Jason Bourne: Bourne 5

[5potTurbo]

BBC review:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160726-is-jason...



Short version: The CIA must be st. They've had 14 years to catch him, and they still haven't!

[shakotan]

r11co said:

SWAT van in Las Vegas

You do know SWAT isn't only an LA-based thing, right?

Pretty much every State has its own Special Response Units, they don't always go by the same acronym, but some do. Florida has Special Response Units called SWAT.

Here's a video of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's SWAT Team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjW316_qfVg

[louiebaby]

siremoon said:

May be an age thing but I'm not a fan of Paul Greengrass's enthusiasm for handheld camera work and rapid cuts between shots. There was a bit of it in the second film and I found the third film virtually unwatchable because of it.

Waiting for responses to this thread about the film before committing to a night out at the cinema. Ideally, some idea of how much of a factor the above is will be helpful. Ta!

[944fan]

5potTurbo said:

BBC review:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160726-is-jason...



Short version: The CIA must be st. They've had 14 years to catch him, and they still haven't!

Yeah but they trained him to be the best. If they had found him it would mean their training aint worth a damm.

Can't believe I am debating the realism of a made up story. FML.

[soad]

I've enjoyed it today.

[22]

soad said:

I've enjoyed it today.

It was an all right movie, didn't really feel like one of the Bourne series to be honest. Was only about 12 people in the cinema. No idea if that's a common thing with so many screens/screenings or if was just while folk at work.

[Dr G]

Went after work last night; it was reasonably good.

There was discussion that they hadn't made one sooner because they didn't have a story.

Shocker: It didn't really have much of a story.

Without any sort of spoiler it's got a vague Edward Snowden vibe to it with a 'more of the same' plot tacked on top. Some really good sequences though and the ending will raise a smile.

[Foliage]

5/10

Poor story and plot way too obvious, far too much product placement, ridiculous far fetched 'stunts' (Jason bourne 5 'las vegas drift'), bourne didn't seem to be 'on it' he wasn't in loose control of the situation and the landscape and the cia seemed incompetent.

I still enjoyed it but its just turned into another generic action film franchise that's lost its charm, the same as the likes of Die hard, James bond etc more story less action please.

Edited by Foliage on Thursday 28th July 09:35

[soad]

Will there be another film? Robert Ludlum only wrote three books iirc, another chap wrote a few more. I tried reading one, but way too long.

The ending makes me wonder, is all. But Hollywood made a fortune so far.

[Mothersruin]

soad said:

Will there be another film? Robert Ludlum only wrote three books iirc, another chap wrote a few more. I tried reading one, but way too long.

The ending makes me wonder, is all. But Hollywood made a fortune so far.

Hollywood will bleed a franchise dry until it stops making money . They won't give a monkeys. However, I can't see MD doing another unless it's a solid gold certainty to be brilliant. He'll want to protect his legacy (npi).

[TheTrash]

I thought it was fantastic, everything you want from a Bourne film.

[Polarbob]

I saw it yesterday and found it a bit boring.

[r11co]

shakotan said:

r11co said:

SWAT van in Las Vegas

You do know SWAT isn't only an LA-based thing, right?

Duhhh!

Think of another film involving Matt Damon and a 'SWAT' team in Las Vegas.

I was laughing at the obvious reference. All the more ironic that Vincent Cassells is in this film. I was half expecting George Clooney and Brad Pitt to make cameos.

Edited by r11co on Saturday 30th July 20:42

[highway]

Whilst better than the dire Bourne Legacy, this is patently not a good film. The original Bourne trilogy are excellent. This is a retread(stone!) of the first three films. They have also jettisoned the 'real' dynamic that separated Bourne from Bond. The chase through Vegas was poor. They have the ballon from Paris in shot at the same position and physics are completely ignored..drew me right out of the film.'Matt D gave a one note, devoid of emotion performance.' I felt his heart wasn't in it.

Really disappointed with this.

[RegMolehusband]

Awful filming style with hand held cameras bobbing about all over the place. I nearly walked out during the riot scene. When they whip out a phone to read a text message it bobs about all over the shop, you get to read the text message in the final nano second after much unnatural bobbing about. Zooming in bloody zooming out, swishing left and right. Awful.

Matt Damon was good of course, when he wasn't a blur.

[popeyewhite]

Take all the charm, decent fight choreography with odd weaponry and storyline out of the first two Bourne films and you've got this one. No subtlety to Bourne's voyage of discovery into his past this time round, B4 is just an excuse for some quite decent set pieces. Except for the opening scenes with Bourne as a streetfighter-without-a-cause, which was originally done much much better in RamboIII, and was pointless in this movie.

I still don't know what Treadstone was, largely because by the end of each Bourne I was bored and not paying attention. The non-stop action gets like that.

[pushthebutton]

"Bourne, please, I need your help"

"Sorry, have you seen the last three films? That was personal, but what you're asking now doesn't really involve me so I'm out."

End of film

From a big fan

[soad]

It wasn't that bad, and you can hardly expect a great storyline. Just enjoy for what it is, chaps.
Used £5 worth of Nectar points to get my Vue ticket voucher, good value there.

[smn159]

What's the CIA's retirement policy? Tommy Lee Jones looks to be at least 90.

[soad]

smn159 said:

What's the CIA's retirement policy? Tommy Lee Jones looks to be at least 90.

He's only 69, and still acting.