This latest Bourne movie was filmed entirely on location in some of the busiest cities in the world; London, New York, Madrid, Tangier, Berlin, just to name a few... In many movies, when filming in a real life location, the production company must close down streets, re-route traffic, and fill the streets with extras that know NOT to get in the way. After seeing a "making of" show for this movie I was curious to see how this would look as they were basically filming in the midst of real life congestion, whether it be rush hour in on of London's train stations or a packed street in Tangier, Morocco. This sounds like utter mayhem and confusion but they pulled it off brilliantly as I got the feeling that I was IN the crowd instead of just watching the action.
Couple high-points... the couple Jason vs. the World fight sequences were amazing. Without giving too much away in case you are planning to see it, the fight in Tangier with another would-be assassin was visually gripping. I realized about halfway through the scene that I was holding my breath... time to breathe, Heitz... the locations are awesome as everything is filmed on location... the car chases (only a couple of them) are amazing...
So, I guess my question to Hollywood after seeing this flick is this... why can't we make more movies like this? too often spy movies are done so poorly or with such exaggerated special effects that they are unbelievable.
Bottom line is, this movie is VERY entertaining AND keeps the faithful Bourne fans happy by not betraying the story line. I need more heroes that kill people with bathroom towels instead of rocket launchers.
OK... off the soapbox for now... onto more fun stuff...
George Bush is Listening!!!
I was talking to my mom last night and the phone kept clicking... either I had another call or they are already wire-tapping us in advance... just getting ready for the bad things I MIGHT do some time in the future...
You see, Congress went into the office over the weekend and approved Bush's wiretap package to allow our Intelligence community the ability to wiretap and monitor calls that they were unable to in the past. Fortunately for all of us, this is for our own good.
Now, things you want to avoid saying while on the phone, as this may result in your door being kicked in:
"Dude, that party was da BOMB!!!"
"They don't make them like Walter Payton anymore, he was a TERROR coming out of the backfield."
"I live down the street from the NUCLEAR power plant."
Now, fortunately, they have linguistic experts to recognize when you are actually saying, "that guy is a BUM" or "my dog is a TERRIER"... not so sure about the NUCLEAR thing so I'd just steer away from that unless you are a nuclear physicist, in which case you are covered.
And FINALLY... If you are looking for an easy couple grand... just flip off a cop...
Apparently, our law enforcement folks need to have "thick skin" and should be able to take some abuse from us. So, make it a point to flip them off, make barnyard animal noises at them, and basically just don't TOUCH them... they really don't like that.Because ya know, they just don't work hard enough to keep us all safe so make sure you voice your displeasure.
Heitz
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