The B Action Movie Thread - Page 1601

Didn't know that.

I am looking forward to seeing how The Bourne Legacy will continue the series.

Hey, we made 80,000th Posts!

Can anyone confirm who exactly was that Russian Assassin in SUPREMACY? Some sites claim that he's a Treadstone operative, but he seems more like a Freelancer to me.

Known Treadstone Operatives

Bourne

The Professor

Castel

Manheim

Nicky Parsons

Did i miss anyone else?

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Originally Posted by kain424 

If you watch the special features on Shaun you'll see they have this whole bit they recorded before the movie was made where they go over the whole plot and everything the same way (with the pull-over paper and whatnot).  They made exactly the movie they wanted to make there so this is pretty cool.

Yeah, I remember those special features.  By showing us the picture they're teasing us.

 

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Originally Posted by S.D. Bob Plissken 

EDIT - One of the many reasons I wanted to revisit these came from finding out that Scott Adkins was in the third one.  Now I can see why I never knew that and couldn't recall him, as he's in it for 5 minutes (possibly less).  Basically, he plays a government agent who is clearing a CIA safe house that Bourne has broken into.  Adkins and his partner are ambushed by Bourne, with Adkins being the only one who puts up much of a fight.  He doesn't last long, but being blindsided will do that to you.

Yeah, I remember Scott's interviews at the time.  He talked about his work in both this and Wolverine, he had a hand in doing the choreography with Jeff Imada.

He has a bunch of blink and you'll miss him roles, The Medallion and Pit Fighter come to mind.  Unleashed had him in sizable fight scene. The first film to give him a sizable role was Black Mask 2, right?

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I really wish these two would get SOME sort of US release in the near future, especially the latter.

Burke & Hare has already played in US limited release and is now on DVD (no Blu-Ray for the States).

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Originally Posted by Tyler Foster 

 

Burke & Hare has already played in US limited release and is now on DVD (no Blu-Ray for the States).

Nothing for The Hole? 

I don't get it.  It's no masterpiece but it's miles ahead of some of the shit that goes Theatrical. 

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Nothing for The Hole? 

 

I don't get it.  It's no masterpiece but it's miles ahead of some of the shit that goes Theatrical. 

Sadly, no. I wanted to import the 3D Blu-Ray, but of course it's region-locked.

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While I'm not too thrilled to see The Rock in JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, I suppose it could have been worse:

 

http://www.moviehole.net/201252087-quick-news-january-24-2012

 

Oh yeah. In case you missed it the first time, the trailer for this masterpiece:

And to think that someone I know personally is in the movie!

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I was looking around a used book store in town and saw something I thought you guys might appreciate.  

 

 

 

 

 

For the princely sum of one dollar! How could I resist?

 

Edit: Um, yeah. I have no idea why the fuck it's sideways. 

Yep, it is something that people like us would enjoy. If I could find that and that magnificent cover on sale for a dollar I'd probably try to buy up all the copies I could.

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Originally Posted by Tyler Foster 

Burke & Hare has already played in US limited release and is now on DVD (no Blu-Ray for the States).

Come to think of it I did recently see that DVD for sale, but thought nothing of it and had no clue it was directed by John Landis.

Concerning that 80,000 post and the Bourne movies, I can say I've never seen any of them. The way that the action scenes are filmed, I might not enjoy that aspect so that's a big reason why I've put that task off; however, one of these years I might take the plunge...

@terminatorfans We can't really tell you guys anything about Terminator BUT it will be an R rated film as God and James Cameron intended.

From Megan Ellison's Twitter.

Outstanding news. Let's just hope they get a more talented director than McG for this one.

Vern reviews THE GREY

Anybody checking it out this week?

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

@terminatorfans We can't really tell you guys anything about Terminator BUT it will be an R rated film as God and James Cameron intended.

 

From Megan Ellison's Twitter.

I thought they were one and the same?    I'm sure some of the people who have worked with him would say he's the devil.

I wonder if they will follow on from Salvation or go the reboot route.  Hearing McG talk about going back in time AGAIN, i'm kinda glad it's not going to happen.

BIG fan of the Bourne movies. Wasn't that impressed with the first one the first time around at the theater, but after seeing some of it on tv when my Mother was watching it got me to reassess it and The Bourne Supremacy, which I also caught in the theater, but wasn't all that into it. This was a few months before Ultimatum came out, so needless to say, I got into the franchise before Damon's arc was finished. Looking forward to the new one.

80,000 fabulous posts by all of us. Here's to the 100,000 super ultra mega spectacular show!

To also celebrate the 80,000 post, here's some special songs from Miami Vice.

Super excited about the third Edgar/Pegg/Frost movie, I heard its suppossed to be a post apocalyptic movie (I hope). I'd love to see their take on a movie like A Boy and His Dog and or Book of Eli.

A R rated Terminator they're saying? I'll take it. Maybe this internet backlash against Ex2 is having some positive effects.

Love all the Bourne movies and I rank them the same as Plissken. Actually excited for this new one now. This may be the only pg-13 franchise thats worth a damn (also if Taken 2 and GI Joe 2 are great I'll include those franchises as well).

I love Adkins, and I really hope he breaks through someday, but then again maybe we're just lucky to have him in dtv land.

Justified was great again last night. Best season yet.

Congrats to everyone on the 80,000 posts (lets keep it going)!

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To also celebrate the 80,000 post, here's some special songs from Miami Vice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, I never realized one of my favorite old school Depeche Mode songs was used in a gun-montage/failed-hit on Miami Vice. I'll be damned Rene, that just made my day in a very odd way.

Am I the only guy who likes the 1st Bourne Identity film the best? That movie is smoother than shit out of a duck's ass. The American Embassy sequence was unlike anything I had ever seen at that point.

"We will all of us burn."  Tell it like it is July Johnson.

Glad I could help out, Pragmatic! Didn't even realize it was Depeche Mode when I saw that episode a few weeks ago, then I just looked it up today, because that was the last song I'd heard thus far that I hadn't already looked up because I loved the way it sounded. I've spent quite a bit getting some songs off of iTunes that I've heard on the show. It really is an awesome song.

I'm all about the Bourne films. Really enjoyed how they dovetailed so much of the previous films into Ultimatum. Huge fan of John Powell's scores for the films. I'm really sad to see Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon leave the franchise (but let's face it, there's nothing left to say/do with the character). Still, I got some hope for for Bourne Legacy.

In the meantime, I'm definitely seeing Dog Puppets vs Snow Neeson and I might even have a chance to see a sneak of Safe House, too.

As for Justified, probably the best thing for me was hearing Elmore Leonard in person gushing about how much he really liked the show and how he was writing what would become the newly released Raylan just to give the show's writers extra ideas/background. The first season takes a while to pick up steam, but the second really kicks out the jams.

Man, I love that the Wright/Pegg/Frost trilogy is unofficially called The Cornetto Trilogy.

Hey Guys, To...B Action Movie Thread, or Not To Be...B Action Movie Thread...80,000 posts is...Shakespearean!

felix, No... The Grey for me!  Taken 2, and...Battleship are the...2 Liam Neeson movies I am most excited to see.  

Hey Guys, I am disappointed by...PG 13 EXpendables, but my excitement for EX 2, is not...EXpendable!  I fully...EXpect...EXpendables 2, to...EXpend alot of...Bullets and...EXplosions, with the...EXhalted Action heroes, performing...EXhilarating Stunts, that their...EXperience and...EXpert Marksmanship allows for!

Was finally gonna rent The Devil's Double at Blockbuster when I noticed it was directed by Lee Tamorhi. Needless to say I put it back. Is the film any good, B-Actioners?

It's not bad, per se. But I wouldn't be in a rush. It's pretty sleazy and messy, and you can very obviously tell a lot of it is fabricated.

But the story itself is so bugfuck insane, and Dominic Cooper is so good in his dual role, that I would recommend.

It's well worth watching. Not really an action film, but there are some brutal moments throughout the movie. Easily Tamahori's best since THE EDGE. 

Getting my Fabio Testi on with REVOLVER tonight. Any thoughts on this one?

I gushed over The Devil's Double a few weeks ago when I rented it from the Redbox. Really surprised at how much I ended up liking it.

Revolver is one amazing Italian crime film. I remember renting it back in 2004 just because it was Blue Underground and Oliver Reed, and before I even saw the movie, I saw that great wordless trailer about 10 times. Morricone's score is of course, a highlight. Especially both versions of "Un Amico".

Watching the Blaxpoitation western, Take A Hard Ride. I wasn't digging it that much at first, but the fact that it's Lee Van Cleef pursuing three heroic black men who save a white woman, puts it in a unique territory compared to other films of it's time. Just like in Alien where in the end it's a black man and two white women. Genre cinema is, and always has been ahead of everything else.

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Vern reviews THE GREY

 

Anybody checking it out this week?

I am sure I'll end up seeing it one of these days. After all, I've heard some real strong reviews for it already. I just don't know if I want to see it on the big screen.

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

It's not bad, per se. But I wouldn't be in a rush. It's pretty sleazy and messy, and you can very obviously tell a lot of it is fabricated.

 

But the story itself is so bugfuck insane, and Dominic Cooper is so good in his dual role, that I would recommend.

Yeah, that is a really good description for the movie. It's rather wacky and trashy and yet fun. As for the fabrication part, I have a feeling that the discotheques of Baghdad in the late 80's and early 90's didn't blast You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) and Relax. And oh yeah, shockingly there's an obviously made up part involving a transvestite! Still, I am glad I got to see it on the big screen last year.

What I saw on the big screen tonight was Red Tails. I don't think it's something you need to see on the big screen, even if the idea and purpose of the movie is great. It doesn't seem to be made of the highest quality (the sound mix wasn't awesome), the story felt disconnected and random and oh boy, the dialogue and situations seem to be straight out of a war movie made DURING World War II and about World War II. Despite that, the action is usually entertaining and the performances earnest (some hoary cliches still work) so I can't say I hated it. Christ knows I'd rather have this sort of predominately African-American film do well rather than any of the gobshite from Tyler Perry!

Oh, and because I wouldn't be me if I didn't bring up this point, one of the airmen gets to bang a pretty cute Italian chick, so good job on his part.

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

@terminatorfans We can't really tell you guys anything about Terminator BUT it will be an R rated film as God and James Cameron intended.

 

From Megan Ellison's Twitter.

Please get Stallone as John Connor and Bruce Willis as Sgt. Perry!

I adore The Bourne films, all three of them. I don't think anyone was expecting the first one to deliver like it did, holy shit that fight scene in the consulate floored me, so much impact then the fight scene in Jason's apartment happened and I fell in love, Jason kicks someones ass with a pen, A PEN. Chris Cooper shows up to deliver solid support "Kill Wombosi? We can do that any time we want. I can send Nikki to do that, for Chrissakes. Mr. Wombosi was supposed to be dead three weeks ago. He was supposed to have died in a way where the only possible explanation was that he'd been murdered by a member of his own entourage. I don't send you to kill. I send you to be invisible. I send you because you don't exist" and also Brian Cox, I do love the look Brian gives Chris when he puts Bourne on speaker phone, so much veiled contempt. That final fight scene is awesome.

The Bourne Supremacy has it's flaws but goddamn does it fucking move, Greengrass's cinema verite style really works in the films favor (shut up shaky cam haters, that fight in the house is fucking awesome) and this film is just an endless example of badassery, that car chase is still one of the best ever made, but what I think really makes this film work is Bourne's search for redemption culminating in that scene with the daughter, it's not just an endless series of set-pieces. We also get Brian Cox yelling 'YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST' in the great tradition of scenery chewing. Pamela Landy is a tough, smart woman in the best sense and Joan Allen really sells it, she doesn't have to kick anyone's ass but she's the boss and everyone knows it.

The Bourne Supremacy is the weakest but still a great piece of entertainment, I like that Bourne finally discovered his identity but found out he made the decision to become Jason Bourne, he wasn't forced or threatened. Jason crashing through the window to fight Desh made my jaw drop, it's an absolutely badass piece of action film and then they gave us the Bourne/Desh fight, it was the first time Bourne looked like he was in trouble. I don't love this one like the other two but it's still a pretty good ending to the series.

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Originally Posted by James Woods' Career 

Was finally gonna rent The Devil's Double at Blockbuster when I noticed it was directed by Lee Tamorhi. Needless to say I put it back. Is the film any good, B-Actioners?

Not really. It's pretty boring, especially if you're expecting any kind of action. Cooper gives a great performance in service of a movie that doesn't really justify its existence.
 

I recently re-watched the Bourne series and had a great time. When it was new, I loved Supremacy, because I had no expectations of a sequel to a movie I thought was fine three years earlier. By the time Ultimatum was hitting theaters, I had switched to Identity, because I wasn't a fan of Greengrass' shaky cam. This most recent time through, it only makes sense that I would like Ultimatum the best; it feels the most grounded in reality, which gives it something, and I really like the callback to the original near the end. Very excited to see if they can pull off The Bourne Legacy; continuing the franchise without their star is a much better idea than trying to stretch Jason's story much further, and I really like the idea of potentially seeing him again (probably as a cameo) in a future installment.

I think it adds to the intensity personally. 

I think the Bourne vs Desh fight is one of the best fight scenes EVER.

Desh actually overwhelms Bourne in the first half of the fight. It's only after Julia Stiles intervenes that Bourne starts to counterpart. I just love the way Bourne uses a towel to block all of Desh's knife strike in that bathroom.

This fight isn't bad as well.

The Bourne films should be given to film students going into sound design because that is where they truly excel.  Even though they were filmed like shit (well, the second two), the sound design keeps you connected to what's going on.  My own favorite is also Ultimatum, but it's worth mentioning that the books are superior.

Beyond that, I blame the films for introducing shaky-cam to the mainstream.  Shaky cam (yeah, call me a hater) exists to have characters do things, that would normally net a movie an R rating by the way, but now refashioned to hide much of the actual violence into a PG-13.

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Originally Posted by kain424 

The Bourne films should be given to film students going into sound design because that is where they truly excel.  Even though they were filmed like shit (well, the second two), the sound design keeps you connected to what's going on.  My own favorite is also Ultimatum, but it's worth mentioning that the books are superior.

 

I'm of the opposite opinion.  The films are quick and exciting.  The books (completely different also) are s l o w and boring.  I read four of them and then gave up (I realise that four onwards is not Ludlum).  That such a great series of films has come from such dull source material is something of a miracle.

By the way, my brother got to see The Grey early and he really enjoyed it.  He said while the film is nothing special, Liam Neeson is THE man.  But we all already know that.

Skip the Bourne books from Eric Van Lustbader. They read like fanfiction. BAD fanfiction at that (though they do have one or two interesting ideas).

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Originally Posted by felix 

 

This fight isn't bad as well.

Its because that film wasn't made by Greengrass.

FUCK SHAKY CAM.

If McG or Brett Ratner made the two Bourne sequels people would not be defending the shaky cam as much.  Because Greengrass is a legitimate "auteur" his shitty framing of action scenes gets a pass.

One distinction needs to be made though.  The action in the second two bourne films was wonderfully staged and thought out, the choreography looked legitimately good, unfortunately Greengrass's way of shooting the action just got in the way of what was likely excellent design.

Not bad. I like Van Damme's look here.

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Originally Posted by felix 

Not bad. I like Van Damme's look here.

 

Very T-800-esque.

Great news about this vague Terminator thing, but what about things that HAVE been made, like Lockout? The new trailer looks great. A definite Fortress/No Escape vibe going on, and SHOTGUNS IN SPACE!!!!
 

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Getting my Fabio Testi on with REVOLVER tonight. Any thoughts on this one?

It's great stuff. Unforgettable ending. I've been meaning to go back to this one as I've been trying to get on a poliziotteschi kick lately, but as of yet Street Law is the only thing I've watched and it was fucking awesome. My thoughts from Facebook:

I loved the ever-loving daylights out of this one. For those of you unfamiliar with the poliziotteschi genre, basically it was much like the Italian Westerns of the 60's, except the influence came from films like The French Connection, Dirty Harry and Death Wish. This is no different, as Genoa architect Carlo (Franco Nero) is pushed to the edge after being assaulted in a bank robbery. The cops don't care worth anything, so he blackmails and broods his way to justice. What results is pure chaos, and when there isn't much action, director (and Tarantino favorite) Enzo G. Castellari delivers a hellish game of wits and character development through Nero's fractured, desperate performance. A must see if you like this sort of thing.

Everything I see about LOCKOUT, Escape from MS ONE, whatever its title wants to be has me more and more excited about it.

Hey Guys, It is a...Lock, that I will find...Out, that the film known as...MS ONE Maximum Security is...Out Of This World!

Pretty slow day today on here. Myself, Got 2 episodes of Miami Vice: Season 4 left, but I'm going to have to finish them up tomorrow, and possibly start up season 5 or watch some of the movies that came in the mail today. JACK, The 2 Dirty Dozen tv movies that starred Telly Savalas and Ernest Borgnine, and the After Dark Fest movie, The Abandoned. That last one was part of a deal on eBay that a seller had along with the original April Fool's Day. A movie I hadn't seen since June of 2002 when I rented the vhs and saw it with my friend. Thomas F. Wilson shows up, and I'd forgotten that his name in the movie is ARCH CUMMINGS. Revisited it earlier in between Miami Vice discs, and it's still a nice little "Slasher" movie with a unique ending that sets it apart from all of the other slasher movies of the 80's.

I looooove April Fool's Day. Such a great ending. I remember "The Abandoned" being a particularly nasty bit of business, but the plot's pretty murky, and I had a hard time remembering what it was all supposed to mean, and why Karel Roden kept randomly popping up. Cool that it was co-written by Richard "Hardware" Stanley, but I'd rank it as only a couple of notches above Masters of Horror level.

Debating whether to watch an old 1950's movie "Five Minutes To Live." Apparently Jan de Bont is remaking it, so I figure I'd give it a whirl, as the original is on You Tube. Johnny Cash(!) plays a guy who holds the wife of a bank manager hostage while his partner robs the joint. Cash also does the theme song. It's also known under the title DOOR-TO-DOOR MANIAC.

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Originally Posted by felix 

Can anyone confirm who exactly was that Russian Assassin in SUPREMACY? Some sites claim that he's a Treadstone operative, but he seems more like a Freelancer to me.

 

Known Treadstone Operatives

 

Bourne

The Professor

Castel

Manheim

Nicky Parsons

 

Did i miss anyone else?

Kirill was definitely a Russian operative, probably from their own Treadstone-ish organization,...............with Roden as Cox's Russian counterpart.  Kirill states to Roden when he's pulled out of the club he's lounging in that he "thought he had the month off", so he's a fulltime employee.  That and the film itself straight up states that "someone" in the CIA had been leaking intel to the Russians...........................those someones being Cox and Cooper.

As far as Treadstone operatives, you're missing Jarda (Marton Csokas) from The Bourne Supremacy.  I used to wonder if Paz (Edgar Ramirez) had been one and just rolled over into Blackbriar, but Supremacy clearly states that Bourne and Jarda are the last two living Treadstone "assets".  Judging from the info given in Ultimatum, it seems likely that almost all of the Treadstone field operatives had either been reassigned or terminated.  Given that the "Treadstone/Blackbriar Conspiracy" included four high-positioned members of the intelligence community (Cox, Cooper, Strathairn, Glenn)............all of which ended up dead or on trial by the end of Ultimatum...........it will be interesting to see how things pan out for the agency in Legacy.  Doubly so, considering the given synopsis clearly points to this as the main driving point to the film:

The story resumes after the conclusion of The Bourne Ultimatum, as a new cast of characters grapple with the consequences of Jason's actions.

Bourne brought down the house and it appears Pam Landy (Joan Allen) and the new characters are left to put things back together.............and likely deal with any other hidden traitors.

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Originally Posted by Tyler Foster 

 

Burke & Hare has already played in US limited release and is now on DVD (no Blu-Ray for the States).

Well, I'll be damned!

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Concerning that 80,000 post and the Bourne movies, I can say I've never seen any of them. The way that the action scenes are filmed, I might not enjoy that aspect so that's a big reason why I've put that task off; however, one of these years I might take the plunge...

Supremacy is the only one that is very heavy on "shaky cam".  The first doesn't have much of it and it's well (and not over) used in the third.

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Outstanding news. Let's just hope they get a more talented director than McG for this one.

It seems like Ellison and Schwarzenegger still want to do Terminator 5 (and 6) with Justin Lin and are waiting for him to be free after he finishes his back-to-back Fast & Furious sequels (which should start shooting later this year).  For a time it looked like they might only keep him on as a producer and look elsewhere, but I'd say the fact that Arnold is taking other projects first (The Last Stand, Black Sands, The Tomb) is a sign that they're gonna hold off.  Lin's pitch is what won them over, so it makes sense that they'd wait.
 

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Vern reviews THE GREY

 

Anybody checking it out this week?

Probably not this weekend, but I'll definitely see it sometime in the next week or so.

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Originally Posted by Macready 

I wonder if they will follow on from Salvation or go the reboot route.  Hearing McG talk about going back in time AGAIN, i'm kinda glad it's not going to happen.

No reboot.  It will be set in continuity.  That said, given the heavy time travel element to the franchise, they can still pretty much do whatever they want.
 

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Super excited about the third Edgar/Pegg/Frost movie, I heard its suppossed to be a post apocalyptic movie (I hope). I'd love to see their take on a movie like A Boy and His Dog and or Book of Eli.

Yep.  Shaun was horror, Fuzz was action, and World's End will be science fiction.  Beyond that, not much is known.

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I'm all about the Bourne films. Really enjoyed how they dovetailed so much of the previous films into Ultimatum. Huge fan of John Powell's scores for the films. I'm really sad to see Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon leave the franchise (but let's face it, there's nothing left to say/do with the character). Still, I got some hope for for Bourne Legacy.

 

As for Justified, probably the best thing for me was hearing Elmore Leonard in person gushing about how much he really liked the show and how he was writing what would become the newly released Raylan just to give the show's writers extra ideas/background. The first season takes a while to pick up steam, but the second really kicks out the jams.

Justified is absolutely fantastic, so it's no wonder that Leonard loves it and that it inspired him to write another Raylan Givens novel.

As for Greengrass/Damon, both still seem completely open to doing another entry in the franchise together if they find a story that they love.  I believe Damon stated that he liked the Legacy script, but that the character of Bourne didn't seem to fit in it very well..............so he pretty much gave them his blessing to move on without him.  I won't be surprised if they work Jason Bourne into another sequel at some point if the series continues to be profitable though.

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I don't understand the BOURNE shakey-cam complaints, especially in ULTIMATUM. The fight in Morocco is very quickly edited but it's always easy to follow the action.

I have no problem with the shaky-cam footage in Ultimatum (or the tiny bit in Identity), but I can see why many complain about it in Supremacy.  It's a little overused in that one.
 

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Great news about this vague Terminator thing, but what about things that HAVE been made, like Lockout? The new trailer looks great. A definite Fortress/No Escape vibe going on, and SHOTGUNS IN SPACE!!!!

We also get SHOTGUNS IN SPACE again this year in Prometheus!!!  How fucking lucky are we?!?!?!?
 

Anyway, it appears my birthday weekend double-feature for 2012 will consist of Underworld: Awakening and Haywire.  3 hours of badass chicks firing various weapons and kicking all kinds of ass!  Yes please!  Obviously the latter film will be the better of the two, but I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with these tomorrow afternoon.

Other than War Horse and The Grey, that'll catch me up on everything that's out right now that I personally want to see.  My wife wants to go see One For The Money at some point and we tend to do double-feature date nights, so I might save The Grey for that and catch War Horse after work next week.  At this point, I think I will definitely wait for home video with Contraband and Man On A Ledge.  I'm mildly interested in both, but not enough to pop for tickets.  Those are the kind of films that are best saved for Netflix and/or Redbox.

S.D. Bob Plissken, I hope your birthday is a...Blast!  Haywire is...Probably better than any...Underworld film, but it won't be by much.  I only saw the...First UW film.  To me, it is a very dull...Blade Clone, with Kate Beckinsdale.  Gina Carano was believeable as an action heroine, but the action itself is not so spectacular.  Are you going to see...Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance on President's Day Weekend?

That sounds like a fun time Plissken. Have a great birthday!

I wonder when we're getting a Trailer for The Bourne Legacy?

As for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, there was a Making of Featurette that makes me suspect we already saw all the cool shots in the Trailer.

By the Gods, it couldn't possibly be worse than the first film though. Christopher Lambert returns to the big screen remember?

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Are you going to see...Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance on President's Day Weekend?

I won't be able to watch it opening weekend (our impending daughter is "due" that Friday), but I'll definitely be seeing it as soon as I can manage once things calm down.  I'll have the whole week off after the birth, so perhaps I'll be able to catch a breather and see it later in the week as long as everything is fine.  I'll definitely be sure to catch it in theaters though.

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That sounds like a fun time Plissken. Have a great birthday!

Thanks, I'll be sure to.  Today is my actual birthday, so outside of going out to dinner, I'll probably just take it easy at home and watch a bunch of movies.  Tomorrow will be the theatrical double-feature and a little get-together with the family.

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Originally Posted by felix 

I wonder when we're getting a Trailer for The Bourne Legacy?

 

As for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, there was a Making of Featurette that makes me suspect we already saw all the cool shots in the Trailer.

 

By the Gods, it couldn't possibly be worse than the first film though. Christopher Lambert returns to the big screen remember?

Many of the reviewers from BNAT said most of the cool stuff is in the trailers.  There's no way it could be worse than the first one though.  Couple that with the fact that I loved Gamer when most hated it and I see no reason not to trust Neveldine & Taylor on this.  I'm not expecting a superhero masterpiece, I just want a fun and crazy action flick with a flame-headed Nic Cage.

As for Bourne Legacy, it's an August 3rd release, so we'll probably see a trailer sometime in May.........................possibly late April.  By the way, it's opening up against Total Recall.  Considering how bland that remake looks at this point, I think I can safely predict the weekend winner........no matter how much Legacy manages to pull in.  Not much comes out the second week, so assuming Legacy is good, I hope it cleans up both weekends.  The Expendables 2 doesn't hit until the third week, so they are spaced out enough that one shouldn't really hurt the other.  Hell, those are the three "big" releases of August.  Everything else is smaller fare (Premium Rush, The Wettest Country, etc.).
 

So are they going to call it LOCK OUT or MS ONE: MAXIMUM SECURITY?

My guess is LOCK OUT for the US. And MS ONE for the European side.