70th Golden Globes - Discussion Thread (Winners in 1st Post)

[Jack Nevada]

I kinda liked it when I first saw it but it's just one of those movies I despised more and more over time. I'm glad the dean won an oscar for it though.

What do you find despicable in it?

[Michael Gary Scott]

Shailene Woodley is in a bikini the whole movie what's not to like

[The Stingray]

A-cups in a bikini don't do much.

[baumer]

And what I don't get about the Artist is that everyone is slagging on it like it's Oscar bait simply because Harvey picked it up; it in fact is a fiercely independent and risky movie. It took a huge risk, and became the little movie that could, that told such a charming story and it deserves every award it got.

It is the worst film to win anything at the Oscars since Shakespeare in Love. only nominated by the academy and only won because they wanted to look like they actually knew anything about movies. Horrible horrible film.

[riczhang]

It is the worst film to win anything at the Oscars since Shakespeare in Love. only nominated by the academy and only won because they wanted to look like they actually knew anything about movies. Horrible horrible film.

It's not even the worst BP winner since Shakespeare in Love both of which were deserving. It was a charming lovely movie. Last year's Oscars as a whole were great, Davis lost and t was really funny cus she looked like she was going to get up from her chair to accept the award but lost. Dujardin won and gave a ridiculously charming speech. Would've liked Oldman but Dujardin was really good as well. Both supporting winners were good as well. Now if you want a horrible Oscar winner I suggest you go see the short film The Shore. That was just dreadful honestly just bad. And Techs have had their fare share of some really horrible winners over the years. Edited January 14, 2013 by riczhang

[Fanboy]

The Artist is a pretentious mess like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, except it's extremely silent and incredibly boring.

[riczhang]

Nothing is as bad as Extremely Long and Incredibly Condescending not even Lincoln. That movie was on a whole different dimension of horribleness.

[Sims]

Yeesh, only on boxoffice.com. NO, The Artist is nowhere near as terrible as ELAIC. I understand why The Artist might not be your cup of tea, but what on Earth makes it such an offensive choice? Let's not forget that the year as a whole blew. What film deserved to win if not that one? The Tree of Life was never gonna happen; its nomination was shocking enough.

[The Futurist]

Artist, pretentious ?

Not even remotely.

Edited January 14, 2013 by The Futurist

[Jake Gittes]

The Artist was the most charming, fun and playful film to win the main Oscars since forever.

[Michael Gary Scott]

The artist is unwatchable

[Ozymandias]

Good shit Argo won after that ridiculous Oscar snub. When Ben Affleck got up and spoke he should've closed with "And I like tell the Academy to Argo fuck themselves.

[riczhang]

There were a fair few unwatchable films last year and this year but Artist isn't one of them.

[baumer]

There were a fair few unwatchable films last year and this year but Artist isn't one of them.

It's horrible. It's the Pet Rock of Oscar winners...a fad...the in thing for a few days. Nothing more. It was a gimmick.

[baumer]

It's not even the worst BP winner since Shakespeare in Love both of which were deserving. It was a charming lovely movie. Last year's Oscars as a whole were great, Davis lost and t was really funny cus she looked like she was going to get up from her chair to accept the award but lost. Dujardin won and gave a ridiculously charming speech. Would've liked Oldman but Dujardin was really good as well. Both supporting winners were good as well. Now if you want a horrible Oscar winner I suggest you go see the short film The Shore. That was just dreadful honestly just bad. And Techs have had their fare share of some really horrible winners over the years.

Do you go out of your way to like every artsy film? The Artist wasn't anything close to charming, it had all the charm of a wet blanket on a cold night. Edited January 14, 2013 by baumer

[baumer]

The Artist was the most charming, fun and playful film to win the main Oscars since forever.

Doesn't shock me that you feel this way either.

[TLK]

No one will care about The Artist 5-10 years from now but to be fair to the AMPAS members the other options weren't that good either.

[Sims]

Do you go out of your way to like every artsy film? The Artist wasn't anything close to charming, it had all the charm of a wet blanket on a cold night.

Weren't you just calling people out for insulting your taste in film? Come on, baumer, you're better than this.

[baumer]

No one will care about The Artist 5-10 years from now but to be fair to the AMPAS members the other options weren't that good either.

Fair enough, but any film besides Artist and ELIC should have won...ANY FILM.

[iceroll]

This is my favorite gif of the night

Oh Tommy Lee Jones.