Comments on: Paul Greengrass Walks Away From Bourne 4 [Updated]

By: RUDK2

RUDK2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:04:15 +0000

No Damon, no watch! Can’t switch now!!! that’s franchise movie suicide!! Got to get Damon back, no matter the cost.

By: Ray Ciss

Ray Ciss — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:12:23 +0000

The shaky camera during action scenes only serve to cover the lackluster martial arts choreography. The idea is to feel like you are “part of the experience”, though the overall feeling is that of a bad First-Person Shooter after a night of binge drinking when you’ve lost your contacts. The camera man seems to me to be more akin to Paris Hilton in a cat fight after a bender. The Bourne Identity clearly demonstrated the brutal efficiency of Damon’s character, whereas Ultimatum and Supremacy were simply brutal on the eyes. For those with weak stomachs I’d suggest a dose of Dramamine before viewing else what’s on the screen will end up as a pile on the floor.

By: Magnetic Eye

Magnetic Eye — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:21:27 +0000

I don't mind a bit of hand-held camera action. It can add to the intensity of action and the notion of “in your face confrontation and realism”, BUT it needs to be a minimalist approach.

I didn't mind Paul Greengrass but I prefer Doug Liman any day.

By: Magnetic Eye

Magnetic Eye — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:21:27 +0000

I don't mind a bit of hand-held camera action. It can add to the intensity of action and the notion of “in your face confrontation and realism”, BUT it needs to be a minimalist approach.

I didn't mind Paul Greengrass but I prefer Doug Liman any day.

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:18:30 +0000

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By: vid

vid — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:26:14 +0000

I agree about the shaky cam in 2 and 3. Although 3 managed to use it in a less nauseating manner than 2. Still I like all the films and the action was good in spite of the shaky cam.

I don’t think a 4th film is necessary but if you’re going to do one you better have good ppl working on it whether it be greengrass or the director of the first one whom I wouldn’t mind at all.

By: huntthejest

huntthejest — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:26:50 +0000

Raven nailed it. Another Borne movie minus crap directing would be great. Action scene does not equal shaky camera. That’s why the first film was the greatest. Damon looked like he knew how to fight. He didn’t need the camera shaking around to fudge it. I couldn’t get past it in both sequels.

By: anakin

anakin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:29:32 +0000

Hopefully they’ll bring in the original director back and drop Greengrass. You know? The director that actually turned the original film into a franchise in the first place? The one actually responsible for making him successful at all?

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:19:52 +0000

I am with Dudelove as well. Bring Doug Limon back. The first film was the best IMO. I don’t know why he passed the sequels off to Greengrass in the first place.

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:16:39 +0000

I’m with Dudelove. I hate Greengrass’s directing skills. They made the second 2 movies almost unwatchable. The camera movement is vomit inducing. and it’s not even just the action scenes…. watch the scene where Bourne is telling Marie’s brother that she was killed…. The camera is bobbing up and down like they put it on a life preserver in a bath tub. It is ridiculous.

By: M-Cat

M-Cat — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:28:41 +0000

No Greengrass=no good for the film. hopefully they work everything out. i wouldn’t watch it if there is no greengrass and no damon.

By: Stephie

Stephie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:33:24 +0000

Personally, I’m sorry that there’s even a plan for a 4th Bourne movie, since The Bourne Ultimatum was the perfect way to end the franchise, and to continue the franchise would be redundant (imo).

Can’t wait to see The Green Zone, though. This one looks like it will kick some serious butt.

By: dudelove

dudelove — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:58:41 +0000

Good. Hopefully now we’ll get action scenes we can actually see.

By: 790

790 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:44:16 +0000

Green zone looks exactly like a Bourne film to me.

By: DrSamBeckett

DrSamBeckett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:25 +0000

I hated the 3rd movie, it felt like a real cop out after the first 2, which I thought were amazing. My biggest problem is that they deviated too far from the books, the books were full of such great ideas, I’d like the fourth to maybe use some of the stories from the books.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +0000

The books stop at three (the non-ludlum ones don’t count) but they really haven’t followed the story at all so I guess that doesn’t matter. Good movies and I would love to see a third but without Damon why bother make a spy movie and call it something else. You cannot make a 4th movie with everyone new and call it bourne 4… you just can’t

By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:25 +0000

I never cared for Damon as Bourne having read the books, even though he did a kick-ass job and the movies themselves were phenomenal.

I can’t imagine a 4th Bourne movie without him or Greengrass. And seeing as Ludlum only wrote the 3 books it’s just as well. Anything more would only be another typical Hollywood attempt to bleed even more money from an existing franchise.

The Green Zone sounds bitchin’, cant wait!!

By: Fenix

Fenix — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:27:48 +0000

Not seeing a Bourne 4 would suck but I’m still excited for The Green Zone. An edgier bourne without amnesia and with the same director… count me in !