Thursday, June 16, 2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

So I gave in to the wife and saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Its the price one has to pay to be able to happily see Batman Begins in IMAX ;)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in the pages of almost every tabloid that exists anywhere these days so I shouldn't have been surprised to hear App go "Brad and Angelina are so hot". I'd seen the preview (a.k.a trailer) before so I knew what to expect - wife and husband who are secretly ace hitwoman and hitman respectively. The movie was mostly as expected but surprised me at times. Far removed from anything close to reality, it was funny in parts and takes a witty look at the problems of real-life couples. The Smithes have issues just like any other couple. In fact, the movie starts with their visit to a relationship counselor.
I don't want to give too much away so I'll just say this - Brad and Angelina fit into their roles perfect. Their acting skills are never really tested, just how good they can look while shooting guns and throwing knives left, right and center. Don't try to keep a body count in this movie, nobody cares. The movie sticks to the plot, doesn't stray too much and the funny bits are there. So what leads me to classify this as a DVD movie? It is a timepass movie that doesn't come out strongly as an action, relationship or comedy movie - just a curious mix of all the above.

3 comments:

App said...

Yeah, there were times when ag and I could relate to what they were talking abt... totally. It was fun movie and if you like brad and/or angelina, you should def watch this movie. I said it then, I will say it again, they are sooooooooooooooooo hot!!!

arjun said...

i'm hoping to watch it sometime this week! Watched madagascar last weekend, thought it was well made! Very light comedy - good for family...I liked it too

Suderman said...

machchi...
good review.
do more of this!
cheers ma!
:)
and guys, just dont shoot each other... its okay to knife each other once in a while... chop off each others fingers and all but dont exactly KILL each other!