I saw it last night. It disturbed me that it began with a few moments of anti-American hits and a complete failure to mention that Khomeni was a monster too, but the horrible nature of the Iranian regime was made clear as the movie progressed. The Iranians were made to look like crazed irrational bloodthirsty savages, with the exception of a few sane, brave individuals. The CIA looked noble. It was engaging with a lot of laugh-out-loud moments in it.
The theater was full. I think every conservative in my highly liberal area was there. Tall straight men with short hair and neatly-dressed ladies. Afterward they all congregated in groups outside the theater, in the lobby, talking. We were all eyeing each other as if wondering, “Are you one too? Are you the other RR voters in this Marxist area?”
The only thing that really peed me off about it was the last lines of the movie, a voiceover from that traitorous piece of crap Carter in which he incredibly takes credit for the release of the hostages. It was beyond belief. What a worthless creature he is. I was shocked but not surprised, if you see the distinction.
I recall that the opening sequence mentioned that the Muslim regime which took over 1979 was fanatical.
Was Carter highly involved in the negotiations? I assume the Iranian Muslims really hated him since they waited till the day after he was out office to release the hostages.
While I agree the voiceover at the end by Carter was irritating the strange thing is that I had totally forgotten about it until you mentioned it. It made no impression on me, and presumably on most others as well. It didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the movie.