Skyfall vs. Argo

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2 great movies. Argo is better.

Argo slips by. Holy hell it's close though....

I think Skyfall has more going for it, Argo is cool and all but it just felt kinda ordinary, nothing really special about it. Skyfall was visually stunning, had a great villain and had some fantastic sequences. It did go a little 'Home Alone' at the end, but there was so much I loved in it that it's an easy pick for me here.

'Skyfall' is a good looking film, with solid action sequences. However, it also has a cartoon character for it's main bad guy and goes too over the top. 'Casino Royale' & 'Quantum Of Solace' both took great strides to be as real as possible, and I was letdown that this one didn't also try to do that. 'Argo' is damned near perfect!

Yeah, Argo did feel a bit ordinary. It's not a bad movie at all, but it's basically a by-the-numbers thriller. While I wasn't overly impressed with the main villain in Skyfall (he was too cartoonish), Daniel Craig and Ralph Fiennes more than made up for it with their killer performances. It's easily one of my two favorite films in the James Bond series (it's neck-and-neck with Casino Royale), and it's a winner in this matchup.

Yeah, I get why some would be turned off by Silva being kinda cartoonish, but that's why I loved him. He had the flair a Bond villain should have, he was memorable, seemed slightly unhinged and was brought to life brilliantly by Javier Bardem. He kind of felt like the Joker of the Bond universe, it helps that I don't really think any of the Bond movies I've seen are realistic at all really, the more fantastical the Bond, the more I enjoy it.

Skyfall. Argo was indeed a little too standard and hollywoodized (especially that ending), but I did think it was great nonetheless. Maybe it shouldn't have won that Oscar, but eh, whatever.

Argo was a great thriller filled to the brim with tension, but I also prefered Skyfall which is my second favorite Bond film.

Im gonna have to go with bond by a hair

Let the ARGO faaalllllllll...to the ground on this matchup. Skyfall wins.

Let the ARGO faaalllllllll...to the ground on this matchup. Skyfall wins.

Argo. Loved Skyfall, but not quite as much as most people.

Skyfall. Argo is an great overrated gem

argo

Skyfall

Agro is a very gripping thriller but SkyFall is incredibly well made, emotional and perfect modern Bond!

Best Picture winner vs Best Sound Editing and Original Song winner. Strangely I'm going with Skyfall. Argo has great editing, writing, acting and sound design but Skyfall was more intense than Argo was because Argo is based on real events. And in fiction sometimes you don't know where it's going on how the hero beats the villain even though spoiler alert the villain dies but wins because he stabs M.