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前三部一气儿重温之后，写的技术贴。首发于新浪博客2011-02-09 22:13:25

The following analysis is conducted after rewatching the three movies of The Bourne series in a row this afternoon. And the initiative of that was actually encouraged by a rumor I heard in a casual discussion during my filming in Cape Town. After a few fact-checks, the rumor was easily broken but my curiosity about this series got me into rewatching, comparing and writing.

When it comes to say if a movie is good or bad, varieties of factors can be taken into consideration to different people, such as actors, directors, genre, nationality etc. Personally speaking, “story” is alway my top priority among those factors. Whether a movie has a good story and further how well the director tells it account for a great deal in my assesment. Besides, the pace of the movie, the sense of the picture, as well as the sensation created by the music, are also essential. So that in total makes my baseline: Story—Pace—Picture—Music.

Now here’s a table I made according to the baseline to compare and rate each episode of The Bourne Series. Each factor is rated ranging from 1 to 5.

Table 1 Baseline Rating

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Each factor of the baseline corresponds to a certain job title involved in movie production. Here’s a table listing those names behind the positions.

Table 2 Credit Listing

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The purpose of making Table 2 above is not to show those names literally, but to indicate a pattern that helps find out more, regarding the changes inside this series:

1. Tony Gilroy, as the pilar writer of all 3 screenplays, sets up a consistent and solid story foundation that has greatly contributed to the success of this movie series.

2. Christopher Rouse, taking the place of Saar Klein, marks an important turning point on the editing style and thus build a remarkable milesstone for this series.

3. Oliver Wood, the all-time DOP of this series so far, leaks a peak of his extraordinary photography skills in the second episode and gives it a full play in the third, where the scen at the airport is definitely a textbook materpiece.

4. The change of directors, which is basically my initiative to rewatch this series, certainly makes a difference. Even though I greatly enjoy Mr.&Mrs. Smith, a materpiece of Doug Liman, I still have to admit that Paul Greengrass, director of the last two episodes, does a better a job.