Review: Argo
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Based on true events, ‘Argo’ talks about ‘Tony Mendez’ (Ben
Affleck), a CIA operative, who devises a plan, with his superior 'Jack O'Donnell'(Bryan Cranston), to save 6 US hostages 'Bob Anders'(Tate Donovan), 'Cora Lijek'(Clea DuVall), 'Mark Lijek'(Christopher Denham), 'Joe Stafford'(Scoot McNairy), 'Kathy Stafford'(Kerry Bishé), and 'Lee Schatz'(Rory Cochrane), who fled
the US embassy after the November 4, 1979 attacks of Iranian militants and
hidden in the home of Canadian Ambassador 'Ken Taylor'(Victor Garber). The plan was to make them flee the
country by making them seem like they are Canadian filmmakers scouting exotic
Middle Eastern location for their new (non-existing) movie ‘Argo’. And here
starts a great movie that shows us to some extent what really happened and how
everything unfolded. We also have 'Lester Siegel'(Alan Arkin) and 'John Chambers'(John Goodman).
2012 has showed us some of the best political movies ever, and
‘Argo’ is definitely one of them. Regardless of its political point of view, It
is a movie that really draws you in, whether you like politics or not. It shows
a dangerous mission that occurred to save lives of human beings, and I think
that many people like to see this sort of stuff. Ben Affleck outperformed
himself. After his great work in ‘The Town, I never thought in a million years
that he would be able to replicate and outshine his work. But ‘Argo is just
that good. The directing is really good, and though many criticized him that
many facts were either missing or made up, I think what he did made the movie
more interesting and fun.
The beginning of the movie was really smart, letting in the
people to what really happen and the smoothly transitioning the ‘facts’ said
into the movie. The usage of angles in filming was good, and the flow of the
movie’s events was good. This movie had two great moments. First moment was at the
second checkpoint, when they had to give them the yellow sheets that did not have a
white one, and the second was at the last checkpoint. That 'Joe Stafford'(Scoot McNairy), the guy who was
against all this operation, came through and rescued them from this obstacle
and the way he did it was just great.
“Ben Affleck” did a solid job in acting, I don’t know if it
was his best acting role, but it was surely one of the best. He really was able
to show us ‘Tony Mendez’’s personality and allowed us to discover it without
even tackling it directly, which I admired. I loved “Bryan Cranston”, who
played ‘Tony Mendez’’s supervisor ‘Jack O’Donnell’. He did a really good
performance. I was happy to see “Alan Arkin” back in a big movie playing
‘Lester Siegel’, the famous film producer. “John Goodman”, who played ‘John
Chambers’ the famous Hollywood make-up artist, was funny and really good. The 6 actors who played the hostages did a good performance, although my favorite was "Scoot McNairy", who played 'Joe Stafford' and who was against this mission in the first place.
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| Official 'Argo' Poster. |
One of the most anticipated Oscar contenders of 2012, comes 'Argo' a movie based on true events. It is literally one of the best political drama thriller movies
that I have ever watched.
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| "Ben Affleck". |
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| "Bryan Cranston". |
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| "Kerry Bishé", "Christopher Denham", "Scoot McNairy", "Tate Donovan", "Clea Du Vall" and "Rory Cochrane". |
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| "John Goodman", "Alan Arkin", and "Ben Affelck". |
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| "Bryan Cranston" and "Ben Affleck". |
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| "Ben Affleck". |
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| "John Goodman" and "Alan Arkin". |
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| "Ben Affleck". |
‘Argo’ is a movie
that I definitely recommend to watch. And winning Best Picture at the Golden
Globes, Screen Actors Guild Award, and BAFTA awards is a confirmation that this
movie is a really good movie.
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| Official 'Argo' Poster. |
-"Argo" Info:
-Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin,
John Goodman, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Christopher Denham, Scoot McNairy,
Kerry Bishe, Rory Corchane, Victor Garber, and Kyle Chandler.
-Based on: -'The Master of Disguise' by Antonio J. Mendez.
-'The Great Escape' by Joshua Bearman.
-Based on: -'The Master of Disguise' by Antonio J. Mendez.
-'The Great Escape' by Joshua Bearman.
-Studio(s): GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures, and Warner
Bros Pictures.
-Directed by: Ben Affleck.
-Running Time: 120 minutes.
-Budget: $ 44,500,000.
-Box Office: Domestic (US): $ 136,024,128.
Foreign: $ 96,300,000.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 8.0/10
-Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
-Metacritic: 86%
-PERSONAL RATING: 8.8/10.
-"Argo" Trailer:
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