I never got around to seeing the second Bourne movie, and TCG has never seen either of the first two, so if we do get around to seeing the third one, it will probably be on DVD. I did want to see this one, because of Julia Stiles.
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sj - Aug 06, 2007 11:36:53 am PDT #687 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse - Aug 06, 2007 11:43:23 am PDT #688 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I didn't even notice that, which is how much I was paying attention to detail!
In Bourne-related news, Matty D movies apparently make the most per dollar of his salary: [link]
Sparky1 - Aug 06, 2007 11:46:04 am PDT #689 of 10000
Librarian Warlord
So did only a few people see the Bourne movie this weekend?
I found it wonderfully distracting, but not a conversation piece. I think they sit around and decide which cities they'd like to go to this time and then plan a movie around them -- which isn't a knock, I'm just jealous.
I'm glad we saw it at Union Station because people there are more likely to whoop & cheer when Jason Bourne walks away from each car crash, etc., and that improves it for me.
bon bon - Aug 06, 2007 11:47:50 am PDT #690 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
In Bourne-related news, Matty D movies apparently make the most per dollar of his salary
In a little less than a year, Damon has done the Ocean's movie, Bourne, The Departed, and the Good Shepherd. That is quite a run-- he seems good at selecting good projects, unlike a certain Ben Affleck I could name.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2007 11:48:18 am PDT #691 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It made me miss a lot of places--many of them to which I've never been. But that's the most of what stayed with me.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2007 11:48:55 am PDT #692 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey! Ben's got his best project yet--Violet. The husband/father downtime has rehabbed him dramatically.
Sparky1 - Aug 06, 2007 11:49:57 am PDT #693 of 10000
Librarian Warlord
It made me miss a lot of places--many of them to which I've never been.
Before the movie started I told my DH to keep an eye out for places we might like to vacation.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2007 11:50:27 am PDT #694 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And Ben's been directing, so if that movie's any good, he could be all the way back, in a totally different format.
Nutty - Aug 06, 2007 11:54:05 am PDT #695 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
he seems good at selecting good projects
This is to make up for his karma at selecting some gargantuan number of financial failures (of otherwise-promising projects) in the past. Dude did Ripley, All the Pretty Horses, and The Magical Negro Golfing Movie right in a row, and I think none of them made much money. During that period, Affleck was making shitty but profitable action pictures.
And that's not even counting the period when Affleck was making shoestring indie successes, while Damon kept having his big break in major movies that nobody ever saw.
bon bon - Aug 06, 2007 12:05:03 pm PDT #696 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This is all seven years ago, though, and choosing projects by Minghella, Robert Redford and Bill Bob Thornton were not bad choices. In the last ten years I'm hard-pressed to see more than 4 good movies that Affleck has participated in. Damon had 4 that have been released in the last ten months.