Movie Review: Mr & Mrs Smith
Jun. 26th, 2005 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberryAlas, I didn't get to see Batman Begins. JD somehow decided that I was the one that determined that we'd go see Sith last time. I didn't have any problems with seeing M&MS, I just wasn't jazzed to see it. The past few movies I've seen w/ Brad Pitt have not impressed me at all (other than his bod in Troy). He's turned into a character actor - hunk that smirks and makes smartass comments. I'm really sorry ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glitterlionness, but as allenb told me yesterday, I'm the one straight guy that doesn't find Angelina Jolie attractive. Thus, I was going in expecting a good action movie with eye-roll inducing acting and plot.
Director Doug Liman (Go, The Bourne Identity) took inspiration from When Harry Met Sally, "Monk," or "Significant Others" and used the camera as couple's therapist/interviewer. These scenes at the beginning and end are laugh-enducing but seemed a bit stilted in a "scripted but trying to look improvised" kind of way. The rest is seemingly 80% action/10% Vince Vaughn's paranoid character scenes/10% scenes showing how high-tech, complex, and elaborate it is to be these James Bond-level assassins. What made me really enjoy the movie was the pervasive witty banter between the leads. It reminded me of Die Hard in the way that jokes and one-liners were seemingly spread through each scene.
I was entertained until the last 20 minutes or so. Unfortunately, in the film's attempt to be complex, it left a trail of unanswered questions and loose ends out the ying-yang. While M&MS makes efforts to be intelligent, it comes across as being incomplete to me. But it was a fun ride while it lasted.
At least worth a rental.
glitterlionness, but as allenb told me yesterday, I'm the one straight guy that doesn't find Angelina Jolie attractive. Thus, I was going in expecting a good action movie with eye-roll inducing acting and plot.Director Doug Liman (Go, The Bourne Identity) took inspiration from When Harry Met Sally, "Monk," or "Significant Others" and used the camera as couple's therapist/interviewer. These scenes at the beginning and end are laugh-enducing but seemed a bit stilted in a "scripted but trying to look improvised" kind of way. The rest is seemingly 80% action/10% Vince Vaughn's paranoid character scenes/10% scenes showing how high-tech, complex, and elaborate it is to be these James Bond-level assassins. What made me really enjoy the movie was the pervasive witty banter between the leads. It reminded me of Die Hard in the way that jokes and one-liners were seemingly spread through each scene.
I was entertained until the last 20 minutes or so. Unfortunately, in the film's attempt to be complex, it left a trail of unanswered questions and loose ends out the ying-yang. While M&MS makes efforts to be intelligent, it comes across as being incomplete to me. But it was a fun ride while it lasted.
At least worth a rental.
