Argo
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.
Nice job here, Pauline. I liked Argo too, although I'm not sure I'd agree that it deserved the Oscar this year for Best Picture. I think it handled suspense pretty nicely. Maybe try to throw a few more specifics and details in there. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI saw this movie and thought it was great. I liked how it seemed realistic in the events shown in the movie compared to the true events. The movie didnt seem Hollywood made up, instead like a real documentary following the hostages through their adventure of escaping Iran.
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