Argo

Argo, the poorly written movie.

I saw Argo yesterday because I was curious about why it had won and been nominated for so many awards. Political movies have never been able to hold my attention well.

Argo was interesting from the first minute. That is something that I always find very important. I hate having to wait for a movie to get good. Although the face pace was nice, the clarity was lost.

I don't know a lot about the time when the movie was. The director expected me to already know everything and they could just tell the story. For the first half hour I thought they were rescuing 60 people. And once I figured out they were saving the six that escaped, I was upset they were saving them and not the 60. I didn't understand why the 60 people couldn't be saved until after the movie was over. A good movie shouldn't require you to research before the movie.

My other problem with the movie was the ending. After sitting for over two hours I wanted the movie to end joyfully (the scene on the plane). Instead the movie ended with the guy coming back to see his son. I disliked that because I didn't have any emotional attachment to the son. I didn't care when he saw the son or anything. Cutting everything after the plane would save a good 15 minutes of time. I felt like my time was completely wasted after that.

The movie did not show enough of the Hollywood side of making the fake movie. That was the most interesting part of the movie and I felt like it was neglected. That part gave a much needed comic relief.

I'd give this movie a 7.5