“JASON BOURNE” DVD REVIEW BY Phil Seahorn philseahorn@gmail.com www.facebook.com/seahorn epublishing www.facebook.com/phil seahorn\ TWITTER:@PhilSeahorn
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Matt Damon Tommy Lee Jones Alicia Vikander Vincent Cassel Julia Stiles Riz Ahmed
MARCH 7, 2017
"PRIVACY IS FREEDOM.IT’S YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT IT.” “YOU DIDN’T BAT AN EYE WHEN WE FUNDED YOUR STARTUP.YOU, WITH YOUR TECHNOLOGY, ARE AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR MAKING IT HARDER TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AS ANYONE.” “WE HAVE ONE BILLION USERS NOW”.
MAN, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS CAT IS A HOLLYWOOD ENIGMA. WITH HIS PRANKS ON , HE HAS SECURED AN AMERICAN TELEVISION PRESENCE AND ALSO A MOVIE, “A” LIST PRESENCE. THAT ALONE IS ADD TO THE FACT THAT WITH THIS DVD THE LATEST INSTALLMENT IN A FRANCHISE FOR DAMON . THE FRANCHSIE HAS TALSO MADE HIM
CHEDDA BEYOND BELIEF. THE DVD ALSO HAS TO BE AN OBVIOUS “FUCK YOU, TOP THAT” TO HIS BUDDY, THE BEST EVER WITH ANY ONE HAS TO SUSPEND SOME LEVEL OF BELIEF. I DON’T CARE HOW HARD THE MOVIE PRODUCERS (WHICH DAMON IS ONE) ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE MOVIE “REALISTIC.” YET DAMON MAKES THIS SHIT WORK THE SAME WAY AS TOM CRUISE HAS MADE WORK: SAME FORMULA, SAME FIGHT AND
ACTION SEQUENCES, AND UPING THE VIOLENCE ON EACH INSALLMENT OF THE FRANCHISE. PLUS, DAMON AND CRUISE GIVE AUDIENCES AND FANS JUST ENOUGH OF A WAIT TIME BETWEEN FRANCHISE INSTALLMENTS TO STILL BE INTERESTED AND HUNGRY FOR MORE. SOME MOVIE FRANCHISES DO THIS WITH BACK TO BACK INSTALLMENTS EVERY YEAR, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THIS TYPE OF MOVIE MAKING BEING THE HORROR FRANCHISE SOMEONE MUST HAVE GOADED OR BET DAMON TO OUTSHINE HIS
BUDDY AFFLECK IN PUTTING INSANE FUCKING ACTION AND VIOLENCE IN A PG-13 MOVIE AND GET AWAY WITH IT. AND CASTING AS THE VILLIAN WAS SHEER CASTING GENUISE.BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CAT’S CAREER FOR TEN YEARS NOW SINCE I FIRST DISCOVERED HIM IN A DVD ABOUT A FRENCH GANGSTER.PLUS, THIS CAT IS PHYSICALLY FUCKING INTIMIDATING.PICTURE A REAL LIFE WITH A BAD FUCKING HARDON FOR VENGEANCE, AND THAT’S CASSEL’S PERFOERMANCE IN THIS DVD.
THE SCREENPLAY IS A MOTHERFUCKING ROLLER COASTER RIDE, WITH THE ACTION JARRING YOU AWAKE FROM THE SECOND ACT. THE FIRST ACT SETS UP A MAJOR PLOT TWIST IN THE CANON OF THE “BOURNE” FRANCHISE. BUT IT’S A SOMEWHAT ANNOYING PATTERN THAT EXISTS IN THE SECOND ACT, WHICH SLOWS THE MOVIE DOWN PURELY FOR EXPOSITION PURPOSES. AS I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FRANCHSIE FOR YEARS (AND STILL FUCKING CONFUSSED AS TO WHAT THE FUCK WAS CHARACTERS PURPOSE
WAS ,OTHER THAN TO SET UP EACH INSTALLMENT OF THE FRANCHISE’S PLOT), I HAVE A SOMEWHAT INVESTED INTEREST IN MAJOR PLOT TWISTS AND REVEALS. BUT IT IS AN ANNOYING PATTERN IN THIS DVD, WHICH IS USED FOR THE ENTIRE SECOND ACT FOR ONE MAJOR REVEAL. THE REVEAL IS WORTH IT, BUT THE REVEAL REALLY IS THE END OF THE FUCKING DVD. HOWEVER, TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING FOR THE THIRD ACT, THE SCRIPT JUST BASICALLY CREATES AN ELEABORATE CHASE/REVENGE THEME THAT AT TIMES ANNOYS ME ABOUT THE “BOURNE” DVD FRANCHISE, BUT
ALSO DRIVES THE “WHAT KIND OF NEW FIGHT SCENE” OR “WHAT TYPE OF NEW CHASE” OR “WHAT TYPE OF NEW VILLIAN” FORMULA WHICH KEEPS PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF INTERESTED FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH THE FRANCHISE COMING BACK. THE ACTION IS WAAAAY OVER THE TOP IN THE SCENES OF VEGAS GETTING FUCKED UP.I MEAN, THE CHARACTERS IN THIS MOVIE SEEM TO CRASH THE BRIGHTEST AND MOST GLIZTY PLACES IN VEGAS WITH COP CARS AND A SWAT CHASE SEQUENCE THAT IS OFF THE HOOK. BUT IT’S DAMON’S PERFORMCANCE AS JASON BOURNE THAT IS FUCKING AMAZING.THIS
CAT HAS TO PHYSICALLY TRANSFORM INTO A CUT AND DEFINED ACTOR, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A THING WITH THE AFFELCK/ DAMON BROMANCE. THE FIGHT SCENES ARE CHOREOGRAPHED INCREDIBLY, WITH EDITING THAT IS SO FUCKING “CUT” AND PRECISE, IT MAKES THE FIGHT SCENES FLOW WITH AN ALMOST GRACE AND RHYTHM. THE CAMAERA WORK ADDS TO THE FIGHT SCENES, WHICH ARE FUCKING BRUTAL. IT’S ALWAYS A THRILL TO SEE ANYTHING WITH WHICH MAKES THIS DVD THAT MUCH MORE APPEALING.HE
ALWAYS PROVIDES AN INTERESTING ANGLE TO THE DVD’S HE’S BEEN IN. JONES IS EXCELLENT AS THE EVIL AS FUCK CIA DIRECTOR, WITH EXCELLENT CAMERA WORK OF CLOSEUPS OF JONES’ FACE, WRINKLY WITH AGE BUT EXPLODING WITH ONCREEN CHARACTER. THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THIS CAMERA WORK A PART OF ONE THE DVD’S EXTREMELY INTERESTING PLOT NARATIVES: TO EXPLORE THE INTRICATE ONSCREEN STUDY OF AN AMERICAN PATRIOT WITH NO CONSCIOUS AND A COMPLETE SOCIOPATH, BUT ALSO WITH ACCESS TO UNBELIEVABLE POWER IN THE REAL WORLD.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS BEAUTIFUL, WITH NIGHT AND DAY SHOTS THAT ARE INCREDIBLE. BUT THE ONE ASPECT IN THIS IS THE CHASE SCENES IN THE DVD. WHAT FUCKS ME UP ABOUT THIS SCENE IS THAT THE CAR AND THE MOTORCYCLE ARE RIGHT UP ON ONE ANOTHER, GOING CLOSE TO EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR ON BUSY STREETS.ANY TYPE OF MISTEP IN THIS STUNT SCENE, AND THE CAR WOULD HAVE CRUSHED THE MOTORCYCLE STUNT GUY AND THE BIKE. I HONESTLY THINK THIS SCENE WAS CGI. THE CASTING OF THE MOVIE KEPT THE CANON OF THE
FRANCHISE INTACT AND FLOWING.BUT THE SHOCKING PLOT TWISTS (AND DEATHS) REALLY HIT HOME WITH ANYBODY FOLLOWING THIS FRANCHISE. THE ENDING OF THE DVD, HOWEVER, IS VERY FUCKING AMBIGUOUS: IS THIS ACTUALLY THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THIS FRANCHSISE? AN OVERALL EXCELLENT DVD, WITH REALLY INTERESTING PREVIEWS AND BONUS MATERIAL. THE DVD ALSO HAS THE DISTINCTION OF ACTUALLY STAYING CANON TO A FUCKING FRANCHISE FROM START TO FINISH (AGAIN, THE SAME WITH “SAW.”)
GOING TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE “JASON BOURNE” SERIES, AND THIS BACKSTORY RESEAERCH PROBABLY WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE THAT JUST FOUND “JASON BOURNE”. OH AND YOU MIGHT END UP REWINDING THE DVD OVER AND OVER TO THE FINAL FIGHT SCENE.