Travers: 'Argo' Is Terrific Despite Hollywood Exaggerations  Ben
Affleck political thriller twists history  By |  Ben Affleck
stars in and directs this week's most notable movie, Argo. A
political thriller that's getting significant Oscar buzz, Argo
tells the true story of the CIA's attempt to rescue six U.S.
diplomats from Tehran, Iran in 1979 by posing as a sci-fi film
crew. Does Affleck pull it off?  Though he stays loyal to
history for much of the film, Affleck takes some liberties and
spices up the ending. "There's no doubt that Argo is a terrific
movie. You sit there and you're entertained, you're crazy. . .
you're on the edge of your seat," says Travers. "But is it right
that in order to make a movie that would entertain us, you would
fake the truth of something that stayed historically accurate
through the whole beginning, right up to the 80 percent mark?"
If Affleck gets an Oscar nod, does he deserve to lose because he
"faked the truth at the end"? Let Travers know in the comments
below, on Twitter o