling was straight drama based on a true story.
Whoever made this nominations was high or something. Why are Hancock and Wanted in the 'Fantasy' category? Why is Changeling nominated at all? I thought these were the Sci-Fi awards. Nor is it Action/Adventure. Heroes for best TV series? And Milo Ventimiglia for best actor?! Although the nomination for LoM is really cool. And no Doctor Who or Torchwood except in the DVD category? And WTF is Casablanca doing in there?! Seriously?