Monday, September 17, 2007

Critique the critic


As most sequels to movies are often not as interesting and sometimes cannot hold the audiences attention, the Bourne Ultimantum is not one of those movies. According to John Wirt, an advocate movie critic
“Bourne trilogy comes to a satisfying end”.


Both John Wirt and I agree that the movie is a great action movie, and that all three of the movies still keep you tuned in and sitting on the edge of your seats. The review seems I to agree with what I was thinking about the movie that it is one of the best action movies, that I have seen lately and event though it was third and last in the series it was still amazing as the first one.



"Sequels often run out of ideas and lose the freshness that made the original
films so appealing. The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in a triptych that
began in 2002 with The Bourne Identity, bucks sequel redundancy. With the
ultra-focused Matt Damon returning as renegade CIA assassin Jason Bourne, the
film is an irresistible rush of action and suspense.”


If I had not seen the Bourne Ultimatum before reading this review, it would make me want to go and see it. But I also feel that John Wirt tells a little to much of the movie and tells you more about what happens in it then what he felt was good and what he felt what was bad about it, so after reading it I already knew what was kind of going to happened, so I would not have been watching it so closely as I was when I went to see it. Because I had not heard anything about it, I heard was that it was really good and you should see it. So while I was there watching it I thin it made me pay that much more attention because I had no idea what was supposed to be happening or what was going to happen.


John Wirt also feels that there were some moments where the movie was to quite, I never felt that there were any to quite moments, but I also think that he felt that like that because he has seen many other movies, and a lot more than I have seen. He also does this for his living and I am sure that he catches a lot more things then what a normal audience would catch.



“Despite The Bourne Ultimatum’s political backdrop, the film is first of all a
great action flick. Except for some rare moments of quiet, the action is
constant and furiously visceral.”


What I don’t like is that Wirt tells how he feels about the movie right away, and how he goes into such great detail about the movie throughout his reflection of the movie. Like going into such great detail of blackbrair.
“A whistleblower tells a reporter for The Guardian newspaper (Paddy Considine)
about Blackbriar, the blackest of the CIA’s black-ops programs. Because Bourne,
who’s still wondering about his identity, wants to know what the reporter knows,
he makes contact. A mere reporter, however, is no match for assassins who answer
only to Strathairn’s deep-cover operation.”
I think that this is to much detail about the movie for someone who has never seen it and just wanting to know what some people think of it, I would suggest to them not to read John Wirt reflection, because it just gives you way to much detail about the movie.

4 comments:

Whitney B said...

Nice job Meg! I think you did a great job stating all the things that you agreed with the reviewer. And I liked your reasoning on why not to read a review of his!!

alexh said...

Good job meaghan. I like how you showed things that you liked and that you didn't like about what the critic wrote. I agree with you and the critic that this was one of the best trilogies. Most second and third movies are never as good as the original but these kept you at the edge of your seat everytime.

Greg H. said...

I agree, this was still a great movie even though it was a sequel but i think the camera work needed some help. I liked how you gave the good and the bad of how you felt about the critic.

Mr. K said...

Meaghan: Good first effort. I liked how you analyzed how you would've viewed the movie differently if you had read this review first -- that's why I usually try to save reading the reviews until after I've seen the movie. Keep working on eliminating some of the mistakes in spelling and punctuation. Good work!