Heh. When the title of the review is Bourne Legacy WTF?, that's not a good sign.
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Polter-Cow - Aug 10, 2012 8:50:19 am PDT #22133 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2012 9:41:17 am PDT #22134 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, the last Bourne film was really up its own rectum. They need to not make homework mandatory. Not only was I headachey as shit, I was unsure how it interleaved with the previous one.
So...they're doing that again, but with fewer familiar cues? Oh, okay then.
askye - Aug 10, 2012 4:50:03 pm PDT #22135 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Will and I watched Bourne Legacy tonight. I liked it. There was less shaky cam stuff, although it was there. But I don't think during the fights. Jeremy Renner is shirtless a decent amount of time.
I liked the movie over all. It wasn't ground breaking in any way but it was an enjoyable summer movie. I hope it does well enough that there's another with Jeremy Renner.
Juliebird - Aug 10, 2012 4:54:42 pm PDT #22136 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Haven't seen Legacy yet, but that review got one thing darned right: the guys sent after Bourne were played by magnetic actors. Clive, Urban, the dude who played Celeborn. Those guys made me want to know their stories.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2012 5:09:12 pm PDT #22137 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Everyone was so stoic and sour-faced. I didn't imagine they had stories.
askye - Aug 10, 2012 5:19:01 pm PDT #22138 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
The guy they sent this time was supposed to be the new version of Treadstone and without empathy (I think that's what Norton's character said) and so I got the impression he wasn't supposed to have any kind of backstory. Just be a killer through training and modifications.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2012 5:23:57 pm PDT #22139 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who played him?
askye - Aug 10, 2012 5:33:30 pm PDT #22140 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Louis Ozawa Changchien IMDB page - [link]
Calli - Aug 10, 2012 6:01:38 pm PDT #22141 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like the latest Bourne well enough, but I though it took too long to get going. Still, I enjoyed watching Renner.
Consuela - Aug 10, 2012 6:40:07 pm PDT #22142 of 30000
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Most of the reviews I've seen have been at least positive, including a rather good one on KPCC in LA this morning (in which the critic noted that the Greengrass films gave him motion sickness--my brother!). Mick LaSalle, in the Chron, of course, thought it was lousy.
I'll probably go tomorrow anyway.