A fateful twist

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2011)

This was a brilliant film of how a man David Norris (Matt Damon) who is in the running for president, comes across a girl by sheer chance in the mens room. With this one time escapade, an organization known as The Adjustment Bureau steps in to prevent the couple from becoming more than their plans suggest. With a random individual Harry Mitchell (Anthony Mackie) who works for the organization helps David in small ways as to not be noticed by another man Thompson (Terence Stamp) who is called the hammer. His ability is to sway David from joining with his love Elsie Sellas (Emily Blunt) because of fate calling David to be president, and Elsie to become a world renowned dancer in the fine arts. Yet if both join together against the organizations wishes, both will succumb to drastic changes to their own futures which David will not become president, and Elsie will not become a famous dancer. This film shows great aspects of how the human condition really see themselves. It causes a person to think, what if I turn right instead of left? Or what road at the cross sections do I walk down? David did not care, all he knew was how to love Elsie, and ignore how the fates dealt the cards. A wonderful story of true devotion, in the ranks of humans, and how even a few employees of the chairman can defy their own orders in the face of love. Fate is not always written in stone. We don't know what to chisel first. But that is the mystery. Excellent movie, highly recommended.