In Reply to: RE: Congrats to Joel and Ethan Coen posted by sjb on February 25, 2008 at 06:17:48:
The academy just liked it because it demonized US intelligence agencies and had the obligatory Cheney look-alike as the devil incarnate. The best thing about it was the action sequences and even those were fairly crappy. A general rule of thumb--when the camera is in too tight and choppy during hand-to-hand combat, it's because the martial arts is not being properly choreographed or performed. The first Bourne film was pretty good but it was all downhill after that. Still, I can live with the Coens getting three out of four. Editing was less prestigious than the awards they took.
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Follow Ups
- The Bourne Ultimatum sucked - Jazz Inmate 10:12:46 02/25/08 (13)
- RE: The Bourne Ultimatum sucked - jamesgarvin 17:02:15 02/26/08 (1)
- RE: The Bourne Ultimatum sucked - Jazz Inmate 12:51:24 02/27/08 (0)
- It sucked big time! the whole movie was one boring action sequence. - fortysomething 21:33:07 02/25/08 (0)
- You nailed it... - sjb 11:01:49 02/25/08 (9)
- You really think that film deserved 3 academy awards? - Jazz Inmate 18:07:59 02/25/08 (7)
- Um... no... my first post was about it not deserving the editing award - sjb 18:35:54 02/25/08 (6)
- It didn't deserve the other awards it won either - Jazz Inmate 21:47:40 02/25/08 (5)
- My theory is a bit more far out than yours.... - sjb 05:42:50 02/26/08 (4)
- LOL! - Harmonia 18:35:53 02/26/08 (3)
- A fourth Bourne movie? Ugh! - Jazz Inmate 22:44:11 02/26/08 (2)
- Us guys... - Harmonia 23:47:23 02/26/08 (1)
- "I don't think Bourne is anti-US" - Jazz Inmate 10:57:23 02/27/08 (0)
- well... - Prisoners 11:08:25 02/25/08 (0)