Not really. Judging by standing O that Spielberg got at DGA and at the nominee luncheon, it`s his to lose and his movie could overtake Argo for Picture too. After all, Ben may be loved by everyone but he wasn`t loved enough by those 6000 who make AMPAS. They split his and Bigelow votes unlike everyone else who didn`t split shit.
Chastain win wouldn`t have locked Oscar for JLaw, WTF? Chastain won Drama GG and it was believed that her win would be the make-up win for ZDT. The way things go, with Lawrence/Riva wins, there`s no such sentiment on the voters part so far.
It`s a great news because she was not expected to win here so considering that her main competitor didn`t win either and is practically dead is a good news.
I may be wrong but I didn`t like it. And I didn`t like the stupid "She`s a WOMAN!" crpa either especially in the motherfucker scene. Totlaly unnecessary.
Considering that thanks to 3D more and more movies crack $1 billion, it`s a good number for a 3D tentpole. Spectacular is TDKR and Skyfall cracking it w/o 3D and even more spectacular is that, as of now, Batman is the only franchise whose 2 movies cracked it w/o 3D. POTC has one non-3D and one 3D and so does LOTR/TH.
I think it`s a desperate attempt on WB part to make TH seem relevant. Like, look, we joke about TH as if it matters and don`t about TA as if everyone forgot what TA is. Lame and transparent.
That`s why the ending was so bad . They were pumping the whole "she`s a WOMAN! A WOMAN does what men can`t! A WOMAN is the motherfucker who found Bin Laden!" and then pull the rug from under their strong woman`s feet and show that