Comments on: The Bourne Ultimatum http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/ "You never paint what you see or think you see. You paint with a thousand vibrations the blow that struck you." --Nicholas de Stael Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cynthia http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2759 Cynthia Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:59:08 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2759 Me too and then all I have to do is look at Matt Damon, who cares about the story line :) Me too and then all I have to do is look at Matt Damon, who cares about the story line :)

]]> By: heather http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2718 heather Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:53:11 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2718 <b>Cynthia:</b> I didn't notice that, but I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to movies. :) Cynthia: I didn’t notice that, but I’m pretty forgiving when it comes to movies. :)

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2711 Cynthia Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:33:01 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2711 I saw Bourne Ultimatum and while I enjoyed the movie-making process of the film, meaning the acting, characters, pace etc., I was not impressed with the story line itself. It had great momentum at the beginning but then just seemed to end almost anti-climatic. That's just my opinion, I'm not a movie critic or reviewer. I enjoyed the first 2 movies better. I saw Bourne Ultimatum and while I enjoyed the movie-making process of the film, meaning the acting, characters, pace etc., I was not impressed with the story line itself. It had great momentum at the beginning but then just seemed to end almost anti-climatic. That’s just my opinion, I’m not a movie critic or reviewer. I enjoyed the first 2 movies better.

]]> By: heather http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2695 heather Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2695 <b>Carl:</b> There's just something so heart-poundingly tense about a movie that feels that 'real.' I have to hand it to the folks who made the Bourne movies for keeping them so consistently high-quality; it seems like so many other series start to go downhill after an initial success like that. To be fair, I'm not nearly as good a judge of movies as I am of books, which is why I never review them. :D I tend to enjoy most of them regardless of whether they're "good" or not. But I do think most of the negative comments I've heard regarding Invasion could be attributed to what did appear to me to be more an editing problem than a story problem. Also, it's true the "message" of the movie was a bit heavy-handed, but since it was somewhat old-style SF being based on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," that's kind of a standard feature. Thus I'm willing to see it as a stylistic thing. Carl: There’s just something so heart-poundingly tense about a movie that feels that ‘real.’ I have to hand it to the folks who made the Bourne movies for keeping them so consistently high-quality; it seems like so many other series start to go downhill after an initial success like that.

To be fair, I’m not nearly as good a judge of movies as I am of books, which is why I never review them. :D I tend to enjoy most of them regardless of whether they’re “good” or not. But I do think most of the negative comments I’ve heard regarding Invasion could be attributed to what did appear to me to be more an editing problem than a story problem. Also, it’s true the “message” of the movie was a bit heavy-handed, but since it was somewhat old-style SF being based on “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” that’s kind of a standard feature. Thus I’m willing to see it as a stylistic thing.

]]> By: Carl V. http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2694 Carl V. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:23:29 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/20/the-bourne-ultimatum/#comment-2694 So glad you enjoyed Bourne. It was great, wasn't it? I agree with your thoughts, I too like the highly stylized movies, but films like this are better with their more 'realistic' brutality and grit. Glad to hear Invasion isn't bad. It bombed at the box office this weekend and I read some stuff about in house difficulties that may have resulted in some of the poor editing in places that you mention. I really want to see it simply because of my undying devotion to Nicole Kidman! ;) So glad you enjoyed Bourne. It was great, wasn’t it? I agree with your thoughts, I too like the highly stylized movies, but films like this are better with their more ‘realistic’ brutality and grit.

Glad to hear Invasion isn’t bad. It bombed at the box office this weekend and I read some stuff about in house difficulties that may have resulted in some of the poor editing in places that you mention. I really want to see it simply because of my undying devotion to Nicole Kidman! ;)

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