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Well, I take everyone's ideas away from them. Like it was said, then. "Everyone on his/her own". Am I right?
Has anyone also seen my "Bourne Legacy" poster?
Sure, it didn't make enough money as expected, but it made $275m, enough to cover its production budget.
Doesn't help that TBL was an overwhelmingly dissappointing experience.
It's still called a flop.
It's almost as if something was missing...
I can't quite put my finger on it...
Not that, necessarily. The script, from what I've read, basically was:
Jeremy Renner: "Oh No, I've run out of drugs!"
Rachael Weisz: "They make them in (insert Asian country here)"
Jeremy Renner: "Away we go, then!"
*cue bike chase and Moby song*
:-?
And no, I don't buy the argument that only Damon could play him.
You would if you could see the train wreck that would cause. If Cross's side story flopped, how bad do you think recasting Bourne would have been. Yikes.
No where near as bad. If we'd gotten Bourne we might have gotten an entirely different story, maybe something closer to the book, y'know, an actual sequel. I think they were limited with what they could do with this new character.
Damon did well but he didn't exactly set the bar to the extreme did he? He's a good actor but to play Bourne you don't really need to give an Oscar worthy performance.
Ir gives me great pleasure to see Bourne get creamed and Bond breaking all records.
I bet somewhere Barbara Broccoli is smiling as well.
Damon slagged Bond off but it doesn't stop me enjoying the Bourne films.
Him. Damon and the girl for one film managed to make digs about Bond in all their interviews for the film. Including Damon saying he was an "imperialist". Its seemed to be PR policy for that film to provoke Eon. More controversy means more publicity means more attendance.
Eon, sensibly didn't bite.
Come on AS. You're a Guardian reader and think Bond isn't an imperialist!
You're having a laugh.
We know he's an imperialist. We know he stands for stuff we shouldn't approve of. But we love him despite all that.
Not my point. It was obvious that from the interviews they were trying to provoke Eon. The press and the studios wanted a Bond versus Bourne fight. Also since when is it cricket to slag off another franchise?
Damon, oversize preppy that he is genuinely doesn't like it. But then admitted the only Bond he has seen is an eighties Roger Moore one. So hardly an expert.
I know Damon said stuff.
Just googled it, Greengrass said he thought people identified more with Bourne than Bond. It's hardly a dig is it? And I doubt he hates Bond because look what else popped up on google.
If he did persuade Mendes to do it seems like he helped Bond more than anything else.
Jason Bourne would never have an exchange like this:
Silva: Look at you. Barely held together by your pills, your drink...
James Bond: And don't forget my pathetic love of country.
That sums it up nicely.
Exactly! Bond is closer to the Jack Ryan series but no one complains about the new Ryan film coming out next year.