Caitriona
Something Wicked
A Review of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 2005
by curiousa2z
Probably most of us have heard, read and seen more about the Brad/ Jen/ Angelina Saga than we ever want to again. So Sunday night my prurient curiosity won out and I shelled out the $ 8.75 to sit in a large air-conditioned theatre and watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Critics have written at length about their disappointment with Mr. Liman’s directorial efforts in comparison to his work with the Bourne Conspiracy, the flatness of the acting, the trite, shallow script…yadda yadda, yadda…
I say: get over it!
Since when does a summer offering need to be The Philadelphia Story to be entertaining? This was fun!
If you’ve been off the planet, haven’t seen a trailer or read one of the scathing reviews, basically the deal is this:
John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith discover a new source of excitement in their marriage, when they’re hired to assassinate each other…and that’s when the real fun starts. The result is the ultimate action spectacle, as Mr. and Mrs. Smith put their um, unique job skills to work and their marriage to the ultimate test.
To sum up:
Whatever the deal is in RL, Pitt and La Jolie have Le Smokin’ Chemistry on-screen, my friends.
Females will love it, - and not to worry boys-, there’s lots of action a la True Lies, (comparisons are inevitable), although I liked it better than T.L. The 115- minute run held plenty of state-of-the-art special effects and incredible stunts, and lots of things getting shot up/ blown apart.
There were also some clever bits of dialogue and fun touches, such as the hostage Pitt and Jolie were interrogating (“beating up†has such an ugly ring to it) wearing the Fight Club t-shirt.
I give it a TK 4 out of 5 Star-rating as a good-chance-you’ll-get-lucky-date flick.
by curiousa2z
Probably most of us have heard, read and seen more about the Brad/ Jen/ Angelina Saga than we ever want to again. So Sunday night my prurient curiosity won out and I shelled out the $ 8.75 to sit in a large air-conditioned theatre and watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Critics have written at length about their disappointment with Mr. Liman’s directorial efforts in comparison to his work with the Bourne Conspiracy, the flatness of the acting, the trite, shallow script…yadda yadda, yadda…
I say: get over it!
Since when does a summer offering need to be The Philadelphia Story to be entertaining? This was fun!
If you’ve been off the planet, haven’t seen a trailer or read one of the scathing reviews, basically the deal is this:
John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith discover a new source of excitement in their marriage, when they’re hired to assassinate each other…and that’s when the real fun starts. The result is the ultimate action spectacle, as Mr. and Mrs. Smith put their um, unique job skills to work and their marriage to the ultimate test.
To sum up:
Whatever the deal is in RL, Pitt and La Jolie have Le Smokin’ Chemistry on-screen, my friends.
Females will love it, - and not to worry boys-, there’s lots of action a la True Lies, (comparisons are inevitable), although I liked it better than T.L. The 115- minute run held plenty of state-of-the-art special effects and incredible stunts, and lots of things getting shot up/ blown apart.
There were also some clever bits of dialogue and fun touches, such as the hostage Pitt and Jolie were interrogating (“beating up†has such an ugly ring to it) wearing the Fight Club t-shirt.
I give it a TK 4 out of 5 Star-rating as a good-chance-you’ll-get-lucky-date flick.