OK so I've been really slack and not updating this reguarly and I'm realising that bloggers are a pretty devoted bunch to set aside time each day to blog. Anyways on to what I watched. Wondering what on Earth I would watch after Predator I noticed the Bourne trilogy sitting there, pleading to be watched in all it's hi-def glory.
The Bourne Identity (watched 10/01) was the first film off the ranks and I didn't get the opportunity to watch The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum until a few days later (14/01). There's no denying that the Bourne films are great films. They're exciting, gritty and a great example of how a spy film should be made. In actual fact I think that the Bourne films are a little under rated in terms of their importance within the spy genre.
Films/franchises like The Fast and the Furious, Salt, and the lucrative James Bond franchise have all used Bourne as a basis of inspiration for their characters or action sequences. Think about it without Bourne Casino Royale woudl not have been made in the style it was and Bond would not have been rebooted in the way it has. Bourne showed that gadgets were not required to be a successful spy. Where chase and fight sequences once felt choreographed they now feel improvised and instinctive using their surroundings as tools and all filmed within close quarters.
Most people feel the Bourne films are great films but I honestly feel they don't realise just how important they really have been.
Format: Bluray
Venue: My couch
Degrees of Separation: John McTeirnan directed Predator, a year later McTeirnan directed Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. Willis played himself during Ocean’s Twelve in a hilarious museum scene that also featured Matt Damon. Damon is Jason Bourne. Obviously between the other films they are sequels.Venue: My couch
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