Kind of a drag, man.

[uvula_fr_b4]

I got stampeded into seeing Savages last Friday, 6 July, the day that it opened; this is the new Oliver Stone-directed / Oliver Stone co-written movie based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, who also got a co-screenwriter credit. It stars Taylor Kitsch (who first rose to prominence on the TV show Friday Night Lights about a high school

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[tabby_of_doom]

Regarding The Bourne Legacy, normally I don't like when a movie series switches actors, and the Bourne movies are the only reason I've ever been able to tolerate Matt Damon, but Jeremy Renner is full of the awesome sauce. He was the best thing about The Town in my humble, don't-know-much-about-movies opinion. He is one classy guy.

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[uvula_fr_b4]

See, the studio's covering itself in glory with the tag-line for The Bourne Legacy: "There was never just one."

Kinda wish the James Bond franchise did something similar; the Godzilla franchise sorta did, but then Toho Studios went back on it.

Matt Damon's OK, although I will admit that he seems to excel at playing d-bags (The Departed, anyone?). He had a funny guest role on Will & Grace as a doofus pretending to be gay so he can get closer to Grace.

Oh, and you're not exactly alone on Jeremy Renner; I loved loved loved The Hurt Locker, but I had no idea that his fandom was so -- vocal.