Oy.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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Jessica - Jul 09, 2007 8:54:56 am PDT #17 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Nutty - Jul 09, 2007 9:01:26 am PDT #18 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2007 9:05:55 am PDT #19 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oy.
I have to give the reviewer credit for typing that long a piece one-handed.
§ ita § - Jul 09, 2007 9:07:37 am PDT #20 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Hayden - Jul 09, 2007 9:13:47 am PDT #21 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
SailAweigh - Jul 09, 2007 9:32:43 am PDT #22 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
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.
megan walker - Jul 09, 2007 9:34:08 am PDT #23 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
You were just waiting for that one, weren't you?
Laga - Jul 09, 2007 9:34:52 am PDT #24 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If Ratatouille is about Jewish assimilation X-Men is about homophobia. Oh, wait. Maybe art is what we bring to it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 11:21:50 am PDT #25 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Official Cloverfield trailer. Bootleg no more!
le nubian - Jul 09, 2007 11:33:47 am PDT #26 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh, that looks like some good shit, P-C. thanks.