But of course.Okri wrote:Whereas dubbing him Greencrap is the height of film criticism. :;):
The Bourne Ultimatum: The Poll
Is this really the "third and final" film of the franchise?
Aren't there more books than that? Couldn't they make more movies? Did Matt Damon say that he wasn't going to do any more?
Aren't there more books than that? Couldn't they make more movies? Did Matt Damon say that he wasn't going to do any more?
"Because here’s the thing about life: There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days when you need a hand. There are other days when we’re called to lend a hand." -- President Joe Biden, 01/20/2021
This is how pretentious and ignorant Greencrap is about filmmaking; a recent article in the Hollywood Reporter begins:
When director Paul Greengrass and the filmmaking team made Universal Pictures' "The Bourne Ultimatum," which opens Friday, there was a deliberate effort to create a departure from other movies of the action genre by avoiding cliches.
The result was rapid cuts and a general sense of uneasiness in a high-octane thrill ride for the third and final film in the "Bourne" franchise.
...um, hasn't the entire history of action films been defined by rapid cutting and a "general sense of uneasiness"?
When I come across articles like that, I just shake my head in disbelief that critics are buying into Greencrap's shallow filmmaking.
When director Paul Greengrass and the filmmaking team made Universal Pictures' "The Bourne Ultimatum," which opens Friday, there was a deliberate effort to create a departure from other movies of the action genre by avoiding cliches.
The result was rapid cuts and a general sense of uneasiness in a high-octane thrill ride for the third and final film in the "Bourne" franchise.
...um, hasn't the entire history of action films been defined by rapid cutting and a "general sense of uneasiness"?
When I come across articles like that, I just shake my head in disbelief that critics are buying into Greencrap's shallow filmmaking.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
You can join in my assessment Pen, because here's what he says of Greengrass's work: "This is, simply put, some of the most accomplished filmmaking being done anywhere for any purpose."
Jesus Christ Superstar! That has to be the most inanely assinine and ignorant comment about film I've ever read.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
On some other thread I mentioned that Nathan Lee (now with the Village Voice) is probably the prime idiot among film reviewers today (and more objectionable than the usual dopes like Jeffrey Lyons and the quote whores because he fancies himself a cineaste).Penelope wrote:No offense, Okri, but there are far too many other directors I admire whose films I want to see before I waste precious time on a filmmaker I loathe to the very core of my being. Hell, I'd rather watch the entire resume of Michael Bay or Brett Ratner before I watch another Greencrap film.
You can join in my assessment Pen, because here's what he says of Greengrass's work: "This is, simply put, some of the most accomplished filmmaking being done anywhere for any purpose."
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"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
No offense, Okri, but there are far too many other directors I admire whose films I want to see before I waste precious time on a filmmaker I loathe to the very core of my being. Hell, I'd rather watch the entire resume of Michael Bay or Brett Ratner before I watch another Greencrap film.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
I know, and that was the point; they said the same thing about the last Bourne film and United 93 and it still annoyed the hell outta me. I mean, what's the point if you can't actually see or appreciate the film; it's a style and approach that has only a dead end in the future: if he (or his misguided devotees) follow it to its logical end, all we'll be seeing is a dazzle of images with no context, no character, no meaning.Sonic Youth wrote:Penelope wrote:Sonic Youth wrote:unrelenting nervous camera movement and machine-gun cutting prove wearying more often than not
Greencrap is a thoroughly unoriginal hack. Fucking hate his films.
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"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
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