Argo - 8/10

Chadrick 2022-04-19 09:01:08

Yet another self-directed, self-directed American film, Ben Affleck has once again proved himself as a director of storytelling, and like The Town, the narrative is fluid and the plot is gripping.

Since this film comes from a real historical event, the difficulty of shooting this film is naturally higher than that of Xiaoben's upper works. How can we objectively reproduce history and give the film its own style and temperament without being biased or exaggerated? Ben Affleck almost perfectly handed in the answer sheet. In the reproduction of the real picture, look at the pictures at the end of the film. Being able to pay attention to the smallest details is a necessary condition for a good director to succeed. Narratively, even if you can guess the ending of the movie, you will sweat the whole process, and this is definitely a movie that makes you fidget. I really like these kinds of films based on real historical stories. It reminds me of The Last King of Scotland. In comparison, this film is better.

In the cast, in addition to Xiaoben's own law-abiding performance, the most exciting are the two old guys Alan Arkin and John Goodman. Every time the two of them appear, they are full of joy, just like the phrase "Argo fuck yourself", these two old actors never get tired of watching.

Argo, a typical Hollywood heroic film, rigorously reproduces historical events, Xiaoben is really amazing as a director!

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Extended Reading
  • Jerald 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Affleck is already a highly mature director. He has a very high level of control over the emotions inside and outside the film, but the overall look is indeed a bit old-school, less amazing, not as good as his debut "The Missing Baby". This kind of "fuck" exclamation; two editing are very impressive: the script trial will compare with the status quo of the American hostages, and the final moments of chasing and fleeing are hindered by each other.

  • Brandy 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The minute-to-minute stimulus value is four stars, and the last one is for the US government! Such an arrogant hostage rescue plan can be imagined by Americans hahahaha

Argo quotes

  • Lester Siegel: If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit.

  • John Chambers: [after hearing plan to exfiltrate the house guests] So you want to come to Hollywood and act like a big shot...

    Tony Mendez: Yeah.

    John Chambers: ...without actually doing anything?

    Tony Mendez: No.

    John Chambers: You'll fit right in.

    [smiles]