Bourne Again (Photo credit: lincolnblues)
Spoiler alert!!
My husband and I just watched Bourne Legacy, I found it a big disappointment compared to the other three Bourne movies. If you haven’t seen them, they’re the story of a broken man who was outcast and alone and thinks no one can love him until he finds a woman that can. In the second movie she dies and his whole world is lost. In the third movie, he is reborn and a new love interest is introduced, we never know if he falls truly in love with her but that mystery is part of the magic. The Bourne Legacy has none of the complex emotions, personal crises, or the long suffering necessary for true love and it ends with the happy couple riding around on a boat together. If you’re looking for a great couple love story I suggest Fight Club, the story of a man torn between himself and the woman he loves.
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If you are into that sort of story then you might like to read the books by Eric van Lustbader. He wrote some of the Borne trilogy and his book Jian, in particular, is my 3rd favorite novel
sounds good!
Didn’t go see it since I suspected it would fall short or the first three, especially without the same, long-suffering Jason Bourne. Does anyone know why the author had him born in Republic, MO? I don’t. Just curious about any trivia around it. Also as to why the author chose a soccer ball with a bloddy handprint to be Tom Hanks’ ever-present companion in Cast Away?
I’d forgotten where he was born. Film makers do strange things sometimes.
I’m going to be a nay sayer here. I really enjoyed the Bourne Legacy, of course I did some self talk first: “Remember this is NOT Jason Bourne. Just see the movie as another spy movie” – maybe that’s the difference. I know lots of people liked Fight Club – I didn’t find it that great. Perhaps it’s a generation thing. My son and his girlfriend loved it, they are 25(ish). I usually like all of Edward Norton movies – so I found it somewhat disappointing. My husband thinks that either Moneyball or The Notebook make great date movies.
This post is supposed to be a joke, but no one seems to be getting it, so I guess I didn’t pull it off very well.
Well, my excuse is that I’m having a blonde moment – I don’t know what everyone else’s is
I would guess nobody expected you to joke on your blog. I don’t remeber another time you have joked in a post. Sometimes in a comment, but never in a post. I thought you actually encapsulated the Bourne series quite well, even if not intentionallly. It kind of had that high school newspaper movie review depth to it. I think you gave it the mimimal artistic credit it was due. Since they all consist of mostly constant action, I thought you covered the character exposition of the films with all the detail they warranted. Your review actually served them quite well. Long-suffering, love lost and found, then found again. The complex emotions and Fight Club nod was kind of a tip-off. And yes, the review was funny and I still wonder about those questions I asked. I was serious about not wanting to see it because I felt without Matt Damon it would fall short. I enjoy the series for what it is and felt like I didn’t want to live through another NEW James Bond experience. On a similar note though, I thought Josh Brolin did a great job channeling a young Tommy Lee Jones in MIB III. His body language and characteristics were dead on.
I don’t get the joke either. But we watched that movie this weekend and I LOVED it. I could have used a better ending but it was sooo good!!!
Okay, I get it…I’m bad at the jokes. The joke was that none of these are romantic movies but that was all I wrote about. i guess I was the only one who thought it was hilarious. Be ready you guys, you never know when I’ll throw another surprise joke at you…:)