knight and day was only summer fun.

bronze star (aka DVD fun)

After a folk song singing, hand clapping bratwurst dinner and a little too much beer at the smoky Hofbrauhaus in Kentucky, i watched knight and day on its opening night this week. while the movie only garnered 52% on rotten tomatoes (aka splat tomato), the trailers caught my attention.

first, there was the beautiful people. tom cruise + cameron diaz in light hearted espionage summer flick? - candy to the eyes. then, there was the strangely charismatic tom cruise character that seemed too intriguing to miss. topped with the effervescent cameron diaz in a possible save the world (or at least an innocent kid) bid, i was reeled in.

and basically, the movie played out pretty much as the trailers did. no thinking was necessary for this film. In fact, I would strongly encourage against thinking - if you tried to work out some of the plot holes, the movie would end up woefully falling apart. also, i did get put off by Cameron Diaz's character for a bit, as she seemed to "not cope well" and "not think well" a little too many times. although, i admit, the last method to help her cope was humorous.

in any case, the movie definitely deserves a star, albeit a bronze one. at $6 a ticket, it was well worth the view.