I smell a sequel

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2005)

This is a killer -excuse the pun- movie! This movie is a great twist to the kind of romance that we typically call a chick flick. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star as a married couple who live like ships passing in the night. I love the scene in the beginning where they are getting ready for work. They wake up in the same bed, get dressed in the same closet, and all the while they say about ten words to each other. To finish the scene, they drive out of the same garage but turn opposite directions out of the driveway. How much more disconnected can a married couple get? Anyway, this movie is definitely a guy's romance.
Some of the scenes may be a bit flaky at times but the plot is well thought out and keeps your attention. The ending leaves a bit to be desired and critics may count this as a flaw to the film, but I think it serves as a good cliffhanger.
I also would like to vent my frustrations toward critics. The fact is they are just that - CRITICs. Their job is to tell us what sucks about a movie and how the production crew could have done a better job. If a critic's job involves telling us why decent movies suck, then why do we regard them as movie gods? It seems a little hypocritical to think that they can tell us how a movie could be better when most critics have never even been involved in the production of a major motion picture. Have you ever noticed a theme among movies that critics give good ratings? A "good" film is almost never a comedy, action, horror, or kid's film. "Good" movies are almost exclusively sappy dramas that are hardly entertaining to many moviegoers. I may be a bit critical of critics, but the point is that YOU know what kind of movies YOU like so use your own judgment before you let some guy in the newspaper tell you what movie to see.