Argo

Argo

Rated R and Released 10/12/12

Reviewed 10/19/12 at Celebration Cinema North

with Gary

4 1/2 out of 5 Js in QUIET Rating System

I saw this movie before I started the blog, but with Oscar nominations out I thought it pertinent to post.

Gary and I went to this movie one week after the release. Even with a week going by, I didn't know much about this story until seeing the movie. Ben Affleck should definitely be in contention for Best Director. The movie really didn't pump out much action, but didn't come across slow at all. On the contrary, it was riveting.

The movie begins in 1979 when the American Embassy in Iran is subject to crowds stirring around the Embassy. The rioting Iranians eventually storm the American Embassy and take the well-known hostages, but this is not about them. The subject is really six Americans narrowly escaping just before the mob busts in, being played out simultaneously to the infamous hostage crisis. This has basically been an unknown and unverified account of these six that find their way and take refuge in the home of the Canadian Ambassador. The CIA is trying to come up with a feasible plan to rescue these six Americans. Ben Affleck, a CIA operative, creates a plan that is so far fetched it's hard to believe it really occurred. Their plan is to enter Iran under the guise of making a movie and return with the Americans as part of the crew. John Goodman and Alan Arkin, the scene stealers, are working back in the States coordinating the rescue with Affleck. Even if you went into it knowing the outcome, it was crafted so cleverly that you are glued to the screen until the end.

QUIET Rating system: JJJJj

Quality acting only: JJJJJ

Understood story:  JJJJ

Interest: JJJJJ

Entertainment:  JJJJ

Time:  JJJJ