Once you see the movie, you will understand what my subject line means. Argo, the film is directed by the very talented Ben Affleck who also stars in the film as the CIA operative engineering the cover story...anyhoo, I am getting ahead of myself.
Times were tense, this movie is tense. It has you grinding your popcorn into flour as you watch what happens in this movie. I don't want to give ANYTHING away. Good stuff, I felt stress watching it and totally was into the whole situation they were in. As far as empathy goes, I felt that and really wanted them to make it.
They used the backdrop of actual big shot, real events that were recognizable from news coverage and then took us inside the more intimate experience of what happened in Iran with these 6 specific people hiding in the Canadian embassy.
So that is all I have about this film with out giving it away. Great film, interesting, tense and it was fun to see the styles and gadgets of that era. Great props and costume.
This filled in a big part of history for me as it is a declassified mission of the CIA.
Cool. Argo fuck yourself! (they say this in the film, alot)
While this might not be much of a movie review, I hope I convey enough of the film for you to find it interesting.
by yueshi