Hacksaw Ridge:
I had high hope before watching Hacksaw Ridge. But it underwhelmed a little. I probably was hoping for something like Passion of Christ. HR gave me a feeling more similar to Apocalypto. It was a well made movie, there were some very good moving scene, but at the end, I could not feel the impact.
The battle scenes were quite big. But the impact was different from Saving Private Ryan, since the advertisement kept comparing HR to Saving Private Ryan. Since HR was really more about one individual's struggle. That struggle is very unique.
I don't feel the movie is a great religious movie. It's more of personal conviction thing. I am quite moved by the father's effort to help his son. I find it impressive that this conscience objector would choose to go to the war without weapon. Maybe it's showed uniqueness of USA.
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Jason Bourne
I did not think this would be too great. But it turned out alright. I guess, expectation does make the viewing a bit different.
The action sequence of car chases were simply amazing. I watched the feature, in which I agree that by putting a lot of computer technology in the movie, it made the movie more relevant to today's world, comparing to the last installment 10 years ago. I liked the plot quite a bit. The female antagonist was very adequate, her ambivalence was hard to grasp. Tom Lee Jones' role however, was compromised. I felt it's role here is repetitive. His death is meaningless, the evilness he represented here is shallow at the best. Whenever Jason and CIA director interacted, I felt I was watching soap opera... repetitive and monotonous.
The movie was pretty good though. The ending to me was quite satisfying. It actually made me looking forward to the next one... if there is any...
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