(M) The Good Shepard
Grade: B+/A-

This movie was great. Done very well, and even though it is nearly three hours long, it never gets dull. Matt Damon joins a "secret" society at Yale university and eventually gets involved in government work doing counter-intelligence. A friend of mine who went to Yale says this is really close to how things work. Mr. Damon falls in love with a deaf girl but in a night of passion ends up sleeping with Angelina Jolie and impregnates her. He "does the right thing" and marries her, leaving the deaf girl alone. This is really a blessing to the deaf girl though she will never know it because the demands and secrecy of his job with the government tear his real family apart. You can see that he is very dedicated to his job even though it threatens his life, but when his personal life is so empty, it is probably the only thing he has to live for.

The movie tracks from before World War II up to the Bay Of Pigs and the establishment of the CIA building in Washington. Again, very well done.