The Bourne franchise has been an amazing success by anyone’s standards, although I wasn’t all that thrilled with the first two installments. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the first 2… but found they lacked too much, not to mention the Bourne movies have become the poster children for the cancer of “Shaky Camera Syndrome” that so many movies use today.
Having said that, I really did enjoy The Bourne Ultimatum and thought it was easily the best of the bunch. Better pacing, better narrative, better tension and a little less shaky camera (although it was still a problem. Anyway, the word is that The Bourne Ultimatum DVD is coming our way on December 11th. Our friends over at MoviesOnline give us some details on the DVD specs:
* Deleted Scenes
* Man on the Move: Jason Bourne: In this five-part making-of, tour the world with Matt Damon, director Paul Greengrass, producer Patrick Crowley and producer Frank Marshall, as they give us an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at everything from Matt Damon’s rooftop chase in Tangier and shooting in fully functioning Waterloo Station, to Damon’s jump from a moving train in Berlin.
* New York Chase: Follow second unit director Dan Bradley as he choreographs the chase sequences, and watch the chase through car-mounted cameras.
* Planning the Punches: Watch as actors Matt Damon and Joey Ansah go through fight training with fight choreographer Jeff Imada.
* Rooftop Pursuit: Follow Matt Damon and crew as the Bourne team sets up a cable camera to follow him jumping across rooftops in Tangier.
* Driving School: Second unit director Dan Bradley and Matt Damon explain the preparation needed for the New York car chase.
* Feature Commentary with Director Paul Greengrass and Actor Matt Damon
The film ends the franchise in a perfect way… but I’ve got to admit it left me wanting a bit more. Recently Matt Damon said the door is SLIGHTLY open for then to return to Bourne sometime again in the future… and I’d be open to it too.
** Sorry Blu-Ray Player owners… for those of you who like your movies in HD, The Bourne Ultimatum is ONLY being released in HD DVD format **
