The Town starring and directed by Ben Affleck. Also stars Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, Pete Postlewaite, Chris Cooper, Titus Welliver, Slaine, Ed O'Keefe, Brian Scannell, and Mark Berglund.
A bank heist film about Charlestown, Boston. First off, I love Cawpse and Rawwbers movies!! However, first reaction after leaving this film is "Damn Affleck must have felt left out from The Departed's success"
Ben's character follows his father's footsteps to become a bank robber but wants to leave the family business after falling for one of their hostages played by Rebecca Hall. I had never heard of Hall but her performance was done well, except for that one bathroom scene that for some reason bothered me and damn near ruined the whole movie. Affleck did well too, which is no surprise because even though he is probably an asshole in real life, he does have some good quality work under his belt. Renner had to be my favorite by far because he could make me laugh and scare the shit out of me in the same scene. Gotta love that!
Ok lets get to Jon Hamm, who seems to be the man these days because of Mad Men, but disappoints in The Town. How are you a cop with a perfectly coiffed hair and scrubby facial hair??? He looked like a serial killer his damn self, and his acting...I'm going to assume he can do much better seeing as I only watched 3 minutes of Mad Men but he def took his check and shitted on this film because I was not impressed. Good Job not standing out simpleton.
Even though I could live a much happier life without ever hearing Blake Lively and her whiny baby killer voice again, (What is that??) she didn't make me want to OD on Asprin. Her role was limited but effective. I like that she chose an unflattering role and one that is not so commercial, which is what I was sure she was planning on doing with her career. We might have to look out for her in the near future.
I am not in love with this movie but it did have great action sequences and I couldn't predict the end until the actual last scene. The end dragged but that happens. Overall I liked it better then the
takers because I didn't feel like a 12 year old school girl queezing over hot guys.
Well done Affleck for only your sophmore directing project.
Grade??? umm B+ for Boston Accents and quality story line.
P.S...aren't they any other areas to exploit besides poor Boston?? They get a bad rep but I'm going to need people to explore their creative options. Who wants to help me write my next thrilling biopic on bank robbers in Kenya???