I knew how this one would end before it began. Screechy repeated musical notes and Matt Damon fading into a crowd after having eluded capture yet again. I don’t even consider that a spoiler, which surely means this is a tired franchise overdue to be retired. It makes me sad we’ve gotten to this point with Bourne when initially these movies felt like a revitalization of the secret agent genre. Now, the James Bond franchise is the vibrant one and Bourne is the one that’s just regurgitating what has come before.
That’s the most damning criticism I can make. Jason Bourne is point-by-point the exact same movie we’ve seen four times previously from this team. This is not a case of a poorly executed movie or a badly acted one. It’s far worse. This is like if CCR’s John Fogerty had plagarized a song he wrote himself, only without any possibility of a similarly bizarre yet logical lawsuit on the horizon. So there’s not even an intellectually appealing consequence to be found here. Even if you liked the other movies I can’t recommend this one, because it offers absolutely nothing new.
The only interesting thing about this movie is to wonder whether Matt Damon looks more bored here or in The Great Wall (China’s latest attempt to break into the North American box office). I’m not sure and I’m not at all looking forward to finding out.
Jason Bourne gets a score of don’t even bother out of ten.
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I have to agree with you. I liked what they tried to do with the father but it just wasn’t that good. I was hoping for something new with this one.
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The Honest Trailer of this movie, spoils the entire movie…that’s how shit it is
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Great read!
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It was just like they weren’t even trying anymore.
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Couldn’t agree more. Very disappointing, yet not unexpected. 😦
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obviously I couldn’t even be bothered with this one. and I’m sorry that during 24 hours worth of flights, this movie still wasn’t worth it to you.
I do, however, totally approve of the snark in this review.
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Oh well, on the miss list then.
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I was really disappointed with Jason Bourne, one dumb chase after another. Good review.
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I will probably still see this fairly soon. Thanks for the warning.
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I watched this one and also was disappointed. I’m glad he had some happy moments but very sad for his loss of someone from awhile back. . . that made me get teary-eyed. I have to say it still was good to see Matt Damon looking healthy. 🙂
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Glad I gave it a pass, then. I saw the first one, but I don’t think I’ve seen any since.
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James Bond franchise described as vibrant. I’ll be ignoring this one when it turns up on Netflix or the likes.
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