though not Oscar worthy, come on guys, it was a very fun movie

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2006)

OK. This was a pretty entertaining dar n good movie. I'm NOT saying it's the best movie ever made in the history of all movies, BUT, it was pretty good nonetheless. Though from what I remember, it was advertised as an action movie, I think it is really a romantic comedy in disguise with a lot of action added in as a plus. The fact that the actors were Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie also was a plus. Now some previous reviews have said that the movie was awful because it totally destroys the marriage life and marital bliss idea but I think those people were taking things too seriously and literally in the movie. First of all, I don't think this takes place quite in our reality. There are many parts where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's characters seem indestructible or perform amazingly pseudo-comic book moves. It's a kind of different heightened reality so don't go rolling your eyes discrediting those moments. I think the problems the characters face are like metaphors for problems in a relationship. It's basically like saying look, once two people get married it's not "happily ever after" there will be problems and you both have to work through these together if the relationship is going to last. It just so happens that the Smiths' problems are that they're assassins- a funny extreme, if you will. But this extreme enables some awesome unreal scenes and even small asides that are very much entertaining. The physical fighting at first might seem like battery but it's a fine line of, again, an extreme. Or s&m. But then again, that interpretation might be too literal. All in all, I'd watch it more than once. (I've watched it many more times than that.) More than twice, actually, since the second time around you know the ending and other asides pop up. It's a good watch, though maybe not so appropriate for the kiddies. After all, it is a PG-13. Listen to the rating, it's not for the tots.