You know, I’ve GOT to admit I think tonight’s my fault, I really do … !
Bizarrely …
Hmmm …
Maybe I’d better explain, there, hadn’t I … ?
You’ve probably worked out — by now — I’m something of a movie fan, haven’t you … ?
One who’s on a budget, like’s having friends over, and will happily admit that the films we get to watch can be a bit of a tombola, sometimes.
Very much so.
Tonight … ?
Well, I’ll happily admit I had Kevin D over, bless him.
AND a copy of the recent DVD release, The Adjustment Bureau.
Hmmm …
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Right, now, where was I … ?
Oh, yes, The Adjustment Bureau, the film Kevin and I caught last night …
The Adjustment Bureau stars Matt Damon as an up and coming politician, David Norris.
As the film starts, Norris is in the middle of what turns out to be an unsuccessful campaign to run as Senator for New York: during which … ?
During which he meets Elise, a contemporary dancer — played by Emily Blunt — in the Waldorf Hotel’s toilets.
To cut a long story short … ?
To cut a long story short, he mets and flirts with her, eventually meeting her on a bus into work, after his campaign fails to get him into the Senate.
But is told — in NO uncertain terms by a chap called Richardson — that he’s just been adjusted, what happens if he talks about it … and that he Elise cannot be involved in a relationship, as it’s going to upset … ‘the plan’ …
Not a good start to a day, is it … ?
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Now …
I’ll leave others to give you a better picture of The Adjustment Bureau
But I also am very aware that both Kevin and me felt …
Well, several things: usually, you can tell if a film’s holding our attention by the amount of extraneous talk, during the half-time tea-break. Which FRANKLY, went all over the place, and even included a brief riff — from both of us — about which was the film most likely to have a bigger following from the Gay community*.
But The Adjustment Bureau did mange to keep us entertained. But where we both felt we had an issue … ?
Was the simple fact that The Adjustment Bureau seemed — and possibly the trailer is at fault, here — to be marketed slightly badly.
Can I be blunt … ?
It’s a science fiction romance: and no, I’m not talking scientific romance, in the sense H. G. Welles meant, either, in the sense he meant what we now call a sci-fi story.
No, The Adjustment Bureau is a good old fashioned romantic chick-flick.
Admittedly, one based on a Phillip K. Dick novel, complete with Adjustment Bureau team members dressed as though they were still in the original, 1954 short story.
But none-the-less, a chick-flick, all the sameª.
Saying that … ?
Saying that, I think the pair of us would’ve been happier if the trailer had made that a touch clearer, even though we both found The Adjustment Bureau entertaining.
On a personal front … ?
Hmmm …
Well, I’ll be frank … ?
I’ll be giving The Adjustment Bureau a ★☆☆☆ …
* Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — Kevin’s candidate, on the grounds it’s about two gay guys and a transgendered womanº crossing the Australian desert in a bus called Priscilla — or my candidate, Street Fighter. It’s got Kylie Minogue in it: it could only be gayer with Judy Garland … !
º Played by Terence Stamp, who also appeared as Thompson, one of the Bureau members in The Adjustment Bureau. And who looked scarily like Sîan Phillips, in Priscilla …
ª And one that Kevin happily admitted to getting confused with Source Code.
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