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Bourne to be wild

06:47 / 15.08.04

Went to see Bourne Supremacy last night. Much like the first one I enjoyed but wasn't totally in love with it. What's everybody elses opinion? It's a nice simple format, has a great cast and when two people fight it feels brutal. Are these films better than Bond? Can Matt Damon act? Will Brian Cox ever play a different role (great as he is)?

11:04 / 15.08.04

Not as good as the first, but then these things never are. Shocked/not-shocked that thing happened to Marie so early on. Obviously it had to push the plot into life - and avoid feeling too much like the first film - but was still annoyed. Marie was a nice character and it would've been nice to see a hero protagonist with an actual family to come home to.

The whole film felt soaked in loneliness. Bourne never really speaks or interacts with anyone else except as an interrorgator or combatant and even when he leaves us at the end of the film you're not left with the sense that everything will be alright. Very much an Empire Strikes to Identity's New Hope.

Regrettable Juvenilia

23:15 / 16.08.04

I think the two films actually work really well together as a piece: the first one is a really strong, lean, solid thriller (I'd call it taut and compact as well but then it would really sound as if I'm describing someone's physique), but it's the cold, bleak, unforgiving brutality of Supremacy that really elevates Jason Bourne to another level...

Is Jason Bourne better than Bond? Of course. Bond is a pampered lightweight compared to Bourne. And the franchise is obsolete, likewise. I always wondered what happened to the 'nice' Bond girls you saw him snogging on an island at the end of one movie before the start of the next movie. Of course, they die. They die because he got them involved.

I'm sure the car chase in the second film is meant to remind you of the first. The one in Identity keeps you on the edge of your seat, but it's exciting in a way that's sort of fun: wow, look at this guy, he's an amazing driver! The car chase in Supremacy is crazed and desperate, Bourne is bleeding everywhere and not quite with it as you can tell by the way he keeps smashing into things.

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:29 / 20.08.04

Seriously, this is probably the most haunting and emotionally draining film I've seen this year (just edging out Japanese Story). See it, 'Lithers!

09:50 / 20.08.04

Your so cruel Flyboy....

I watched them both is the same weekend after downloading them after someone suggested they were great - they're not.

I do like them better than Bond but then I've always thought Bond was a pile of crap.

Best part is the fight scene in the second movie with the other agent...

10:03 / 20.08.04

And the other agent is a smarmy fucker like Bond, who gets his shit completely ruined by Bourne. The student becomes the master! The circle of life is complete! The matrix will be passed to you etc!