Just got out of the special screening of Salt. Was it everything I could hope for? Actually I went in with absolutely no expectations. I haven’t even seen the previews. Only thing I knew when I walked into the theater was that it had Angelina Jolie and had something to do with spies.
I have to admit, I’m not a huge Angelina Jolie fan (probably only one in the world). She just doesn’t do it for me. So my review is purely based on movie merit than on how ‘hot’ she is. So everyone is going to rant and rave about it who are high with warm fuzzy feelings about seeing an Angelina Jolie flick. I stand on a much more luke warm fuzzy feeling after seeing the movie.
Throw out any and all form of realism before going to see this movie and say “Hello” to the 80′s. Complete Hollywood spy movie with the bad Russian spies. And you can’t have 80′s spy theme without the Russian defector, can you? Add in a good dose of Russian cliches, torture, typical twist and turns of the spy genre, and some moves that may make MacGyver proud. Come on… Did she really have to wear the fur hat and fur trimmed stole and drink vodka with her comrades?
There may be absolutely no realism and the story is full of holes like swiss cheese, but it was entertaining. Definitely action packed and chock full of Angelina Jolie. Not her best role, but entertaining enough to watch. But take this review with a big grain of salt, because everyone I was with absolutely loved it. And they left it open so that there will most likely be many sequels to come.
[...] to going in to the theater I said a silent movie prayer that Inception would be better than Salt and at least meet half the hype surrounding this film. I’ve seen way too many [...]