July 26, 2004
Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy followed well in the footsteps of the Bourne Identity. Great pacing, great acting, and most of all: intelligence.
Matt Damon continues to show himself a better actor than anyone ever gave him credit for, and Brian Cox has finally broken out of "side character guy" syndrome. I have been watching a lot of past movies lately, that all feature him as a side character. Rob Roy, The Boxer, Adaptation... etc. It's nice to see him breaking out into mainstream with the recognition he deserves. With a face like his, you would think it would be difficult for him to be adaptable, but I've been surprised to find that he's a VERY different person in each and every role he plays.
Back to the Bourne Supremacy: What can I say? I think I enjoyed the first better for various reasons. First of all, the camera work was far superior in Identity. We could see what was happening, and the movement of the camera usually reflected Bourne's moods. Unless the theory in this movie is that Bourne is constantly about to self-combust due to franticness, the makers of this movie had no right to make the audience endure the painfully INSANE camera work in Supremacy. Hold still, dammit! Second of all, Joan Allen didn't work extremely well for me in Supremacy. Third, I thought Identity was more creative.
This isn't to say that Supremacy is a bad movie. In fact, I really enjoyed it and think that it was a quality "sequel" to Identity.
Overall, the acting was great, the plot was interesting, the locales were well chosen, and if I could see the action, I bet it was pretty good too. It was definitely worth it, even despite the shaky view.
Posted by wendytime at July 26, 2004 11:37 AM | TrackBack