A Bourne Loser

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 2004)

**SPOILERS**
First off, I love the "Bourne" books. I'm just finishing The Bourne Ultimatum and these are some of the most exciting books I've ever read. I wish I could say the same thing for the movies. I can honestly say that I never knew what was going to happen in The Bourne Supremacy, because it was absolutely nothing like the book. There was nothing even remotely the same. For instance the book takes place almost entirely in China, with Marie being kidnapped. In this movie the closest they ever get to china is India and Marie gets killed 5 minutes into it. Did they even read the books? Do they even care? This movie is everything I hate about Hollywood, they take an excellent book, and butcher it, or in this case just rewrite the entire story, and slap the name on it. I was prepared for some changes, I knew there would be some, but I was not prepared for this travesty. If they had called these anything but Bourne, I could handle them, in fact I would probably like them; but selling them as the Bourne stories is wrong. Now that I'm done ripping the story let me get to the production. This movie is pretty well made. The acting is good on all fronts. The main problem I had was the camera work. Seriously, the director of photography should never be hired again. The camera was so shaky during all the action scenes, and even some none action scenes, that I couldn't tell what was going on. The main problem areas were the fight in the house and the final chase. I know that they were trying to make the fights seem more frantic and chaotic, but I hate this form of cinematography. Instead of making it feel frantic, it is just distracting and had me looking at my watch. Honestly, the only reason I went to see this movie is that it was a friends birthday and I promised to see whatever he wanted. I guess I'm that sucker that's Bourne every minute, for actually paying to see this movie.