"Argo"

When I saw the movie "Gone Baby Gone" I told my husband that Ben Affleck was going to be an amazing director. More than that, I said that he was going to be the "one to watch". With "Argo" he made my prediction come true, and I cannot wait to see what he comes up with next.
If you don't know that Ben Affleck directed "Argo" then I'd like to know what the weather was like under that rock where you've been. This amazing film was written by Chris Terrio, and was based on the book by Tony Mendez. Even knowing that license was taken with this "based on a true story" flick didn't make the suspense any less real. I loved that Affleck didn't resort to over-dramatising a story that was dramatic enough all by itself. He just let the story tell itself, and if you were a teenager during the late 70's as I was, the reliving of that particular hostage crisis was very charged. We followed it every day in our History class, and I remember trying to imagine the powerlessness of those circumstances. This movie brought it all to life.
Affleck bolstered his cause with fine actors like Bryan Cranston, John Goodman (who was in five films this year, two of which were nominated for best picture!), and my personal favorite, Alan Arkin. Arkin plays a real Hollywood producer who is asked to produce a fake Hollywood film. As far as I am concerned he did everything spot-on.
Just go to the video store, already.

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