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Will the Bourne Supremacy get bad reviews? (Rotten Tomatoes)
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suaveric said:
Ludlum is dead... yes it's a different author, you can read few amazon.com reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312331754?v=glance
and a USA Today review
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-07-14-bourne-legacy_x.htm
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'm definitely not going to be able to watch this in a theater. I didn't even make it through Speed 2, another notorious shaky-cam movie, without puking. There were three other people puking in the restroom while I was in there.
BTW, I saw every wide release that year in a theater, and every one the year before too, except Fled.
BTW, I saw every wide release that year in a theater, and every one the year before too, except Fled.
Saint Cornelius
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Alucard said:
Why!? That movie is underrated.
Phoenix
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I don't know what jack-ass thought that shakey cam was a good idea but it isn't. It doesn't make you feel 'more there' it just annoys the hell out of you because it becomes harder adn harder to get a reference point in the frame and follow the action. It doesn't provide anything other than annoyance and nausea.
Boogie9IGN
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I had an orgasm during the car chase
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Just got back from it; wasn't a bit disappointed. I need to grab the first one on DVD.
I swear, Julia Stiles looks her absolute best in this series.
I swear, Julia Stiles looks her absolute best in this series.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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Saw it this weekend......for others who saw it, can you explain to me what the heck was going on in the underwater part? You know the part I mean. Just what was he trying to accomplish with that breathing? Better use spoiler blackout to respond, that part is definately a spoiler.
I thought it was a very good movie, except for the handheld camera making the action scenes hard to follow.
I thought it was a very good movie, except for the handheld camera making the action scenes hard to follow.
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Mega Man's Electric Sheep said:
It could be that he knew he couldn't surface with her (otherwise he'd be shot), so he was trying to perform CPR underwater.
You people are nuts. Shakey cam RULES -- I feel sorry (although perplexed) how it could make you queasy too. I just watched Identity again today after seeing Supremacy (bought the new DVD last week) and even though I loved the first one when I saw it back on opening day and loved it again on DVD, Supremacy trumps it in every way.
Anyway, Paul Greengrass is a master of the shakey cam and you all seriously need to see his previous masterpiece, Bloody Sunday.
Anyway, Paul Greengrass is a master of the shakey cam and you all seriously need to see his previous masterpiece, Bloody Sunday.
Kumiko Nikaido
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bishoptl said:
Oh it was? See, I would have noticed if the camera didn't shake as much.
Plus, it would have helped had I not sat up close to the screen (the theater was packed, and I ended up sitting up front....not the utmost front, but a couple of aisles back. Eww.).Oh man...that sucks, you should have just left and returned for a later showing if the only available seats were up at the front. I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from the 2nd aisle in and spent the entire movie whipping my head back and forth like Stevie Wonder trying to get all the action AND read the subtitles. Ridiculous. I had to go see it again a couple of weeks later to fill in what I'd missed.Kumiko Nikaido said:Oh it was? See, I would have noticed if the camera didn't shake as much.
shaky cam only hurt the movie. I think they could have worked some of those raw visuals in the middle of the action scenes here and there to accentuate the intensity.. if that's what they were going for.. but shaky cam for an entire 5 minute car chase or a 2 minute mano a mano = no!
Meier said:
While I liked the Bourne Supremacy quite a bit, I must say that I am officially tired of the Shakey Cam(tm) aesthetic. I think it works well in the car chase sequences, but the fight sequence in the apartment was just plain terrible. I kept wanting to buy those folks a choreographer.
I recently had the pleasure of watching Takahasi Miike's remake of Graveyard of Honor, which has memorable fight scenes for two reasons: they're astoundingly violent, and they're entirely straight-forward. The main character just walks up and begins to beat the hell out of people and the camera just sits there and watches it. No cuts, no shaking, just filming the scene as it unfolds. This shouldn't have been as refreshing as it was, but there you have it.
Bloody Sunday was excellent, but if had been any more cinema verite, I was going to puke. A friend and I sat up near the front for about a half-hour, at which point I had to ask that we move to the back of the theatre. I rarely get motion sick at the theatre - I enjoyed the Blair Witch Project without a hitch - but Bloody Sunday had me just shy of projectile vomiting.
FnordChan
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I saw Bourne Supremacy in the theaters in Downtown Disney. I loved Bourne Identity and walked out of Supremacy...thinking it was the top or 2nd best movie of the year so far. The shakey cam frankly didn't work in the first 15 minutes of the movie. As soon as it calmed itself down which is right when Bourne is waiting in the room to be interrogated after using his passport, the movie found its feet and just kept me glued. All of the intrigue from there on out was excellent.
I really appreciated the feeling of realism throughout the film, much like Indentity had. I was amazing that every important cast member from the previous film returned even for the smallest little bit part. The same title treatment was used on the end credits as was the song. Had the shakey cam not been so prevalent early on and in some spots in between I would have had a hard time believing someone other than Doug Liman directed the film.
Here is to another Bourne movie!
I really appreciated the feeling of realism throughout the film, much like Indentity had. I was amazing that every important cast member from the previous film returned even for the smallest little bit part. The same title treatment was used on the end credits as was the song. Had the shakey cam not been so prevalent early on and in some spots in between I would have had a hard time believing someone other than Doug Liman directed the film.
Here is to another Bourne movie!
I dunno, I really missed Liman on this one. The story was great, but anytime there was something interesting happening on the screen, it was completely obliterated by horrible camera work. The car chase at the end, IMO, was hurt the worst by this garbage. I'll watch it again on DVD, but I definitely came away disappointed.
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