kallepister
Joined Apr 2002
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One of the best CGI "upholstered" sci-fi flicks as yet. Very 80s, guess the idea (or even the entire William-Gibson-like script) slouched about for 20 years before it was realizable without appearing ridiculously B-grade. And Bruce Willis looks like Elton John for once, or vice versa :-) So much on the obvious.
Ah yeah, IMDb etiquette makes it hard to draw stringent conclusions to real occurrences, but all i can say is that if we web-nuts would turn off our machines for good, get up and simply walk outside our very flats, this world would be very different, and probably a better one, too.
Any artificial online identity, let it be 2ndlife or WOW, comprises a substantial momentum of addiction and unresistant devotion. To what? That's where this allegory jumps in quite helpfully.
We're no artificial surrogates yet, but already part of and surrounded by a more and more zombified public, where the MP3-downloads on our mobiles may actually mean more to our well-being than the unconcerned, indifferent, fear- and/or greed-powered ambition that accounts for most of our daily uprisings.
Crown of creation? Hell we are. Anyone noticed the missing comma?
Ah yeah, IMDb etiquette makes it hard to draw stringent conclusions to real occurrences, but all i can say is that if we web-nuts would turn off our machines for good, get up and simply walk outside our very flats, this world would be very different, and probably a better one, too.
Any artificial online identity, let it be 2ndlife or WOW, comprises a substantial momentum of addiction and unresistant devotion. To what? That's where this allegory jumps in quite helpfully.
We're no artificial surrogates yet, but already part of and surrounded by a more and more zombified public, where the MP3-downloads on our mobiles may actually mean more to our well-being than the unconcerned, indifferent, fear- and/or greed-powered ambition that accounts for most of our daily uprisings.
Crown of creation? Hell we are. Anyone noticed the missing comma?
Looking back now, "The Bourne Identity" is an alluring string of pearls i can watch once a year w/o getting bored, which is no mean feat for a flick.
In 2002, i joyfully assumed that any sequel would keep the level of excellency, but "Bourne" II and III are pitiful hells of devaluing "Puke-Evoking Rapid Cuts Only Sedated Oafs May Acclaim", which abbreviates PERCOSOMA: a popular but rather quirky cinematic infestation with the potential to ruin any otherwise watchable film. The trivia of "The Bourne Supremacy" proudly states, that "The average length of a shot is 1.9 seconds.". Overdose of Percosoma. But "The Bourne Ultimatum" even tops it by the numbers.
Anyway, I seriously wonder why this new-millennium classic is not among the IMDb top 100. With "Memento" rightfully ranking 29, and the last and IMHO worst of the trilogy, "The Bourne Ultimatum" on 154 (by today's date), this chart certainly suffers from it's own peculiar sort of mental flaw.
All this must be Langley again, trying to alter the public's view on the Bourne case :)
In 2002, i joyfully assumed that any sequel would keep the level of excellency, but "Bourne" II and III are pitiful hells of devaluing "Puke-Evoking Rapid Cuts Only Sedated Oafs May Acclaim", which abbreviates PERCOSOMA: a popular but rather quirky cinematic infestation with the potential to ruin any otherwise watchable film. The trivia of "The Bourne Supremacy" proudly states, that "The average length of a shot is 1.9 seconds.". Overdose of Percosoma. But "The Bourne Ultimatum" even tops it by the numbers.
Anyway, I seriously wonder why this new-millennium classic is not among the IMDb top 100. With "Memento" rightfully ranking 29, and the last and IMHO worst of the trilogy, "The Bourne Ultimatum" on 154 (by today's date), this chart certainly suffers from it's own peculiar sort of mental flaw.
All this must be Langley again, trying to alter the public's view on the Bourne case :)
The entire "Watchmen" thing was completely unknown to me, except for a panel gag cartoon featuring Rorschach browsing a porn mag: "Inkblots, nothing but inkblots!"
So my perception towards this cinematic rumpus was unbiased. And i must admit that i enjoyed (and cherish) this optical ghost-train-roller-coaster jumble for it's unique and plain weirdness, some really cool one-liners and the extensive care for the finest detail.
But even the "subtle" phases of the movie were either entirely spaced-out, or soaked with sorrow and foreshadowing, leaving the viewer with just another heavy impression or hunch. So, the whole spectacle became more or less lackluster over time.
You can put a comic-book aside, if there's something you must digest, but "Watchmen" just keeps on punching the uncovered parts. Maybe that's why a friend told me that this movie made him sleep. Overload.
So my perception towards this cinematic rumpus was unbiased. And i must admit that i enjoyed (and cherish) this optical ghost-train-roller-coaster jumble for it's unique and plain weirdness, some really cool one-liners and the extensive care for the finest detail.
But even the "subtle" phases of the movie were either entirely spaced-out, or soaked with sorrow and foreshadowing, leaving the viewer with just another heavy impression or hunch. So, the whole spectacle became more or less lackluster over time.
You can put a comic-book aside, if there's something you must digest, but "Watchmen" just keeps on punching the uncovered parts. Maybe that's why a friend told me that this movie made him sleep. Overload.