2012:: Argo

       Take a movie based on a true story, add government intelligence and an aspect of danger, and BAM!, I'm hooked. Argo had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I knew the outcome, that they all survived; that's a given. But the best movies are those that you know will turn out good in the end, but in the thick of things, you cannot foresee how it'll happen. 

   Right off the bat in the first scene, the action starts. It's the day the Iranian people storm the US Embassy in 1979. Six people escape out the side door and onto the streets.

While the hostages who weren't so lucky ended up staying in the US Embassy for 444 days until 1981, these six people find solace in the house of the Canadian Ambassador. But, in a country that uses all their resources to harm America, you can't stay long. The US government quickly gets to work to find a way to bring them home. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with the idea to create a fake movie in which the six people and Mendez himself will be "Canadians" in Iran looking for a location to shoot their film. But he must go all out in this, by making posters, getting a producer, and creating fake passports, etc. It all seems like a great idea, but who knows what can happen when seven white people walk through an Iranian airport. 

    Being a history buff, Argo was so great to watch. It was so accurate and seemed so real. There were broadcasts from people in power at that time and the portrayals of the six Embassy workers as in their looks was phenomenal to actuality. What really amazed me was the use of the Iranian language, Farsi, and the portrayals of the Iranian Revolution riots. A great movie is when you can get lost in it. With Argo, I had no idea two hours had gone by. Another Best Picture movie that definitely deserves its title!