Now Playing: The Adjustment Bureau

Besides by barely concealed love for a beautiful suit-and-fedora combo, I was really looking forward to The Adjustment Bureau. Seems like smart sci-fi/parallel universe movies are making a comeback (thank you, Inception!) and I, for one, am ecstatic about it. It’s nice to be able to watch movies that are both visually and intellectually stimulating. As a movie, this was pretty decent. I especially liked Emily Blunt (is she one of the most under-rated actresses out there right now or what?)
Besides the running and the quick scene changes and the other various technical wizardry happening, there’s also a great dialogue also occurring. On one of my favourite theme, to boot: Free Will. Do we have it? Should we have it? If there was a beneficent Chairman out there who could control our destinies, would it be better if he/she/it took care of that, considering Humanity’s track record? If there isn’t – are we fucked? Will humanity ultimately choose to be good social creatures or bad selfish ones? Can we be good selfish creatures? Bad social creatures? Is this really what this movie is about? Questions!

Also: there’s a lot of NYPL in there – I mean a LOT. I kept being reminded of the Borges quote (I, too, have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library). So, of course, it got many extra points for that.

All in all, fun. A great start to March Madness. 4 out of 5 stars.