Good Film, but not Phenomenal

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2006)

De Niro gives us an inside look into the CIA. Matt Damon is the star as Edward Wilson. The movie didn't have much character development but he still did bring a moving picture. William Hurt was not spectacular but still did do pretty good. I had expectations going into the film, that this was going to be literally a new "Godfather" and would change film history, but it didn't. Pesci has a very small part in which all he does is chat with Damon. I was expecting the comeback for Pesci to be another very moving moment. I would tell you to go into the movie thinking that it will be good not great. I hoped that the Good Shepherd would be an Oscar nominee, maybe winner, but nobody else thinks that. I would have to give this film 8.5/10, and I was not thinking that this film would have as many flaws as it did, yes they were small flaws but I was sure hoping that this would be on the 250, and getting great ratings and so far nothing has happened yet. The acting was good, but not top notch. De Niro just needed to add a few things to the film, and the film would have been better. Angelina Jolie was definitely not cast correctly because 1. she's not any good 2. she overacted in the film. I did still enjoy it, but when you have all this hope and high expectations that I will be phenomenal, I think that De Niro should still do a sequel like he said on Regis and Kelly, but needs to go deeper than he did with the Good Shepherd. De Niro is still a great actor and director but he could of done more.