Review of Argo (2012) by Scott E — 28 Jul 2014

Yeah, it glorifies the CIA's role in the mission, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. The tagline of this movie kinda fits about the real story and this movie: "The movie was fake. The mission was real." Yeah, it was, and it doesn't matter how it was depicted as long as it tells what happened. I get it, the Iranians didn't chase them while the plane was taking-off...and the Canadians did much more...and the other countries didn't reject them...yeah, but the movie is still awesome. Not because it glorifies America, but because it is a good movie. Not an accurate story, but a good movie, a great one actually.

Argo has great writing that develops human characters that we can care for. They show feelings and they interact. Humans, Iranians, Canadians, Americans, all are great characters nevertheless. The story is well-told in the storytelling department. It has a three act structure, it closes everything it started and has an adequate runtime: just one hour and some minutes...what? It lasts 2 hours? It was so good that it felt short for its own size.

The performances are great, each character being believable and identifiable. We have Ben Affleck, Brian Cranston, John Goodman, and many other great performances. The music by Desplat fits the tone of each scene, and helps building the tension and thrills that caused us so much attachment to this movie. Even if the story is not entirely accurate, it's still engrossing. It has been a long time since I felt this way watching a movie. I felt this had a Dark Knight-ish feeling towards it; this is what I feel each time a movie engrosses me in every minute of it. Each of the two hours of this movie where good and I really enjoyed the movie. Even with its accuracy issues, Argo is still a good movie, while not a remarkable re-telling of a real mission. This is a great movie and I really recommend it to everyone who has not watch it. You'll be grateful. It did everything it had to do and I liked it. Loved it, actually.