Iran Unimpressed With 'Argo' Oscar Victory: Did It Deserve to Win Best Picture?

I have commented on this before but since i feel strongly on it i will again. It certainly did not deserve to win. Dont get me wrong it was an ok movie. I do really like the actors in it. More so John Goodman then anyone. But it just did not deliver like too many people thought it did. It was too long, drawn out, and not that interesting. It didnt touch that much on the mission or their fake movie. The picture wasnt that good. The last 15 minutes or so was the best part, even though it is said the chase was not a part of the mission. I admire and respect the real people for doing what they did. The movie was just kind of a disappointment to that. It really needed a lot more. It needed more action. More on the mission and more on the fake movie. Lincoln, Life Of Pi, and Zero Dark Thirty deserved to win. Lincoln most of all. I didnt see the other two, but they looked better then Argo. But what didnt? Haha. As much as i liked Skyfall and it too could have been better, was a lot better then Argo. Seriously, come on people. Hollywood is kind of messed up. Seriously. And even though i didnt see Django Unchained it too looked a lot better. And of course The Hobbit.

'Lincoln' was way overrated. Aside from Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, it was average.

'Beasts of the Southern Wild' was good, but it's not the type of movie Oscar voters tend to recognize with anything other than a nomination.

'Zero Dark Thirty' was decent, but I wouldn't say it deserved Best Picture over 'Argo.'

'Amour' won Best Foreign Film, so it's kind of difficult for the academy to give it double awards for best overall film. (And there were other movies in the BFF category that were equally or more deserving.)

'Les Miserables' was more overrated than 'Lincoln.'

I liked 'Life of Pi,' but I wouldn't have given it Best Picture. And giving Ang Lee the Best Director statuette was a bit of a stretch. Not saying that he's not worthy, but there were a couple of other nominees where the film might have been more deserving.

Of the nine nominees, if I were an Academy member, it would've been toughest to choose from 'Silver Linings Playbook,' 'Django Unlimited,' or 'Argo.' Maybe 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' if I'd had a chance to see it before the deadline.

Somehow, I'm not surprised that Iran's leadership isn't thrilled with 'Argo.' But do we really care what some guy who wears a Members Only jacket (and his bureaucratic minions) in 2013 thinks?

Because I thought The Life of Pi won the Academy Award for best picture.

In a couple of years, nobody will remember it. For example, without looking it up, what won the oscar for best flick in 2006?

The man with the top opinion Heisenberg said ARGO was a left-wing propaganda full of lives that glorify leftists. How? It was a patriotic film about how some American film makers got American hostages out of the Canadian embasy in Tehran and two coutries, the United States and Canada working together. How is that leftist?

Just a technically proficient, pretty average film. A thriller by the numbers with not a lot of thrills. But John Goodman was great. He should have been nominated.

but not for the iran reasons. i just though life PI and les miserables was better

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey should have been nominated and have won.

Apparently theTHE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY did not have the impact that that THE LORD OF THE RINGS movie trilogy had on the public ten years ago.

# 1 Fact. is it Did Win.
# 2 Fact is No One Cares if Iran does not approve!

That was an great movie.

How about, "Haven't seen the movie" as a choice?

Imo if Iran didn't like it, even better.

I haven't seen all the nominees, but I've seen several, and the reason I'm good with Argo is that I already knew the ending, and it STILL kept me on the edge of my seat. To my mind, that's a mark of an outstanding film. I saw it with my daughter, and she said the same thing. She was 11 when this happened and doesn't remember it; I remember it well because it was a bright spot at a time when Americans were becoming increasingly angrier and more frustrated about the Hostage Crisis.

There have been lots of good films that were historically accurate, but they've never captivated me the way Argo did because I knew the end (he dies, he lives, whatever).

I don't remember this aspect of the Iran Hostage crisis whatsoever and I was 13 at the time.

Ok...

Good.

Actually I haven's seen the movie to be sincere but I was hoping LES MIS would win.I was speechless and awestrucked. It's worth every penny watching it.

Academy Awards only represents Hollywood's envy, lust, greed, and wrath. Their ability to be mean and spiteful to each other. I doubt it ever represented the average American citizen. Ben Affleck's pitty party is the only reason it won.

I was shooting for Les Miserable. But I didn't really expect it to win. Argo was a well made film. Agree with the politics behind it or not. It was still a good film.

noway it was against IRAN,Oscar this year was political too much

Django Unchained is probably better.

But ZD30 and Lincoln were good, too. One of these days there should be a tie in Best Pic.

Its fantastic

Any movie which pisses off the Iranian government, deserves to win!

I'm going to say no, but that is only because I think if Ben Affleck had have been nominated for best director, it might not have gotten the award. but people felt sorry for him and gave him best picture.

Because I have not seen all films that were nominated...

I wanted life of pi or les mis to win. Both superbly made films, superbly acted and extremely beautiful and artistic.

Argo was a very good stand up and cheer movie. Ben Affleck, with "The Town" and now, Argo, has proved to be a good film maker. Kudos to him.

Here is how I rated 2012 nominated movies:

1. Lincoln
2. Django Unchained
3. Argo
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Silver Lining Playbook

Five nominees would be sufficient. I wish the academy would return to that concept.

I'm not sure I'd put Lincoln on top. It was a good movie, but it wouldn't have worked if it hadn't been carried by the fantastic lead performance; replace Day-Lewis with someone merely competent, and you have a film notable mostly for the historical accuracy of its sets.

Excellent points.

It was a bit rubbishy and out of date.

The oscars is about acting and story telling, Argo fulfilled that on both accounts. Les Miserables was maybe more artistic but in a more narrow, personal way, harder to grab and understand for the general public. Argo also happens to be a great story based on real facts. How much of it is litteral, does not really matter, it does not claim to be a documentary, just as Zero Dark Thirty.
Most of those who vote "no" do not graps the purpoe of the Oscars: rewarding the filmaking art and base their opinion on political beliefs who are for the most part wrong.

I did think Lincoln and Les Miserables were better movies. But Argo was an absolutely amazing movie as well, and the work put into that movie I think over all they deserved it as much as any other movie nominated.

Forgetting about the pros/cons of the movie itself, Les Mis was just simply FAR MORE SUPERB than any other movie. Period. Any and all of the 'poor ben' or 'ben deserves' or 'ben did a great job' comments may be true. But that does not raise the caliber of the production to Les Mis. Sad that the 'good old boy' network is alive, everywhere, and growing. And when it grows, the brightest of the bright and best of the best will always be shunned...as they make the 'old boys' look mediocre. Sad night at the Oscars for me. Great performers and performances.....but Exceptional...les Mis and its cast!

"Truth shall set us free." Reality movie put our feet on the ground while positive fictions helps to nurture our ability to imagine.

Deserve is a strange word to use in a system where the choice is by vote. They deserve it because the most people voted for it. All the nominees arer deserving. the vote is what makes it official.

Yes for many reasons... For one Fugk The Oscars...! For two Fugk Best Picture...! For three Fugk Television and Hollywood...! Acting/Music Awards Ceremonies do one thing and one thing only... they make it God-Like to be a performer and they promote the sickness of celebrity worship. I say yes Argo deserves best picture because best picture means absolutely squat... Argo is crowned King Nothing.

Not only was it a "small" picture, it was very inaccurate and a propaganda piece for Carter and Holloywood!

And you know this how??? Most of what I have read says it was amazingly accurate...

Probably Lincoln or Les Mis.