'The entire movie shake-a-shakes with an incessant Queasy-Cam affectation,' wrote another reader. Nearly all of the letters presented - even from individuals who claimed to like the Bourne films - complained about Ultimatum’s 'choppy, jumpy camera work,' its 'unwatchable' action scenes, and/or its reliance on incomprehensible staging and editing, which one reader dubbed a 'gimmick.'

When Ultimatum was released in 2007, reported receiving so many reader letters about the movie’s visuals that the site’s editors decided to compile some of them into an article. Greengrass has taken a lot of fire over the years for his hectic visual style, which blends documentary realism with a nervy, stream-of-consciousness aesthetic. It’s the signature style of director Paul Greengrass, who helmed the new movie as well as The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Related Jason Bourne review: Matt Damon is back in a greatest hits cover album of the other 3 filmsĪs was the case in the last two films to star Bourne, this introduction is presented in a jittery frenzy, the 'shaky cam' aesthetic for which the franchise has become both known and, in some cases, reviled.

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