Comments on: 5 Of The Worst Campaign Controversies In Oscar History

By: suitablecustard

suitablecustard — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:16:00 +0000

I guess it can’t be considered a campaign but I’ll never really be okay with the fact that “Miss Misery” didn’t win for Best Original Song over “My Heart Will Go On”.

By: Roger MD

Roger MD — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

" but perhaps as a result of the high-profile controversy"

"Perhaps"?! So you don\’t know and are just assuming since you can\’t prove your claim? This is definitely one of the 5 worst articles about Oscar history.

By: Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

K get it, Alan. My arrogance is impressed with you condescension. Touche sir.

By: Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

I'm done with the ZDT debates here. Don't know why I try to change hearts and minds on internet threads.

Stay in touch with morality and humanity is all I can say.

One love.

By: Adam Scott Thompson

Adam Scott Thompson — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

Saying/writing "based on a true story" basically indemnifies you from having to tell an unerringly true story (which is usually boring).

By: huffy

huffy — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

Also I'm still dumbfounded that people continue to insist that Zero Dark Thirty is pro-torture. It's called subtlety (and ZDT wasn't even that subtle with the fact it felt torture was unnecessary, you just had to fucking pay attention); if a movie doesn't smash you over the head with its message it flies over the head of half the audience.

By: huffy

huffy — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

"Some Academy members tried to get their ballots back to change their vote,"

Example number #242 of why the modern Academy Awards are worthless.

By: MAL

MAL — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

Get off your high horses people. Movies, by their very nature, are works of fiction. They are not life, but representations thereof. Even documentaries are biased by filmmakers taking their own perspective of an issue or story and filming and editing it to suit the story they want to tell! Did Zero Dark Thirty achieve success in telling the story it set out to tell and in the way in which it set out to tell it? Stop being so damn political in your thinking and enjoy the films for what they are! (And I'm Canadian and thoroughly enjoyed Argo, knowing full well that the CIA had practically nothing to do with the escape of the American hostages in Iran — it was a Canadian operation!)

By: Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

I wish you would actually distinguish what is factually true and what isn't instead of lumping all articles legitimately criticizing a movie as a "smear campaign". Zero Dark Thirty clearly shows that torture got key information that lead to Bin Laden. Any minimal amount of research will show you that this just not true! Also the movie conveniently didn't show when the U.S. lost Bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains. And where's the Iraq war throughout the whole movie?? Also, Argo is a glorification of the CIA, who set-up a brutal dictatorship in Iran that terrorized and killed thousands. Again widely available information. Why can't you guys see that? Are you guys not somewhat politically astute at all? I really love the site but this thing of defending all movies from legitimate political questions is a major flaw of your writers. It's like you are defenders of cinema against anyone who doesn't "get movies" or something. I loooooove love love the movies but I also look at real world implications and others who have true objections to portrayals within those films. Please don't dismiss this. It's a serious thing you as a website need to question.

The best movies of the year are "The Master" and "Silver Linings Playbook". Two true artists have made two of their best movies. There's actual humanity in those films unlike these movies that are simply morally hollow.

By: pol

pol — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

Yeah, there's no such thing as propaganda. Imbecile.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

"Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama was both the victim of a campaign and the perpetrator, both to the film's detriment (though once again, not to the extent that it lost Best Picture). "

For the love of god, hire an editor.

By: brace

brace — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

I'm not sure that every controversy surrounding a certain movie has something to do with awards campaigns. it looks like that but maybe it's because they release their Oscar contenders in December, when awards season has began. maybe, just maybe some of those controversies could happen if the movies are released in may.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

Goldman did give Damon and Affleck notes on the script and met with them for a couple hours about the movie. In the process the story COMPLETELY changed. The actors had all kind of crazy, cheesy stuff in there about the FBI recruiting Hunting, and blowjobs underneath Robin William's character's desk. Goldman may not have spent a lot of time helping Damon and Affleck, but his notes and influence completely altered the narrative and tone of the movie.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:54 +0000

A Beautiful Mind didn't win Best Actor. Russell Crowe won the year before for Gladiator. Denzel Washington won that year for Training Day.