Movie Night: Argo

After reading all the amazing reviews and watching Argo win award, after award at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild I finally had the chance to watch this film at Movie Night in the Student Commons building.

Even though I knew how the film ended it didn’t ruin the surprise, suspense, and thrill it created. The movie is set in 1979, where the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans are taken hostage. However, six manage to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA is eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devises a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project, looking to shoot in Iran, and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew.

I loved this movie and I highly recommend that you watch it. I was on the edge of my seat through the whole thing. The movie was a great mix of history and action with a little hint of comedy. If you watch the movie make sure you stay through the credits. At the end they compare the footage and actors in the movie to the real footage and photos taken in 1979. I was so impressed with how close the actors looked to the real people and how accurately they recreated Iran.

I love going to the movies but with a student budget, I rarely get to see all the films I would like to in theatres. This is why Movie Night is a brilliant idea for all college students! It was a free event that let me have the movie theatre experience, but on my budget. It was so much fun to sit down and enjoy a movie that I have wanted to see in theatres since it came out.

There is a movie night on the last Monday of every month and I can’t wait to see what the February movie will be!

- SAO Blogger Sarah Raphael