Official "The Bourne Ultimatum" Thread

[CajoleJuice]

There hasn’t been filmic eruption of bombast that uses this much physicality since the closing scenes of last year’s Children of Men.

This is Bond stripped of any glamour, but just as dazzling, as Bourne, without any of those nifty Bond gadgets, improvises with what is at hand, at one point, turning even a hardcover book into a lethal weapon.

Bravura doesn't begin to describe Greengrass's skill in mounting these complex sequences...This is, simply put, some of the most accomplished filmmaking being done anywhere for any purpose.

A knockout roller-coaster ride custom-made for adrenaline junkies, it’s easily the savviest and most satisfying spy movie in years, besting both of its preceding Bournes -- Identity and Supremacy.

For TVC:

The Bourne Ultimatum provides a lot more suspense and tension than "Transformers" could hope for.

Currenty at 96% at RT and 85 at Metacritic. Insane.

I've been waiting for this movie all fucking year and it's going to deliver.

[TakingBackSunday]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

[TVC15]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

I think he looks pretty damned fine.

[Phoenix Dark]

I support this thread. Is it just me or does Cajole prove TIME AND TIME AGAIN that he has the best taste on EB/GAF? And Bud!

[Junpei the Tracer!]

I will see this next year when it comes on Starz or Cinemax.

[TakingBackSunday]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

I think he looks pretty damned fine.

It's just the picture.  He still is man-hottie numba one

[Flannel Boy]

I support this thread. Is it just me or does Cajole prove TIME AND TIME AGAIN that he has the best taste on EB/GAF? And Bud!

Who doesn't love the Bourne movies?

[Himu]

I support this thread. Is it just me or does Cajole prove TIME AND TIME AGAIN that he has the best taste on EB/GAF? And Bud!

I like TVC's tastes the most actually, but when it comes to action movies Bud and Cajole are the kings.

[Phoenix Dark]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

I think he looks pretty damned fine.

What kind of men are you most attracted to?

[AdmiralViscen]

Fuck yea, finally got the first one on DVD the other day. $5 with purcahse of 300.

[BlueTsunami]

Gonna try and catch it on Friday even though I work that night

[Ichirou]

I support this thread. Is it just me or does Cajole prove TIME AND TIME AGAIN that he has the best taste on EB/GAF? And Bud!

I like TVC's tastes the most actually, but when it comes to action movies Bud and Cajole are the kings.

TVC has the best taste in movies, I agree.

[Phoenix Dark]

TVC has great taste (Brazil ) but he's only recommended a few movies to me and I haven't seen them all. Cajole on the other hand...

Die Hard

[CajoleJuice]

I haven't really seen enough movies to be considered. Thanks for the flattery, though. 

[Ichirou]

Die Hard is one of the most awesome movies ever made.  If you were somehow unaware of it and needed someone to bring it to your attention, you, sir, are an ignoramus of the highest order. 

[Solo]

AKA being PD.

[Tauntaun]

TOMORROW NIGHT!

[TVC15]

I recommended a bunch of movies to you, PD.  I made that thread where I demanded you review movies from a list I provided.  I forget whether I listed all good movies, or just ones I thought would be interesting for you to review.

[Phoenix Dark]

I recommended a bunch of movies to you, PD.  I made that thread where I demanded you review movies from a list I provided.  I forget whether I listed all good movies, or just ones I thought would be interesting for you to review.

iirc I saw a couple from the list. I'll find it and head to the library again

[CajoleJuice]

Quick thoughts, as I'm still reeling from the awesomeness. This has to be the first action trilogy where the third is no doubt the best. The shaky-cam is still there, but it's just handled a shitload better. I could actually tell what was going on in the showcase fight and boy was it fuckng incredible. The way in which it was shot, the use of the surroundings, the brutality. Just awesome. The movie had a bit different feel to it than the first two, especially towards the end. I think Greengrass really made this movie his. And in the process he made the best movie I've seen all year. I will see it again in theaters, something I never do.

[$till LegendaryU2K]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

Are you going blind?

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

I think he looks pretty damned fine.

Are you gay?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

saw it this afternoon. totally awesome, and yes, oddly the best. the three movies form a very nice and realistic spy trilogy and by the end of the third movie Jason Bourne's arc is pretty tied up. Bourne shits all over James Bond, this movie was awesome. So many awesome countries and set pieces.

[Phoenix Dark]

Was going to go today but I haven't been feeling well at all. 

[CajoleJuice]

saw it this afternoon. totally awesome, and yes, oddly the best. the three movies form a very nice and realistic spy trilogy and by the end of the third movie Jason Bourne's arc is pretty tied up. Bourne shits all over James Bond, this movie was awesome. So many awesome countries and set pieces.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

some of the things I really liked about the movie include:

- The "shakycam" fights never left me feeling disoriented/faked like the first movie sometimes and Batman Begins always did
- I loved all the different countries on-location and the gritty "on-the-ground" feel of each one. Bond movies feel too much like a Tourism Bureau video. Bourne takes you there.
- The facelessness of the "assets" who oppose Bourne.
- The lean meanness of this film. This is not a film made to sell Omega watches. This is a film made for Bourne to fuck shit up and the audience to watch in terror/awe.

[Candyflip]

Damon looks like he's been pounding those Big Macs.

I think he looks pretty damned fine.

Are you gay?

No shit.

[CajoleJuice]

some of the things I really liked about the movie include:

- The "shakycam" fights never left me feeling disoriented/faked like the first movie sometimes and Batman Begins always did
- I loved all the different countries on-location and the gritty "on-the-ground" feel of each one. Bond movies feel too much like a Tourism Bureau video. Bourne takes you there.
- The facelessness of the "assets" who oppose Bourne.
- The lean meanness of this film. This is not a film made to sell Omega watches. This is a film made for Bourne to fuck shit up and the audience to watch in terror/awe.

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Jesus Christ, it's Jason Bourne.

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So fucking awesome.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I am really sad we're not getting a Greengrass Watchmen. :/

Snyder will make an entertaining, goofy movie, but Greengrass would have made the Watchmen movie that the comic book deserves.

[CajoleJuice]

EviLore am fail

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7296792&postcount=153

Almost everything I've heard so far about Watchmen has been positive. (I haven't read the comic though)

[Phoenix Dark]

EviLore am fail

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7296792&postcount=153

Almost everything I've heard so far about Watchmen has been positive. (I haven't read the comic though)

That's stupider than my Unforgiven review. Holy shit

[Candyflip]

Ugh. I haven't seen it yet, but all the shaky cam talk already has me worried. That was my one complaint about The Bourne Supremacy. Is it really as bad as EvilLore says?

[TakingBackSunday]

Ugh. I haven't seen it yet, but all the shaky cam talk already has me worried. That was my one complaint about The Bourne Supremacy. Is it really as bad as EvilLore says?

Is anything as bad as he says?

[Gay Boy]

Shakey cam is the same amount as the second film. In both cases it did not bother me at all.

[demi]

[youtube=425,350]T23oNcCFriE[/youtube]

This is hilarious, better than the actual movie

[Solo]

Simply put, shakey-cam CAN ruin the experience in theatres. 100 foot screen + incessant motion and quick cuts = danger. However, I find that home theatre remedies this sort of thing pretty much every time. 30-60" televison set makes it much easier on the eyes.

[CajoleJuice]

Simply put, shakey-cam CAN ruin the experience in theatres. 100 foot screen + incessant motion and quick cuts = danger. However, I find that home theatre remedies this sort of thing pretty much every time. 30-60" televison set makes it much easier on the eyes.

Well, if you're sitting close to the screen, yes. I thought it was better than the second film. The only part in Supremacy where it bothered me was the apartment fight scene, and it was remedied in the similar major fight in this one. I grew to love Greengrass' style in this film.

[demi]

Do you have to watch these in order to understand the arc? I'm a stickler for watching things in order

I'll go steal my bud's first two movies

[CajoleJuice]

Do you have to watch these in order to understand the arc? I'm a stickler for watching things in order

I'll go steal my bud's first two movies

I've gotten that way too, demi. I'd definitely say to watch them in order.

[CajoleJuice]

Oh and BTW, another reason EviLore FUCKING FAILS

<EviLore> F- for the worst cinematography of any major hollywood film ever

<ddk_> p greengrass vs. michael bay
<ddk_> who's the more spaztastic director?
<EviLore> greengrass
<EviLore> 100%

[demi]

EviLore is pretty weak, he gets motion sickness from God of War 2 I think

Oh well, let the superior beings watch the good things in life

[Van Cruncheon]

evilore liked garden state

[Phoenix Dark]

I love how his review didn't mention anything about the acting, writing, plot, etc. Sounds like someone wanted to feel important. I admit that the shaky cam annoyed me at times in Supremacy, but seems a bit distinguished mentally-challenged to compare it to fucking Transformers

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[Human Snorenado]

Bourne Ultimatum = awesome

EviLore = elf eared tard

This forum = lawless wasteland

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm going tonight fuck it

[bud]

alone?
i've never been to the movies alone, it's weird.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm going with someone lol ( ), but I have nooo problem with going to movies alone

[Gay Boy]

alone?
i've never been to the movies alone, it's weird.

I went to TMNT alone. With a theater that was all children. It was so weird. 

[CajoleJuice]

alone?
i've never been to the movies alone, it's weird.

I went to TMNT alone. With a theater that was all children. It was so weird. 

Owned.

[bork]

I went to the movies alone a few months after I first moved to Japan in 2005.  Went to go see Mr. And Mrs. Smith, even though I had already seen it back home...was bored and wanted to get out, and didn't know anybody at the time.  It was really weird, and a couple of girls were even talking about me (look!  He's alone...oh his phone..it's Vodafone!), although it kind of sounded like I could have asked one of them out.     That was the first time it ever happened.  I like to go the movies with people, even though during the film, there's no socialization going on.  But I suppose if something came out I really wanted to see and no one else wanted to go, I'd go alone.

[bud]

alone?
i've never been to the movies alone, it's weird.

I went to TMNT alone. With a theater that was all children. It was so weird. 

lol. i wanted to go see dh4 but all my friends are on vacation and i was considering on going alone but most of the people i see in a theater who were alone are these nerd type of guys. i don't wanna be one of them 

[Ichirou]

DH4 is awful, you did good by not seeing it.  Just rent the DVD, save yourself the money.

[Solo]

Skip the DVD too. Just watch DH1 and call it a day.

[Ichirou]

Yeah, I retract my statement and second what Solo said.  AND DON'T BE FOOLED IF THEY PUT OUT AN UNRATED DVD.  No amount of "fucks" and "yippee ki-yay motherfuckers" can make Die Hard 4.0 a watchable movie.

[bud]

i won't be able to not buy it 

[Ichirou]

i won't be able to not buy it 

Wait for the inevitable Die Hard Quadrilogy box set in HD.

[bud]

i was always planning on buying them in hd. that's the reason i don't have the dvd versions anymore.

i'll definitely buy 1 and 3 and i'll rent 4 first.

[thekavorka]

why are you guys talking about DH4? Bourne Ultimatum shits all over that

[CajoleJuice]

why are you guys talking about DH4? Bourne Ultimatum shits all over that

Pretty much. Bourne shits over everything released thus far this year.

[CajoleJuice]

$70 opening weekend for Bourne.

[Robo]

I've never been more indifferent to a film series than I am with Bourne.  I don't even remember Supremacy, and I wasn't moved enough in either direction to write some conclusive thoughts, so I'll just tack on a few points:

• Desh hand-to-hand fight rocks and is the one time in the series that I felt genuinely benefited from shaky-cam.  Probably the Bourne series highpoint; certainly the thing I'll remember most down the road.
• Shaky-cam is otherwise fucking annoying.  I found it particularly strange the two or three times we see steady-cam shots, making me wonder if it was signifying something important.  In all likelihood, it's just an example moronic film making.
• We're more beaten over the head with more flashbacks in this film than any other in recent memory.  More than V for Vendetta!  Greengrass must really be expecting the cretins to flock to this shit in droves.  I was feeling insulted as the conclusion was drawing near.
• "YOU REALLY DON'T REMEMBER, DO YOU?"  Someone needs to tally how many times this is said throughout the Bourne series.