So Beau and I saw Ides of March.
It is official: Beau hates Ryan Gosling. He believe the man cannot act at all. Beau also did not like Evan Rachel Wood. He dug Hoffman, Clooney, Giamatti, but didn't really like anyone else.
I am not sure what I was expecting with IOM, but I guess I was expecting a political thriller and that's not the movie I got. It reminds me a bit about my expectations of the virus movie and what I experienced seeing it.
IOM feels smaller in scope than what I expected and I didn't buy some of the character's reactions. For example, if you are experienced in national campaigns, you would be a bit savvy about various dynamics. You certainly would be a lot more savvy than a certain character in this movie. The naïvete burned.
One thing that really pissed me off was Evan Rachel Wood's character. For the love of Athena, can we please not have abortion punishment any more? Please? Pretty please? I was counting down how long before the character would "suffer the consequences" and of course I was not disappointed.
My recommendation is, this is not a must-see movie (at least not in theaters). Wait for the rental, or when it comes to tv. I'm glad we got out of the house, but I kinda wished we had gone to see Rocky Horror instead.