Based on the classic story, a young girl (Hailee Steinfeld) is out to avenge her father’s death. The girl is headstrong and stubborn, she knows what she wants. She manages to get some money and a horse. She finds Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a man who has lost count of the number of people he has shot; he is mean and true grit but he takes a while to get off his horse. Her room is taken by a texas ranger, la Boeuf , Matt Damon. She negotiates an agreement with Cogburn and he asks her to set off tomorrow. She finds that Cogburn has left with la Boeuf.
The adventure takes over when they set off. Their adventure is endearing and thrilling. It is a very calm western, with gun slinging action really in the last second half. La Boeuf wants some respect as a texas ranger and does decide to do his own thing, but gets shot and bites his own tongue. He acts with a bitten tongue, very cool. Cogburn and La Boeuf always try to get one over on each other and be the best.
It must have been shot in the wilderness as it is all so realistic and makes you feel like your there. The atmosphere at times is just great.
With an eventful adventure, I could easily watch this again, the story is 1st class and the ending is majestic.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star in and co-wrote this oscar-nominated and original screen play about a clever young man called William Hunting who works in one of America’s top Universities and is a gifted mathematician – the only difference between him and the other students is that he is merely the cleaner and not only does he not recognise an opportunity when one is handed to him on a plate, he cannot cope emotionally and is a terrible let down for the proud professor who wants to bring his protege to the forefront of mathmatics. Robin Williams plays the Psychologist in a tailor-made role winning him an oscar. Worth viewing as first Matt is very young in this and his acting is rather mature and secondly because he co-wrote it and so he must understand a lot more than I gave him credit for! Rather cheesy American Shmaltz at times but Minnie Driver makes up for that.
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Matt Damon is Chief Roy Miller, an American Army Team Leader in the Iraq war. His team’s job is to use intelligence sources to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Each site is empty and intelligence deemed false. Miller is angry at the time and effort wasted. When Miller finds a note book and a journalist he begins to investigate. The Green zone is the central area of Bagdad that was the government centre for the Iraq coalition. This area has been taken by Americans as America try to manufacture democracy.
The story takes a few twists and turns and is engaging. Unfortunately the ending action is bloated and drags on. Paul Greengrass is using his usual camera techniques that drive me crazy. We found that the effect of running everywhere with the camera man severely hampered our enjoyment of this film. Not only could we find ourselves infront of Matt Damon in the corridor and a second later behind him and a couple of seconds later right beside him which was confusing enough, we had to work out through the screaming of frightened Iraqis the machine gun fire and helicopter noise, who was shot and where we are. Yes ok if you want to experience war like it is first hand but in that case I would play Call of Duty on my Xbox.
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Set of three films based on the character of Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon, which are; The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum.
The Bourne Identity is the most thoughtful and well executed film I have seen in a long time and has shot right up to one of our favourites together with the theme music and Matt Damon himself. (welcome to the elite Matt) The other two films therefore are a continuation of his struggle against the secret agency that hired him in the beginning that insist on tying loose ends and finishing him off! But really because we cannot get enough of Jason Bourne.
In the beginning, in The Bourne Identity, he is a special agent with all the training but has lost his memory on a mission and he is left for dead floating at sea. He is rescued and sets off on a quest to find out who he really is and what he was doing when he got “killed” as he still has all his training and faculties in place together with the help of a young lady. The identity thing is an unusual crisis for a secret agent film, there are many flashbacks and he has some information in the form of passports from all different nations with different identities and a bag of goodies to help him get want he needs. He is able to use his ingenuity to slip out of a country and into another one and piece it all together while at the same time evading his own mortality as the agency want him destroyed. He has to be resourceful, cunning, clever, and determined. Matt Damon owns this part there is no doubt about it! He is Bourne. He is our action man. We liked the interaction with the female he is in league with in this film as his character was more real and vulnerable with her around to worry about.
The Bourne Supremacy starts where the Bourne Identity left us, “You tell them Jason Bourne is dead. I swear to God if I even feel somebody behind me, there is no measure to how hard and how fast I will bring this fight to your doorstep.” and we learn more about the initial team and what he was trained to do. There is a new director for this film who also directs the Bourne Ultimatum after it and it seems that the camera man is actually running with the camera and you are forced to look at what he is looking at which tends to make me sick. There is a lot of chasing and fighting in this film and not so much careful thought gone into the plot so all round without a girlie to look after too much giddy camera and too much whacking it did not rate as highly as the first film.
The Bourne Ultimatum claws back it’s acclaim as careful thought has gone into the storytelling. So once again I am back on the edge of the sofa praying that he escapes by the skin of his teeth. I loved the twists in the story. I did get all excited and I did punch the air (very rare I can assure you). There were roof-top chases which were well choreographed scenes. Next time I go into a packed railway station I will be looking out for the places I can hide and the things I can do to avoid detection (nah not really, tempting though it is). We love you in this movie Matt Damon and we were singing the theme with the credits and wondering if you will ever come back again in the future? IMDB The Bourne Identity IMDB The Bourne Supremacy IMDB The Bourne Ultimatum
Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon are freshly appointed State Police fighting organised crime not merely City cops. One of them will be asked to become an undercover cop, the “rat” in the crime gang. The other works for the police but is tipping off the crime lord, the “mole” in the police force. Although they are aware of each other the trouble is that they don’t know who they are after. Each has to blow the other’s cover to ensure their own cover is safe. Jack Nicholson plays the crime lord extremely well this is a role that he probably spends a lot of time getting into character and stays like it for days and Vera Farmiga plays the love interest between the two cops nice choice. Fast paced action movie high on emotion. There is no complicated plot however it is tense and well thought out. So apart from the intro’s childish dialogue and the cringeworthy Mark Wahlberg‘s potty mouth this was an excellent maffiosa film from Scorsese and we enjoyed it! One of my favourite films.
Apparently lives are mapped out and follow a set path. If you believe that you can change your path you are mistaken as great care is taken by the powers that be (The Adjustment Bureau) to make sure you follow your set path through life. Matt Damon is the politician winging his way to the top of his game and he meets the girl of his dreams in a public toilet (inspirational) where she imparts some political advice before disappearing. He is captivated by her charm and pursues her for the rest of the film believing her to be his destiny. This involves getting one over on the Adjustment Bureau, not as easy as you might think and not really a political thriller – more a romantic sci-fi. The science fiction is good and believable. Matt Damon makes a good politician and his co-star dancer Emily Blunt fulfills her role adequately making you care about the characters which wins you over.
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