MYST #1 Argo

 

Argo

 

Directed By: Ben Affleck  

Written By: Chris Terrio

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Description: The movie Argo, based on true events, is about the operation of rescuing six Americans after the Iran hostage-crisis on November 4, 1979 at the U.S. Embassy. The six Americans find a hiding spot in a Canadian Ambassador’s home.

My Rating: 9/10

IMDB Rating: 7.9/10

Trailer Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVuG27Ij3Bs

Last night I watched the movie Argo. I thought it was an amazing movie and I definitely enjoyed it. I also really enjoyed the beginning, which opens with a narrator teaching you the history of the Iran hostage crisis.

One thing I noticed and really enjoyed was the camera angles and styles. At the most intense scenes, they used a camera style that looks a little bit shaky, like someone holding a camera in a documentary. It really brought the movie to life and I could understand the intensity of it. The use of the camera style reminded me of the movie The Hurt Locker, which uses similar camera techniques during intense scenes. They also knew how to really scare the viewers with the situations at the beginning and end of the movie.

I didn’t just love the way they filmed it, but I also really loved the story. Every scene I watched, I liked the movie even more. I haven’t seen a really good movie like this in a really long time. Last week, in theatres, I saw The Spectacular Now, starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. I didn’t enjoy the movie so Argo was a huge relief for me.   

Although these are two very different movies with different messages, I can compare the acting. I thought the acting in Argo was so great. In the Spectacular Now, it was a low-budget film and the acting seemed really bad in some parts.

I loved that the credits stayed with the 1979 theme. I also really enjoyed the fact that the costumes and their appearance stayed true to the time frame; which is another thing that made this movie so great.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone, especially someone who enjoys history. At the beginning of the movie, my mom had told me that she was a senior when the hostage crisis happened, and that the situation was very scary. I also really loved that my mom enjoyed the movie too. We both learned a lot from it.

 

 

Review of the Reviews

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Reviews-

Positive:James Kendrick- Q Network Film Desk

Negative:Gene Siskel-The Chicago Times

I chose Ferris Bueller's Day Off, because it is a great movie, it's funny, and I never get sick of it. Most of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are good. 

James Kendrick-

Kendrick starts off by stating that the movie "breaks convention and throws us into the fantastical, but strangely believable world of its characters". The tone of Kendrick is that the movie is enjoyable and playful. I can understand why he used "convention", seeing that the movie is one-of-a-kind. The reviewer was focused most on the characters. He also complimented John Hughes’s film making. He referenced that it is one of the best teen movies ever made. I agree with him, and it is one of my favorite teen films.

I would be convinced with Kendrick’s review because it is clear on the title and the cover that Ferris wanted to skip school. 

Gene Siskel- 

Gene says that the movie is a "film that doesn't seem to know what it's about until the end". he has a arrogant tone in his review. I don't agree with his statement because in the title and cover of the film, it is clear that Ferris Bueller is a teenager who is trying to skip school. Also, at the beginning, you can tell that Ferris doesn't want to go because he pretends he is sick. I don't really understand how the critic did not know what it was about until the end. 

I would want to include in my review, that I thought the filming, characters, and concept are totally original. I also wouldn't leave anything out of my review. 

Kendrick & Siskel's Review on Rotten Tomatoes-

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ferris_buellers_day_off/