Mal ,'War Stories'
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Matt Damon kick some ass.
As I said at the time, Dude beat me up with a back issue of Cosmo!! I'll never live this down!
That final car chase in #2 was indeed very jittery, and although it didn't make me nauseated, it made it almost impossible for me to assemble visual images into a coherent narrative. Like, it was all pure raw experience and absolutely no idea what was going on. Which is probably a bad thing.
Dude beat me up with a back issue of Cosmo!!
"Are you Jason Bourne's bitch? Huh? Are you? Take this Cosmo quiz!"
it was all pure raw experience and absolutely no idea what was going on. Which is probably a bad thing.
I see it as a possibly desirable goal of the storyteller. Why wouldn't it be? Pure raw experience has its place.
Oy.
I see it as a possibly desirable goal of the storyteller. Why wouldn't it be? Pure raw experience has its place.
I suppose so, but, at the end of a film that had been narratively coherent up to that point (or relatively so, by Hollywood standards)? Kind of a "one of these things is not like the other" experience.
The upshot of the chase sequence, as with other sequences in the movie, is to showcase Bourne's awesome skills of divergent thinking and creative mis-use of everyday objects. When I can't tell what's going on, how am I to tell he's being creative, and it's not just an accidental splicing of film?
Oy.
I have to give the reviewer credit for typing that long a piece one-handed.
Jessica, my response to that is "Oh, fuck off. Welcome to being a minority. Please keep up."
Okay, I'm a bit snappish, but you can read most anything into anything, and he's not revealing much other than his own issues by doing so.
When I can't tell what's going on, how am I to tell he's being creative, and it's not just an accidental splicing of film?
Dunno. I didn't have any problem with it. I was just surprised to see a devaluation of conveying raw experience. Some storytellers should be so lucky. Hell, more should.
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
I can't say as I had a problem with the previous Bourne movies. All I thought was that if you were going to make any movies out of Ludlum books, those would be the best choice. I'm looking forward to that one and to Ratatouille. We'll see which one I can talk my dad and/or my nephew into going to see.
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
You were just waiting for that one, weren't you?