I know 2013 was quite ... a skinny year when it comes to movies, but it's still an absurdity that Argo has not only been nominated for Best Film, but won it. This Oscar is utterly disappointing. It's not as if I have faith in the academy that can collapse, or in the audience that happily gobbles down any garbage sprayed with glitter powder, or in the servile critics who are ready at any time to praise similar works for the right money or publicity. It is a kind of general, objectless disappointment, and as such, the deepest of all. As countless inglorious examples prove, America loves to lick its own "body parts" and likes to bend reality to the narrative they want to belive, but this one is really a little disgusting. I wouldn't go into the inaccuracies of the story, several other reviewers have already done it for me. Even with these, the film could have been tolerable if it weren't so horribly cliché, predictable and cheap. What Ben Affleck allows himself here as a storyteller is something that not only should not be rewarded, but should be the subject of a laughter. This perfectly proves that how out of touch Hollywood is. And this is the most benevolent reading of this whole disgrace. I thought we had grown out of an era of such disgustingly pathetic and kitschy propaganda films, but there still seems to be a market for that sort of thing. Feel free to applaud yourself, you deserve it! And mr. Affleck, I know a worthy place for that small golden figurine. Your batcave. It might be a tight fit, but since you worked for it so much, I guess you can work a little more, right!