tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post8119940013149272881..comments2024-03-18T15:46:07.295-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: To Bourne With LovePatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-23034078664018162332016-08-10T13:21:17.213-05:002016-08-10T13:21:17.213-05:00Totally agree with your reaction to Damon and Gree...Totally agree with your reaction to Damon and Greengrass coming back. Wouldn't it be sort of safe to assume that they were back because they had a great idea or something bigger to say? I guess not. It's interesting to think of GREEN ZONE as a Bourne entry; my main thing with that movie is if it came out earlier, it would have been so much more resonant. It just felt old hat by 2010. <br /><br />Vikander was underutilized. A prime example of this is whatever accent she was trying to sell, which was confusing, but I don't completely blame her for because it feels like the script gave her (and others) little to work off of. Mark Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695975412662760562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-43610565754231536722016-08-10T12:42:25.054-05:002016-08-10T12:42:25.054-05:00Heck, even Captain America worked with Bourne'...Heck, even Captain America worked with Bourne's trainer when he thawed out. :P<br /><br />I agree that the end of <i>Ultimatum</i> was the story's ideal conclusion. (Heck, the end of <i>Identity</i> was a fine stopping point also, but the next two movies had some great stuff regardless.) Feverish with indifference, I read plot spoilers for <i>Jason Bourne</i>, and my reaction was "Really? Nine years, and <i>that</i>'s the best you can come up with?" (And, although I haven't seen it and don't really care to, isn't <i>Green Zone</i> an unofficial <i>Bourne</i> entry, and as much a part of the full conversation as <i>Legacy</i>?) <br /><br />What's more, though I've been a fan of Alicia Vikander's acting talent and world-class beauty since 2012's <i>A Royal Affair</i>, plugging her into this movie (just a year after <i>The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</i>, no less) as an American CIA prodigy just feels lazy and self-indulgent. (Granted, <i>U.N.C.L.E.</i> flopped, but they didn't know that when they cast her; could they really not have found an actress who <i>didn't</i> already have a spy franchise?) Was she cast as a reference to her role in <i>The Fifth Estate</i>, or merely because she's today's It Girl? (Side note: <i>The Fifth Estate</i> is actually a pretty good flick, and a more interesting and fitting follow-up to the <i>Bourne</i> series than the last two official entries.)Gaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025861553487915665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-78695010820145743592016-08-10T12:06:01.589-05:002016-08-10T12:06:01.589-05:00Thanks Patrick! I hope I wasn't too harsh on J...Thanks Patrick! I hope I wasn't too harsh on JASON BOURNE. The movie is ok; it just doesn't feel as good as what came before. Honestly, I rewatched BOURNE LEGACY, and although still not good, I liked it much better.<br /><br />The MI films always felt like they had a high variance in tone because the directors always get swapped out. A DePalma is always going to feel different than Woo or Abrams, although they seem to have struck a balance on less spycraft but more action where the characters have to figure their way out. Mark Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695975412662760562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-64560682519641672032016-08-10T08:29:43.926-05:002016-08-10T08:29:43.926-05:00Great piece Mark!
Your comments on the action mov...Great piece Mark!<br /><br />Your comments on the action movie industry around the time of the Bourne movies was spot on. I definitely noticed the shift in Bond when Craig took over, but MI and F&F were always the same in the back of my mind. It wasn't until I rewatched the MI films last year that I noticed how much they change. Unfortunately now they seem to be changing to just be over-the-top action rather than staying grounded. <br /><br />All that said, I couldn't be less excited to see the new Bourne, and that really bums me out. Patrick McAllisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606644848650016621noreply@blogger.com