Let's watch THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For months I said I was going to see The Bourne Ultimatum on opening night and a week ago I finally made plans to do so. Friday afternoon I was freaked out about a possible sell out, so I decided to by my tickets online and thank goodness I did because the evening did not get off to a good start. Because I had the tickets I figured we wouldn't have to leave so early. The only problem was the parking garage at Bridgeport Village was jam packed with people trying to find a spot. As we sat waiting for the idiotic people in front of us to hurry up and move through the parking structure, we got word from our friends that the line waiting to get into the movie had already stretched out the door. Now thoroughly pissed, my objective was to get to the top of the garage where I was sure we would find a spot. My temper continued to boil over when we reached the top only to find every spot taken. I quickly sped to the bottom to exit the garage a find a goddamn parking space. We lucked out fairly soon after leaving the garage finding a spot at the farthest possible distance to the movie theater. Double timing it to the theater, we made it with ten minutes to spare, and plenty of time to settle in front of some guys massive head just before being rocked by Jason Bourne.

On his continued quest to figure out who he is and try to right some of the wrongs he's made, Matt Damon returns as the title character. Joan Allen also returns to help stop Bourne only this time she has to deal with David Strathairn, the head a rival faction of the CIA whose plans for taking down Bourne tend to lean towards more aggressive tactics. Amidst all of the pursuing, Juila Stiles' logistics specialist character is reprised to reveal a history with Bourne before his amnesia. Thanking no romance was played out to a cheesy Hollywood-type love interest angle. In the end Bourne gives everyone the kiss off leaving the door open for a sequel in the off chance Damon decides to change his mind.

The film was a non-stop, tension building thrill. I loved it! Paul Greengrass' handheld camera movements were a bit nausea-inducing but ultimately they worked because there weren't a bunch of cuts; just that shaking camera that more or less gave you a clear idea of what was happening on the screen. The editing in the pursuit scenes in Waterloo and Tangier were absolutely amazing. I think I bloodied all of my fingernails by the end of these two scenes.

Another thing that is great about all of the Bourne movies, is that the music is never overtakes the action on screen. A lot of action scenes in films these days aren't too terribly exciting and they use slick techno or rock songs to create thrills and it's all very cheap. In this trilogy the music is always in the background, perfectly complimenting the action but it's never more important or more exciting then the car chases or awesome sound effects happening on screen.

As I said, the ending was left open a bit but I not sure where else they could take this story. Sure people would go see another one, but how long can one dude continue to go around causing havoc. The main thing is, Bourne found out what he wanted to know and Greengrass does it again with another one of the best action films in recent years.