The Eagle (2011)

I was going into this film with pretty low expectations. I was kind of mad. I rented this movie from my library, and I actually meant to reserve The Adjustment Bureau, but I accidentally rented The Eagle. And considering the fact that I could have rented Date Movie, I have to say that this is one of the better films I have rented. It isn’t great, at sometimes it isn’t even good, but it is always watchable. At the beginning of the film, I was confused and had no idea what was going on. So I sat through fifteen minutes of the film and I was already angry. But after that was over, and the film started to heat up, it got better. For about ten minutes, it started to get decent, and then Jamie Bell’s character came on screen. Every moment that Bell is on screen I was actually pretty interested. The film follows two men in 2nd century Rome, where the son (Channing Tatum) of a famous soldier that lost Rome’s famous golden eagle goes to get it back. Accompanying him is his slave (Jamie Bell), who is native to the land where the eagle is. What later happens is a tale that could have taken two routes-A historical action adventure or-A historical drama. Now, from the feel of the film, I know that it would not have worked very well as an action adventure film, it just seemed too serious. The best moments of the film are when it just has the two main characters talking to each other. You can actually feel that these two people are people, not characters. The actors are very great. Well, better said, Jamie Bell is so amazing in this film that he can carry Channing Tatum’s faults as an actor. I just loved Bell in this film. Also, as another point for him, he is the only one that doesn’t seem like he is being so insanely serious as if his life depended on it. Everybody else does. Especially in the final fifteen minutes of the film, it seems just so serious. That’s why the middle of the film works the best. It is the greatest Roman bromance in a while. And dang. The word Roman is even in the word bromance. See it? Here it is-bROMANce. Kind of cool, huh? Yeah. But the film is just a good film that is smart and fun, if a bit forgettable.
7.5/10