The Good Shepherd (DVD)

A Shepherd’s job is to watch his flock, part of it is counting sheep and that’s exactly how I felt after sitting through nearly three hours of The Good Shepherd. The film tells the story of the birth of the CIA through one man’s eyes. Matt Damon takes the lead role of Edward, a young man, Yale educated who is taken into a time honoured secret society and set upon a path of spying, gathering intelligence and trusting no one. We see a dedication to a job that makes him virtually devoid of any emotion, making his family life almost non-existent. It doesn’t help when he knocks up an alluring Angelina Jolie and has to get married. The thing with The Good ...  Read the complete review

The CIA`s motto is: 'You only hear about our successes', so I`m rather suprised they didnt deploy some sort of illicit tactic to stop you guys seeing this rather boring movie about them. I suppose they will have to leave it up to people like me to put you off. The Good Shepherd is not exactly the most exciting spy film to come out of Hollywood. Yes its an interesting look at the first three decades of the C.I.A, America's overseas intelligence service, but its not the quality you would expect from its director Robert DeNiro and star Matt 'Jason Bourne' Damon. This is a two-and-a-half-hour drag guys. Unscrupulous and murderous at the best of times, its always ...  Read the complete review

Spying's Not All Fun & Games =================== The CIA has always been a very dark and shadowy place where secrets and lies rule to roost. This has given the agency a controversial yet fascinating view in the public eye. By it's very nature facts are a long time to come to the public's attention, if they ever are at all. This film attempts to show this world. If there's one thing this film shows is that being a spy is a lonely profession, even your friends can turn out to be enemies. Jason Bourne, sorry I mean Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, the central character. He is taken into a secret society at University and baptised ...  Read the complete review

The cast list looked excellent with some big name stars and in particular ones I liked and Robert De Niro one of the all time greats was the director so how could this film fail? Well after three hours of bum numbing boredom it managed to fail big time. Cast List Matt Damon ... Edward Wilson Angelina Jolie ... Margaret 'Clover' Russell Alec Baldwin ... Sam Murach Tammy Blanchard ... Laura Billy Crudup ... Arch Cummings Robert De Niro ... Bill Sullivan Keir Dullea ... Senator John Russell, Sr. Michael Gambon ... Dr. Fredericks Martina Gedeck ... Hanna Schiller William Hurt ... ...  Read the complete review

“The Good Shepherd is not recommended…[it] will put you to sleep” Robert De Niro (A Bronx Tale) directs and stars in a film concerning the birth of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was a few months ago now, but upon sitting down in the cinema I had high hopes for this movie. With numerous academy award winners cast, and having seen a very promising trailer, what could possibly go wrong? ‘Everything’ I am afraid to report. Unfortunately a great cast on paper does not mean a fabulous film. Read on if you want to find out the reasons The Good Shepherd was such a letdown, and film that should be avoided at all costs. --------What ...  Read the complete review