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The Bourne Redundancy
Aug. 10th, 2012 10:04 pmThe first three Bourne films really got the shakycam ball rolling after Saving Private Ryan took it out of the only-use-if-you-know-what-you're-doing bin, but we can forgive that because they're genuinely good movies. Nothing fancy, just interesting plots, interesting characters, interesting arcs, and okay action so long as you've taken your Ritalin.
The Bourne Legacy--not so much. For starters, look, I don't own these movies on DVD. I watched them in theaters, but it's been a while. This movie takes place during The Bourne Ultimatum (that was the third one, right?), which is kinda weird, because as I recall, Matt Damon was fucking up all sorts of shit during that movie, but everyone here is really worried about Jeremy Renner. I mean, this is 2007, right? What are they so worried about, guy was still on The Unusuals or something.
I don't need my hand held, but maybe just a quick recap? But anyway, I guess all you need to know is that there's a leak, so the bad guys who weren't killed in the first three movies (apparently there were a lot; like, a chick, and the warden from Prison Break, and Edward Norton!) decide to kill everyone involved to cover their tracks. Because what better way to keep things quiet than to (for instance) use a Predator drone to blow up people in Alaska or stage a workplace shooting rampage at a laboratory?
( Spoilers. )
The Bourne Legacy--not so much. For starters, look, I don't own these movies on DVD. I watched them in theaters, but it's been a while. This movie takes place during The Bourne Ultimatum (that was the third one, right?), which is kinda weird, because as I recall, Matt Damon was fucking up all sorts of shit during that movie, but everyone here is really worried about Jeremy Renner. I mean, this is 2007, right? What are they so worried about, guy was still on The Unusuals or something.
I don't need my hand held, but maybe just a quick recap? But anyway, I guess all you need to know is that there's a leak, so the bad guys who weren't killed in the first three movies (apparently there were a lot; like, a chick, and the warden from Prison Break, and Edward Norton!) decide to kill everyone involved to cover their tracks. Because what better way to keep things quiet than to (for instance) use a Predator drone to blow up people in Alaska or stage a workplace shooting rampage at a laboratory?
( Spoilers. )
