The Good Shepherd  

Don't Bother to go see this movie, it was horrible and I should also add it was 3 hours of horrible.   You know its not a good sign when you keep looking at your watch and wishing this movie was over.

Honestly, I hate that I have to give this a bad rating for I truly love Angelina Jolie, who played Clover/Margaret the wife of a C.I.A. Agent Wilson.  However she was barely in this movie, just a little more than a cameo. I also love Matt Damon, who played her husband Edward Wilson, but he was completely lack luster in this role.  His face never moved the entire movie and when he and Angelina were together there was absolutely no chemistry, and their awkwardness spilled over into the audience.  

Yes I love a good spy thriller and or an intense mystery, but even though this film had many chess games going on at once it was moving at an extremely tired and slow pace.   To make matters worse they jump all over time lines from the 40's to the 60s and back and forth and back and forth to the point that you don't really know what is present and what was past.  I did start to really get into the investigation of the photograph.  But even with that they had to jump back and forth to and from.   Not to mention the entire movie they are talking in double talk and never explaining a word of it.  Some of the phrases you can interpret or what they might mean and where others you have no idea what it means.  Like "the rocking chair is sleeping."  OK thanks?  Whatever that means. 

OK... now for the important stuff.....Yes even though this was a horrible movie it was an important movie.  This was a film trying to out the American government and expose the conspiracy theory of how America works.  The entire movie was about how American's make up enemies to keep the white strong man in power.   Even the guy that created the C.I.A. was kicked out because he was Catholic, and he was ok with that they were following his vision.  The man that took his place made sure that Congress could not control or run the C.I.A.  therefore making them a sole surviving organism, self maintaining, living, breathing and existing on its own.  Thus the reason this film was made, to expose them.

OK I got it... but could you please make it interesting? 

With the cast they have, they will get their message out to masses, it worked on me.  However if I didn't have to watch the entire film to review it... I would have left in the first hour. 

Basically all I have to say is this movie was slow, and confusing, and boring.  I understand if you wanna see every movie with Angelina Jolie or Matt Damon in it my only suggestion is to wait till it comes on video.   The good news is when you do see it...  there are some really hot guys in this film, especially in the skulls secret society. 

ps. -  Side Note/ Questioin - Did Eddie Redmayne who played Angelina's son Edward Wilson, Jr. get his lips done before he was cast for this role or after?   I mean did he get them done to look more like her, or did they cast him because they were done?   Hmmm...I'd really like to know.