The Adjustment Bureau

Impressions before seeing it
The trailers reminded me a lot of Dark City, what with the men in fedoras freezing time and making changes to the world. I liked Dark City, but I didn't think this was necessarily going to be a ripoff because it focused more on romance.

How was it?
The important thing to note is that Matt Damon and Emily Blunt had good chemistry going on. When a movie heavily relies on the viewer caring about a relationship, as this one does, it has to be done right or else literally the entire movie crumbles into a dustpile of failure. Fortunately, not only are the two leads talented enough to pull it off, but their scenes together were charming and made enough of an impact that it was easy for me to root for them. Perhaps there are viewers who didn't fall for it, I don't know. It's a matter of taste.

I also enjoyed the sci-fi/fantasy elements involving the men in fedoras and their mysterious powers. It wasn't as similar to Dark City as I might have thought, but there's a little in there, as well as elements of the observers from Fringe, and even Monsters Inc., in a way. But it was more or less original (still based on a Phillip K. Dick story, I know) and interesting. We have seen the "man vs. fate" story before, but I think "love vs. fate" is a little less common - and I'm not counting romantic comedies, those don't tend to use fate as an overarching bully. This movie is a romance, but more of a romance for guys.

Recommendation
It's a good one to watch if fate is something that has always fascinated you, but again it's also enjoyable for Damon and Blunt's chemistry. The ending was predictable, but the journey was fun so overall I liked it.