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Greengrass seems to me a hack, a dim-wit who can mangle any story with shoddy direction and camera-work. Greengrass doesn't seem to know how to hold a camera steady, even for the duration of a conversation between two characters over coffee. We left United 93 halfway through because we became motion sickened. We felt the same in this latest Bourne, but had to know how the story ended for the characters. It made me furious that dozens, hundreds of people supported this movie, worked behind the scenes in pre and post production, all so that Greengrass could poop out something that could have been made by a 4-year old. The original Bourne Identity, well-directed by Liman, was smooth and stylish; fight scenes and chase scenes were filmed and choreographed to convey speed, action, motion, but also to make clear what was happening.
Terrible directing and filming makes a hash of what could have been a fantastic movie. We left saying "if only we could have *seen* that scene where...".
