Argo Movie Analysis

Argo is a film that is based on the real events of the rescue mission, the Canadian Caper. The film only tells a part of the story, leaving out a lot of parts that deal with the Canadians. The Canadian Caper did have American influence, but the operation consisted of four distinct phases, and three were mostly Canadian. One did involve significant U.S. assistance too, but most of the mission was planned by the Canadians.The film leaves out significant details about what the Canadians did to assist the Americans, and is inaccurate in some details. The hero that are shown in the movie are the Americans, but realistically the hero should’ve been the Canadians.The movie left out a lot of things that Ken Taylor did for the Americans. He was the

When Ken Taylor saw the movie, he was also displeased saying, “But look, Canada was not merely standing around watching events take place. The CIA was a junior partner.”This shows that Canada should’ve had a bigger role in the movie because they did a large portion of the work for the mission. It is simply unfair for the Canadians to be inaccurately shown when they put in so much hard work.Canada received credit for the rescue, because the U.S. was worried about possible negative outcomes if CIA involvement was publicized. At the end of the film, Argo corrects that Canada had a major part in the mission. Some Canadians that helped with the mission weren’t seen in the film either, such as John Sheardown; he housed some of the American diplomats.This correction at the end of the movie shows that Argo was downplaying the actual events of Canadian involvement. “We weren’t moved around like chess pieces by the CIA, Canada could have done this alone.” The movie makes it look like the Americans were moving the Canadians like chess pieces, but even Ken Taylor himself says that Canada was fully capable of this mission.The Canadians should’ve had more recognition because Ken Taylor had a major part of this