Friday, August 10, 2007

I watched The Bourne Ultimatum the other night and I must admit my movie meter must be broken because Rotten Tomatoes has this thing currently rated at 93%. In butters that would be approximately 4 5/8 out of 5, which is crazy. Crazy! I would say its about 3 11/64 butters. Approximately. For starters, I was so aware of the score emotionally leading the viewer that I kept laughing when nothing would happen. I mean how long can you be suspended without anything happening? This is how it went:Bourne is walking. Da da da! Now he's crossing the street. Da da dada da! Some people are watching him. Da da da! Da da dada da! Daa daaaaaa! But for what felt like 20 minutes at a time. Just a little too much at times, mostly in the first half hour of the movie. But when something was actually happening, it was suspenseful and quite entertaining. The fight scenes were good (but seriously needed a steady cam), so were car chases and the many, many foot chases. The plot was okay but not spectacular. I would sometimes forget that there was more to the story besides the 'this guy is after this guy' plot. And of course since this is probably the last of the saga, we find out what happened to JasonBourne or who ever that guy is. Its a pretty good ending. Not 93% good. But good. Like if I was a tomato I'd be 63% fresh for the Bourne Ultimatum. Its a definite recommend for people who like the action genre. For everyone else, its okay.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I can't wait to see it. I love action movies that have a lot of silence, it builds suspense, for example Mission Impossible One when Cruise is hanging down.

9:24 AM  
Blogger butterchurn said...

Yeah, it only gets quiet when something really intense is happening- which is a really good thing because up until that point its da da daa da da! It gives a contrast to the silly suspense music to the actual action- like in MI.

11:33 AM  

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