I was looking for DVDs to watch this weekend, as I did not anticipate much on television. And I was right. One movie I thought I might someday want to see was "Argo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm," and the library had it!
So, I watched it this afternoon.
So, I was interested in some background about the movie, and it appears to have been based on real events http://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172098605/argo-what-really-happened-in-tehran-a-cia-agent-remembers. Of course, we appreciate that there will always be poetic license. We recognize that and respect that.
I think this is an important movie, for a lot of reasons. One is that even Ben Affleck acknowledged that the events in Iran in 1979 and 1980 were history. The mood of Iran, the country, the world is not something that our young people remember. And, many of us have forgotten, wishing to put bad news behind us. But, we need to remember this history. This history is part of the larger picture regarding why the United States is so hated in the Middle East.
It is a good movie, and I would watch it again. In fact, I re-watched some scenes more than once.
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