Synopsis: Matt Damon returns as the trained assassin Jason Bourne. All he wanted was to disappear. Instead, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was. Now, in the new chapter of this espionage series, Bourne will hunt down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne - all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their crosshairs.
Her perspective: Wait/Must Own
Very good action flick. Good story line, it kept moving and kept my attention the whole film. Matt Damon was excellent, as always, and the other actors were great as well. The action was very well choreagraphed. However, there was quite a lot of extraneous camerawork during the fight scenes. I understand that the director wanted to portray how frantic the characters and the action was, but it was too much. If it had been a less talented actor, I could have seen using the camerawork to "hide" the fact, but it wasn't needed with Matt Damon.
They never really did explain the whole program that he had joined or what they had done to him that made him lose his memory. They also hinted at a personal relationship between Bourne and Nicky Parsons, but they never explained that, either. Even though these left me feeling unsatisfied, I still enjoyed the story.
All in all, if you're a fan, go ahead and see it in the theater, but if you just want to see a good action flick, buy it on DVD. This is one for the video collection.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
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My 2 cents:
I enjoyed it overall, very predictable in more than a few places. After watching it, I find that I could've waited for the DVD or PVP on television and still been just as pleased.
I missed many of the Bourne-ism's, the way's that the character worked and thought and anticipated things, and I was dissapointed when they didn't show up.
Unless your a fan of the serious, wait for a rental or Pay-Per-View opportunity instead of the Theater. You won't be missing much.
We'll probably buy it on DVD just to complete the collection, but this will not be my most watched movie of the series. Still, it was better than Bourne 2 which disappointed me a bit.
I did forget to mention that we were planning on staying for another movie at the Inver Grove Heights Kerasotes theater that was part of the 5 Buck Club ($5 movies in the club).
We ended up leaving instead. After sitting in a very crouwded theater with no room to stretch out or maove around a bit, the seat was making my back and other areas ache and I had to get up and move around for a while. Problem was that the other movie started about 10 minutes after Bourne ended, so we just decided to go home instead.
On the plus side though, we had purchased a drink and popcorn combo, and those all include free refills, so we were ready for a second movie. :)
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