The MOVIE REVIEW Thread

[dragonei]

The Bourne Ultimatum

 

As the summer season ends, we got one more certified blockbuster espionage hit to enjoy. But mind you this is not one of your "bang-out-loud-brainless-action-thriller" so be in the mood for some thinking before you enter the movie house.

 

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD

 

Picking up from where bourne supremacy ended..... no wait..... the events of this movie in fact took place in between the moscow after math (which was the climax of the second movie) and the epilouge of the previous movie. So its a sort of prequel and sequel rolled into one. In fact the ending of the second bourne movie was actually setting the stage for climax of the trilogy itself.... get it? oh well just watch the damn movie! So once again bourne is on the run, the agency that trained him sees him now as a threat and is out to eliminate him at all cost. Bourne must retrace back his steps in order to uncover the truth behind his identity, and the people he worked for. With the help of Nicky Parsons, a CIA logistics agent, Bourne follows the paper trail all the way to London, Morocco, and New York, where it all began.

 

The main asset of this movie is the nearly flawless script that even Robert Loudlum himself couldn't have done better. It manages to keep every complex details of the story simple enough for the audience to understand. I mean now we know who the good guys and the bad guys are. We know whos helping who, and whos after what. But in as much as the chases themselves can be entertaining and exilirating, they could also get just a little too monotonous. Its kinda feeling that you get after a strenuous work out that becomes too excessive. That at the end of the session, you get too exhausted to really feel the results.

 

SPOILER ENDS

 

The chases were brilliantly done though. It was better directed than the first two movie. It manages to keep you at the edge of your seat and at the same time it does not become too predictable. Whether by foot, or by car, this surely is a winner. The car chases were realistic and visceral, and I think that is a formula for a great action scene.

 

The casting of this movie was also a winner. Of course we wont see matt damin get an oscar for it, but this character is what will have him remembered for just as the T800 to Ahnuld. He is a natural born stone cold killer, but at the same time he also gives us a glimpse of his humane side. The returning casts of this movie also adds power to the story itself. Finally Julia Styles gets to be in the spot light and not some forgettable supporting character in the previous two movies.

 

Will we see a fourth one? Well why not? But definitely not in the next two years or so, after a a succesful trilogy its time for the franchise to give it a rest I mean after all we always have to keep things fresh. Im not worried that the fourth bourne book was not written by loudlum, who cares, there were a lot of deviations from loudlums book anyway, and it worked for this movie. I think its time for us to miss Bourne for a while the way we did in Terminator and Lethal Weapon series

 

All in all the best in the Bourne series so far

 

A-

[profX]

Blades of Glory - i was dissappoint after watching this movies , a little laugh they deliver alright but the play and the effects are for kids and the cutting (editing) was way off. the story was mababaw !

Edited August 21, 2007 by profX

[tanis]

The script left no loose ends and made sure everything moved at a brisk pace. Some would question the shakycam technique of Paul Greengrass but for me, it worked. It add realism as well as tension to an already suspense-filled flick.

 

Hate the shakycam technique. Watched the Bourne Identity - different director - and it affirmed my thinking that i will get to appreciate the fight scenes without the technique. But that's just me.

 

Greengrass though provides better action scenes.

 

I don't know if it's just the story, the book or Greengrass' style but the Bourne Ultimatum's ending is anti-climatic. You start off with great action scenes then bigla nagslow-down ang pace.

 

Anyway, any reviews on Evan Almighty? Heard nag-flop sa US.

[moetwisted]

Watched Evan Almighty on DVD...

 

It's a sequel to Bruce Almighty starring Jim Carrey but this time another Jim starred, in Jim Carrell of the 40 yr old Virgin movie hit. Morgan Freeman still plays the cool, witty and collected God.

 

Evan plays an ex-newscaster who was elected to Congress. He moved to this new big house and suddenly he receives packages of wood and ark building materials from a no-namer and the animals come in droves to his house and work. Things begin to be more complicated when he starts to look like Noah and that's when God asked him to build an Ark... Things get out of hand since it complicates his job as a congressman and his relationship with his family..

 

It was a so-so movie, no huge laughter or memorable scenes for me. Not worth the buck.

[Gideon]

Evan Almoghty - Movie theater

 

Ok sya, less comedic than Jim Carreys' version. But ok na rin, maganda ang effects nung flood, also the trained Animals.

[aNarchy24]

Just watched this morning 'BOURNE ULTIMATUM' (Matt Damon)...

 

As expected another blockbuster hit that delivers the thrills Director Paul Greengrass masterfully has brought to the screen. I was just awed by the pacing and drama of the chase scenes by foot, by motorbike, and by car that are as powerful as the close-quarter mano-a-mano fight scenes between Bourne (whose true identity has now been revealed as David Webb) and CIA assets like him out to rub him.

 

But other than the intense action scenes, what is quite remarkable is how Bourne again goes into a cold-blooded killer mode when faced with danger, but remains genuinely humane and in control of his senses when he gets the upper hand in subduing his enemies. I liked the ending.

 

Expect another Bourne 4! :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Napanood ko narin to. Ok ang story at action. Pero ang sobrang likot ng camera, nakakahilo panoorin tuloy. Pero ok parin yung movie.

[Waterbearer]

Watched Fracture the other night. It's like CSI meets Silence of the Lambs. A really good film. Great Performances from Ryan Gosling and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

[Wyld]

Watched Fracture the other night. It's like CSI meets Silence of the Lambs. A really good film. Great Performances from Ryan Gosling and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

 

 

I actually didnt expect to like this movie. First off, I watched on a plane during a flight from Houston to San Diego.

 

Second, I had a seat that was not positioned well enough to see the screen at a good angle.

 

Third, I am notorious for falling asleep on planes regardless of the chaos around me.

 

But I started to watch this movie and was hooked. The opening scene in itself is enough to catch anyones attention -- I mean, a movie that tells you who killed who and why within the first 15 minutes is a rarity. But thats exactly what Fracture does.

 

We see a controlled performance by Anthony Hopkins as a genius engineer whose wife is cheating on him. He kills her - no bones about it, and proceeds to muddle up the evidence such that the crime he admitted to committing cannot be pinpointed back to him.

 

Ryan Gosling holds his own against Anthony Hopkins. He plays a brash, ambitious Deputy DA on his way to a cushy private sector job. He gets called on this case and sees it as his quick last case before he goes off to the bigtime world of litigation law. Little does he know that this case will change the very course of his life.

 

Genius that he is, Ted Crawford (Hopkins' character) has managed to manipulate the evidence such that he cannot be pinpointed for the crime he has admitted to. Everyone knows he did it, they just cant prove it. However, he did not take into account the tenacity and smarts of Willy Beachum (Gosling's DA character). Beachum got obsessed by the case - especially when Crawford got acquitted. His obsession and eventual discoveries are actuallly the meat of this movie.

 

This is a good film. Not an excellent one - it basically rehashes a plot line that has been done before... but in a different way. What works for it is the way it was paced - tight and quick (although to my mind, it got a bit slow towards the middle part). The denouement was perfectly executed though. It was a perfectly entertaining film that I did not regret staying awake for.

[Tank Girl]

Apologies if it's been mentioned but I saw Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal & Dustin Hoffman and I thought it was very good. It's about a meticulous IRS auditor who is alienated & lonely from the world around him, that is, until he starts hearing a voice narrating his life as he lives it. Weird to see Ferrell in such a role after films like Anchorman & Talladega Nights but I thought he was great. He plays a substantially subdued character who has to learn to "take a shot", he still cracked me up, his scenes with Gyllenhaal were particularly good, as was she, very bubbly and a bright spark on screen.

[ImRJ]

downloaded redline a while ago today. sayang lang oras ko. bad acting, bad story. saving grace were the really sick rides and the last race sequence. unfortunately, it wasn't enough to actually save the film. :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

after watching it, it kinda made me wonder whether gimik lang yung pagbangga ni eddie griffin dun sa ferrari enzo ni daniel sadek so as to generate publicity for the film.

Edited September 2, 2007 by dodong_79

[don juan casanova]

Parang minadali ung rush hour 3 Same as x-men 3 Disappointing din Bret Ratner the Director has a habit of this...

[Waterbearer]

Have watched three films during the weekend and here's what I had to say about it.

 

The Bourne Ultimatum

 

Finally, I got to watch it.....I loved it.....I do think there will be a fourth....but the ending is enough to consider the trilogy over. All the loose ends were connected and I loved the twists that come along with it. It's not boring and it kept me thinking scene after scene what David Webb is about to do next. Few of the topsy turvy chase scenes could really give one a headache though but after watching Transformers, it didn't seem much of a problem. Overall, Id give it a 4/5.

 

Knocked up

 

What happens when a career woman gets impregnated by an illegal alien nerd without a job? Thats the premise of the story. I've waited for like months just to be able to see this and like most reviews, I liked it....I actually really liked it. Seth Rogan is geared to become the next comic heavyweight....he truly shines in this movie......but most of all, This film belongs to a select few that gives you a couple of laughs but never misses out on the central plot which is making a relationship work for the sake of their child and what marriage is really all about. Worth watching.

 

Superbad

 

Once again, Seth Rogan writes and co-stars in this movie and all i can say about it is this.......Superbad is a classic! .....This my friends is the American Pie of 2007....Its even way better than any American Pie film and as to laughs, it reminds me of John Belushi's National Lampoon Animal House. It's about two co-dependent best friends trying to cope up with separation anxiety after a booze soaked party goes awry.....The laughs are all over...from start to finish.....definitely the No.1 comedy of the year....and Hands down the sleeper hit of the summer!

Edited September 3, 2007 by Waterbearer

[ibirp]

1408 - this horror film based on the book by Stephen King has a different twist.

 

Personal rating: 8/10

[Waterbearer]

1408 - this horror film based on the book by Stephen King has a different twist.

 

Personal rating: 8/10

Ive watched it for like 3 times already and it still gives me the chills.

[kanto-terrorist]

Just watched The Last Legion

 

Story- :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

Acting- :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

Movie- :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

as my indian officemate commented: Kerala,India is not yet existing during those roman times, yet aishwarya told the guys seh originated from that place. historical flaws. weak story. pathetic fight scenes. only the beauty of aishwarya is the saving grace of this movie.