The Bourne Ultimatum : Shaken not Stirred

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:16 am

a movie ruined by faulty directing and camera work
this one had potential, Matt Damon does great as Jason Bourne, and its great suspense/action/spy franchise

this last instalment though suffers greatly from camera work, poor directing and cheap cheap effects

for one thing the movie is truly non-stop action for the most part, and yet all the action scenes are filmed in blurry, shaky cam
you know how they shake the camera to make you feel apart of the action and make it all the more intense? well it practically made my date puke...
not only shaky, but blurry, and very very short cuts makes for a very fast paced movie, but you basically get not detail or clear view

not only that, but the film is riddled with useless flashback, that bring very little in term of the story or caracters
also shots are often taken at angles and buzzing around making it all the more hard to focus on the scenes

beyond that, Matt Damon plays the part well, the story is interesting, though it feels as though they left some stuff unclear so they could either make a prequel/sequel/spinoff movie...

in the end, if you wanna see a great action movie, treat yourself to live free or die hard, and keep bourne for a rental down the line

Post by **Kadian** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:20 am

I'm seeing it tonight, I hope I like it better than you did.....

Post by **Crow** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:30 am

Reminds me of some TV shows where to make it seem more realistic they do fast cuts between characters talking NON-STOP.

Boston Legal is one of these shows and I can't stand it.

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:44 am

try and sit further back in the theater
i've been reading and alot of people we're annyoyed by the shakiness
and sitting in the back might lessen the motion sickness effect

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:59 pm

Urk, I hate when they do that in movies :-/ The other two bourne movies was very entertaining IMO, so I had rahter high hopes on this one as well. Now I don't anymore, heh.. Damn you Shir!

Styrofoam · Post by **Styrofoam** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:25 pm

I rather enjoyed the plot... it was a good movie imo.

Post by **Kadian** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:03 pm

eh, we said screw it and rented "300"

PeteyBoy23 · Post by **PeteyBoy23** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:12 am

Kadian wrote:eh, we said screw it and rented "300"

THIS... IS.... CAKETOWN!

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:17 am

Kadian wrote:eh, we said screw it and rented "300"

BEST. MOVIE. EVEEEEEERRR!!!!!