Willow ,'Empty Places'
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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]
I went with my sister to see TDKR again (she hadn't seen it yet), and wow, do all the scenes where Bruce is in the pit getting the "child who climbed out of the pit" story have a "Ben is Glory?"/"Who's On First" quality to them the second time around.
Old Guy: There was a child who climbed out of the pit
Bruce: Yes, I know Bane!
Old Guy: Uh...yeah, the child had a protector. Anyway, back to my story.
Bruce: Bane!
Old Guy: I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CHILD YOU IDIOT STOP SAYING BANE
Bruce: So...we're still talking about Bane, then?
Old Guy: Oh for fuck's sake, I'll skip to the end - ditch the rope, climb out.
Bruce: Thanks for telling me about Bane!
Old Guy: ARGH.
I'm still hugely impressed by what a well-constructed trilogy this is. Each movie stands pretty well alone, but together they tell one MASSIVE story, which I love.
The politics are still weird, but being prepared for them this time around, I wasn't quite so squicked. I still would like to hear Nolan clarify them a bit, because I honestly can't tell if this is an incredibly offensive movie, or just an incredibly confusing one. I mean, does he really think that lobbying for the 1% to pay a slightly higher marginal tax rate is equivalent to hauling old ladies on 5th Ave out of their homes and forcing them to walk across a frozen river to their death? Or are we supposed to believe that THOSE people were all criminals to begin with, and that there's an unseen population of regular people in Gotham who are hiding terrified in their rent-stabilized apartments?