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Old 07-23-2004, 12:26 PM   #1
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Bourne Supremacy and Catwoman

Has anyone seen either of these? How are they?
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Old 07-23-2004, 12:53 PM   #2
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Halle Berry. In a leather catsuit. How bad could it be?
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:07 PM   #3
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Halle Berry. In a leather catsuit. How bad could it be?
Evidently pretty bad.
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:08 PM   #4
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Well, me to violence is kinda like most guys to sex, so as long as it has action, and not "sexual" action, I'm fine with that. I don't care about the story, acting, or whatever, just give me the action, which is sort of why i really want to see Bourne, but the bonus is great story and acting and such.
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:11 PM   #5
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Wait wait wait. Let me make sure I understand this. Did you just say you prefer seeing violence onscreen than sex?
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Old 07-23-2004, 11:52 PM   #6
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Wait wait wait. Let me make sure I understand this. Did you just say you prefer seeing violence onscreen than sex?
That's correct, as strange as it sounds.
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Old 07-24-2004, 11:19 PM   #7
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I saw Bourne Supremacy tonight... or should I say that I _tried_ to see it. The storyline was fine, but the cinematography was absolutely hideous -- it was if the entire film was made with handheld cameras, carried by epileptics, standing on the bed of a moving pickup truck on a bumpy road, during an earthquake. There was one fight sequence in particular that was an utterly disjointed mess, but the entire film was jittery; it _had_ to be intentional, but I haven't the slightest idea why.

I went to Hersheypark two weeks ago, rode coasters and other rides that'd pull your teeth out, and I was perfectly fine. THIS movie, on the other hand, literally gave me motion sickness; the shakiness was _that_ bad. I had to go out for a breather after about an hour, came back, then left entirely.

Pity, as the book was good.
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:19 PM   #8
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The reviewers are feasting on this movie like a zombie on fresh meat:
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Halle just hacked a hairball all over the summer boxoffice. And it ain’t pretty.
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It's bad enough that not only are careers over, but somebody should be slapped.
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[A] sloppy, dull, brain-dead waste of a movie.
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Catwoman should never have been made.
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So bad that I actually recommend you see it. It's the movie you and your friends will rip on all summer long.
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Cheesy special effects, under drawn characters, simplistic writing (by a committee of scribes)...
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Feels as if it’s been pieced together from a dozen or so Ally McBeal parodies posing as hip-hop videos.
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Those looking for anything approximating a storyline along with their jigglefest will just have to keep dreaming.
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:21 PM   #9
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One of my friends wants to see Catwoman only because he'll be able to see Sharon Stone get kicked in the teeth.
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Old 07-23-2004, 01:35 PM   #10
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One of my friends wants to see Catwoman only because he'll be able to see Sharon Stone get kicked in the teeth.
Ooh, that's harsh. Why doesn't he like Sharon Stone?
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Old 07-23-2004, 03:35 PM   #11
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Halle Berry. In a leather catsuit. How bad could it be?
Ditto, why even ask?
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Old 07-23-2004, 02:05 PM   #12
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Has anyone seen either of these? How are they?
Haven't seen either yet (will probably wait for it to come on cable or DVD, like I always do LOL), but I just saw the first Bourne movie the other day on cable, and I thought it was excellent!!! Matt Damon kicked 100 kinds of ass in this. And I love "spy" type movies with neat gadgets and stuff (a la James Bond, etc.).

As far as Catwoman, I don't give a damn about the story...just seeing Halle Berry kick some ass in that suit will do just fine, thanks. I think she's a great actress, although I would not have picked her for the role of Storm in XMen, but she did a good job in it.
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Old 07-25-2004, 07:39 PM   #13
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Disagree if you like. EVERY scene was filmed on a handheld, even the quiet ones.
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Old 07-26-2004, 08:52 AM   #14
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The storyline was fine, but the cinematography was absolutely hideous -- it was if the entire film was made with handheld cameras, carried by epileptics, standing on the bed of a moving pickup truck on a bumpy road, during an earthquake.
I was laughing my ass off when I read this. I had just seen the movie and this is very accurate. They had to have done it on purpose. I think it was to give the sense of how his brain was a bit scrambled, and how he was working with fragmented memories, and how his reflexes and thoughts were going very quickly, but really it was just annoying.

It was blurry, and quick, and difficult to watch at times. They should have done a better job with the great story they had. The chase scene was really good though if you can get past the shakey cameras.
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Old 07-26-2004, 08:55 AM   #15
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"Catwoman should never have been made."

I have taken deep offence at this and retired to a bottomless pitt.
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