So I just found out about this film through SourceFed, a great new YouTube channel that I absolutely love. Any of you that watch Phillip Defranco will know it, for those of you that don't know it; Check it out HERE. This blog is actually in response to that specific YouTube video. I didn't have enough room in the comments to type a true comment so here it is:
@ SourceFed: I completely agree that Bourne is the American Bond. It's a fact that is clear when you watch Quantum of Solace and Casino Royal; both of those films moved away from the classic Bond formula and more closely resembled the Bourne movies as far as pacing and combat are considered.
That being said... I still think it's too early to tell if this upcoming Bourne film will be great or not. I've always been a fan of the story and the "resourceful agent" concept. Something that I was introduced to with MacGyver. I'm completely fine with a different actor playing a fictional character. It's the natural course of the entertainment industry and will persist until CG technology can completely replicate a human. I love Robert Downy Jr. as Tony Stark, but I'm a realist and as much as I'd love to see him reprise that role; doing so, for him as an actor, could cause him to become type-cast. So yeah. Jeremy Renner in a Bourne film works for me, the character he plays is called Aaron Cross, so it's not even him as Jason Bourne.
I'm hopeful for the film. I really hope it's as exciting as the preview makes it look.
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