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Interestingly, I just watched QoS a couple of nights ago, and it really does borrow from Ultimatum in a couple of areas. Bond grabs something (I think it's a book) to fight Slate, similar to Bourne in all three films, and there is a shot where the camera follows him when he jumps onto the balcony in Siena that is very similar to Bourne flying through the window in Tangiers (sort of Go Pro style where you're jumping with him).
The part that was really great in QoS was Bond shooting his gun at Mitchell while in mid air.
At the end of the day I'm sure this will be fine. I don't expect it to be better than the first 3 but I do expect it to be way better than Legacy.
And the bottom line is I have more faith in Greengrass and Damon not to deliver a dud than I do EON for B25 which is a depressing thing to have to admit to.
Do it. It's superb. Wouldn't be a big fan of Keanu either, but he was a force of nature in Wick.
You can always tell when actors have studied the fine details of how an assassin/killer would move (a great example being Tom Cruise in Collateral). Reeves really put in a lot of work with that film. Didn't doubt him for a second.
I second this.
It looked like they were out to check all the trope boxes, only they were James Bond boxes, not Bourne boxes. Or maybe Fast and Furious boxes. The first 3 Bourne films were mostly great, stripped down, very tense thrillers. This trailer is Bourne as big action, big muscle guy. The title is meh, just pure marketing. Make sure that everyone knows this is about Jason Bourne, not the critical and financial Legacy dud. But Bourne has his memory back, so they no longer have the great key plot device of the first three films. So now they need a new plot angle and Damon has stated that the plot mines the Snowden issue, which SP and others have already done. The Spy film landscape has expanded greatly since Damon's last Bourne came out. The trailer looks to be following, not leading the spy film pack. Greenglass is a great director, but this trailer was disappointing.
This was a trailer for the SB. You're not going to get a trailer full of substance. These spots are all about action and style. Also, big muscle guy? Damon? Not sure what shape you're in to think he's big but Damon isn't big. He's definitely cut though. Also, you missed a pivotal piece of dialogue that legitimises Bourne's story moving forward, expounding from the amnesia plot of the first 3 films, "Just because you remember everything it doesn't mean you know everything". This trailer successfully did what it was meant to do and given the track record of Damon and Greengrass when it comes to making a Bourne film, I have more faith in them to deliver, as they always have, much more so than what ever promo stunt EoN sign off on.
EON just churned out their 24th film. Let's see how well Damon and co. do with just their 4th. Legacy doesn't count. My main point was that they have a very high bar to meet and I wasn't impressed with the trailer, or the film title. Damon's repeated trashing of Bond in the press after CR came out turned me off. It was petty and he looked defensive and small. If the new Bourne turns out well, I'll chalk it up to the very talented Greengrass.
The point re legacy is interesting, (similar points were made re MI), my kids are just as "pumped" for the next Bourne as Bond. Its a tribute to the team (and of course the first movie that provides the foundation) that Bourne has become such a popular franchise so quickly. Imagine the fun and excitement we would have been denied if the first one was a stinker.
Well that packs a punch! :-bd
Meh. Van Damme would put him on his arse.
Swings and roundabouts. In 2012 Bourne was roundly trounced, hence their backtracking.
I'm not sure if this film will move the goalpost like its predecessors did, but the opportunity certainly exists for them to do so. MI-RN proved that for me quite clearly last year (I noticed it when watching QoS recently, which seemed almost leisurely and average paced now in comparison).
I hope they innovate rather than hold to the past. Damon and Greengrass's return on condition that they had something useful to say gives me hope.
The Bourne films made a massive impact. I can't see how anyone could deny that. I'm not buying the whole RN thing, though. It's a lot of fuss about nothing. It does nothing new. Bourne was a genuine game-changer. RN was just A. N. Other decent flick. Bored of hearing it.
Innovatively filmed and paced. You're literally just making stuff up. It's nothing off the sort. It's merely well paced and shot, there's no innovation in sight. It does nothing new. Bourne brought an aesthetic to the genre that redefined it.
Bourne brought grittiness and shaky cam. It moved the benchmark forward in that respect.
MI-RN blended glamour with grittiness in a way I have not seen before. It was classy and had scale, but it was gritty as well, in combination with having superb pacing and a little glamour. That is a combination I have not seen executed so well before with that torrid pace (GP was far slower), and that, as far as I'm concerned, moved the benchmark.
Bourne seems to be bringing a little more glitter to the table as well, in combination with its trademark grittiness, but the trailer is a little too short to determine for sure.