…today I saw “Argo”

What can i say? Ben Affleck did it! He absolutely did it.

Based on true events, that came into light some 17 years after “Argo” is a film about a CIA rescue mission of six employees of the American embassy in Iran in 1979. The rescue mission relies on a fake Canadian movie titled “Argo”, and Ben Affleck’s character is the rescuer.

it’s not an action packed movie, but it’s tension packed. Though you really can’t tell by looking at Affleck’s face during the movie, it’s sort of bland and indifferent except for a few times where he blinks. Perhaps it’s his tense face, who knows…. It wasn’t the best of performances but not bad either. Likable at least because of the character he was playing.

But as a director he proves himself which was asserted at the Golden Globes awards. I think it’s a mistake that he is left out as a nominee for Oscar as a director, but it is what it is.

John Goodman and Alan Arkin are the humor relief of the movie and they are quite good at it.

Watch it. Or if you already did tell us what you think of it.