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                               The Good Shepard

“The Good Shepard [1]” is about Edward Wilson (played by Matt Damon [2]) and
the founding of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) [3]. The movie starts
with The Bay of Pigs [4] and Wilson's involvement in it. Then through a
series of flashbacks we follow the life of Wilson as he attends Yale, is
picked for OSS (Office of Strategic Services) [5] during World War II and
later as it evolves into the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).

It's a good film, and rather understated for a major Hollywood production,
and it didn't feel like the three hour film that it was (a good sign). There
are good performances from everybody in the film, but a problem I had was
with Matt Damon. While he's good as Edward Wilson, I found it very hard to
accept him as middle aged with a son in college (during the Bay of Pigs
incident, around which the movie plot revolves). I just found him too young
looking to be the middle age secret service beaurocrat—even Angelina Jolie
[6] as his wife manged to “age” more believably than Matt Damon.

But that's really my only gripe with this otherwise good film.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343737/
[2] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000354/
[3] http://www.cia.gov/
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services
[6] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/

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