enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2005)

Major gaping plot holes aside, it's been a long while since I enjoyed myself so much at the cinema. If you're okay with turning your brain off and accepting a film such as this for what it is - guns, explosions and snappy one liners - then I can recommend it.
Pitt is maturing as an actor and I'm beginning to like him more and more. Not that he's in danger of winning an Oscar anytime soon, but he's not just another pretty face anymore. He had a lot of nice moments, so did Jolie, but I had a hard time accepting her as a character in this film. Can't put my finger on why, though.
As well, I felt a little disappointed when I walked out of the theater saying "geez, a film I actually don't feel I wasted money on".
Where have all the good films gone? Is there any hope that the ratio of 10 bad films to every good one ever going to rectify itself? Is it my imagination or has recent cinema gone extremely down hill?