Trailer Trash – Argo
by deerinthexenonarclights
Argo is as the new promo panel says, ‘based on a recently declassified true story’; which is both a witty little line and factually authentic, in many ways describing exactly the kind of territory that the film itself will be mining. That true story it seeks to tell has been all over the news since its release a few years back and is well covered in the trailer itself, so i Won’t bore you with my reiteration. As Argo was one of the movies I insisted you all look out for this year it would be remiss of me not to pimp its trailer and that’s why i’m here, so check it out after the jump:
What did you think?
Admittedly this tease isn’t outstandingly made or overly exciting on its own merit (though that climactic montage does come close to both) but it does solidify to me the fact that this is now actually a film and not just a pitch as it has been for so many years, plus we finally got to see that cast in action. Though the moustaches are a little much the men beneath them are all gold: Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Tate Donovan, Kyle Chandler, Zeljiko Ivanek (Yes!), Richard Kind, Phillip Baker Hall, Alan Arkin and Affleck himself (who I never hated like some do, or did before Gone, Baby, Gone).
Add to that the fact that Affleck seems to have hit upon a rather interesting tone behind the camera, enacting both a geopolitical seriousness that the Iranian situation (which I am admittedly unaware of) deserves while also dryly deriding it and deriving some great humour from that. Despite my excitement I’m far from certain that this will be a filmic masterpiece, but it more than most has the potential to at least be something different in a crop of same sounding films.
Would love to hear some of you thoughts on it though.
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I am very interested. Saw this trailer a day or so ago. I have a pretty good grounding in comics history, but I didn’t know about the Jack Kirby connection to this story until I did a little snooping. Cant wait for this one.
I think this looks well worth watching! Add Victor Garber and Titus Welliver to your already big list of the awesome cast. I really loved Gone Baby Gone, but was largely dissapointed by The Town. However, I’ve long been tempted to give the Extended Cut of The Town a watch to see if that helps at all. I don’t think I’ll struggle waiting for Argo, but it could be great, and I’ll definitely be in line to find out on its opening weekend.
Gangster Squad looks entertaining too.
That it does, though it’s probably the riskiest of the gangster films being released this coming year. Cianfrance, Refn, Hillcoat and Dominik have all proven themselves to be more than capable of making these manly crime movies, but Fleisher has only ever directed comedy before and the greatness of his one big hit could yet be called a fluke based on how his second went. So yeah, it looks cool but I’m looking forward to the others in the genre a little more.