Cinematography Ruined Great Plot

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2004)

For those of us with Home Theater systems, Bourne Supremacy was more distraction than attraction. First, has Hollywood completely abandoned the use of the tripod and dolly altogether? Every single shot was hand-held with dizzying motion. It was so bad, that was all we were thinking about throughout the film. "He's dialing a phone! Quick, move the camera to add tension!" "So why not have multiple fast zooms in and out with a big orchestral sting?" (-4 for 90s TV camera-work) I had to check this problem on my computer to make sure my projector wasn't out of alignment. My computer confirmed that this entire movie is predominately green. Oliver Wood seems to had forgotten his Tiffen FL-D fluorescent filter on the initial shoot. Did he do the entire film in green to avoid this embarrassing miscue?(-2 for Star Trek I color lapse) The plot was excellent, but I thought the death of Franka was a typical Hollywood motivational formula worthy of a Simpsons spoof. If the motivation was to protect Franka, the movie would have been far better. (-1 for Mask of Zorro motivation) I am giving the movie a three rating for these glaring errors. Six points lost for cinematography alone.