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   Finally got away to go see a movie this afternoon.   
      
     I went and saw The Amateur.   
      
     I have mixed feelings about this film.  While it was not a total stinker it   
    was not a movie that I would really RAVE about either.   
      
     Chales Heller, a shy and socially inept cryptanalyst with the CIA is out for   
   revenge when his wife Sarah is murdered while at a business conference in   
   London.  Using data he collected of illegal operations conducted by the CIA's   
   Deputy Director he wants to be put into action to get revenge from those   
   responsible for his wife's death.   
      
    The only problem is he can't shoot a gun.  Still undeterred he uses the   
   skills he does have to go after the bad guys.  Will he ultimately be   
   successful?  Will Charles be taken out by operatives of the corrupt and   
   cornered Deputy Director or by the killers he is hunting?   
      
     The movie for the most part plods along, with enough action to keep it   
   interesting, but it by no means keeps you on the edge of your seat.  The movie   
   was obviously shot digitally, and at times looks more like something shot for   
   TV vs the big screen (I miss the graininess of film, and the feeling of   
   24fps.).  Several of the slower more dramatic scenes were ruined for me by   
   being shot handheld.  I can understand using a Steadicam to shoot action, but   
   not some of the more intimate scenes.  It definitely ruins the closeness when   
   the camera drifts up and down (Even slightly).   
      
      Was it a bad film?  No.  Do I regret seeing it?  No, but it could have been   
    better.   
      
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