SPOILER ALERT -- plot details are included. I freely admit that I'm not a huge fan of Matt Damon. I don't go out of my way to see his movies. Actually, the truth is that I rarely go out of my way to see anybody's movies. I do like his movies better than Ben Affleck's, for what its worth. After all, Damon didn't make Gigli. And he was decent enough playing amnesia victim/master assassin Jason Bourne in the series of movies with remarkably improbable plots, but killer action sequences. Casino Royale, which introduced the modern version of James Bond, would not have been nearly as good if The Bourne Identity hadn't inspired its director, Martin Campbell. On the other hand, all Damon did was say words other people wrote and pretend to be someone he isn't. My opinion of actors has been adversely affected by hearing them speak off camera, I do admit. Yet this weekend, I spent a couple of hours watching a Matt Damon movie I knew nothing about, The Adjustment Bureau. Mostly, I felt like watching a movie because my body hurt too much to do anything else, but that's another story. The timing was simply exquisite. I was still a little irritated that I recently spent time (and money) reading Sam Harris's book Free Will, which proved to be a monumental waste of my time, just as I had anticipated. I turned on the television and tuned in just as the movie was starting. I only missed a few minutes in the very beginning, and the opening credits. Big deal. It had been small consolation reading Free Will gave me an excuse to write something for my blog. I'm … [Read more...]