Score One for the Good Guys

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2012)

Never thought Ben Affleck could act, or direct. In his latest work ( I have not watched the acclaimed "Gone Baby Gone" or "The Town" ), he has shown me he can do both, quite well. Filmed with gritty realism like in "Munich", Argo is taut, tightly-scripted and made the 2 hr run time seems like 1 big take. There were genuine suspense and tension. Small misses - I would like to see how the six Americans got out of the ambassy. First you see the iranian thugs and zealots storm the ambassy, Americans were taken hostage and blind-folded, next six Americans were walking the streets free. But overall this is only minor fau paux. My only other complaint is a humorous one - why does everyone wear those huge,outsize, Hilary Clinton at Yale type glasses ? Definitely look for more good movies to come from Ben.