Due to the kind of praise it received I correctly predicted “Argo” would win the “Best Picture Oscar” and now I’ve finally got a chance to see the movie and although perhaps isn’t quite as perfect as I’ve heard it is still a phenomenal movie that should see without any hesitation. Director and star Ben Affleck (“Dogma”, “Pearl Harbour”) can be proud of this.

Based on a true story, in 1979 Iran, the U.S. embassy is taken over and over 50 hostages are being held captive by people who want to see their former leader, who is living in the U.S., brought to justice. 6 workers escaped and are hiding in the Canadian embassy but the American government can’t get them out. C.I.A. man Tony Menendez (Affleck) comes up with a plan to disguise these individuals as a Canadian film crew making a sci-fi named “Argo” (a “Star Wars” rip-off).

Ben Affleck is entertaining as Tony Menendez. The best characters though are two filmmakers, who help the project seem more real, played by John Goodman (“King Ralph”, “The Artist”) and Alan Arkin (“Rocketeer”, “Get Smart”) as they provide a good few laughs. The 6 destined for extraction by Menendez aren’t too exciting, I get they’re meant to be just normal people but they could have made them a little more flesh out and therefore interesting.

“Argo” has its amusing points but for the most part is an exceptionally thrilling movie and it does it all with ‘possibilities of what may go wrong’. The fact it is based on a true story makes it more heroic and more engaging; I adored how they used tv clips from the time that cover the crisis. Sure the movie isn’t very light-hearted but it’s never distressing and is uplifting overall. It’s a movie that isn’t flawless but captures you in so many ways that you just can’t resist it.