I want my 2 hours back! – My review on Adjustment Bureau

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2011)

To paraphrase one review "God and his angels are no match for two Americans" in love.
Contrived plot save your time and earn your 2 hours back (minus the time to read this of course)
Theory of Destiny does not require a higher power to need help with the plan from anyone. Within the true theory or doctrine of destiny, destiny or predestination is already set. There are no adjustments needed you don't have control because everything is already planned out. You don't have choice because everything is already planned out.
It is all predestined. This is why this doctrine is false we do have agency. But this review is not a discussion of destiny– it is a discussion of the movie which contains a plan for all people and the world given by a chairman. The chairman is an unknown being with very limited powers, although he intends to keep the world on track according to his plan, which by the way, does not seem to have a purpose. BTW, why does the chairman have limited powers?  Water affects his ability to read peoples intents – or something - Why does water affect the angels and chairman? Silly, plain silly. That would have to imply that the chairman did not create earth, so he couldn't be God. What is the extent of the chairman and the angels power  He clearly doesn't know what is angels are doing  Clearly only has influence on the people of the world himself through the angels, so how did this world come into existence and he end up the chairman
If the 'angels' are helping further the plan, and have some special powers, and can't die, how is it that one could fall asleep? This is how the whole thing starts. If the angel knew he needed to have the main character spill coffee to stop him from meeting the girl, why not do it once he realized it and not 5 minutes after chasing the bus. Why not have another angel have her spill coffee too, doubling your chances of them not meeting. Why not 'adjust' her and him, why only him? Once they meet and get frisky, why not adjust him with a spell of ED so they can't have sex? ;-)
Also, how is it possible that between the chairman and the angels, no one knew he would end up seeing them 'behind the curtain' show at the office. Why couldn't the angel following the main guy notify the others that he is 'off plan'.
The main character wasn't much different from us, except the angel fell asleep and he saw behind the curtain. Before that, he was a drone like everyone else.
If those guys could sort of freeze the show to 'adjust' that character 'behind the scenes' then why not 'adjust' the main character or the girl. End it sooner
Why not make him miss the next bus where he sees her on the street and they meet again? Why not 'adjust' her and the guy she was engaged with so that they get married and are happy by the time the main character meets her again. Why not adjust the bus driver or the other thousands of people around.
When they finally are starting to get together, we find out that they were supposed to be together two times in the past, but the plan changed (more than once), why not change again? Why not 'adjust' their lives (and the other people necessary) so they still achieve their potential?
At the end they discuss how we are supposed to follow the plan, for the greater good, but that we, somehow, can still choose. There seems to be a lot of focus on the importance of sticking with the plan and every day we are adjusted to make that happen. These two characters transcend the plan through their love. So clique. Not only that, the chairman is touched clearly not a very connected chairman, and clearly everyone else in this world is more like a robot – so easily manipulated. So most of us must live a lifeless life - being easily adjusted all the time At the end we are told we all we have is our choices something I do believe, but according to the movie I am left to think – we have choices, and supposedly the chairman really doesn't even want that since he has a plan that shouldn't change - even someone as committed to going against the plan as our main character, the chairman and his angels are working hard to thwart it.