The Adjustment Bureau. Matt Damon always delivers!

Who would have thought that The Adjustment Bureau would be a love story?  It had all the suspense of Matt's other movies like, The Bourne Identity, etc., but it was due to his need to be with the one he loved in spite of the threat to have his mind "reset" by the higher-ups who keep the life plans of people running smoothly.

It was non-stop suspense, but, I still found myself wanting to fast forward through it a little.  Kind of long in order to flesh out the details of this "adjustment bureau."  They kind of worked like one of the solitaire games I play that tells you whether the game is winnable or not winnable after each move you make.  They make adjustments to people to be sure they stay on the correct course planned for them so they can make the correct contributions to the world.  Matt and his love are not supposed to meet and be together.  It will change the future planned for them.  But, in the end a love worth sacrificing everything for, wins out.

That Old Feeling

Ahhh, this movie is so much fun!  I saw the last part again of That Old Feeling with Bette Midler and Dennis Farina (who I love), last night and remembered what a great movie it is.  I have seen it several times and love it just as much each time.  A bride's divorced parents, now remarried to other people, come to her wedding and find they still have that old feeling and can't resist each other.  They are all over each other, sneaking away to the parking lot where they steam up some car windows. The daughter marries a straight-laced young politician and, with her parents' help, realize they don't really love each other.  She falls for the photographer who follows her famous mother around after her mother and father lock them in a hotel room together overnight.  Lots of bedlam and hilarious hijinks throughout the movie as the mother and father try to run away from everyone.  Directed by Carl Reiner, the cast is perfect.  I have always liked Dennis Farina.   Would love to see him in more romantic/comedy roles. This is my favorite Bette Midler movie, too.  Always laugh throughout this movie and love the ending.  Even with two people who have trouble getting along with each other for more than five minutes, it is nice to see love win out over all else in the end.