Argo Essay

The movie Argo, directed by Ben Affleck (Antonio Mendez), tells the tale of six American diplomats stuck in the chaos stricken Tehran, Iran. The movie begins in chaos and it ends with peace finally falling unto the characters as they reach their homes all alive and unharmed. Now, as normal with Hollywood films we have some fiction in this “nonfiction” story, such as it is a story. Affleck managed his Hollywood-esque ideas in a very intriguing manner. With seemingly small things such as the Canadian Embassy was the only Embassy to offer refuge for the six Americans to creating a fictional car chase. Affleck could not have done a better job in this award winning film. With aspects that were such fine in detail, like the wardrobes and hair of the 1970’s. Each character you feel could genuinely have been pulled from the daunting disco era. Multiple characters adorned with large rectangular glasses, abhorrent out-of-date mustaches, and long plaid skirts, all of which are authentically awful, bring you back to a dark past. “When it comes to period detail, Affleck seems to take his cue from Mendez, who worked for the Graphics and …show more content…
Yet, it is. In a review of this film Robert Ebert states “It is … so very hard to fine-tune it out of exquisite timing and a plot that's so clear to us we wonder why it isn't obvious to the Iranians. After all, who in their right mind would believe a space opera was being filmed in Iran during the hostage crisis?” (Ebert). While the plot has some additions that were not quite historically accurate, the outcome of the movie was nevertheless entertaining. This mastery was written by Chris Terrio, who also wrote scripts for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Terrio won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and rightly so. Much of the plot that had the audience biting their nails would not have been possible without their