The Adjustment Bureau

[dangermousie]

Mr Mousie and I just returned from watching The Adjustment Bureau (with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt) and I loved it. It was smart and incredibly romantic. It's the latter that shocked me - there are plenty of smart Hollywood movies but very few recent ones I find in the least romantic. They are almost never able to convince me that yes, this is true love, worth throwing away everything for, and that it matters that much. TAB did.

Probably a lot more optimistic than the original Philip K. Dick story, too.

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[katranna.livejournal.com]

The original was very short and had basically nothing to do with romance (main character was already married, his marriage mostly stable) but it was actually surprisingly happy-ending for a P.K. Dick story.

https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd7gqs2f_1v3g9vqgk

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

I was pretty sure the protagonist in the original would have gotten his brain fried at the end whatever else happened

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I know nothing about the movie, but I do like the leads.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

it's sort of a speculative fiction/romance

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Good to know it gets a positive mention from my flist's biggest romantic. :D I was curious based on the story premise and even though I'm not huge on either actor (or any Hollywood actors these days) I might check it out now.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really liked it.

[er-mused.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was surprisingly romantic, which surprised me and also bothered me, cos I thought it was going to be like...The Bourne Identity Part IV or something...I mean, the poster looked like the last James Bond one so I thought it was going to all action and suspense.

Was kinda disappointed that it turned out to be so...erm....sentimental. hahaha
I mean, I love sentimental. I live for them, especially in kdramas, cdramas, twdramas...I guess I was just surprised to see it so OVERTLY in a Hollywood blockbuster-type movie.

It's nice to have a romantic Hollywood movie that isn't a romcom or outright tragedy. LOL

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL, I read the synopsis so I knew it would be rather mushy, but I didn't expect for it to make me care.

[stillingfleet.livejournal.com]

thanks for the heads up! My friend and I are really interested in the film but I hadn't noticed any reviews in our local newspaper, so this is reassuring =)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's really really good.