i'll see it again (voluntarily)

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2005)

I saw "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" a few weeks after it came out...today, as a matter of fact. The trailers weren't exactly what would have convinced me to see this movie, instead my friends did. Well, I went, and I'm glad I did, because it's one of the must-see movies of the summer.
Since you'll read tens of thousands of plot reviews from other comments and fandango and so forth, let's skip that crap and get to the good stuff.
I thought that the only movie I've ever seen that was funnier than this was "Scary Movie 3". My personal favorite was the scene when both the Smiths have discovered that their spouse is a secret agent/spy working for a rival agency. They start shooting at each other, but Mrs. Smith (Angelina Jolie) has a bigger gun (it looks almost like a rocket launcher...) so Mr. Smith (Brad Pitt) runs into the kitchen. When she starts firing at him, he throws the refrigerator door open behind him and she launches a few rounds into the inside of the refrigerator, exploding cans of soda, cartons of milk, etc, etc, and they show it in slowmo...lol...my friends and i were practically in the aisles...
Overall, I thought that the stellar performance in "Smith" didn't come from Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie...instead, I think that Adam Brody stole the show. Yes, he only had a supporting role, but his great performance boosted my rating of "Smith" by a few stars. What was best about his performance was a subtle, deeper kind of thing -- his character, "The Tank," actually acts like Brody's other well-known role, Seth in "The O.C.". He had a few of those 'Seth'-y sarcastic moments, i.e. The Weather Channel sequence, "More desert," etc.
Another great/hilarious fight scene comes at the end...when that one guard/agent has a rocket launcher and he keeps trying to shoot the Smiths with it.
A few of the best scenes (you'll only get these if you've seen the movie, they're not spoilers): the "accidental stabbing" part, the highway scene, and the neighbors..."I like the carpeting" lol!
I think the worst part of this whole movie was the music. Some music choices in certain points, I think, were questionable...ah well, it was still a great movie and i'll definitely see it again.