Oh, no, Joe!

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2007)

I think my friends must think I am the biggest freak in the whole world because I was crying after this film. I was so looking forward to seeing Joe Pesci, I mean the man hasn't done a film in almost 8 years, he's one of my favorite actors as well with Robert DeNiro, so this film was so exciting to me. Especially when I heard that Robert had turned down The Departed to work on this film, I could only think of how wonderful this film was going to be, I also promised myself I would never dislike a Robert or Joe film. Joe! Oh, my God! I cannot believe how he looked! It was so strange seeing him so aged and he was only in 2 minutes of the film! Robert, I just don't understand what encouraged him to do this film.
Basically The Good Shepherd is based around the C.I.A. and Matt Damon. He is an agent who as a young boy found his father dead from suicide. But a clip of a man and woman making love keeps being brought up, we're not sure where it's going at first, but we realize there may be something going on deep in Matt's family, he realizes after a letter his father wrote, he has become him, maybe worse. Espcecially since he wasn't a good husband or father, only dedicated to his country and when he took the most important things in his life seriously, that's when it's too late.
I so badly wanted to love this film, I really did, but it was just so slow and agonizing to get through with Matt Damon playing the lead, he's a good actor, but he's not leading man material. He is in every scene of this movie, now mind you this is a 3 hour movie, but it seemed like he only had maybe 20 lines, I mean, Robert could've cut some scenes in the film, now it's not that I don't mind a 3 hour movie, but it just wasn't a necessary length since it was mostly dragged out. And Matt just kept on making deep serious looks throughout the film, I just couldn't see him in this role. But I don't know honestly, like I said, so much was built up for me and I over all was pretty disappointed.
6/10