Movie Critique # 4: Argo

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I never thought Ben Affleck could do it. I never took him super seriously as an actor because he just had average roles in average movies, and he never really did anything out of his safety zone.

Boy, was I wrong.

Argo was effing AMAZING.


ACTING
Ben Affleck was the bomb.com. I cannot even explain how amazing he was. He gets an Oscar for growing out his hair.
All of the other people in it were pretty impressive too. Alan Arkin and John Goodman were highly entertaining (*cough Alan Arkin created the greatest one liner EVER cough* You'll know when you see it yourself!).
The actors playing the fugitives were mind blowing as well. I hope none of them were "method" actors because they will NOT be the same after this movie.
Total Oscars: 4

SET DESIGN/MAKEUP

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I liked how retro everything was. The hair for the women was fabulous and I have never seen so many men successfully rock thick 'staches. Seriously awesome! They shot a bunch of stuff on location in some country somewhere (it would be pretty hard to build an entire embassy, so I'm guessing they found a building they could use somewhere). Just looking at some of the places they were in gave you chills down your spine because you thought you were gonna die too!
Total Oscars: 4

STORY LINE
Basically, Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is a super legit CIA agent that manages to come up with a way to get these Americans out of a hostile Iran. The problem is that the U.S. govt. doesn't really want to go and get them because it would be a very sticky political situation, so Tony Mendez creates a fake film company, makes all of the U.S. fugitives pretend like they are scouting for a location for shooting the film, and has to make them pass Iranian security without tipping anyone off that they are Americans impersonating Canadian filmmakers.
Total Oscars: 5

Oscar Sum: 13

I am not even kidding about the "feel like you're gonna die while watching this." I was in suspense the entire length of the film and that is saying something!
If not, just go and see it for Alan Arkin. He's glorious.