Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy

If there's one thing my girl friends make fun of me for, it's my taste in Hollywood actors. I remember one night in my most recent trip to Bangkok, I was listing all of my Hollywood crushes (Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner, Ewan McGregor, Andrew Garfield... before he was Spider-Man!, Jason Segel, etc.) and they were all laughing at me when my friend Tom - bless his soul - interjected and said, "This is why I love Anj. She doesn't go for looks. She goes for talent." BOOM, bitches!

Incidentally, Tom looks like a lot like Jeremy Renner. And Jeremy Renner has a new movie out called "The Bourne Legacy". Also incidentally, I missed stalking seeing Jeremy Renner when he was in Manila because I was in Bangkok on the aforementioned trip. It's all good, though. Coz I caught the movie at the cinemas yesterday. And it wasn't that great. I mean, it was good. But it wasn't great.

Let's get into that, shall we?

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1. It's a bit dragging and confusing in the beginning. Or was that just me not paying attention because I was overthinking something in the cinema yesterday? Also, wow, Edward Norton's old now, man. Like, OOOOOLD.

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2. Why is it called "The Bourne Legacy", if Jason Bourne isn't even in it? Surely, it should be called "The Cross Legacy". Or, at least "The Bourne Legacy: Aaron Cross". Matt Damon isn't in this, ladies. If you love him as much as I do, you will need to understand that. Fortunately, I love Jeremy Renner, too, so it wasn't too heartbreaking for me.

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3. What's with all the product placement? Chowking, GSM, Absolute? And the misinterpretation of our country? I remember an incident when I first moved here and there were hostages in a bus... why weren't the cops as efficient then as they were in the movie? Coz, uhm... they aren't. People are gonna think we're cool when we're not. Be yourself, Philippines. :p

And now for the good things...

1. The action sequences were amazing. I actually thought to myself, "I want to join Jacky in her parkour training now". :p Sadly, there weren't enough action scenes to my liking, though.

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2. Virginia (my birth place), Bangkok (the place I lived in the longest), and Manila (my current place of residence) are all in it. And Jeremy Renner.

3. Jeremy Renner, Jeremy Renner, Jeremy Renner. Ahhh. I officially fell in love with this man in "Mission Impossible 4" and he kicks major butt in this movie. He's just a pure true-blue killing machine and he does it so quickly, efficiently and so hot-ly (for lack of a better term). I was biting my lip throughout most of the movie coz I wanted to just pull him out of the screen and take him home. I cannot wait for him to take over Ethan Hunt's shoes next!!!

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Sadly, this movie didn't really have an arc or a climax. It was just a series of events without a proper plot/story/ending. AND THERE WASN'T EVEN A KISS!!! :p

I'd give the movie 3 popcorns out of 5 because its action scenes were cool and the cast was good. But I prolly wouldn't watch it again, if I had a choice. Matt Damon's Bourne movies were much better. Totes stealing my dad's Bourne DVDs tonight. Bwahaha.

Have you seen "The Bourne Legacy" yet? What did you think of it?