movie re-watch: The Bourne Ultimatum

I watched this entire movie again, mostly just to see this part:

“I’m at 334 Calle Norte. I hear gunfire. And men shouting. I think they’re Americans.”

(Best use of local resources ever, and hilarious to watch the coordinators back home scramble to figure out what was happening.)

Also a little to see continuity between Ultimatum and Legacy, since I hadn’t realized how closely they were connected. (If you assume the guy in Ultimatum was lying when he explained Blackbriar, I think it pretty much works, except that on the news report when they use the photo, the caption says David Webb instead of Jason Bourne. Maybe Aaron was watching a different channel?)

Pretty much the only funny exchange in the movie:
“Where are you now?”
“I’m sitting in my office.”
“I doubt that.”
“And — why would you doubt that?”
“If you were in your office right now we’d be having this conversation face to face.”
-Jason Bourne, Noah Voson

Pretty much the least encouraging thing JB ever said:
“They’re going to come for you again. You’re going to have to run now.”
(to Nicky Parsons, who I still say followed up her experiences in this movie by setting up a halfway house for homeless heroes, because everyone deserves more help than “it gets easier”)

Also, now I kind of want to see Bourne Legacy again.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

in which I’m glad pinball has a silent mode

I usually have some kind of list going for weekend ‘stuff to get done.’ This weekend I also had the joke goal of finally getting past freakin’ level 11 in pinball. (Truly, the pinball deluxe brix arcade game is some quality time-eating entertainment.)

Well, I would like to report total success. I passed 11, then the spiral (vaguely familiar, like maybe I’d gotten there once before?), and then all the way to the rainbow-y level (18-ish, maybe?) before stalling out. Darn you two final blue bricks!

Despite having a new high score of over 27 million points (arcade games are awesome), the game only rates my skill as “you show promise.” While this is a distinct step up from “novice” and “amateur,” it makes me curious as to exactly *how many levels* this game has. (???)

[PS: Have received no more spam comments regarding Maryland bail bonds. Feel like I've violated the rules of fight club.]

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.