Movie Review: "Argo"

Today we went to see the new Ben Affleck movie, "Argo", and all we both can say is...."Wow!!"

Tremendous movie about the involvement of the CIA in extracting six American embassy workers from Iran during the Hostage Crisis in 1980.  Affleck, who directed the movie, stars as CIA agent Tony Mendez, who comes up with the idea to get these people out of Iran by....well, I'm not going to try to describe it, JUST GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!  I don't think I was able to breath for about the last 20 minutes of the movie.

And remember - this is a true story!  The old maxim of truth being stranger than fiction holds up once again.

Also starring in this movie as a Hollywood producer and a movie make-up artist/CIA "helper" are Alan Arkin and John Goodman, respectively.  Both are great, and old pro Arkin steals every scene he's in.

A word about Ben Affleck.  IMBD lists him as the Director on three feature length movies:  Gone, Baby, Gone (2007), The Town (2010), and now Argo.  Each of these movies have been not just good, but great.  That, movie lovers, is a track record!  From now on, when I see his name on a movie, I'm going to go see it.