Bourne Legacy
Bourne Legacy
Has anyone seen it? What did you think?
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I thought it was... okay.
Definitely the weakest in the series.
I like Jeremy Renner but he couldn't really save a bland movie.
Definitely the weakest in the series.
I like Jeremy Renner but he couldn't really save a bland movie.
I was mostly just disappointed. 
The original Bourne trilogy worked so well because the protagonist was constantly fueled by this driving sense of purpose. He had to find his identity, re-shape his identity, contemplate big moral issues, etc. In this one, I had to keep trying to figure out what the purpose was. It seemed like it was trying to mirror the success of Bourne by giving us clever references and familiar action sequences, but it lacked what actually made Bourne so awesome in the first place. Instead, the underlying theme seemed to be subtly about.. drugs. And it wasn't very redemptive in that regard, either.
The original Bourne trilogy worked so well because the protagonist was constantly fueled by this driving sense of purpose. He had to find his identity, re-shape his identity, contemplate big moral issues, etc. In this one, I had to keep trying to figure out what the purpose was. It seemed like it was trying to mirror the success of Bourne by giving us clever references and familiar action sequences, but it lacked what actually made Bourne so awesome in the first place. Instead, the underlying theme seemed to be subtly about.. drugs. And it wasn't very redemptive in that regard, either.
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
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I just got done watching supremacy for the first time, it's awesome! I'm working my way through the trilogy since I haven't yet watched them.
Sad to hear legacy isn't as good, I'll probably pick it up as a rental when it's on DVD nevertheless.
Sad to hear legacy isn't as good, I'll probably pick it up as a rental when it's on DVD nevertheless.
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Legacy was funny though because he was basically a dummy unless he got his meds, lol.
What is with the weird song they play at the end of every Bourne movie?
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That song was PERFECT at the end of Ultimatum, then at the end of Legacy it was just kinda like.. "lol what?"
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
Any cupcake can be made holy through being baptized in the name of the Butter, the Vanilla and the Powdered Sugar. // Kait
Any cupcake can be made holy through being baptized in the name of the Butter, the Vanilla and the Powdered Sugar. // Kait
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What about at the end of Identity and Supremacy?
I don't actually even remember it at the end of those ones. 
I just remember THAT MOMENT in Ultimatum when
I just remember THAT MOMENT in Ultimatum when 
Fallacy of false continuum. // bookworm
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I only remember the Moby song, and I agree, it was perfect.
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Yeah, that was cool. I think it just... played to play over the end credits in the first two. It wasn't like OH SNAP SON ITS TEH BOURNE.