winged_loner
Joined Jun 2006
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I think 2002 was a year for great action films. Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and of course, The Bourne Identity.
It's one of the few action films in the last decade or so to really make you think. It's got twists. It's got turns. It's got Matt Damon. What it doesn't have is a shaky camera.
Now, bare with me. I'm saying that in a more scornful tone than you might imagine. A lot of people don't like Supremacy or Ultimatum because of the shaky camera work. I, however, like to down Identity for NOT having shaky camera work. Why? There are several reasons.
First, The Bourne series is one that should make you think while having your heart pounding to near-explosion at the same time. It should push both of your most valuable organs to boiling-point. Without a camera that moves around as if you were struggling to run just like the characters, I doubt your heart will race very far.
Second, Bourne is like an animal. He moves on instinct alone, because that's all he was left with. Now, I don't know about you, but the normal camera work in Identity makes the film and the character seem too... tame. Too solitary, despite the violence. A camera can change more than most people realize in a film.
Thirdly, the shaky cam is definitive of the Bourne series, at least in the last two. Every action series has something another doesn't. And what the Bourne series has is A) an excellent storyline, B) realistic character development, C) believable government action, and D) shaky camera work.
So in that, I find that Identity is just too tame to really capture the true Bourne. In other words, the Identity is lost until it is found in Supremacy. It feels just like 'The Italian Job' with the 'tame' camera. Maybe it's because Bourne is still a white-knight good guy in this one. He wants to be tame.
Otherwise, The Bourne Identity is the fantastic beginning to an excellent and enthralling trilogy. It's got the best romance story in any of them, and quite possibly the most believable characters in any action film. I'm glad the helm was passed to Paul Greengrass from Doug Liman, who went on to do decent work with 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' and 'Jumper'.
It's fantastic, and that ending song, 'Extreme ways' by Moby is just too damn catchy to miss.
It's one of the few action films in the last decade or so to really make you think. It's got twists. It's got turns. It's got Matt Damon. What it doesn't have is a shaky camera.
Now, bare with me. I'm saying that in a more scornful tone than you might imagine. A lot of people don't like Supremacy or Ultimatum because of the shaky camera work. I, however, like to down Identity for NOT having shaky camera work. Why? There are several reasons.
First, The Bourne series is one that should make you think while having your heart pounding to near-explosion at the same time. It should push both of your most valuable organs to boiling-point. Without a camera that moves around as if you were struggling to run just like the characters, I doubt your heart will race very far.
Second, Bourne is like an animal. He moves on instinct alone, because that's all he was left with. Now, I don't know about you, but the normal camera work in Identity makes the film and the character seem too... tame. Too solitary, despite the violence. A camera can change more than most people realize in a film.
Thirdly, the shaky cam is definitive of the Bourne series, at least in the last two. Every action series has something another doesn't. And what the Bourne series has is A) an excellent storyline, B) realistic character development, C) believable government action, and D) shaky camera work.
So in that, I find that Identity is just too tame to really capture the true Bourne. In other words, the Identity is lost until it is found in Supremacy. It feels just like 'The Italian Job' with the 'tame' camera. Maybe it's because Bourne is still a white-knight good guy in this one. He wants to be tame.
Otherwise, The Bourne Identity is the fantastic beginning to an excellent and enthralling trilogy. It's got the best romance story in any of them, and quite possibly the most believable characters in any action film. I'm glad the helm was passed to Paul Greengrass from Doug Liman, who went on to do decent work with 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' and 'Jumper'.
It's fantastic, and that ending song, 'Extreme ways' by Moby is just too damn catchy to miss.
Ah, Lord of the Rings... that breath of fresh air that totally clenses the soul of bad book-to-film movies that plague cinema... the refreshing, cool drink of ice-cold-water in a dry desert of mediocrely directed bore-fests of fantasy... the massive intake of breath after a long and suffering plunge of *arrow flies by my head* WHAT THE Christ WAS THAT?!?!? Yes... Lord of the Rings is a story about long and taken-for-granted peace... then thrown into this awful world of total HOLY SH** moments that steal the show in a mad rush of battles and torment. And it rocks... all the way from dramatic beginning, to multiple end.... Its an incredible 9 to 11 and a half hours of pure bliss and wonder. A masterful achievement of modern cinima and a blast for everyone; Lord of the Rings has captured the souls of many people... and, judging from how good the movies are... the numbers are just gonna keep growing. Long live Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, The Weta Workshop Team, the cast of unbelievably awesome actors, and of course... Andy Serkis (WHO DESERVED THAT F***IN Oscar!!!!). Best movie of the 21st century... and one of the best movies of all time.... And its official... anyone who didn't like this movie is going to hell.... Just kidding. Thats for those guys at the Oscars who didn't nominate Andy Serkis.