I love the MacGuyver aspect as well-- a nice tight way of showing how well-trained he is. In the first movie, where someone might lift a fire extinguisher, he took the emergency map of the building off the wall of the embassy. I'd never seen that before, and it was neat.
I also liked the way
Franka Potente floated away.
Since the movie was so grittily grounded the rest of the time, it stood out as something unreal.
Also, you were always following Bourne-- you could never see ahead to what he would do. It was tense.
Damn. Now I really want to see it. I mean, I kind of wanted to anyway, cause I liked the first one well enough, but you guys are making it sound really awesome.
Saw Bourne Supremacy. Want a 50-year ban on all use of hand-held cameras in non-documentary movies.
A friend of mine went to see it and hated it for much the same reasons. Have not seen it yet, myself. I haven't even seen the first one, yet.
Oh, speaking of grittily filmed spy movies, what are people's thoughts on
Spy Game
? I thought it was pretty cool. Things blew up, there was some spy action, it was nice.
I finally saw Starsky and Hutch. Nice way to while away a summer evening. I am reluctantly accepting my Owen Wilson crush.
what are people's thoughts on Spy Game ?
I liked it a lot, but I like Brad Pitt. Mostly I liked
Spy Game
for Robert Redford, though. He's so good, so natural with his acting in everything he does, and Spy Game was no exception.
I am reluctantly accepting my Owen Wilson crush.
Listen to his commentary on
Rushmore
and succomb completely.
I liked it a lot, but I like Brad Pitt.
Heh. So do I. It was less action-packed than I expected, but it was something different, which was nice. And non-linear narratives are always a good time, unless you're
21 Grams.
I enjoyed Spy Game quite a lot. I remember not really being interested in seeing it but went out of a lack of anything better to do and being glad I did. I've rewatched it a couple times on cable since.
I like what they're saying about Batman Begins -- because yes! Batman does not have superpowers. Catwoman is NOT part cat etc.
Though this quote from the article made me laugh:
"The thing that's cool about Batman is that when you're a kid growing up and imagining yourself being him, if you had access to that kind of money and that technology, you could be him."
You'd also need a very specific take on reality that isn't currently found in the DSM-IV.