Faldor joins me again for the second of the Bourne movies (unless you count the TV movie with Richard Chamberlain, WHICH NO ONE DOES). Faldor claims that it’s a bad movie. I claim that it’s a good movie—specifically: Frankenstein. We compare it to the first film, Frankenstein, Bond films, Close Encounters, The Story of Anne Frank, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ronin, and—very slightly—the book it’s supposedly based on.
We agree on almost all points and yet disagree on the overall quality of the film itself. We discuss various locations in Europe, and whether or not the plot is actually necessary to the story in this case. We rewrite the film to be more character-oriented. And we touch on how technology has advanced to the point that nearly all the “high tech” stuff could be done on an iPhone.
Look for 2014 Frankenstein on the SyFy channel in the fall!. Unfortunately, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein already exists!
We’re both watching the Blu-ray, so we stay in sync. Start the commentary after the Universal logo, on the countdown.
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Great Commentary How about Some Mission Impossible commentaries the ones with Ethan Hunt
Yeah, that’s probably coming. I’ve been watching the original show on Amazon Instant, so I feel I can now speak to the idiom and how the movies basically ignore it.
Thanks for listening!