New 'Bourne 3' Trailer Hits Web
Filed under: Action, Trailer Trash, Remakes and Sequels
I should probably start by admitting that I'm one of those rare people who is not a huge fan of the Bourne series. However, I've still tried to like them -- after seeing The Bourne Identity, I still went to see The Bourne Supremacy. Unfortunately, the one thing that would keep me watching them no matter how indifferent I am to the product was infuriatingly killed off in the last one. With that said, I'm not entirely thrilled that this trailer starts off with a bunch of old footage, and reminds me of all the Franka Potente that is no longer there. On the other hand, I found myself strangely amped by the poster -- both for Bourne coming home, and for the mysterious, yet completely descriptive of the movie, pose.But how is this trailer for fans of the series? As Erik Davis said in his news of the first trailer, "it looks just like the other two -- a bunch of government types are still chasing Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), while he's doing his best to allude the villains and figure out his identity before it's too late." Joan Allen is still tough and cool as Pamela Landy: "Trying to kill him [Bourne] and failing -- just pisses him off." Damon is still beating down whoever comes across his path, with wildly driving cars or sailing through the air as he jumps from one building to the next. And Julia Stiles.. Well, she looks a bit goofy with her new 'do, but she only gets a brief flash of screen time. And finally, the whole trailer lies around the end revelation. Is that really something you'd want to reveal? Is it obvious and okay, or does it kill the sense of mystery? Either way I might forgive the Supremacy shocker and see what ultimately happens to Bourne.
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4-20-2007 @ 11:14AM
bgdc said...
**"And finally, the whole trailer lies around the end revelation. Is that really something you'd want to reveal? Is it obvious and okay, or does it kill the sense of mystery"**
Are you trying to say Potente is back? That shot of her with dark hair is directly from the first film and she's not in the credits on IMDB.
Otherwise, it could be good. I worry as Greengrass is back and he was a horrible choice for the second film. Liman is better with action by a magnitude of 1 billion; Supremacy's action scenes felt like 1990s Bay-style monkey-cam. Greengrass just needs to go make another exploitative movie about a tragedy and leave action films to real directors.
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4-20-2007 @ 9:07PM
rohsan said...
I think the word you want in the 2nd paragraph is 'elude' rather than 'allude'.
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