sure -- Music, Sound Mix, Sound Edit, and Visual Effects were four of 'em. OK, it won editing, cinematography, and director which are major awards, but it's wins reeked of "accomplished technical film". It didn't win any actor wards, and was only up for one. It's screenplay wasn't even nominated, so you know it lost two fairly large voting blocks right off the bat: writers and actors.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 10:57 am to Baloo

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but it's wins reeked of "accomplished technical film".

titanic was this + accomplished costume/set design

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It didn't win any actor wards

titanic didn't either and it's writing didn't win anything, either

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Posted by bluestem75

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 10:58 am to Baloo

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Music

NOT a technical award. I'm so tired of hearing this argument. The Academy clearly thought this was the BP of the year. It wasn't even close.

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It didn't win any actor wards, and was only up for one. It's screenplay wasn't even nominated, so you know it lost two fairly large voting blocks right off the bat: writers and actors.

It won 7 out of 10. The BP winner won 3 of 9 losing four major categories.

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Posted by Peazey

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 11:00 am to Baloo

I'm wondering what it was about Titanic that made it such a huge winner. It kind of seems like it was a big deal for its technical accomplishments in a similar fashion as Gravity. Those special effects were a pretty big deal back then.

I looked up some of the other films that it went up against that year for a point of reference. Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty, As Good as It Gets.

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