Brilliant!

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2007)

My goodness. Some of the posters here think that their writing for the New York Times as film reviewers and critics. My post is not that lofty. I just think that The Good Shepherd is one of the best movies I've seen in some time. And what the majors are showing these days, Spider Man 2, Shrek 3, and the Treasure movies, well it's no wonder that some of us drool and act like idiots when we finally see something worth while. An Intelligent movie for grown ups. Some complain that The Good Shepherd is too long, too meandering, and in need of a good editor, well, I didn't see any of that. I thought the story was just right, the length perfect and the casting spot on!. Especially Matt Damon. Coppola used him well in John Grisham's The Rainmaker and he was well suited for Syriana as well as in the abominable The Departed. The actor has been called upon by most of the top directors of the day. And he delivers. I thought his height and stature was absolutely right for his role in The Good Shepherd and wondered just how much tea the actor had to consume while playing in certain scenes. Some complain about Angelina Jolie and thought she was not cast right or that her role was underwritten, again, I can't say enough about the screenplay, the writer did just fine in all departments. The WASP quality only showed what will happen when Orwell's 1984 meet Huxley's Brave New World, these men - and the lads from Duke University - will be the deal makers of the new USA and the rest of us will just have to listen to our i-pods. And Robert De Niro's directing was well done. Just the right length to tell this wonderful screenplay. So, you can see I couldn't make a professional movie critic but I just know what I like and was most satisfied viweing The Good Shepherd. Again, and again, and......