Movie review: The Bourne Ultimatum

Now that's how you do a movie! I wasn't bored for a second. This happened to be on tv and I caught it just as it was beginning so I didn't miss anything. Also pleasantly, the commercials seemed to be spaced fairly far apart, like 18 or 19 minutes instead of 12 or 15 minutes. 5/5 (I know I said I wasn't really the type to do numerical ratings, but I did for the last one so I thought I should continue the trend.) 

I was quite happy that this movie was good, as opposed to the absolute waste of time No Country for Old Men was. A few weeks ago, I caught most of the first Jason Bourne movie on television. I thought that this one was the second, but it's actually the third, so it wouldn't hurt to go and watch the second and fill that in. And now I need to watch the rest of the series as well. 

I don't remember noticing it in the first movie, but I really liked the style of cinematography used in this movie. It was shaky and frantic, which I think enhanced the movie and suspense. Although I could see other people hating it for being too unsteady and headache causing. 

There were a couple of scenes I want to note - one where Jason Bourne is being handed a towel in some apartment/hotel room and the camera lingers a little bit on his hands holding it. I liked that. Then, there was a scene where the lady he was with was changing her appearance by cutting and dyeing her hair darker. She was washing it out in the sink, although I thought it was sort of odd that her hands weren't stained by the dye as she wasn't wearing gloves. I doubt they actually had the actress dye her own hair in that scene, so I can see why the inconsistency occurred. But I've done a bit of DIY hair dyeing myself and you really should wear gloves. And clothes you don't mind possibly ruining. 

Naturally I think the Jason Bourne series probably gets compared to James Bond fairly often, and they are sort of similar in that they're about spies. But the Bourne series takes a fairly different approach/angle on the spy concept, which I would say ends up having a bit more depth than James Bond (although the Daniel Craig era films have a bit more substance to them than previous ones). And Matt Damon as Jason Bourne has a more boyish look than Daniel Craig ever did. As far as I can say, they aren't that similar in terms of the underlying themes and all. Jason Bourne seems like a more introspective character than 007. That's probably due to the amnesia. 

Also, Jason is a nice name. If I were to have a kid, which I won't, but theoretically, that wouldn't be a bad name. Although I feel like it'd be kind of weird to name your kid Jason as in after Jason Bourne. 

As far as Muse songs and movies go, I think Citizen Erased is a pretty good fit for this one (perhaps the whole series, even), as Falling Away With You fits really well with Requiem for a Dream. Come to think of it, Ruled by Secrecy fits the whole Jason Bourne thing pretty well too.