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Who's Your Favorite: James Bond or Jason Bourne?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:30:59 -0800

It's the ultimate showdown (of today): Jason Bourne vs. James Bond! Which character do you prefer? Matt Damon recently had some nasty words to say about James Bond and though I can see his point, I still enjoy the classic character - especially as interpreted by our most recent Bond, Daniel Craig.

So who is it for you: James Bond or Jason Bourne?

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Would You Want a Fourth Bourne Movie?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:29:08 -0700

Recently, a rumor started circulating regarding a fourth installment of the Bourne franchise. Pulling a line from a Variety article about upcoming Universal Pictures projects, some people believed that the fourth movie was a done deal, but according to an Empire article, this is all news to director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon.

Damon told Empire, "We’ve just kind of been amused by the whole thing. I think it’s one of these stories that has a life of it’s own. Not that we’re against it, we’re all for doing a fourth movie but it means coming up with a good story. There are a lot of things that would have to happen before we would sign up for it."

Do you think a fourth Bourne movie would be a good idea? Do you want more Bourne no matter what? Or should they leave well enough alone with the three movies?

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The Bourne Ultimatum: Ultimately Awesome

BuzzSugar — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:55:00 -0700

From the breathless start to the wholly satisfying finish, The Bourne Ultimatum is, well, the ultimate action movie experience. Plenty of suspense, intrigue, and fight scenes that somehow make Matt Damon even sexier than ever all add up to the most exciting and tensely gripping movies of the summer.

From the instant The Bourne Ultimatum begins, the shaky camerawork makes the viewer feel rushed and frantic. Bourne is still running from the CIA, having been deemed a "serious threat until proven otherwise." For his part, Bourne thinks "someone started all this, and I'm going to find 'em." Thus, the cat-and-mouse game continues with Bourne trying to track down the person responsible for the way he is and the sketchy CIA guy Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) hot on his trail and taking down anyone who gets in his way. That's just a part of the tensely gripping plot, however, so read more

To help him get Bourne, Vosen strongarms Pamela Landey (Joan Allen) who awesomely turns out to be not just the brains and the beauty of the whole operation, but ultimately the heart and the guts, too. This is, in many ways, her story as well as Bourne's, which is very cool.

Watching the movie there is a sense of nothing being wasted and nothing being used extraneously - every edit a careful decision, every fight scene beautifully choreographed. Even when the point of view is not of one character spying on another, the camera angles are such that we always have this voyeuristic sense of seeing something maybe we shouldn't. It's this thoughtful direction that firmly and deftly places us inside this world of espionage, CIA-sanctioned murder and constant suspicion.

There is a blessed absence of unnecessary gore, zero sex scenes (save a flashback to Bourne making out with Marie), and no gigantic, masturbatory explosions. In this movie, less is more - way more. There's just a haggard man on a mission to find out the truth about his life, and a theater full of people cheering for their hero.

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Movie Preview: Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman in Invictus

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:12 -0700

Hope you haven't OD'd on Matt Damon yet! Just yesterday I showed you a preview of his upcoming Jason Bourne-esque action flick, Green Zone and today we get a peek at Invictus. In the upcoming film from Clint Eastwood, Damon stars as a Francois Pienaar, real-life member of South Africa's rugby team who's summoned by Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) to rally support in the country and unite the racial divide.

I love Matt Damon, but I'm actually more interested in Freeman's performance in Invictus. It looks like one well-done biopic, and it's obviously Freeman's Oscar film - although I'm sure Damon doing an accent could translate into a nomination for him around awards time, too. (Not to mention that many things Eastwood touches turn to Oscar nods).

Warning: If cheering crowd scenes and African singing often play with your emotions, you may get goose bumps while watching this preview. Check it out, and tell me what you think when you read more.

Do You Want to See Tom Cruise in More Action Roles?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:31:14 -0700

Today there's news of the spy movie Edwin A. Salt, purportedly starring Tom Cruise, which may get Phillip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games) on board to direct. In the story, Cruise would play "a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy. He must elude capture long enough to clear his name."

It's not necessarily going to be an action film, but it does sound similar to something Jack Ryan-ish or Jason Bourne-y, and I personally don't know if I could take Cruise all that seriously as an action star at this point. Then again, maybe he's still got it. Do you want to see Cruise in any more action movies?

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