It's watchable and pleasant but fairly low energy and missing that certain something that gives you goosebumps-except during the engineering scenes when the movie comes alive and picks up.
However, it deserves kudos for maintaining suspense in a story that most people know and is mostly series of two person acting scenes with a low budget patina, a montage of bad wigs (Affleck, Davis) and a prosthetic gut (Damon). The music is well selected-not the usual cliche soundtrack-and I assume music ate up a huge percentage of the bloated $90 Million budget-but it's overpacked and a poor substitute for dialogue: next time they can simply make an opera. This is what is considered an instant classic in the post Covid-19 era.
However, it deserves kudos for maintaining suspense in a story that most people know and is mostly series of two person acting scenes with a low budget patina, a montage of bad wigs (Affleck, Davis) and a prosthetic gut (Damon). The music is well selected-not the usual cliche soundtrack-and I assume music ate up a huge percentage of the bloated $90 Million budget-but it's overpacked and a poor substitute for dialogue: next time they can simply make an opera. This is what is considered an instant classic in the post Covid-19 era.
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