tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post2141203273645997518..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: Run, Jason, RunJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-73301560815444440272007-08-16T12:10:00.000-05:002007-08-16T12:10:00.000-05:00I also agree that there is an abvious anti-America...I also agree that there is an abvious anti-American message in the movie. The first two movies were good movies and the third is pure lefty shrill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-88015276167241514432007-08-16T12:08:00.000-05:002007-08-16T12:08:00.000-05:00I agree with your comments. I felt the same way w...I agree with your comments. I felt the same way when I walked out of the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-92159348157989816952007-08-09T07:21:00.000-05:002007-08-09T07:21:00.000-05:00On the question of the shakicam, I wonder if a mov...On the question of the shakicam, I wonder if a movie shot and cut like <I>Ultimatum</I> doesn't actually make for better viewing on the small screen?<BR/><BR/>For my eyes, there is a discrete list of movies which I found nearly unwatchable in the theater because of the rapid cutting and giant screen (<I>Any Given Sunday</I> being Exhibit A), but which look really wonderful when reduced to TV letter-box size.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if anyone else feels this way.Jonathan V. Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-21462018252642960602007-08-09T01:15:00.000-05:002007-08-09T01:15:00.000-05:00While the political agenda was certainly evident, ...While the political agenda was certainly evident, I found it transcended by the revelation that David Webb was responsible for the creation of Jason Bourne. Conservatives should be able to follow C. S. Lewis in recognizing that any evil carried out by the US government in defending against enemies foreign and domestic depends on the consent of the American citizens tasked with defense. Grant Greengrass his political statement (which I assumed was his attempt to get himself back in his peers' good graces after the perceived jingoism of "United 93"), and the story becomes a parable of personal responsibility offering a dramatically satisfying answer to the question of Bourne's identity with which the trilogy opened. (And FWIW I found the shakycam less annoying and the action easier to follow than in "Supremacy.")Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923160721288694327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-66649639664545107992007-08-08T21:56:00.000-05:002007-08-08T21:56:00.000-05:00Appealing to Kaballah-crazed elitists, instead of ...<I>Appealing to Kaballah-crazed elitists, instead of meat-potatoes type ordinary folk who want to be entertained not moralized/theorized at.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm glad <I>someone</I> is standing up to tofu eaters!<BR/><BR/>Okay. I'm no Kaballah-crazed elitist, but I like <I>Ultimatum</I> just fine for its quick pace and very critical, jaundiced look at the CIA, and I doubt most of the blue-collar working class heroes you self-consciously defend like the CIA any more than your Malibu-film-producer strawman. <BR/><BR/>Maybe -- just maybe! -- American foreign policy isn't very popular anymore, and its turning up in big budget movies. <BR/><BR/>Also, I don't mind a movie that gets the brain pumping, myself -- a movie can in fact entertain as well as have an arty feel to it. <BR/><BR/>Not everything entertaining has to be a sloppy, wet kiss to the Michael Medveds and John Podhoretzes of the world -- where everything has to be a comfortable celebration of beliefs you already hold.<BR/><BR/>DUThe Mechanical Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306713465374606654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-26771636524043688282007-08-08T16:51:00.000-05:002007-08-08T16:51:00.000-05:00Why is Greenglass "talented" if he can't tell a ba...Why is Greenglass "talented" if he can't tell a basic action story?<BR/><BR/>Evidence would suggest he lacks talent, and only has "hip, edgy, and cool." I.E. an ability to schmooze.<BR/><BR/>Shaky-cam sucks, it disguises that inability to construct an action sequence that is both exciting and character-driven as in the first movie with Doug Liman's Mini-chase sequence through Paris.<BR/><BR/>Spot on with the problem with Bourne Supremacy. It's Hollywood elite narcissism at it's worst. And bad in a creative sense as it recycles the plots of the earlier movies.<BR/><BR/>The problem with action movies now, and Sci-Fi subsets (Bionic Woman, Galactica, Heroes) is that it can't be true to the roots (and the true audience) which is largely middle-class to working-class men.<BR/><BR/>Jason Bourne, Jamie Summers, hell Buffy Summers, the characters on Galactica, and say, John McClain from Die Hard. Which one of these things does not belong with the others?<BR/><BR/>Bingo! McClain works because he's a blue collar guy trying to survive and beat the elitist bad guys who epitomize smoothness and social power. The others epitomize Hollywood elites who feel guilty about power/status while at the same time reveling in their ability to lord it over ordinary people. That experience is widespread in Hollywood but alien to almost everyone else.<BR/><BR/>It's the real reason why Bourne Ultimatum sucks so much (though Greenglass's cheating shakicam to disguise the inability to construct one decent action shot doesn't help). The script plays to elitist concerns instead of blue collar ones. <BR/><BR/>And last time I checked America had more plumbers than Malibu producers.<BR/><BR/>Jeff Westcott -- good points on those grand philosophizing points on Heroes, Lost, etc. That's another bad point in their design. Appealing to Kaballah-crazed elitists, instead of meat-potatoes type ordinary folk who want to be entertained not moralized/theorized at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-2774975901845850622007-08-08T14:45:00.000-05:002007-08-08T14:45:00.000-05:00Having just seen recently seen the last Bourne (we...Having just seen recently seen the last Bourne (well, let's face it, probably not last) flick, I have to say I agree with all of your concerns ... Strathairn was just woefully miscast, and though Greengrass is clearly a very talented filmmaker, his inability to hold the camera still for even a nanosecond in the set pieces just gave me a big headacheReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-65295347480824964152007-08-08T11:38:00.000-05:002007-08-08T11:38:00.000-05:00Having seen the Bionic Woman pilot (if you look ar...Having seen the Bionic Woman pilot (if you look around the internet you can definitely find it) I have to say that it was disappointing. The acting was excellent, but the show was kinda boring. Another problem was they introduced a whole bunch of plot threads (presumably top be paid off in the next episode), but gave us too little information to even understand how they related to the A-Story let alone develop some grandiose theory about where the show is headed the way Lost, Heroes, Gallactica, etc. practically beg the viewer to do. To my mind that's at least half the fun.Jeff Westcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024685050930175506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-86166559624564463232007-08-08T09:24:00.000-05:002007-08-08T09:24:00.000-05:00You should write more movie reviews.You should write more movie reviews.TubbyLover69https://www.blogger.com/profile/12326807270642711040noreply@blogger.com