Just watched X-Men and X2. Again.

The third movie could not possibly come soon enough.

Saw Bourne Supremacy. I was Supremely Bored. Which is sad. I was so looking forward to it.

I thought Bana was amazing in Chopper. I saw it in the theater, which kept me with the movie even though I really disliked the main character and everyone around him. I ended up liking the film a lot, but probably wouldn't have stuck with it if I'd seen it at home.

Saw Bourne Supremacy. I was Supremely Bored.

That's disappointing to hear. I loved the books and thought the first movie was decent.

I liked the second movie, better than the first. At least I knew not to go in comparing it to text.

I liked the jiggly camera effect -- I remembered to sit back from my normal spot, and it just made stuff feel all verite and shit.

I wish there'd been more hand to hand, but, eh. The fight scenes won't go down in the history books. Can't argue with offing Potente -- that's my kind of driver.

I need to submit Karl Urban for second place in the "You know my face...from those three hobbit movies...cast me!" awards. Nice job. Also liked how almost scrawny he was, compared to his turn in Riddick Chronicles.

Do not like Julia Stiles -- she's a potato with a very small nose. Do like Matt, thought he did a great determined and just-short-of-pissed job. Joan Allen was pretty good too, and Agamemnon was all you could ask him to be.

Also, maybe next time more shirtlessness -- I can get more tasty man-pec from a 2 and a half minute Usher video.

Mark Read is full of shit.

I will say Bana conveyed this very well. I got the feeling that Chopper really wanted me to watch the movie, but I found I was just as able to roll my eyes at him while they were watching something else.

ita is making me feel better.

I won't get to see the movie until at least next weekend, but I was looking forward to a good action/spy thriller.

I also am not a big fan of Julia Stiles. They showed the Prince & Me on the plane over here and since it was hour 9 of the flight, I watched it. I was actually enjoying it until it came time for her to head to Denmark (spoilerfont just in case someone wants to see this movie) and then it got pretty unbelievable.

There is another reason to see Blade 2. Danny John-Jules as one of the acrobat guys. The Cat! From Red Dwarf! In a movie! I don't remember him being very good, but it's still a trip if you're into Red Dwarf.

I think there may have been some creative for-TV editing, Matt. Because every version (and there are a couple, a la Blade Runner) I've seen has that happen after he fucked up the quote from The Day The Earth Stood Still.

No, I'm going to have to go with Matt on this one. I just watched Army of Darkness (Director's Cut) a few weeks ago, and I remember the windmill scene happening before he finds the Necronomicon.

Hellboy was pretty great, though.

Agreed! I liked it a lot. Ron Perlman totally sold it for me.

I'm going to see The Bourne Supremacy this afternoon, yay! Though I'm pissed at myself for looking at ita's whitefont above. grr.

I cannot abide Julia Stiles, and when I saw Bourne Supremacy last night I was so, so grateful that she was just in it for a little tiny bit, and that during her brief appearance the stakes were high enough that she was forced to express actual emotions. I generally hate her but really found her not at all unbearable in this. I did have a moment of panic when Famke died, because I knew Julia was in it and the thought of her as replacement-Famke terrified me. (Which was irritating, as I wanted to be able to be more affected by Marie's death, and I loved, in a wrecked sort of way, the final Night Of The Hunteresque shot of her, and it was mighty annoying to have that pleasurablesad experience interfered with by Stiles Fear.) But eventually she showed up, expressed two actual emotions, and then he locked her in a utility closet and we never saw her again! Best Julia Stiles appearance ever, IMO.

I liked the whole thing overall well enough (certainly better than Hec), but then I am acting's bitch and so the plot holes and shaky camera work bothered me not a whit as long as either Matt Damon, Joan Allen, or, really, any other human was onscreen. So very well cast.

Also, I realized about 2/3 of the way in that my brain and heat had totally woobified Jason Bourne. I don't know what it says about me that my two biggest woobies are Bourne and Dr. Zoidberg.

Damon's Bourne is a bit of a woobie, isn't he? Chamberlain's wasn't, and I never got that vibe from the book. But a dangerous woobie -- I had no sympathy for Franka when she balked at the return of "Treadstone." He didn't bring them back. Remember the first movie, honey? Kind of not his fault.