Intriguing to a point

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2007)

"The good shepherd" gives some idea how the CIA is formed! I don't know if it is accurate or not! When it comes to the spying game it always will be guess work for the ordinary viewer! Everything these agencies do are secret to the public! So how can we know for sure what is truth or not! I do think that information is the key and especially the one who controls it! I saw a lot of things in "the good shepherd" I liked! But there are some things that I will never understand! I am amazed that agents who have very dangerous jobs still get married! It is obvious that their jobs come first and the wife and children second! (Maintaining cover seems pointless since the adversary's that matter already seem to know who you are! Example: Matt Damon (named mother by the Russians) encounters Ulysses (the Russian agent) who seems to know everything about him but he doesn't know a single thing about him! This way having a wife and children can become a considerable obstacle in doing your job properly)! The problem is the fact that not very much is happening in "the good shepherd"! The plot starts out very intriguing! The way this intrigue plays out however is disappointing! It could have made more impact if we learned more about Matt Damon's character and his motives! May be that I will watch this movie again and have another opinion! For now I have to say that I am disappointed and that only the cast make this movie worth watching!