"They should have left him alone" - Yes, indeed.
Not going to waste much time reviewing it. Go to http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bourne_supremacy/ if you want more detail. Suffice to say I did not like it. Here's 12 reasons if you want a justification:
1. hand held camera shaking made me nauseous
2. let's just zoom RIGHT UP into the face of the actors, shall we? ALL THE TIME
3. micro-second establishing shots
4. too many jump cuts (yuck!)
5. long, repetitive and boring car chase sequences
6. where does he get all those spy gadgets from if he's "out"of the agency?
7. he is a killer and seeks "redemption" - but he doesn't even say sorry! (see it to know what I mean - but don't see it, if you know what I mean)
8. he recklessly endangers the lives of innocents and police simply going about their job, yet is too noble to personally kill the real baddies - he simply allows them to die. Good old Lion King morality again.
9. nice to know the Italians, the Germans and the Russians all jump to the tune of the CIA
10. now that the cold war is over, the baddies are just criminals and their motivation is money, unlike the real world where the baddies are fanatics and their motivation is ideology
11. complete lack of meaningful dialogue
12. too tight a focus during action and fight scenes - said to be a director's fall back when detailed choreography and stunt work is too time-consuming. Just zoom in and let the audience imagine the rest. Think of it like watching the 100m Olympic final as a blur of wrists, shoulders and shins.
Monday, September 06, 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
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2 comments:
Hi ya seteve
KAren and I are going to see it tonight 9.9.04
I hope it is better than you say
Tim
1. hand held camera shaking made me nauseous
(At first it was a little off putting but I got used to it)
2. let's just zoom RIGHT UP into the face of the actors, shall we? ALL THE TIME ( Didn’t really notice it)
3. micro-second establishing shots
( Didn’t really notice it)
4. too many jump cuts (yuck!)
( Didn’t really notice it)
5. long, repetitive and boring car chase sequences
(I was Okay with it – Maybe cause I knew they were coming)
6. where does he get all those spy gadgets from if he's "out"of the agency?
(from the internet)
7. he is a killer and seeks "redemption" - but he doesn't even say sorry! (see it to know what I mean - but don't see it, if you know what I mean)
(he says sorry at the end – but what is his motivation , himself or the daughter?)
8. he recklessly endangers the lives of innocents and police simply going about their job, yet is too noble to personally kill the real baddies - he simply allows them to die. Good old Lion King morality again.
(Akuna Matata)
9. nice to know the Italians, the Germans and the Russians all jump to the tune of the CIA
( as it should be)
10. now that the cold war is over, the baddies are just criminals and their motivation is money, unlike the real world where the baddies are fanatics and their motivation is ideology
( are there no bad people motivated by money)
11. complete lack of meaningful dialogue
( but plenty of assumed text)
12. too tight a focus during action and fight scenes - said to be a director's fall back when detailed choreography and stunt work is too time-consuming. Just zoom in and let the audience imagine the rest. Think of it like watching the 100m Olympic final as a blur of wrists, shoulders and shins.
(I didn’t have an issue with it- in fact it would be a good option for slipt screen TV
If you had seen Bourne Identity first I think you would have had more empathy for Jason Bourne and enjoyed this far out gritty James Bondesk Fanasty a bit more)
Tim
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