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Not too bad and not so ridiculously complicated you can't enjoy the film moment by moment. Damon is New York's 'bad boy' politician running for senate when he accidentally meets Blount on a bus. Soon strange men start appearing and things change---and not for the good of budding romance either.
Pretty soon Damon meets the guys in the hats and learns he's accidentally of course with his life as planned by the 'chairman'. He is told he needs to forget about her because they both have bigger fish to fry and their union will make them foil each other's potential. Damon, being a hard-headed fellow won't accept that answer and charges ahead. This necessitates the call for 'The Hammer' or heavy-hitter Terrence Stamp to put the last wet blanket on this love affair.
Twists and turns abound and not everybody is on the same page--not even Damon's assigned agent. Nice use of special effects (not too many) and a very familiar feel to the action via "Inception".
Good way to kill some time on an afternoon.
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Frankly the main story was annoying for me. The 'angels adjusting our lives' seemed too dumb, it bothered me more than Inception's device. It really slowed things down.
I liked Emily Blount better than usual, she reminded me of Rachel Weisz with the edgy smart girl thing. Matt was OK, nothing special. There was a bit of a spark between them but, adding it all up, I can not recommend The Adjustment Bureau.
Phil
...for me, Emily Blunt was very good, they had really good chemistry, and the story, if a bit fantastic, was well done.
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Tin-eared audiofool, former fotografer, and terrible competitive-pistol shootist.
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
...we really enjoyed it.
The twists and turns gave it a sense of urgency in places.
And the relationship between Damon and Blount had chemistry and seemed realistic which made the whole thing believable.
I'd give it a B.
Inception an A for creativity and pulling it all off.
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..."The Limey", with him and Peter Fonda from 1999.
My favorite Terrance Stamp film.
Hard not to think of him as a tough guy after seeing that one.
In The Adustment Bureau, he just added an extra edge of tension which worked.
"Night Must Fall."
...1965 film - a much younger Terrance Stamp.
I think I recall seeing it, but I am much more a fan of John Fowles books - that one and the Magus.
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as Terrance Stamp.
Phil
Sorry, but this made a lot more sense than Inception, and there was better chemistry between the principle players.
OMMV.
Cheers,
AuPh
If this film didn't have some good violent sequences like the Bourne crap, it's less than worthless.
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... obviously, it's about recouping costs of the studio's investment. When his movies stop bringing in the bucks, you won't see him anymore, no matter what kind of demographics driven material he produces. I'm sure if he decides to make a "pro-authoritarinan conspiracy theory" thriller, and it makes pile of cash, then you'll see a boat load of them, thereafter. He's pretty likable and it might just work.
coyly refused to state if they actually were "angels?" God referred to as "The Chairman."
So there we have it. The corporate virus has infected even our theology. God the Suit.
Damon is NOT a romantic lead. And he has one unbelievably dominant characteristic that dooms him in any complex role: his earnestness. No mystery, no multi-facets. He's just a good guy. One-dimensional. The guy-next-door. Blunt is good, but with all the clinkers to deliver, she hardly could do very much. From her dancing, it's easy to see how much better she would have been in "Black Swan." I bet she'd heard of that role and got in shape for it and then decided to use her star power to have this character's skill written in so all her work hadn't gone for naught.
Anyhow, give this piece of flimsy dreck a W I D E birth. On the other hand, if you're looking to pick-up a babe, this is the film of the year. The family went to another film (I'd seen it) so I saw this alone. I was surrounded by women.
The Adjustment Bureau is loosely based on a classic short story by Philip K. Dick, The Adjustment Team (orig. published in 1954). Nothing about this film was done "coyly" to play games with the audience; theology isn't even relevant to the story. Of course the implication is that the operatives probably are angels or superior beings and the chairman is probably god, but that is never overt and part of what makes this film work is that it play as much into alien visitation mythos as it does christian mythology.
Sorry you get uncomfortable being surrounded by women. My wife and I saw this one together and we both thought Adjustment Bureau was an excellent film; so there you have it: two recommendations.
AuPh
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