• Lord of the Rings' Peter Jackson is made Knight
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[b]New Zealand has made its most famous film-maker a knight in the reinstatement of the title for the first time in a decade.[/b] Peter Jackson, maker of the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, said the award was "better than the Oscars". Former Prime Minister Helen Clark, who had abolished British knighthoods in 2000, was made a member of the Order of New Zealand. This is the highest honour available in the country. It carries no honorific and is limited to 20 living New Zealanders at any one time. Ms Clark, who now heads the United Nations Development Programme, said she "certainly would not" have accepted a damehood, but felt privileged to receive the honour. Sir Peter's Lord of the Rings trilogy won a total of 17 Oscars, and earned him the home-grown title of Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. In a written statement, Jackson described the honour as an "incredible moment." "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong," he said. "The feeling of gratitude and pride I have in accepting this honour from my home country is profound." Sir Peter was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002, and has "continued to excel in and significantly contribute to the New Zealand film industry", the citation for his knighthood reads. The New Zealand Herald newspaper reported that Sir Peter was in New Zealand this month for the premiere of his latest movie, The Lovely Bones. He remembers the early days: "When I was growing up in Pukerua Bay I spent weekends shooting war movies in my parents' vegetable garden with their Super-8 camera. I was eight years old and had no real expectation of being a film director. My dream was to work on special effects. "One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible." The newspaper added that Sir Peter financially supports local schools, film and arts festivals and the GiveLife New Zealand Organ Donation Awareness Charity. The awards were among 193 given to those active in sports, the arts, charity and even theology. [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46788000/jpg/_46788123_peterjackson.jpg[/img] Source: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8435718.stm[/url] He deserves it.
And Patrick Stewart :buddy:
:cawg:
Cool, I like Peter Jackson. Also, too many gold members these days. Inb4 Join Date Elitism.
Wow, Awesome!
this wont mean anything if the royalty keeps giving it out
Are you fucking serious? He does NOT deserve that.
Don't you mean knighted?
[QUOTE=professional;19321981]Are you fucking serious? He does NOT deserve that.[/QUOTE] Someone hasn't seen Braindead.
[QUOTE=Drasnus;19323617]Someone hasn't seen Braindead.[/QUOTE] That movie is made of pure win.
Meh, I could think of people who deserved it more. The Lord Of The Rings was quite good, but not [i]really[/i] good and King Kong sucked. I haven't seen any of his other things.
Do you really deserve being knighted for making few films.
STOP RIGHT THERE [IMG]http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2308/52112046.png[/IMG] CRIMINAL SCUM
[QUOTE=Killergam;19321688][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46788000/jpg/_46788123_peterjackson.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Wow, he's lost weight. I almost didn't recognize him. Anyway, good for him. I don't know if he [i]really[/i] deserved to be knighted but whatever, it's happened.
Lord of the Rings rates in my top 5 movies of all time. He deserves it.
[QUOTE=cheeseman52;19325247]Lord of the Rings rates in my top 5 movies of all time. He deserves it.[/QUOTE] No he fucking doesn't. He [B]DID[/B] deserve the academy award for Lord of The Rings, which he got, however you don't just hand out knighthoods for this shit. They're giving them out far too easily these days, it loses any value it once had. Just because you enjoyed a particular film of his doesn't justify giving him a Knighthood. One landmark film achievement is not a reason to Knight someone. Anyone who disagrees with me is clearly a fucking idiot and doesn't understand what has happened here. Out of his entire career thus far, Peter jackon has only made one other notable film, King Kong. Which sucked, was panned critically and didn't do so well in the box office.
[QUOTE=Jack Bryce;19324661]Wow, he's lost weight. I almost didn't recognize him. Anyway, good for him. I don't know if he [i]really[/i] deserved to be knighted but whatever, it's happened.[/QUOTE] That's because he's working on the Hobbit! [editline]04:16PM[/editline] [QUOTE=professional;19325343]No he fucking doesn't. He [B]DID[/B] deserve the academy award for Lord of The Rings, which he got, however you don't just hand out knighthoods for this shit. They're giving them out far too easily these days, it loses any value it once had. One landmark film achievement is not a reason to Knight someone.[/QUOTE] 3 Landmark films actually... Which put New Zeland on the map, they are proud of him and his accomplishments.
He also made this. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Feebles][img]http://www.ica.org.uk/thumbnail.php?max=408&id=567[/img][/url]
Oh fuck, It's New Zealand. No wonder. Nevermind.
If he wants to be knighted then he has to get past Gandalf.
[QUOTE=professional;19325428]Oh fuck, It's New Zealand. No wonder. Nevermind.[/QUOTE] It's okay, Jackson forgives you.
if the queen doesn't knight you then it's not true knighting
did he get a suit of armor because that would have been awesome
Awesome. :buddy: [img]http://dicemonkey.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/burberry-knight.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Khaos23;19321791]Cool, I like Peter Jackson. Also, too many gold members these days. Inb4 Join Date Elitism.[/QUOTE] Hey, don't be blue. :colbert: We're all gold in our own way. [B](^ Hidden pun)[/B]
[QUOTE=Drasnus;19323617]Someone hasn't seen Braindead.[/QUOTE] I'm just staring at your avatar.
[QUOTE=:smug:;19349082]Hey, don't be blue. :colbert: We're all gold in our own way. [B](^ Hidden pun)[/B][/QUOTE] Piss is gold isn't it?
[QUOTE=Killergam;19321688][img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46788000/jpg/_46788123_peterjackson.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Holy fuck he has lost so much weight.
I'm from NZ, this makes me happy and sad.
[QUOTE=Killergam;19321688] [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46788000/jpg/_46788123_peterjackson.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] He sure looks like a knight Just kidding, the guy is awesome.
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