Angelina Jolie double feature
Jun. 13th, 2010 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearAn interesting combination of films visited my DVD player this afternoon, the only connection between them being Angelina Jolie.
Changeling was long, quite slow, intensely serious, but extremely good. I was a bit worried that it would be very depressing, as I've been burned by Eastwood films before but, though it certainly wasn't jolly, it wasn't too much of a downer, either. Very good performances all round, and an interesting exploration of police corruption and the difficulties of going up against an organisation with that much power.
Mr & Mrs Smith, on the other hand, was fast-paced, very silly, and pretty much entirely taken up with shoot-outs of varying descriptions. There was even less plot than I'd remembered from seeing it in the cinema, and the attractions of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in those kinds of roles really pass me by. However, it was diverting enough for a Sunday evening, and made a good contrast to the previous film.
Changeling was long, quite slow, intensely serious, but extremely good. I was a bit worried that it would be very depressing, as I've been burned by Eastwood films before but, though it certainly wasn't jolly, it wasn't too much of a downer, either. Very good performances all round, and an interesting exploration of police corruption and the difficulties of going up against an organisation with that much power.
Mr & Mrs Smith, on the other hand, was fast-paced, very silly, and pretty much entirely taken up with shoot-outs of varying descriptions. There was even less plot than I'd remembered from seeing it in the cinema, and the attractions of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in those kinds of roles really pass me by. However, it was diverting enough for a Sunday evening, and made a good contrast to the previous film.
