tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post524087460898339237..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: "Argo": reviewKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-11831437539802384762012-12-18T11:00:20.306+09:002012-12-18T11:00:20.306+09:00I was thinking the same thing HJ was. With modern...I was thinking the same thing HJ was. With modern technology in place in Iran, this escape would never have worked. Another buddy of mine, Sam, goes by "the cell-phone rule," i.e., a story isn't worth telling if cell phones can be used to resolve its problems. Kind of a harsh standard, but not a bad way to pare down one's movie choices.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-24825153992014219852012-12-18T10:54:24.744+09:002012-12-18T10:54:24.744+09:00Heh, yeah, that last bit was a bit over-the-top. A...Heh, yeah, that last bit was a bit over-the-top. And yet even as I sat there thinking, "There's no way it was that close," I was still enjoying it.<br /><br />HJ pointed out afterward that they never would have escaped if there had been cellphones back then.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-40635096434454465162012-12-18T04:50:41.043+09:002012-12-18T04:50:41.043+09:00I think you had recommended, in a comment a while ...I think you had recommended, in a comment a while back, that I go see "Argo." It was thoroughly enjoyable; thanks for the recommendation. I'm pretty sure, though, that Affleck Hollywoodized the ending, with the Iranian police vehicles <i>almost</i> catching the Swissair jet. <br /><br />What got me about that scene was the shot in which we see the plane actually lifting off <i>while the police cars are keeping pace.</i> A 747's takeoff speed is around 170 mph; if the plane were smaller, like a 727, the takeoff speed would be roughly 130-150 mph. Could the cars really have been traveling that fast on the runway? Well, a souped-up police vehicle might be able to make 150, I suppose...Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-37789428049148773392012-12-17T19:37:44.269+09:002012-12-17T19:37:44.269+09:00I don't know if I talked with you about Argo.....I don't know if I talked with you about Argo... I don't think I did. I saw it a while back, when the only place we could find it still playing here was at an art cinema in Daehangno. I enjoyed it very much.<br /><br />I'm working on an "initial review" of the Hobbit, which will probably go up tonight, to be followed later by a longer "spoilerific review" (which you can skip until you see the film).Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com