The Town

The Town is the type of movie most people who don't watch a lot of movies will enjoy. It's receiving an expense Christmas present as a kid, if your young the idea of the price and how they managed to get it doesn't enter into your thought process. But when you gradually get older you may start to wonder how Dad afforded you that brand new Convertible outside. Such is the case with The Town, a movie filled good scenes, shot by a competent director, and acted by pros. The problem is the scene's that are pretty good are followed by silly ludicrous ones that leave the audience asking questions like "did that really just happen" or comments like "you gotta be kidding me". Take the downtown Boston car chase for example; it's shot well and and on a pure adrenaline level fun to watch. But Affleck (the director) ruins what could have been a great scene by packing inn cheesy, formulaic dialogue before and after the event, something that hopefully most people who go to movies have heard a thousand times before. To put it simply the problem here is with the screenplay. The Town is average, sub-par entertainment to be sure. 

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2010