The Bourne Legacy Review Thread (Spoilers)

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

I agree. He was certainly more of a presence than the others I listed.

[Show spoiler]Larx

was cool, but he was no Krill. Krill's basically the reason Bourne went on the attack. Because of Marie's death. So he did play a much bigger role on the whole. And like you said, he stayed on Bourne for a long time.

[Show spoiler]And I enjoyed Changchien in Predators as well. His katana fight is badass.

Kirill was on Bourne's backside every step of the way. I thought he had him until the police interceded and handcuffed him. Cut to Bourne and he's ghost. Kirill mad as ***. Shows his i.d. and gets back on the hunt. That whole sequence is badassery at it's finest. Kirill is my favorite assassin. Such style and swagger. This is just one of the things Legacy was missing for me.

[RJ Smoove]

Originally Posted by Plasmachick

Kirill was on Bourne's backside every step of the way. I thought he had him until the police interceded and handcuffed him. Cut to Bourne and he's ghost. Kirill mad as ***. Shows his i.d. and gets back on the hunt. That whole sequence is badassery at it's finest. Kirill is my favorite assassin. Such style and swagger. This is just one of the things Legacy was missing for me.

All I want to know is what three-letter curse word was bad enough to be censored, or did you do that yourself?

I know it wasn't ass. That wouldn't make sense in the context anyway. Did you forget the k?

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

All I want to know is what three-letter curse word was bad enough to be censored, or did you do that yourself?

I know it wasn't ass. That wouldn't make sense in the context anyway. Did you forget the k?

LOL I did it myself and screwed it up. Yes I forgot the k.

[RJ Smoove]

Originally Posted by Plasmachick

LOL I did it myself and screwed it up. Yes I forgot the k.

Aaah! It all makes sense now.

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

Aaah! It all makes sense now.

[Agent Bond]

LOL Kill off Jason Bourne?

It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Usually, when they introduce a new main character to a franchise, the original one ends up being killed off to pass the torch as we've seen with James Kirk and Connor MacLeod.

[darry]

approximately how many people are killed in this movie?

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Usually, when they introduce a new main character to a franchise, the original one ends up being killed off to pass the torch as we've seen with James Kirk and Connor MacLeod.

Jason Bourne is the franchise. If Bourne wasn't in the title most people wouldn't look twice at this movie. They can't keep making movies without Jason Bourne and call it a franchise. But that's just my opinion. We'll just have to see how successful Legacy is box office wise. They may do it. I just think it's a bad idea.

[darry]

Originally Posted by Plasmachick

Jason Bourne is the franchise. If Bourne wasn't in the title most people wouldn't look twice at this movie. They can't keep making movies without Jason Bourne and call it a franchise. But that's just my opinion. We'll just have to see how successful Legacy is box office wise. They may do it. I just think it's a bad idea.

yeah, but when the studio tries to sell a box set of a franchise, it looks a lot better when they've got four 'cause they can make a huge ass box to flog to the public. even with the crappiest one tacked on, it's still a box set. like aliens for example.

[Agent Bond]

No, I agree. It is a huge risk and quite the gamble on the studio's part. A controversial decision at that. The cool part with Legacy is you didn't really need to watch the first three beforehand. If you're a newcomer to the series, you get to go along for the ride with Aaron Cross whose also new to the game. I thought that was clever writing. Ironically, Jeremy Renner's character in this was how he should've been in Mission Impossible IV.

[darry]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

No, I agree. It is a huge risk and quite the gamble on the studio's part. A controversial decision at that. The cool part with Legacy is you didn't really need to watch the first three beforehand. If you're a newcomer to the series, you get to go along for the ride with Aaron Cross whose also new to the game. I thought that was clever writing. Ironically, Jeremy Renner's character in this was how he should've been in Mission Impossible IV.

what, a little less feminine?

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

No, I agree. It is a huge risk and quite the gamble on the studio's part. A controversial decision at that. The cool part with Legacy is you didn't really need to watch the first three beforehand. If you're a newcomer to the series, you get to go along for the ride with Aaron Cross whose also new to the game. I thought that was clever writing. Ironically, Jeremy Renner's character in this was how he should've been in Mission Impossible IV.

I probably would have liked it better if I wasn't such a big fan of the trilogy. I thought this one fell way short.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by darry

what, a little less feminine?

If that means that every man in the movies is supposed to be a tough guy, kick ass, and take names then I guess so, but that's not really like real life (thank goodness). I just saw the movie tonight, it wasn't horrible but it wasn't wonderful. I liked Rachel Weiss and Jeremy (last name here) so I wanted to see this, but I really don't think it was worth that amazon pre-order. lol.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by darry

approximately how many people are killed in this movie?

around 10-15 if i remember correctly. theres a bunch of people who may or may not have been killed so it may be more.

[Aerodude73]

Box Office Report: 'Bourne Legacy' No. 1 With $40.3 Mil; 'Campaign' Nabs $27.4 Mil.

Universal says it has successfully relaunched its marquee spy franchise, but "Bourne Legacy" opens well behind last two pics; "The Campaign" a guilty pleasure for voters who need a break from real-life presidential race.

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Director Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy -- featuring a new leading man in Jeremy Renner -- easily won the domestic box office race with $40.3 million debut.

The weekend's other two new films also turned in solid performances. Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis' R-rated comedy The Campaign debuted to $27.4 million, proving a guilty pleasure for voters who need a break from the real-life presidential race.

Adult dramedy Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell, grossed $15.6 million over the weekend for a five-day debut of $20.1 million -- on par with the opening of Streep's Julie & Julia ($20 million) in 2009.

Moviegoing was down slightly from the same weekend last year, in part due to the final weekend of the hugely popular Summer Olympics. And late night business continues to suffer in the wake of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting.

Early Friday evening, Universal thought Bourne would hit $45 million, but that figure was revised downwards in part because of soft late night traffic.

Universal's Bourne Legacy and Warner Bros.' The Campaign both bested The Dark Knight Rises, which fell to No. 3 after dominating the box office for three consecutive weekends. The superhero tentpole grossed $19.5 million for a domestic total of $390.1 million.

Bourne Legacy is a key test for Universal as it reboots the marquee spy franchise without Matt Damon. It also marks Renner's first turn as a leading man, as well as Gilroy's first turn in the Bourne director's chair (Gilroy wrote the first three films).

"I'm happy. I think the success of this weekend certainly gives us an opportunity to move forward and strategize about the direction in which to take this franchise," Universal president of domestic distribution Nikki Rocco said.

Bourne Legacy -- costing at least $125 million to make before marketing costs -- will need to do good business overseas, where it opened in 13 smaller countries over the weekend, grossing an impressive $7.8 million and breaking records.

In North America, Bourne Legacy skewed notably older, with nearly 70 percent of the audience over the age of 30. The film received a B CinemaScore.

Heading into the weekend, Universal cautioned there was little chance of Bourne Legacy matching the last two films considering it is a reboot. Sequel The Bourne Supremacy debuted to $52.5 million in 2004, while threequel The Bourne Ultimatum opened to $69.2 million in 2007. Bourne Legacy, co-financed by Relativity Media, did open well ahead of The Bourne Identity ($27.1 million).

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[Project-Zep]

For those that saw it how was norton?

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by Project-Zep

For those that saw it how was Norton?

He was solid. Played a guy in charge of things, did a very good job overall.

[Plasmachick]

Originally Posted by Project-Zep

For those that saw it how was norton?

Norton was solid. The whole cast was good.

[Plasmachick]

'Bourne Legacy' No. 1 With $40.3 Mil;

Decent. Safe House opened the same.

[Agent Bond]

For those that saw it how was norton?

He was such a d*ck. I loved it!