Pleasantly surprised

Rating: 8/10 (18 October 2009)

I waited that long to see this movie because of the bad reviews I read. However, I thought I'd check out some other titles with Charlize Theron so decided to watch this.
I had no idea it would be so funny (the fallen out of grace superhero), so original (the focus is not on the dynamics of the good and evil,-there's no comic-book type villain- but on coming to terms with who you are) and even philosophical (free will is stronger than fate and determinism for both human and superhuman beings).
The leading trio has great chemistry and they work with a pretty good script. It might have been a bit better without some of the repetitive dialog, but I don't want to nitpick.
All in all, a good surprise.