At first I was kinda against watching this movie at the cinemas... mostly coz Matt Damon's burned the bridge when it comes to playing the running type... yup, Bourne... seared into the mind already... but I did kinda like Emily Blunt, especially after her snappy assistant role in The Devil Wears Prada... but I stayed away still... until one fateful weekend when I found myself having the urge to have a movie marathon and there was nothing else on... oh, wait, it was either this one or Beastly... Teenage Beauty and the Beast or adult movie... no, not porn... but movies with adult actors...
So I went with The Adjustment Bureau... first of, the trailer did not really sold me on the movie... second, I loved this movie... it was not boring... or pretentious... or anything like that... and the chemistry between Damon and Blunt was just amazing...
The story is about Matt Damon's character who is running for the senate or something to that effect. He was not supposed to meet Emily Blunt's character but he did and that caused his character's path to stray from his intended path. That's where The Adjustment Bureau came in. They have to set him back to the path that he was supposed to be in. But he was having none of that, having fallen in love with her and went out of his way to make sure they are together. No matter how the bureau intervened.
Hmm, guess the bureau are angels? They work for the Chairman who is God apparently... but they did not get religious here at all, which is something I quite like... hehe...
I am so truly madly deeply in love with Emily Blunt... she's on her way to becoming one of my favorite working actresses today... the raw emotion... the subtle holding back... wow, she just blew my mind... plus, everything she said was charming and witty... kudos to the writers as well as her for delivering it nicely...
Matt Damon, as per usual, is quite good. I think he has been churning out good movies since Good Will Hunting...
However, the supporting characters were kinda bland and expressionless. But I guess that's how their characters are supposed to be yes?
Anyway, this movie exceeded my expectations and I came out from the cinema quite satisfied...
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