The Bourne Ultimatum

[Pekka]

St Leo, dude, the only thing that would hint left wing is Guardian.

- rendition (kidnapping of suspects)
- torture
- Echelon (NSA wiretapping/industrial espionage in Europe)
- killing and execution of people
- proliferation of security cameras in Britain

To not condemn these is not left wing, just common sense. Or even if you don't want to take a stand on these issues, it's still just dystopian type of action flick.

That said, I liked it. I found it entertaining. Not perfect, but they seldom are. Overall, considering this has been a trilogy over years and the standards that have been dropped today anyway, I thought it was pretty damn good.

[-Jrabbit]

My wife and I saw it the day after it came out. We're huge fans of the series.

Very exciting. Very satisfying. Very Bourne.

3.5 * / 4

Personally, the first one is my favorite. I'm not a big fan of using handheld cams without stedicam as a steady diet. Guess I'm just a stickler for focus...

[b etor]

matt damon is sexy. he's less than two years younger than my dad tho.

i still haven't seen the third one.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by b etor
matt damon is sexy. he's less than two years younger than my dad tho.

i still haven't seen the third one.

Hey, if you are going to fantasize you might as well go for it all.

[b etor]

perhaps. he's a bit out of my league tho.
i'm going to see the movie on friday!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by St Leo
It even plugs the Guardian as the most trustworthy newspaper in the world!

I was under the impression that it pegged them as having retards posing as reporters (See train station scene as confirmation).

[MarkG]

Matt Damon vs Bond!

Matt Damon dismisses 'dated' Bond

Hollywood star Matt Damon has dismissed James Bond as being stuck in the past.

The actor, who appears in the Bourne thrillers, said: "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s."

The suave spy was "so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today", he said, but added that Bourne was no better or worse than Bond.

Damon was speaking in London, where The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the franchise, was having its UK premiere.

"Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes," he told reporters.

"Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her."

He added that Bourne "doesn't have the support of gadgets, and he feels guilty for what he's done".

The first two Bourne outings - The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy - made more than $500m (£250m) at the worldwide box office.

The latest instalment went straight to the top of the North American box office chart.

Damon said he had not ruled out returning for a fourth film - provided that the British director Paul Greengrass also returned to the project.

Greengrass said: "The Bourne franchise is not about wearing Prada suits and looking at women coming out of the sea with bikinis on. It's about essence and truth, not frippery and surface."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...nt/6948445.stm

[Ninot]

so... Bond > Bourne?

[MarkG]

we badly need a poll, i think

[Tuberski]

Man, to not even know the character you are playing.

ACK!

[Tattila the Hun]

Re: The Bourne Ultimatum

Originally posted by Guynemer


Having a three-way with a pair of Victoria's Secret models.

Overrated.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Pekka
- rendition (kidnapping of suspects)
- torture
- Echelon (NSA wiretapping/industrial espionage in Europe)
- killing and execution of people
- proliferation of security cameras in Britain

To not condemn these is not left wing, just common sense.

I know there are exceptions and that I am biased, but I think there is a terrible shortage of common sense regarding that among the right wing on my continent.