After several terrible Michael Bay Transformers movies the fans haven taken it upon themselves to create the movie we always wanted: Generation 1. It might feature a lot of people in robot costumes, but it has the look and feel of the original cartoon show down pat. If you have got 15 minutes, it is well worth your time.
Shmee Walks Fast And Punches People With Jason Bourne!
It has been nine years since the last Matt Damon Bourne movie, but it is clear after watching Jason Bourne that Damon still knows how to play the titular character. I just wish they would have come up with something interesting for him to do. Jason Bourne is like a greatest hits from the other Bourne movies. It is all pretty good, but you have seen it all before.
The film begins with Jason Bourne living off the grid and surviving by winning money one punching people in underground prize fights. So things are obviously pretty great for him. Then guess who shows up to tell him that he doesn’t remember all of his past, and that the CIA is up to some more dirty tricks? That’s right his old pal Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles), so Jason will have to walk fast while wearing baseball hats, punch people, and occasionally drive a vehicle at unsafe speeds until he can confront the director of the CIA … again.
Yup. It is pretty much the same story from the last three Matt Damon Bourne movies. The locations are different, and the car chases are on a larger scale, but there isn’t any new ground broken with this film. It is hard to enjoy all the punching and crashing when the story in between is the same old thing. I was hoping that maybe this time around he would be like a crusading avenger fighting injustice in the spy world or something, but no, his past sucks and the CIA director needs to be taken down a peg. Maybe these movies are supposed to serve as a warning to the CIA, “Behave or Jason Bourne is going to come down there and punch you!!!”. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jason Bourne is not only the return of Matt Damon, but also the series’ most well known director Paul Greengrass. If that name makes you feel a bit queasy, that is because he is the man that made shaky-cam popular, and he is up to his old tricks. He shakes that camera all over the place. Though it seems that this time around he at least remembers to give the audience a few reprieves and hold the camera steady for a few seconds every once and a while.
I have been pretty hard on Jason Bourne, but that is only because I like these movies, and I just wanted them try something a little different with this film. The action is still top notch, and Matt Damon’s Bourne is still a captivating character. If you just want watch Jason Bourne do his thing, you will probably like Jason Bourne. Heck I enjoyed myself for the most part. I just wish they would have come up with something more meaningful for Jason to do. Maybe next time.
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Best Marvel Trailers From San Diego Comic Con!
Marvel had a big Comic Con this year, but they didn’t really release a lot of footage. Regardless, these were my favorite two trailers of what they did release:
With Doctor Strange coming out in November it is about time that we got a full on movie trailer, and that is just what Marvel gave us. It gives us a good idea of what we should expect from this film while introducing the heroes and the villains. It looks like a pretty fun flick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymw5uvViqPU
Netflix’s trailer reintroduced Luke Cage in the best possible way with him just completely owning a street gang. Netflix’s Marvel shows have been kind of grim, so it would be nice if Luke Cage could keep the lighter tone from the trailer while still existing in the grounded and gritty Marvel version of Hell’s Kitchen.
Those were my favorite trailers from Marvel, what did you guys like?
Warner Brother’s Best Trailers From Comic Con!
Warner Brothers knows it has do better after the critical failure of Batman v Superman, so it came to this year’s San Diego Comic Con locked and loaded with great trailers and footage. Here are my favorite three trailers:
First up is Justice League. The trailer wasn’t perfect, but at least if finally showed the core of the Justice League all on screen at the same time, and that is amazing. I hope Snyder and Co can turn things around for this film.
Next is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. This is the best look at the movie thus far, and it looks great. I can’t wait to see Newt Scamander’s Beasts terrorize 1920’s New York.
At last after 75 years we are getting a Wonder Woman movie, but not only is it a Wonder Woman film it is also a WWI epic! Wonder Woman is looking like a can’t miss film event. I know I will be in the theaters day one.
Those are my top three Warner Brothers trailers. What did you guys think?