“Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America”

Title: The Town
Director: Ben Affleck

Why am I so lazy at updating this site? Partly because this is the first movie I’d seen since Scott Pilgrim, but that was about 3 weeks ago. I dunno, maybe because I’m not actually a writer and therefore can never think of a good way to describe what I liked and didn’t like about the movie. Which doesn’t get any better when I try to describe it 3 weeks after I’d seen it. I know I always say, “I’m going to write the review as soon as I get home” but I never do. I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it…

Regardless, it should be noted that I did enjoy this movie. I’m not the biggest of Ben Affleck fans, but I don’t detest him. And he did a great job as Doug. He was a likable character, and the accent was well done. I’m also liking Jeremy Renner. He was fantastic in The Hurt Locker, and he was great in The Town. He played a very convincing part, you just didn’t like him. You wanted him to get out of the picture, to leave well enough alone. But that wouldn’t make much of a movie, would it?

I LOVE Jon Hamm. I fell in love with Don Draper (and if you haven’t watched Mad Men, I suggest you do so), but that is who he’s become. Although he does not play an ad man in this film, he still has that I-know-better-than-you vibe about him, which is what makes him so attractive. He’s so sure of himself so he plays the role of the cop very well. The air of superiority is so strong with him, I’m a bit concerned that he’ll always be cast in those types of roles. He’ll forever be the guy who solves the problem, not creates it. I hope he proves me wrong, and does a lot more than that.

Ben Affleck is really trying to make a name for himself in the directing world, and this film will surely help him along that path. The storyline was familiar, but had a good- different- twist to it. There’s really nothing else I can think to describe. I really liked it.

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