This will not spoil the movie for you...
I went and watched The Bourne Supremacy today, though by watched I mean I saw the first 30-40 minutes and by that time was so ill that I had to leave the theater and ask for my money back. I love Matt Damon, but the cinomatography in this movie is horrible. I know it's supposed to be 'artistic' but it just made me ill. I would like to mention that I did not get sick in the Blair Witch Project, which was also a little bit of the 'shakey camera' work - but that was kinda the point and some of it was filmed very nicely, so you got a break.
The shakey camera wasn't even the worst part, they also had characters stand very close to camera so that you get the in-focus/out-of-focus contrast in most of the shots. There was a 5-second shot early in the movie that is total darkness after a door shuts. There is horrible light/darkness contrasts, for those who are bothered by that, and if you ever wanted to know what a car chase feels like with shakey cameras... well buy your tickets now... though it is sickening. Oh, and last, but not least, it was in 'grainy colors' which I detest. Can't you put a little feeling into the colors? Geesh...
Oh and they killed Franka Pontente about five minutes into the film. Was that neccessary? Is that in the book?
Story line (I've heard) is good, but the shakey camera has to go when they shoot the third one... hopefully I will be able to watch this on a small screen when it comes out on DVD.
And Quiz Time v 4.0 (what a silly kitty)and 5.0 (bet you haven't seen a cat chew on it's tongue before!)
Posted by 10lees at July 25, 2004 03:38 PM