It definitely had sequelitis (everything must be 2x bigger than the previous movie) and Bourne's endurance and intelligence pushes credulity, but damn if it isn't a great cap to the series. The movie never forgets where it came from and has a surprising amount of humor.
Saw this tonite. Great flick, except for one thing: It had some of the best choreographed fight scenes and chases ever in a movie, EXCEPT YOU COULDN'T FUCKIN' SEE THEM BECAUSE OF THE EDITING AND DIRECTING! STOP WITH THE SHAKY CAMERA, MTV SPEED CUTS, AND UBER-CLOSEUPS! WE GET IT ALREADY!! Other than that frustrated little nitpick,
Meh. Not gonna see it. The second flick was basically the same as the first flick. I expect the third one to be yet still more of the same. So why bother?!?
I agree with Marso. I pointed the shakiness out to Nocturne when we were watching it. It bothered the shit out of me the whole movie.
It was a great movie that, unfortunately, let its style go before its substance. One thing I really liked though was that it firmly put itself into the real world, using news outlets like The Guardian and MSNBC, and even the obvious Motorola product placement was done rather gracefully. I really wish that the "Bourne fucks shit up in America" scenes were longer, and perhaps have cut the length of the Tangier, Morocco portion of the film.
The Guardian is totally creaming itself over appearing in the film... Which is funny, even to a devoted Guardian reader such as myself...
Oh man, I can't believe I forgot about that, because it caused me to break up laughing really loud in the theatre. Like that was realistic. Actually, it was the technology bits that were hilariously unrealistic. I remember someone "penetrating the protocol" now too and something about a firewall.
Pretty good, I thought. It really gets your blood pumping. Not enough plot and too-long action sequences. Also, the bad guys had to wear the dunce cap a little more than was plausible, particularly towards the end. The Waterloo sequence reminded me a little of Spooks (particularly episode 3x3), which was ironic, since Corey Johnson (photo) guest starred on the show as a CIA agent in London (episodes 4x1 and 4x2).
God I hate fast editing/directing. Love closeups though. You know who directs at a slow pace? David Lynch - he's awesome. Stanley Kubrick was a great slow director too.
The great thing about Kubrick was that he could have incredibly violent scenes that could actually drop your jaw because you could see everything.
