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What If You're Not Meant to Love the One You Love?

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (26)

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Well, I’m sold. Of course, I’m usually sold on Matt Damon flicks, but the trailer for The Adjustment Bureau pretty much has me hooked. It’s a bit of a change of pace for Damon — a romantically-tinged sci-fi thriller is a new addition to his resume. It’s got a beast of a cast — Damon, the lovely Emily Blunt, The Hurt Locker’s Anthony Mackie, “Mad Men” star John Slattery, and Terence Stamp in full-on creepy motherfucker mode. Directed by first-timer George Nolfi (who wrote the screenplay for The Bourne Ultimatum), it’s based on a Philip K. Dick short story, “Adjustment Team,” albeit loosely so. The synopsis:

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.

The trailer gives a good bit more than that away, and the story has a bit of a Dark City-ish feel to it (not that that’s a bad thing, mind you). Anyway, see for yourselves and let me know what you think, particularly those of you who have read the story.









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Comments

What's with the hat?

Posted by: FabMax at May 13, 2010 10:49 AM

Oh Matt Damon, you go get that ManicPixieDreamGirl: British Edition. Don't let the PIC stop you.

Posted by: coveredinbees at May 13, 2010 10:59 AM

I'm all for anything adapted from a Philip K. Dick's work. I haven't read this one, but this might have inspired to do such.

Posted by: Dangerous Dave at May 13, 2010 11:03 AM

Anything loosely adapted from PKD is usually leagues better than things directly adapted from him (compare Blade Runner and, I dunno, Paycheck).

Also, this looks perfect.

Posted by: Kyle at May 13, 2010 11:29 AM

Count me in, PKD all day every day. Except for the Paycheck adaptation, yeesh!

Posted by: the new transported man at May 13, 2010 11:31 AM

Hum, so there's this major conspiracy adjustments team that makes sure everyone follows their destiny. What happens if you're on the major conspiracy adjustments team and you don't want to be?

Posted by: BWeaves at May 13, 2010 11:32 AM

I'm still open to the pixie, I suppose, but I don't need manic in my life.

Posted by: Jay at May 13, 2010 11:33 AM

What happens if you're on the major conspiracy adjustments team and you don't want to be?

Well that's the sequel, innit?

Posted by: Jay at May 13, 2010 11:34 AM

It looks interesting. I just have a difficult time watching anything with Emily Blunt in it since she stole my boyfriend. Stupid thin girl with cool accent, stealing my Krasinski...

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at May 13, 2010 11:35 AM

As Harry Burns would say, he's too tall to talk to anyway.

Posted by: Jay at May 13, 2010 11:45 AM

It looks like it has potential. As long as it avoids the schmaltz.

Posted by: admin at May 13, 2010 12:06 PM

Oooh. I love me some Matt Damon. And I am quite fond of Emily Blunt. And the story is intriguing. So yeah, count me in.

Posted by: tamatha at May 13, 2010 12:15 PM

zod

Posted by: rabbi at May 13, 2010 12:24 PM

I'm with FabMax. That hat is distracting. I'm not saying it's as bad as the shag Tom Hanks fashioned in The Di Vinci Code, but it's in the same ballpark.

Posted by: Mokey at May 13, 2010 12:42 PM

Adjustment Bureau makes me think of a secret government agency run by chiropractors, like they freeze time and randomly adjust people.

Which really, if that were true, would be cool. I definitely need an adjustment now and then and I can never find time to go to a chiropractor. If they could freeze time and do it, whoopee.

Posted by: Stella at May 13, 2010 1:13 PM

Much as I like Emily Blunt, I wish the GF in the movie was Franke Potente.

Posted by: Stella at May 13, 2010 1:14 PM

John Slattery is SO COOL. Like ice. Like a popsicle. A luscious, juicy popsicle.

Posted by: esme at May 13, 2010 1:37 PM

Stella,

I agree on both counts.

Posted by: MM at May 13, 2010 1:52 PM

Adjustment Bureau makes me think of a secret government agency run by chiropractors, like they freeze time and randomly adjust people.

My chiropractor would so be on the Adjustment Bureau. Her sense of humor is just strange enough to find that awesome.

Also, I will see this movie. I'm in on any PKD adaptation that doesn't star Nicolas "The Bees" Cage.

Posted by: stardust at May 13, 2010 3:12 PM

So Dark City plus Fedoras minus the aliens. No thanks, I'll stick to the original.

Posted by: Irina at May 13, 2010 3:22 PM

The chiropractor my sister and I used to go to would fit right in as the Adjustment Bureaus's zany sidekick - I swear the woman said the oddest things. She once told my sister that it was impossible for a Polish person to be a vegetarian. Like it somehow went against the laws of nature, m'kay?

Posted by: Stella at May 13, 2010 4:32 PM

Matt Damon is a seriously great guy. Emily Blunt is very pretty and very fun to watch (haven't seen enough of her stuff to say more)
Story looks cool. Ya?

you know i'll read your review first
xo

Posted by: Amandita at May 14, 2010 2:25 AM

So.

Eternal Sunshine (running with a girl he doesn't want to lose) + Vanilla Sky (running from a fate he doesn't want) + Catch Me If You Can (running with a hat).

Eh. I'll still see it.

Posted by: groovekiller at May 14, 2010 2:33 AM

To everyone talking about how distracting the hat is, I am much more distracted by his shirt and the question whether or not it's coming off anytime soon.
Seriously though, I love Matt Damon, I like Emily Blunt and it's got Roger Sterling - hell yeah, I'm going to see it. Actually I'm surprised I didn't notice more excitement about Roger over at Ironman 2 . . . but anyway, Matt Damon!

Posted by: Jen K. at May 14, 2010 6:49 AM

Adjustment Bureau makes me think of a secret government agency run by chiropractors, like they freeze time and randomly adjust people.
Which really, if that were true, would be cool. I definitely need an adjustment now and then and I can never find time to go to a chiropractor. If they could freeze time and do it, whoopee.

Posted by: sexy costumes at February 28, 2011 11:54 PM

Anything loosely adapted from PKD is usually leagues better than things directly adapted from him (compare Blade Runner and, I dunno, Paycheck).

Posted by: bleach cosplay at March 9, 2011 4:18 AM