Anticipating the typical "hit the ground running" movie characteristic of the Bourne series, we had a hearty lunch at Cafe Mediterranean first. A full stomach for a full-speed movie, I thought.
Mel and I ordered Gyro sandwiches, Kofta for me and Grilled Lamb for him. That should be heavy enough. Marthe ordered a whole Marguerita Pizza but ended up eating about 60% of it. Fides had a combination plate of Moussaka and salad, while Jules and Olive both had Grilled Chicken Plates with mediterranean and plain rice, respectively.
My half-eaten Kofta
Marthe and I at Cafe Mediterranean, Rockwell
Fides and I
We barely had a minute to spare when we finally entered the cinema, but we realized that we misunderstood the screening time and the movie has started. We missed maybe two plot locations. Who cares, it's all talk. Not much eye candy. Except when Jeremy Renner is flashed onscreen.
While the movie dragged on and we tried to understand the story line through the conversations, Fides fidgeted in her seat, as she always does. During a critical moment in the movie, when the entire audience was straining to catch the words of the actors, Fides moved several times and the plastic bag of books in her lap created a sound loud enough to drown the conversation onscreen. An American sitting in front of her looked back a couple of times.
I snatched the bag and placed it beside me to avoid any more noises. And then the action onscreen began so for several minutes I was glued to it. I just noticed many, many scenes later that Fides was talking. "No I'm not," she said. "Yes, you are," the American in front answered. I asked her, "Were you talking?" She didn't reply.
Finally, the Manila scenes came. (spoiler alert) First of all, when Rachel Weiss first mentioned "Manila", she had to follow it up with "The Philippines." It's sad that the scriptwriter and director had to add that part, appearing to explain where Manila is. They should have just left it to the viewers to research about Manila so they'd learn the more important things about our country, instead of highlighting the fact that the Philippines is unknown to the world.
However, I'd say, the Manila scene is the heart of Bourne Legacy. This is where the action is. There were many scenes edited, though, including the one I've seen being shot along R. Magsaysay last January. I was on my way to my high school at that time for a final practice and meeting for our Silver Jubilee celebration and was caught up in traffic on the opposite lane of the shooting. I watched as pretty Rachel and hunky Jeremy rode their motorcycle back and forth, followed by another motorcycle and a taxicab. The scene was repeated several times as cameras rolled. I don't remember seeing that location in the movie, but then again maybe they've weaved it into other scenes, making it unrecognizable.
(another spoiler alert) And then the Palawan scene came and the story ends. Bitin! Personally, I think it's lacking the usual heart-pumping action of past Bourne movies. It retains, however, the series' style of unraveling bits of the story one at a time. I still like it that way.
When we got out, I asked Fides what that exchange with the American was all about. Apparently, she accidentally hit his chair when she shifted position, and the foreigner turned around and confronted her -- apparently already pissed off with her noise with the plastic bag earlier. I don't know why I didn't see that. My eyes were glued to the screen, I didn't even notice that he stood up, according to Jules. Well, I can't blame the American; Fides has that kind of problem. She can't seem to stay put. Still, he should have realized she's only a child. Maybe he didn't know she was a child coz she's tall. Well, at least, no other confrontation followed.
In the moviehouse, at least. But in the parking lot, a different confrontation happened. When we arrived in Power Plant at 2pm, we asked the attendant there to clean and wax the car. We told them specifically that we were staying in the mall for only two hours. We came out at almost 6pm (which is 4 hours after) and they have not finished washing the car. The wax was still there, it hasn't been buffed, and there was no one around! So Mel flared up, looked for the attendant and told them we're canceling everything.
What did they say? They said they'd finish it, it will just take 3 minutes. Are you kidding?!!! Wash an Innova for 3 minutes? We left without paying. Whatever preliminary cleaning they did, they can pay for it for all we care! That should serve as a lesson to them lazy workers.
And that was how our Bourne Sunday ended. Lacking. =(
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