Mr. and Mrs. Smith
#31 in my 50 movie challenge for the year was Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I know that you may not like either of the stars, particularly Ms. Jolie, since this is a usual comment once I say that I saw and liked the movie. This was a good summer action film. It was funny, it had good car chase scenes, and like it or not, there was good chemistry between the stars. They looked like they were having fun. Vince Vaughn was good if underused in the role of Pitt’s less good looking but funnier friend. The metaphors of lying for repression and violence for sex were hardly veiled, but some of the updates on the war of the sexes were quite good, e.g., he keeps his guns in the toolshed while she keeps hers in the oven.
July 15th, 2005 at 5:35 am
i loved this one too. it may not have been the best movie i saw this summer, but it was definitely the most fun!!
July 15th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Wasn’t that movie awesome?! And it drives me nuts that every time I tell someone how kick-butt the movie was, they go off on Angelina Jolie. I’m not trying to have a conversation about that woman’s sex life or morality issues. The film rocked, and everyone who’s bothered to pay the money and see the thing knows it.