On Why the Bourne Series is the Best American Film Trilogy Ever Made at 08/10/2007 3:25pm

I read this editorial on a news linking site, and left a comment on that site, so I'll just edit the curses out of my previous comment, and then cut and paste it here, so you can see why this is an absolutely terrible analysis. It's such a terrible analysis that I actually had to sign up so I could post here and let you know how bad it is.

From: Hasekbowstome | Posted: 8/10/2007 03:15:57 PM
i loved the movies, but half of what this guy is saying is "This was great (of course, this part is kind of silly, but look at me ignore that while I sit here and trumpet how incredible the movies were)". They were absolutely great movies, but it makes him look like a retard to constantly write things like that. Terrible way to write any sort of analysis.

Quote: I have to wonder. When Doug Liman cast Julia Stiles as Nicky in The Bourne Identity, did he do so knowing that the character would come back in the sequels, or did they just make that up as they went along? I have not read the source material (and don’t plan on doing so, considering that the film seems to all but ignore it), so Nicky’s growth as a character is made very interesting.

1) His comment about the source material instantly makes him look like an uninformed idiot
2) Nicky seriously doesn't grow that much. We actually don't hardly know anything at all about her. There's tons of potential for growth there, with her "you were hard for me" thing, but they never expounded on it.
3) Further down in his analysis of Nicky, he proves what an idiot he looks is with his whole "HEY LOOK IM JUST GOING TO IGNORE SOMETHING THAT TOTALLY CONTRADICTS MY PREVIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT CHARACTER GROWTH AND WENT COMPLETELY UNANSWERED IN THE MOVIE" Seriously, you can't just ignore any flaw, plothole, or criticism when you're trying to say why a movie or a series of movies was the best ever. If you're just going to do that, you can say Sesame Street is the most hard hitting drama in the world. It makes about as much sense.

THE BOURNE MOVIES WERE NOT A CRITICISM OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!!!! Jesus, this guy is an idiot. If he ACTUALLY READ THE SOURCE MATERIAL THAT HE SAYS HES GOING TO IGNORE, then he'd realize, the Bourne movies actually are relatively soft on the American government, considering the incredibly terrible portrayal of the American government in the books.

This is a terrible analysis. Find something better to do with your time, like taking a class about how to critique or analyze a movie.