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I went to see THe Good Shepherd for a second time...

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OK, it was actually a mistake and I had forgotten going to a preview a month before as I realised 2 seconds into the opening, but I decided to stay and found it zipped past (not bad for a film nudging 3 hours) and was more involving as I could overlook the curious non-aging work done to the actors faces.
Instead I got a deeper look into the plot and enjoyed it so much more.
Different parts, in particular the paranoia of the American establishment, not to mention the homo-erotic nature of the "boys' club" that these curious young men join...
Also the recurrent theme from the score, so reminiscent of Farmer In The City, Scott Walker's song of the murder of Passolini.
And the line, not the one that the CIA (sorry, not THE CIA, just CIA) should be America's eyes and ears not its heart and soul, but that it was the clerks who gave Hitler his power, as the legions of faceless workers in gray raincoats arrive for work.
On a second viewing De Niro has produced a significant movie.
And very interesting to see the scenes in Berlin at the end of WW2 the day after seeing The Good German.
They make an interesting pairing.

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I agree. If you can look past some of the surface silliness... like the lack of real aging - sjb 22:04:29 03/09/07 (0)
or Jolie being so poorly cast there's a lot going on here... a statement being made... and the lack of emoting in Damon's character is an integral part of that statement.

Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
God, you're brave. Matt Damon... again? Angelica Jolie as the good wife...again? nt - tinear 15:44:38 03/09/07 (5)
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- watching Matt Damon... - dave c 17:24:16 03/09/07 (0)
  ... on the beach during the failed invasion of Cuba, and during the chats with Soviet spooks reminds me of that masterful phrase "the banality of evil".
  I think he is meant to come across as average. Ordinary.
  Its the clerks...
- is there fun to be had in 3 hours with Angelina Jolie? - dave c 16:37:33 03/09/07 (3)
  Well I guess I'll never find out, but on the other hand, this turned out to be The Good Film!
  - Admittedly I haven't seen Jolie .. - Jimmy NYC 05:48:49 03/10/07 (2)
    ...in any film other then "The Good Shepherd".
    She was far too beautiful, full lipped, exotically figured- because of this, was terribly miscast.
    I thought - this is a woman who could only play larger then life roles...like Cleopatra or the Wicked Witch of the West etc etc
    Fun to look at though!
    - Re: Admittedly I haven't seen Jolie .. - Prisoners 12:49:15 03/11/07 (1)
      She could persuade any man to make bad decisisons.
      - and possibly a few women. nt - dave c 13:58:36 03/11/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Admittedly I haven't seen Jolie .. posted by Prisoners on March 11, 2007 at 12:49:15:
        
        bleep

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