Tuesday, January 22, 2008
BOURNED OUT
We did the third Bourne film today.
I think that it is the best of the three but they are really all of a piece.
And the story gets resolved. Although, there is certainly room for another one.
It is a great piece of work.
I do not normally look at 'this kind' of film. But it is not 'that kind' of film.
It is deep on character, very satisfying, challenging to the viewer yet not opaque.
In this one we have Albert Finney joining Julia Stiles and, of course, the incomparable Matt Damon.
They are great. Stiles pulls out all the stops emotionally and Finney is evil to the core and channeling a John Huston voice style--a ghost presence. Quite a job.
I don't think Damon can be overestimated for what he adds to these films. I think that he IS Bourne and without him there is no series.
Well, it is not a series. It is seamlessly one saga.
I am not sure how one would view this one if they had not seen the first two.
The camera work and all the action is so enveloping that I am in it. Scarily so.
The review at the link talks about this at length and refers to a fourth dimension that occurs.
I liked the whole series very much and will give all the films a 5 out of Netflix5.
So unusual for me.
I would gladly watch them again. And maybe again after that.
