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Jun 03, 2016TSCPL_ChrisB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Super Intense. Maybe too intense. I knew largely how the film was going to end, and yet my heart was racing. While I recognize that for many this is a sign of a good movie, personally I didn't like it. It made what was an interesting story into a fast-paced spy film. Hey, you like Tom Cruise, you'll love this. Like fact and drama? Well it has plenty of that too, but not enough to completely satisfy me. I don't know all the details of the true Argo story, but if it had truly been this tense, had every thing that could go wrong went wrong, and every "baddie" been just one millisecond behind the rah-rah team, I'm sorry to say that Mark or Bob would've had a heart attack. No doubt about that. Was Argo fast-paced and breathtaking? Yes. Will I remember it for as long as other contemporary films that didn't try so hard to impress me with thrills (eg Life of Pi)? Absolutely not. Enough about the pacing, I thought Argo had a wonderful cast. The filmmakers did an excellent job picking the right people and getting the look of the times, places, and people right. These are the aspects that make this story phenomenal. Argo wouldn't have been my selection for Best Picture, but it certainly was good.