The Good Shepherd

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 1:14pm

Opens today! Cannot wait to see it.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 1:38pm

I heard it was a snooze fest by someone I respect. The Dull Shepherd is more like it.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 1:46pm

Oooooooo! Burn!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 1:47pm

If you had said "The Bad Shepherd", I think I would have heard Robert DeNiro falling over in shock at such a well-timed quip.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 1:53pm

Sueleen is not good with puns.

[shiksa_goddess]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:10pm

I'm torn on the movie. It looks good in previews and has a great cast, but I know that the previews can make anything look good. Oh well, John Hill and Michael Arden along with other theater performers are in it.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:11pm

Nah, I thought "The Bad Shepherd" was a little too obvious. Besides she didn't say it was BAD, just DULL.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:31pm

Shut up bitches -- unlike you, I actually saw it and it was brilliant.

Updated On: 12/22/06 at 02:31 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:40pm

I'm glad you liked it Grrrrl, I wasn't saying I thought it was bad, I was just passing on the comments of someone I respect. Unlike some, I don't review things I haven't seen. And speaking of Bitches, that is a cute picture of Rex.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:47pm

How does the preview make it look anti-good?

[shiksa_goddess]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 2:53pm

What? I didn't say the previews made it look bad. I said previews can make anything look good.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 3:16pm

Rex is a big ol' bitch and I love him. I'm not even sure I care about what he thinks, I just rubberneck his reviews like the proverbial trainwreck.
I will say that the film is long -- and parts could be cut but there is tension and a great feeling of unease throughout the story. Who can you trust? What is really going on? The performances are uniformly fine -- especially Michael Gambon, Turturro, Tammy Blanchard and Deniro himself. It's not a Bond film and that may turn people off. It is a film about secrets and trust -- and fathers and sons.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 4:06pm

How was Joe Pesci's cameo?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:20pm

The preview made it look interesting, but it only scores a 65 at Metacritic and a 52 at Rotten Tomatoes. From the reviews it sounds overlong and sluggishly paced.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:37pm

But...sluggishly paced can be koo?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 7:08pm

When 4 of the 5 rave quotes they use on the television commercial come from Larry King, need one really wonder?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 7:12pm

I heard that Broadway's own Ann Hampton Callaway is in it!

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 8:10pm

Isn't Jenn Gambatese in it?

Whose she play?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 9:51pm

Saw it today.

Brilliant film, albeit a little too long.

I think the most ingenious thing about THE GOOD SHEPHERD is that DeNiro uses the CIA as a metaphor as a means of exploring the differences between intellect and emotion. You think the movie is being cold and distant but (Not to give anything away) that is not the case.

[Jon]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:01pm

I'm confused. Isn't there a family film with Matt Damon and George Clooney called THE GOOD GERMAN SHEPHERD?

[blueflame]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:12pm

I think Rex Reed recently commented on his confusion of these two titles...

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:45pm

I forgot to talk about how awesome the audience was.

(MAJOR SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!)






My theatre was like a tent revival meeting. As the studio logo came on, someone hooted causing the entire audience to applaud wildly.

- John Turturro got the most laughs by far. Everything that came out of his mouth elicted laughter so loud you could barely hear the next twelve lines.

- BIG applause when Matt Damon gave the boy on the bus change for a dollar

- People began crying...hard...when Damon's son peed his pants on Santa

- The audience got SO involved with the fights between Jolie and Damon. ("Tell 'im, sister!", "Oh no he didn't!", etc.)

- LOUD gasps when Michael Gambon's character was killed

- Applause when Robert DeNiro appeared onscreen

And then...

- HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE standing ovation when Joe Pesci appeared onscreen. Unfortunately, the standing ovation lasted so long that we missed his entire performance.

Anyone have similar experiences?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 6:06pm

I had such high hopes for this film being a major fan of Matt Damon's work, but I thought it was such a dull boring movie. I thought it was slow-paced and not too well-directed. Angelina Jolie's role was not half as interesting as it could have been, actually, that is how I felt about the whole movie. It seems it could have been great with a better screenplay and much better editing, but it ended up being quite disappointing.
Gypsy's Tammy Blanchard is in the movie and has quite a nice role.

[LaurenB]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 10:39pm

Did anyone else think the son's lips were botoxed?

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 12/27/06 at 12:09am

It was good, but I also thought it was too long.