I remember... I remember, everything...
Intro.
Bourne is back. And boy am I glad! Seeing Transformers about a month ago had me questioning the Blockbuster; "Can blockbusters still be good movies?" and not just a heavily advertised gimmick and/or big budget let down with the occasional bell and whistle. The Bourne Ultimatum removes any doubt that blockbusters automatically mean brainless eye-candy. Don't get me wrong, everything about this movie screams expensive! but it is the story, and it's brilliant conclusion, that makes this a fun, action packed, clever, simple, enjoyable film.
The film.
This time around, Jason Bourne returns to the US of A to find out who he is, who they are and what they did to him. One of the things that makes this film so great is the accessibility of the story to people who may or may not have seen the original 2 installments; the blanks (fittingly) are filled in via flashes of Bourne's memory fragments; for all intensive and purposes first time watchers of this series will see the film through Bourne's eyes; filling in the blanks when he remembers something - which is clever as it makes this movie, not only a brilliant end to a series but also a fabulous movie on its own.
The action.
Some of the action in this film is similar in technique to Casino Royal released earlier this year; it's raw, bone crunching, but bloodless (so watchable by all the family). The free running, in particular, was very impressive with Bourne running across the rooftops in Tangiers, Morocco to save the life of (this time "Bourne accomplice" and previous movie "bad guy" accomplice) Nicky Parsons (played by the 'sometimes hot, sometimes not' Julia Stiles) from the grasp of a hired drone "asset" (hitman) - the very people who Bourne once was.
Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) and Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) return as the bad guy and bad gal turned good again in this movie and are still hot on the heels of Bourne as they try to cover their own asses and obstruct Bourne from discovering the truth.
The brilliance of ending.
There's not really a twist to this movie, as you'll piece together most of it for yourself via information Bourne uncovers and the memory flashes that occasionally hit him. Where this movie really succeeds is in it's realization, on Bourne's part, of what he became and how he became the lean, mean killing machine which also places a moral question on who he was before he became Jason Bourne. And the final scene is nothing more than brilliant; it perfectly rounds up the movie: simple, symbolic and fabulous. Tingle down my spine moments.
Bourne is back. And boy am I glad! Seeing Transformers about a month ago had me questioning the Blockbuster; "Can blockbusters still be good movies?" and not just a heavily advertised gimmick and/or big budget let down with the occasional bell and whistle. The Bourne Ultimatum removes any doubt that blockbusters automatically mean brainless eye-candy. Don't get me wrong, everything about this movie screams expensive! but it is the story, and it's brilliant conclusion, that makes this a fun, action packed, clever, simple, enjoyable film.
The film.
This time around, Jason Bourne returns to the US of A to find out who he is, who they are and what they did to him. One of the things that makes this film so great is the accessibility of the story to people who may or may not have seen the original 2 installments; the blanks (fittingly) are filled in via flashes of Bourne's memory fragments; for all intensive and purposes first time watchers of this series will see the film through Bourne's eyes; filling in the blanks when he remembers something - which is clever as it makes this movie, not only a brilliant end to a series but also a fabulous movie on its own.
The action.
Some of the action in this film is similar in technique to Casino Royal released earlier this year; it's raw, bone crunching, but bloodless (so watchable by all the family). The free running, in particular, was very impressive with Bourne running across the rooftops in Tangiers, Morocco to save the life of (this time "Bourne accomplice" and previous movie "bad guy" accomplice) Nicky Parsons (played by the 'sometimes hot, sometimes not' Julia Stiles) from the grasp of a hired drone "asset" (hitman) - the very people who Bourne once was.
Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) and Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) return as the bad guy and bad gal turned good again in this movie and are still hot on the heels of Bourne as they try to cover their own asses and obstruct Bourne from discovering the truth.The brilliance of ending.
There's not really a twist to this movie, as you'll piece together most of it for yourself via information Bourne uncovers and the memory flashes that occasionally hit him. Where this movie really succeeds is in it's realization, on Bourne's part, of what he became and how he became the lean, mean killing machine which also places a moral question on who he was before he became Jason Bourne. And the final scene is nothing more than brilliant; it perfectly rounds up the movie: simple, symbolic and fabulous. Tingle down my spine moments.
4.5 out of 5
The best of the 3 and, amazingly, you're not required to have seen the previous 2 films. Perhaps the most fun film of recent times and certainly my favorite of the summer blockbusters.
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