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I'm bored watching both techniques. They're done to death. And please, can we have a funeral for the obligatory Car Chase?
I get the feeling that studios have a committee meeting where they focus group the 12 year-olds and cut the movie just for them. Plot? Motivation? We don't need no stinking plot or motivation, just keep the old fox and hound chase going for 160 minutes and we're outta here.
Funny thing is, Robert Ludlum wrote rich characters so that a smaller amount of action was necessary to keep you engaged and worried about them when danger threatens. But if the character is one-dimensional and simply another prop, then you've got to rely on one eye-popping stunt after another to hold interest.
The Bourne Identity had a delicious noir feel to it. I liked the overcast skies and cold European streets, mysterious and mesmerizing in itself. But New York? I don't know, maybe they should put the next Bourne Franchise in Las Vegas and car-chase through the casinos. And after that, they can have American cities bid on which one will host the next Bourne street race. Miami? Chicago?
Please Matt, make this your last one. Kill this thing now, before it gets as ridiculous as Rocky.
