MEET JOE BLACK was enjoyable, but it was just too damn longgggggggggggg. Now some of you might take that as meaning I hate long movies, as in their length, and not at all. A movie that’s an hour and a half can end up feeling like four. JOE BLACK was lucky in that it was still good despite feeling endless in certain scenes. What it could have used was some tighter editing, hands down.

      The acting was superb with Anthony Hopkins delivering the best performance. Claire Forlani and Brad Pitt are no slouches either, especially Forlani. There were, however, some pretty cheesy moments that actors of lesser ability would have folded under for sure. But again, choice editing would have eliminated most of these. Regardless though, you can’t help but get wrapped up in the story, wondering what will happen next. You honestly connect with the characters and stay with them all the way to the end. And if you want a good date movie, you can’t go wrong here. :-)

      Before I close, I do have to mention the idiot who sat next to me during this. The same guy who felt he had to snicker and comment every two seconds. (His obvious lusting for Brad Pitt was pretty gross too.) I really need to thank him though for explaining the plot to me. I certainly couldn’t have figured it out on my own. I really needed him and his pathetic ramblings drilled into my ear every second. You know, I consider myself a tolerant person, but I finally had to make a smart comment myself just to get this moron to shut-up. If these people annoy you too, the only way to deal with them is to deal with them. If you embarrass these jerks and get the whole audience against them, they will shut their trap. My recommendation, tell them what you think. If it doesn’t look like they’ll pull a gun or something, go for it. Honestly, some people must think that we paid our seven bucks to hear them talk. Why don’t they do us all a favor and just stay home!