A disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2011)

Like the title already says, i was disappointed with 'The Town'. I expected more. No wait, i expected better.
To keep it short, i liked the action and chase sequences, they are excellent, and also the whole idea of Charlestown being a rat's nest of bank-robbers since the early nineteenth century, i liked that little fact , but what i didn't like was the dodgy plot and the obvious non-believable crush between Ben's character and that of the 'victim'. I mean come on, he looks like he's a troublemaker and she's kind of the sweet shy girl and after one lame and short conversation at a laundrette they are totally in to each other. It didn't feel 'real' and it was just awkward at times. But hey, that's what you get when you put Ben Affleck and a love story together.
So in the end i had kind of a mixed feeling with this movie. I wanted to like it because of the whole theme and the car chases with the shoot-outs but i was held back by a plot that just didn't feel right.
It's unbelievable too that so many people praise it with 9's and 10's, as if they've never seen Heat or any other proper 'heist' movie.