shaken, not stirred

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 2004)

An otherwise terrific film is ruined by terrible camera work. Watching the Bourne Supremacy is a real chore, literally. The shaky camera-work constantly distracts and obscures the film, making it very difficult to keep your eyes on the screen. The director must think this technique makes for a compelling style. Whatever. In reality it just doesn't work. Don't they screen these movies before releasing them? The first Bourne film was very well done, including shall we say, traditional, camera work that supported the film. In this edition, the camera-work gets in the way of watching the film. Not a good idea unless the movie isn't very good and could use a distracting style to cover up for its inadequacies. That's not the case here. This is a great story with very good actors. Too bad it's spoiled by a really stupid director.