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28. Great analysis, FSogol n/t

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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 05:49 PM

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"Le Mis" Would Have Been Better As Best Picture Because ----- [View all] TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 OP

"Argon" was noble, but too elemental pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #1

That's a gas. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #4

But was it a Classical Gas? Bake Feb 2013 #15

very clever pinboy3niner... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #6

"Argon" was inert, even at the Oscars. MineralMan Feb 2013 #25

Only problem is that Argo and Lincoln were better pictures, imho. n/t MoonRiver Feb 2013 #2

Having seen Les Mis on Broadway, Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #9

I never saw the play. MoonRiver Feb 2013 #19

Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #20

Oh yes! Field was awesome too. MoonRiver Feb 2013 #21

Thanks! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #23

I haven't seen the play, but the film worked as a musical, winter is coming Feb 2013 #34

Thank you... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #35

Le Mis "the most realistic version of what conditions were like during Victor Hugo's time" FSogol Feb 2013 #3

Of course someone belting out exboyfil Feb 2013 #51

Sorry, I disagree. The cheesy, "Let's-Put-on-a-Show"-ness of the production FSogol Feb 2013 #53

Argo a political statement? No, Argo was a GREAT movie. Zen Democrat Feb 2013 #5

Argo was a wonderful movie, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #7

If Argo was intended to be a political statement, it was the right one. FSogol Feb 2013 #10

Great analysis, FSogol n/t Cha Feb 2013 #28

Argo was a Well-Crafted Movie AnnieBW Feb 2013 #39

I saw a few Best Picture nominees - Lincoln, Life of Pi, and Argo fujiyama Feb 2013 #40

Problem is that it's a musical. longship Feb 2013 #8

You only have to see Russell Crow warbling to imagine Victor Hugo rolling over in his grave. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #13

Definitely the weak link in the movie exboyfil Feb 2013 #52

I love the theatrical version of Les Mis and avebury Feb 2013 #48

Les Miz Dpm12 Feb 2013 #11

I'm wating for the glitter musical version of "The Grapes of Wrath" or "On the Waterfront". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #12

Why not a musical version of "The Killing Fields"? FSogol Feb 2013 #14

Dancing in the rice paddies might prove problematic..and messy. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #16

We could animate it, so all the skulls could sing too! FSogol Feb 2013 #17

With a Delta Rhythm Boys backing track dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #18

Oh my lord! JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #22

On A Sad Note Haing S. Ngor Was Murdered On This Day 1996 HangOnKids Feb 2013 #26

That was sad. 1st Asian man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #29

I always remember his death as my Mom died the day before he was killed HangOnKids Feb 2013 #30

A musical based on the Zapruder film, but it would be over by the first chorus Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #36

And yet there was a Musical of Grapes of Wrath.... WCGreen Feb 2013 #38

It would be better because then we'd have even more reason to grouse about the Oscars frazzled Feb 2013 #24

My daughter is glad it didn't win, since it's not an original story. Avalux Feb 2013 #27

Ha! Yeah, but Argo is a copy of a real-life event, also not an original idea. nt valerief Feb 2013 #33

Ha! Can't wait to go home and tell her that! Avalux Feb 2013 #37

Les mis has ZERO to do with current times. But I do love Russell Crowe graham4anything Feb 2013 #31

Shatner was in Judgement at Nuremberg and The Brothers Karamazov REP Feb 2013 #41

I love Bill! however, Star Trek will always be a TV show to me. First and always graham4anything Feb 2013 #44

5th REP Feb 2013 #45

He was a Rocket Man graham4anything Feb 2013 #46

I'd see Les Miz if it didn't have all that horrid music in it. nt valerief Feb 2013 #32

Right--because that's what Paris was like....the poor and disease-ridden breaking into song....nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #42

...and all those beautiful teeth! Iggo Feb 2013 #43

Les Miz: AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #47

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...of Russell Crowe's angelic singing voice? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #50