Bourne Ultimatum – no spoilers
When I set up my Movies category, I thought that I would be blogging about movies that I’ve watched pretty regularly. However, I really haven’t done that. I’m not sure why. So I was thinking that for the next few days, I might highlight some of the things that I really liked about certain movies that I saw over the holidays. I’ll make every effort not to give anything away, so that if you haven’t seen something, it won’t be spoiled for you.
So, the Bourne Ultimatum.
We saw this movie in the theater and loved it when we saw it then. Now, HB got it for Christmas and we watched it again on Christmas day. MAN, is it GOOD! If you like action movies, I highly highly recommend it. It may have been my favorite movie last year, even beating out Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
I love the complexity of the story. We had re-watched the first 2 Bourne movies before we went and saw this third one in the theater and I’m glad that we did. It builds upon the previous ones. I’m particularly fond of movies and books that are in a series. I think it is because I like how character development gets more complex with each movie or book. And if it is a good story, I’m always so glad to get to see more of it. Not every series improves upon the former one, but the successful ones do, and this is certainly one of those.
The other thing I can say about this movie is that you should really watch the DVD version so that you can see the bonus features. We spent about a while watching how they filmed scenes in the middle of train stations and market places that couldn’t be shut down for filming. They mentioned once that they had to find room for 500 people, plus equipment in each place that they filmed. It is such an international movie, it was fascinating to get more glimpses into these places in the world.
In addition, there was some footage about how they dealt with fight scenes, car chases, and chases on foot. It made me even more impressed with the movie when I saw what kind of work went on behind the scenes to get certain shots.
I hate to hype a movie to the point where your expectations are too high to enjoy it. But I think this one lives up to any hype that I could give it.
If you saw it, what did you think? Are you a fan of action movies?
jenski says:
I *just* saw this movie Friday and it was great! Aside from Matt Damon being my movie-star boyfriend, I also like how you get to know his character over three movies. Plus Bourne Ultimatum is not rediculously long, like some movies these days, but it feels like a smooth continuous story. I definitely agree it was a great action movie!
Amber says:
I loooove actiion movies. Actually, I haven’t seen the BU, yet, but ugh, it is on my list of movies to see. Andy loves the seriies, but we just haven’t had the time to see it yet.
I haven’t really seen anythiing good in a while. I just bought the OOTP movie and watched that. I alsohave been itching to get Stargate Atlantiis.
Luckiily, I think this is the next movie on our netflix. I hope yiou blog more about movies iin the future, because I always like hearing what people I know think about them.
kalki says:
We love the Bourne series, but haven’t seen this one yet. We’ve been meaning to rent it – thanks for the tip about the bonus features! I’ll be sure to check those out.
Squirl says:
I really liked the first one. But I haven’t watched the other two yet. I will.