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.

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.

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.

Everyone was so stoic and sour-faced. I didn't imagine they had stories.

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.

Who played him?

Louis Ozawa Changchien IMDB page - [link]

I like the latest Bourne well enough, but I though it took too long to get going. Still, I enjoyed watching Renner.

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.

Maniacal laugh supercut: [link]