if it's a trick, or if it is solid through and through.
I think
it's an unhappily-mashed timeline, i.e. you had WHAT happen all in six weeks? but the timeline is consistent. The scenes are verbatim the same, although shot differently. (The thing I was noticing was that, in #2, it's winter in Russia, but the coda in #2 was shot on a sunny/no-snow day in New York. The same scene in #3 reveals that it is, in fact, also winter in New York, as it would be only six weeks later than #2.)
Is there something specific you're looking for that would reveal it as a trick? To my eye, it appeared solid, or moreso than I expected out of a major motion picture.
I love when something plays out like they knew they were going for this the whole time--I kinda liked #2, and will be happy to watch it again.
I just got out of Bourne Ultimatum--liked it a lot, more than the second film (even though that one did have Karl Urban), almost as much as the second (that one did have more heart than this one).
ita, about the plot point you're referrring to, I was
waiting for that moment from about the time he was in Madrid. I just had a feeling it would pop up again, because I couldn't figure out when else he would have gone to NYC for that final scene in Supremacy. Sure enough, as soon as he was looking at her through the monocular across the street, I knew he'd be calling.
I thought that Straitharn was great (as usual), and Julia Stiles was definitely improved over the past two films. But having
Albert Finney pop up at the end was a bit disconcerting--in that photo with the Madrid station chief, he looked a lot like Brian Cox
.
He is hot in a very distinctive-to-him way.
> I love Straitharn.
In everything role he's ever played. Incredible depth and range.
Delores Claiborne to Good Night and Good Luck.
What an actor.
Brother From Another Planet.
I do love that the Bourne films (all of them) have done a good job of revitalizing the stunt-laden film (unenhanced by CGI). The various chases, particularly the one(s) through
Tangier,
actually brought gasps from the audience, including myself, and a quiet round of applause from my friend. I really loved the little move
when the motorcycle went up the wall
.
I don't know how to file the camera jitter effects, but there was sufficient in this flick for me to feel cheated as well as nauseated.
