I read the review by Chris Vognar from the Dallas Morning News on The Bourne Ultimatum. I still haven't gotten around to seeing the film, but this review certainly makes me want to. Chris writes in his review that the movie is filled with lots of suspense and great "Cat-and-Mouse" chase scenes like in the previous Bourne movies. I really enjoyed the first two Bourne movies and it sounds like this one might be even better and more action-packed. He also makes reference to a movie that I've never heard of, The French Connection, and how this movie would fit right in with its "brand of breathless pursuit sequence[s]". Another thing I also noticed in his review was that he mentioned how the handheld camera kinetics really make a difference and make the movie even more exciting especially in the different chase scenes that the trilogy is known for. The review also pointed out that the movie is a lot like the Bourne Supremacy with a, "story [that] feels fresh." I'm glad that he said this because I was worried that with the first two Bourne movies being so good, they would run out of new and interesting ideas for this one and that the plot would end up being dull with a lot of great action scenes that wouldn't really matter. But yet Chris proves his argument of how great of an action movie it is by saying that,
"The Bourne Ultimatum leaps, scampers, scraps and drives its way into the pantheon of all-time great action movies".Another thing that he mentioned in the review is how good of an acting job Matt Damon and Julia Stiles perform and how they really invested into their characters. He says at the end that,
"It's tempting to say that any actor could show up on the Bourne set and coast on the movie's considerable craft. But that wouldn't really be fair to Mr. Damon, who continues to invest his character with the stoic urgency of a man who will die if he doesn't find the truth".What I really got from the review was that this movie is loaded with great action scenes and that the things that made the past Bourne movies so good are still a part of this one.
Overall I thought that this was a really good review because he stated several reasons for why he felt that this was really an amazing movie and how it relates to other great action movies. He was able to prove his point by the short summary that he gives in the 3rd and 4th paragraph of his review and show us how action packed and suspenseful the movie really is. He also does a good job of pointing out that even though this movie is made for action and suspense scenes, the plot is fresh and the story is just as good. After reading this review I definitely want to see the movie but will probably just end up renting it on hd-dvd when it comes out because I don't want to spend 9 dollars to go and see it.
4 comments:
The Bourne Ultimatum was a sick movie. However it was not worth nine dollars like you say. It definitely was action packed, but not at all suspenseful. I do not know where the reviewer got that from. Good movie though.
I saw this movie online for free but i dont think that i would pay 8-9 dollars just to watch something like this in theaters. because althought it was action packed it didn;t really explain alot and i was still confused when the movie was over. But i do agree with the critic and you when you say that the actor/actresses played a phenomenol role in the cinema, and really brought the movie to life.
Good work racho. I havn't seen this movie either but it does look good. i could imagine the cat and mouse aspect that you talked about. i would pay to see it becausei liked the first two.
Nick: Good work. The French Connection is a 1971 movie starring Gene Hackman that has a famous car chase scene -- check it out sometime.
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