[john voight]

I watched 3 movies today, Bourne, Simpsons, Rescue Dawn.

Bourne Ultimatum

BU was pretty good as anyone will suspect. There are several action scenes. Too many I would say. I mean part of what makes the series good is the smartness of it. Plot twists, Bourne's journey, and realizations, etc... Here it was kind of bang, bang, bang w/ little in between.

So, if you really like action, this will make the movie even better for you. The movie didnt have the pace of say the Departed (IDK if this is a fair comparison). It leaned way more toward action. The action was very good though.

First major action scene is Bourne coaching a guy through a train station (or something). The two need to evade a bunch of agents, and it is the best action scene in the movie (IMO).

There was a foot/scooter pursuit that was less entertaining. The fight scene here was amungst the best in the whole series. The signature ultra close combat scene.

There was also a second vehicle chase which was okey.

Overall, it was good, but not great (IMO). Bourne is smarter than ever here, consistently toying w/ the guys who are chasing him, they are simply one level behind. Overall a recommended watch.

I could have used 30 more minutes so that the movie was not so saturated w/ action.


Rescue Dawn

Very little action. I could have used more of the action I saw in the beginning (I mean spice the movie up a little). The part in the POW camp is a bit long. I got bored. Christian Bale (I think that shim) is awesome in the movie; the guy shows humanity/emotion, something I have not seen before.

The movie looked a bit cheap. Meaning they could have explored more - added in some beautiful shots of the land, etc... Mostly it focused on the characters.

A good story, just not done in my taste. I would recommend this though, as it is not a crappy movie.

Simpsons

Surprisingly funny. Lots of times, movies like this become slaves to the plot. Here, despite the big plot, everything remains Simpsony, and all the characters get their line in. I honestly cant complain about this movie b/c it needs to have an elaborate plot to full up 90 minutes (opposed to 22 minutes). And it did a great job of staying funny the whole way.

And it looked great on the big screen.

I wanted to watch Hotrod as well, but my friends are lame bastards.