Lackluster

Rating: 5/10 (18 April 2007)

This film had me feeling sleepy midways through. I understand that this was meant to be an historic retelling of the creation and early days of the CIA, but seriously...First off, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci might of been on screen for a combined 15 minutes. That was disappointing, seeing I was really interested in a)Pesci back on screen and b) The on screen chemistry that they have always had(Pesci and De Niro). But no, there was not time for that (should of been seeing the movie felt 4 hours long). The movie focused so deep on secrets and deception that it tricked me right out of being interested and I found myself trying to solve some mystery that just overall didn't exist. Matt Damons character was very dry and for the most part uninteresting. His relationship with his wife (Jolie) seemed fake and the struggles that they had took away from an already dull storyline. I really think this film is accurate on all accounts historically. And YES, that is good to see in a movie, but to have it put on screen in a nonaction, overdramatized way just didn't do it for me. It did show (in an all to in depth way) the formation of one of Americas if not the worlds most secret organizations. It was neat to see the process...if I was in history class that is. The crimes and deceptions that our government pull off in order to form and keep running such organizations is stunning and was illustrated in the movie. But I feel those thoughts are better left to the imagination as oppose to a lengthy documentary feeling movie. After the movie I felt like "what the hell just happened". It was so much information and confusion, putting the pieces together wasn't an option.