Great plot and story, lousy photography

Rating: 6/10 (13 August 2007)

Alrighty, I know my critical view of the camera usage in this movie will annoy some movie geeks, but such is life. And I don't think I've got a spoiler here, but that's open to interpretation. Does everyone remember the first Bourne movie? How about the fight scene in Bourne's apartment? Good action, Mr. Damon did great, as did the other fella. It was believable that they were beating the heck out of each other and you could tell what was going on. In one of the fight scenes in this one, it takes me hearing ringing metal off of tile to know the the bad guy had a blade. Half of the action has you wondering "Who's hitting who?". Then there's the car chases. Instead of enjoying the scene, you spend all your time trying to pick out what's happening. There were subtle things in the first movie's car chase, background stuff that was neat, interesting scenery, and you could see the people jump out of the way. In this one, it was just way too cut up. Too many camera jiggles and too many cuts. What's the point of having killer action if you can't see it happening? Sure, some jiggly camera kind of gets you into the action, but let's be honest here, me with two bad knees and one bad back could do a passable fight scene with all that jiggling. If I took off my glasses you probably couldn't tell me from Mr. Damon either. So, rant session is over.. Overall, 10 out of 10 for story, 2 out of 10 for using a "Cops" camera-man on meth.