Comments on: Analyze This: Why ‘Argo’ Won Best Picture, Ang Lee Won Best Director & More 2013 Oscar Fallout

By: roosevelto

roosevelto — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

I think, outside the US, Argo is just a fun movie to watch. Not a bad one, but just fun. It has got something cool with the "Argo fake movie production". But it also has those Iran scenes that only where fun if you remember the "based on true events" sign. Nobody i know understood why the high reviews.
I guess is all about documentaries, interviews, friendships and politics.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

Riva deserves it. Simple as that. Her performance was just heartbreaking.

By: cinematic_high

cinematic_high — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

Amy Adams, Chastain and Zero Dark Thirty should of won. Everything else was decent and overhyped.

By: jesse wylie

jesse wylie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

here's a stunner: "argo" won best picture (and i feel really good being able to say this sincerely) because the script was very fine, and in particular the editing was just right–suggesting a collaborative job among perceptive people. not too long, not cut too harshly. just right. and the film was both admirable and–this is important–thoroughly enjoyable.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

I'm particularly sad, though not surprised at all, that Lawrence took the Oscar over Riva.
For me, this proves only two things:
1- Most people that voted for Lawrence didn't see "Amour" (or are French-haters)
2- Young hot women are always the frontrunners in this category
(during the last 20 years only 2 women over 50 have won: Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep. And both of these Hollywood English-speaking celebrities won by playing British celebrities)
When you think about all of this… the Academy choosing Riva would have been a MAJOR upset (though absolutely deserved and a beautiful exception to the hot&young-gals-rule)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

To be honest I don't get how Jennifer Lawrence won, she wasn't acting in that movie, she was just being herself, there were more worthy performances this year, but Oscars are not about worth, they're popularity contests, that's why at the Golden Globes she said "Harvey, thanks for killing whoever you had to kill to get me here"

By: Dryer

Dryer — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

"Argo" itself, a taut, and engaging nail-biter, that was awarded on its own merits Affleck directed the shit out of the movie, itâs got great, engrossing, do-or-die stakes, excellent suspense and tension and a crackling pace…
All this time I must've been watching a different movie. There's more ".. engrossing, do-or-die stakes, excellent suspense and tension and a crackling pace.." in a single episode of Mike & Molly. It's a below average film, stop trying to be an apologist for a polish turd; this site is better than that.

By: tomincmh

tomincmh — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:33:02 +0000

It's a tremendous shame how much politics seemed to factor into this Oscar race in particular. I feel especially bad for Chastain, who was considered a frontrunner for Best Actress when Zero Dark Thirty came out, but then was taken down with the film when the pseudo controversy started. Lawrence was amusing and quirky, but that was not an Oscar worthy performance. I can only imagine how large that ego of her's is going to be now.