Jesus Christ, it’s Jason Bourne
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While they're at it, let's include image stabilization. Shaky cam was the worst film fad of the era.
It's not just shaky cam, the sequences straight up don't necessarily make cohesive physical sense. Like they show hits and moves in orders that don't properly flow into each other
I find it funny that one of the director's latest movies is the Road House remake, where they used a new technique that lets them show every impact in incredible clarity. Feels like he really took the shaky cam criticism to heart.
New Road House any good?
Also he never seems to get held up by flight delays, traffic or trips to the toilet because of a dodgy takeaway.
Oh, the movies have a TON of plot holes in them. But if you enjoy reading, the original trilogy is amazing. Half the reason those plot holes exist is they removed Carlos. He's the bad guy and the entire reason everything is happening.
Yeah, iirc first book is basically the length of the first three movies and entirely revolves around Carlos. I loved it when I read it in high school.
The movies were also pretty great, but i think I always expected that as I grew up I would understand the action sequences more, and it turns out that no, the action sequences are just nonsense and don't actually make sense.
No one needs to hear this but I unironically prefer The Bourne Legacy.
Loved the movie but it had one of the biggest plot holes of them all .... how they could manufacture an international American passport with a razor and a photo in a hotel room and get by electronically controlled immigration systems to fly to the Philippines like it's still 1945
Funny I don't remember that. Time for a rewatch! The film is ridiculous like all of them are, maybe even more so. Think about the whole drone scene at the start with the high powered rifle, the wolf, the tracking device etc. But of the four films it's the only one I go back to.
That would get me to watch them, I would watch TF out of "Bourne: Multiply The Fun"! I gave up after the 2nd film and the 50th cryptic dialogue about Treadstone, I realized I didn't care any more what whoever did to turn him into a SuuperSekritAgent. WTF was it that made Bourne 3 to Infinity so dull? Skilled supporting actors, exotic locations, a semblance of a plot arc...
If you liked that, have you seen Enemy of the State? That one may deserve a modern take, been almost 30 years. (Ouch!)
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