Great movie, ruined by poor cinematography

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2007)

I loved the action in this movie, and thought the writing and acting were great. I would have given this movie a rating somewhere between 9.0 and 9.5. I end up giving it an 8 however. The camera work looked like it was done by a fourth grader. It bounced around, wasn't in focus, sudden zoom in closeups for no reason and lots of unnecessary "MTV style" quick cuts. The steadiest camera work was done from the helicopter. I was very, very disappointed by the camera work.
**mild spoilers**
in the scene where Bourne is talking to Marie's brother, half the screen is taken up by the back of the person's head as they are doing an over the shoulder shot. Worse, the camera kept bouncing around and head/shoulders were seriously out of focus.
in the early scenes in Moscow, the camera is bouncing around so much that I thought I was going to get motion sick.
in the fight scene in the hallway at the train station, the camera is moving so much, that nothing is in focus. It's very difficult to tell what is going on, other than that some people are moving and that the walls appear to be white.
Seriously, the camera work looked like the worst from "America's Funniest Home Videos". If I wanted to see a home movie, I would get my grand fathers old super 8 movies out of the closet. As good as this movie was, it could have been so much better.