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Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
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sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#29Argo
Posted: 10/15/12 at 4:37pm
Yeah it really sucks to be in a country that has universal healthcare for decades ,a high standard of education and living and a bank system that didn't fail and drink the life blood of their average citizens so they could "earn" enormous bonuses.
Why yes that would all be CAN ada!
Suck on DAT u pore lil Yankee loser.
#31Argo
Posted: 10/15/12 at 4:40pm
Okay....
Doodle, if you're a Clea DuVall fan I feel this movie is a must-watch, it's not like she has a big role or a huge dramatic scene, but she stands out in unexpected ways and is absolutely transformative. Loved pretty much all of her scenes in the movie.
And I have absolutely no idea what sabrelady means when she describes Garber's character as "wimpy," he has so much presence, is incredibly respectable and portrayed the Canadian ambassador as a brave and intelligent.
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Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#36Argo
Posted: 10/15/12 at 5:42pm
Your cited critic also had this to say:
"Argo brazenly goes there with style, wit and a good deal of excitement. The film is a whopper of a tale, one designed for Oscar nominations, Best Picture and Best Director among them.
The enthusiasm is understandable. Affleck really ups his game here in his third go behind the lens, establishing mood, pace and character as surely as the 1970s directors he carefully emulates. Argo is great entertainment.
Does it matter that Affleck’s movie, and Chris Terrio’s script, bear about as much resemblance to the real story as a Twizzler does to a strawberry? Perhaps not, if the crunch of your popcorn can drown out the sound of discarded facts swirling the drain, as so often happens when Hollywood meets history."
And then he gave it 2.5 stars out of 4- hardly the scathing takedown you seem to wish it was.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#37Argo
Posted: 10/16/12 at 11:18amI saw the movie yesterday. I loved it, and thought it was one of the best paced and written movies I have seen all year. To say nothing of a uniformly wonderful cast from Affleck and Garber (who is Canadian, BTW), through Arkin, Goodman, Cranston and all of the actors playing the hostages. I did not question the "truth" of this movie because (1) every movie takes liberties in order to present a good, tight story line in less than 2 hours, and (2) there seemed to be enough glory to go around. Whatever the role of the US/CIA, it was clear to me throughout that the Canadian ambassador and his wife took the full brunt of the risk involved in taking these people in. And the movie also made it clear that Canada's role in providing these people with false identities and documents and support was critical to the success in rescuing them. And the CIA/White House looked like a bunch of dummies on occasion, so there wasn't a white-wash of the role Americans played in nearly NOT getting them out safely. I don't view any movie (or news article or TV bulletin) as "truth". Everything is a matter of adapting the vehicle to the audience.
#38Argo
Posted: 10/16/12 at 8:09pm
Warner Bros. posted this on Twitter.
SPOILER: don't look if you haven't seen the movie.
#39Argo
Posted: 10/20/12 at 6:28pm
It seems like everyone wants a piece of ARGO. Now the British are complaining that they weren't given the proper thanks in the film. Hello, the movie is a populist political thriller based on actual events--not a documentary, not a global 'thank you' or apology or anything like that. You're welcome to make your own movie if you think it's so important that people know that the British "sent books, chocolate and other supplies to three American diplomats hiding elsewhere in Tehran - another act of kindness unrecognised in Argo." I'm sure that would make for a really exciting scene in the movie.
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The Telegraph: Ben Affleck's new film 'Argo' upsets British diplomats who helped Americans in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9622647/Ben-Afflecks-new-film-Argo-upsets-British-diplomats-who-helped-Americans-in-Iran.html
Yet not only does Hollywood's account write out the British officials who sheltered the Americans but it also claims, falsely, that the US staff were "turned away" from the British embassy in their hour of need.
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But Sir John Graham, 86, who was Britain's ambassador to Iran at the time, said: "It is not the truth that they were turned away from the British Embassy. We gave them all help at the time.
"My immediate reaction on hearing about this was one of outrage. I have since simmered down, but am still very distressed that the film-makers should have got it so wrong. My concern is that the inaccurate account should not enter the mythology of the events in Tehran in November 1979."
Arthur Wyatt, 83, who was then the British charge d'affaires in Tehran, said: "Hollywood's record in this is certainly lacking in many cases. I'm disappointed to hear how we have been portrayed.
"The Americans who had escaped from their embassy fetched up at our summer compound in northern Tehran, and I think they stayed there for one night before moving on to the Canadians. If it had been discovered we were helping them I can assure you we'd all have been for the high jump."
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Most British staff were soon withdrawn but Mr Wyatt stayed behind and sent books, chocolate and other supplies to three American diplomats hiding elsewhere in Tehran - another act of kindness unrecognised in Argo.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
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