***1/2 – In some circles I am well known for my extraordinary memory. Over the last 5 years or so, I have managed to pretty much memorize every farm and farmer in Burlington, Camden and Ocean counties. Also, I can often recite quotes from movies and TV shows verbatim, with very little effort. However, Ben Affleck’s directorial debut film “Gone Baby Gone” has caused me to question my recall skills. All through watching it I had the nagging feeling that I have seen it before. Seeing as it was released in 2007, if I have seen it, it was some time in the last 3 years. So, I either (a) have seen it before and I am gradually losing my one skill of use, (b) have seen it before, but was hammered when I watched it, or (c) haven’t seen it, and it was just very predictable. I am going to assume it was option (b) because I don’t want the result to be option (a), and option (c) would cause me to lower my rating on what I thought was a pretty darn good film. It wasn’t perfect, seeing as it was peppered with phrases like “what about the child?” and “do it for the child” and “for the sake of the child” and all that child-centric crap which annoys me, but it had a good plot, was nicely filmed, and I have a soft spot for movies in which people speak with New England accents.
Gone Baby Gone
***1/2 – In some circles I am well known for my extraordinary memory. Over the last 5 years or so, I have managed to pretty much memorize every farm and farmer in Burlington, Camden and Ocean counties. Also, I can often recite quotes from movies and TV shows verbatim, with very little effort. However, Ben Affleck’s directorial debut film “Gone Baby Gone” has caused me to question my recall skills. All through watching it I had the nagging feeling that I have seen it before. Seeing as it was released in 2007, if I have seen it, it was some time in the last 3 years. So, I either (a) have seen it before and I am gradually losing my one skill of use, (b) have seen it before, but was hammered when I watched it, or (c) haven’t seen it, and it was just very predictable. I am going to assume it was option (b) because I don’t want the result to be option (a), and option (c) would cause me to lower my rating on what I thought was a pretty darn good film. It wasn’t perfect, seeing as it was peppered with phrases like “what about the child?” and “do it for the child” and “for the sake of the child” and all that child-centric crap which annoys me, but it had a good plot, was nicely filmed, and I have a soft spot for movies in which people speak with New England accents.
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