Will you like this film? My shaky-camera hypothesis

Rating: 4/10 (4 August 2007)

I liked "The Bourne Identity", but I found the plot of "The Bourne Ultimatum" incredibly boring (a simple idea, drawn out too far). To be fair, I never saw the 2nd film in this series, but it seems to not be an issue as the relevant plot developments are mentioned like 3 or 4 times in this film (ad nauseam). I didn't really care about the characters.
The negative complaints about this film are dominated by complaints about the shaky camera work during some action sequences. Though it makes it harder to understand exactly what's happening, I accepted it. But now that I look back, I think that the camera was shaken just to make the scene feel more exciting than it actually was. I suspect that the people who think that these action sequences are good are those who either a) like overstimulation (e.g., loud music at clubs) or possibly b) really like the realistic feel that they add. The realism is, I guess, a selling point of the Bourne films.
Here's what I liked about this film: The first full-scale action sequence was cool and novel. I really thought the film was going to take off at that point.
The second major sequence had its moments, but I wound up fantasizing about how it could be better.
There were very tiny, clever things that Bourne did which I thought were cool.
Toward the end of this film I thought about leaving. As the best parts were over, I wish I had.