my kinda town

so, as i've mentioned, i fucking loved the town. i asked aaron about it and he said that he thought, "ugh, another movie glorifying violence." and then realized that's totally what his mother would say.

ben affleck really did it up for this one. i love that he was already off drugs. i love that his dad was such a shit and chris cooper, whom i love. i thought a lot about if i would have fallen in love with him like rebecca hall did. i'm not sure i could have. i'm a snob, you know. but maybe because she was sad and damaged too.

and, i love jeremy reiner. i didn't think he was totally amazing in this because he didn't have much of a part and i'm not sure why he got the oscar nomination, but i love him and am glad for any press he gets. he was really amazing as a totally fucked up fuck.

i really loved how smart they both were and even how smart the cop guy was. i felt like john ham was maybe miscast because he wasn't a very good badass, but liz pointed out that he's just a badass for his job and it was a good contrast.

and, i thought boston looked really good and it really showed how fucked up the neighborhood are there.

oh, and i was happy that it didn't end really horribly. i'm a sucker for a happy ending and that ending was happy the right amount.