the town

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840361/

i did not want to go see this film. however, people kept telling me that it was really good, and then it showed up in a budget theater at a time when i was bored and looking for a movie to go to. this is how i eventually went to see the town.

the town was essentially a remake of heat. if imdb can be believed, there are no connections between the stories, but nonetheless, the plot points are just about identical. the main difference was the accents, and that is, technically, not a plot point. perhaps it should be.

anyway, i am not claiming that heat and the town are in the same class, just that they are telling the same story. heat was way better, but both were definitely above average. if you were kidnapped by terrorists who were holed up in a seedy safehouse watching movies, and they demanded that you choose between heat and the town, pick heat. unless they are speaking with strong bostonian accents, in which case you should pick the town. the difference is not worth getting exploded over.