# Affleck movie dumps on NZ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975 "2012-10-17T06:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/1 "2012-10-17T06:06:40Z")
Link to story is here: [Affleck movie dumps on NZ - New Zealand News - NZ Herald](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10841011) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/2 "2012-10-17T06:35:13Z")
Dude, have you not ever heard of Poetic License? It makes for good movies. “Nooo! New Zealand goat cheese is not fatty enough for the Iranian taste. It makes them look bad!!” Boohoo, GMAFBreak! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/3 "2012-10-17T07:38:39Z")
I am a New Zealander, and a better title for this thread would be **Affleck Bends Truth At UK and NZ’s Expense To Make Better Movie**. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/4 "2012-10-17T08:02:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I am a New Zealander, and a better title for this thread would be **Affleck Bends Truth At UK and NZ’s Expense To Make Better Movie**. Apparently he also bent the truth at [Canada’s](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1267937--argo-film-gives-former-canadian-ambassador-ken-taylor-chance-to-set-the-record-straight) expense - the Canadian government’s role is greatly reduced and the CIA is brought to the forefront, making it seem like the Americans did all the real work and the Canadians took all the (undeserved) credit. I saw the movie over the weekend and really enjoyed it, and you may well be right that bending the truth made a better movie. But it’s still a pretty ballsy move to downplay the Canadians and then premiere the movie at TIFF. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/5 "2012-10-17T08:06:16Z")
nm. Pending my review of the movie and Tony Mendez’s book. ---
**Author:** ![Virgil\_Tibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/6 "2012-10-17T09:20:55Z")
Oh, surprise, surprise. It’s like U571 all over again. “I struggled with this long and hard because it casts Britain and New Zealand in a way that is not totally fair,” Affleck said. But you still decided to be unfair. Twat. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affleck-movie-dumps-on-nz/637975/7 "2012-10-17T19:17:23Z")
> [@Virgil\_Tibbs](#): > > Oh, surprise, surprise. It’s like U571 all over again. Exactly what I came into post. I’m kinda surprised that Affleck was aware enough to mention the distortions. \*That’s \*the threadworthy thing.