26:07 Bourne scatters the birds and observes where they land. The spot they avoid landing is where Clive Owen is

@Serenity113

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit, that is very clever way to find someone out in the open.

@balsamfur1148

Жыл бұрын

Don't know how many times I've seen this movie, but I never realized that until you pointed it out just now.

@TheJoshestWhite

Жыл бұрын

Even Clive Owen didn't realize that was what was happening, until it was to late.

@Kavala76

Жыл бұрын

I respectfully disagree. You startle birds and they'll scatter. Those resettling locally will do so over a massive area. They will not locate Owen for you. I think you'd be better off noting where the birds do NOT take off from. Where they were pre-flight is where Owen is not. Personally, I think it was a distraction and sonic cover.

@rinhyugaa6565

Жыл бұрын

​@@Kavala76 Yeah the gunshot and the birds flying everywhere is pretty disorienting

Just so you guys know, the order of the movies are: Bourne Identity (2002), Bourne Supremacy (2004), Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner (2012), and finally Jason Bourne (2016). In my opinion they are all worth watching, the Legacy is film was an interesting choice, but I also love Jeremy Renner so I enjoyed it. Great reaction guys! Much love from Maine!

@virtzs

Жыл бұрын

I 100% disagree. Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum, are canon. The next two movies don't exist for me, especially Bourne Legacy. It ruins the entire storyline by making Jason Bourne a junkie that has to have a drug to be awesome. Not cool.

@rexmundi2986

Жыл бұрын

And the 2016 movie is pointless and lame. The trilogy's great, the other two are garbage.

@meu02136

Жыл бұрын

Nice one, I’m sure they don’t have google or Wikipedia where they are

@ThePixel1983

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@jRoy7

Жыл бұрын

There's also a 1988 The Bourne Identity mini-series which was good, and since it's closer to the book there are major story differences vs the films. :)

The actress who plays Marie is Franka Potente. She starred in a german film called "Run Lola Run", which you should really think about reacting to.

@brendanfalvy1281

Жыл бұрын

yes

@kathyastrom1315

Жыл бұрын

I saw that in the theater, and loved everything about it.

@1ListerofSmeg

Жыл бұрын

THIS👍✊❤

@davelewis8270

Жыл бұрын

Run Lola run was a staple of my young adult life. Excellent film. Also watched an Indian remake of it which is called Looop Lapeta which was also very good although the soundtrack wasn't anywhere near as good.

@micheloso69

Жыл бұрын

yeah, nice movie

"The Bourne Altercation" is the politest, most Canadian action picture name ever.

@treetopjones737

Жыл бұрын

Every scene: "Sawry"

@leomiller3800

Жыл бұрын

You could watch the British version, "The Bourne Lively Discussion".

@garth7816

Жыл бұрын

London Cockney version: “The Bourne Right Old Two ‘n Eight”.

@TukaihaHithlec

11 ай бұрын

The Bourne Kerfuffle Lol One of them says exactly this later.

@soothingmist4527

11 ай бұрын

the Bourne tea party

"The Bourne Scuffle" "The Bourne Conundrum" "The Bourne Heated Debate"

@aartsst3227

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget The Bourne Mild Disagreement....

@robertstephenson7864

Жыл бұрын

The Bourne Kerfuffle.

Honestly, "The Borne Altercation" is a pretty accurate description for every movie in this series.

One of my favorite spy series of all time, all five are worth watching. Supremacy is my favorite in the series, however every entry is solid.

@TedRader

Жыл бұрын

Read the books, you'll love 'em

@NathanJasper

Жыл бұрын

​@@TedRader I own them all ❤

@lethaldose2000

Жыл бұрын

Preach on Jasper. Preach on.

@malcolmrowe9003

Жыл бұрын

Never could decide whether it was good or bad that the films depart so much from the books. I would say that the first three films are much better than the 4th and 5th entries. 4 failed to engage my attention much first time around, although it does provide extra world building. 5, while entertaining enough felt like just an add-on. Not read the Lustbader continuation books. Any thoughts? Edited for spelling.

@JuryRigged

Жыл бұрын

I discounted Legacy, and assumed they were trying to pick it back up with the last film, but I'll take this as recommendation and check them out sometime, thank you.

Love this film for you guys. Not only did it make Matt Damon into a bankable action star, but it also proved that a spy story didn’t have to follow the Bond model with gadgets and glamour. It made the Bourne model with more gritty fights and noirish plots something to emulate. I can’t wait for you guys to do the third one, the Bourne Ultimatum, as that really was the pinnacle of the series in terms of plotting and fight scenes.

@felixfungle-bung4688

Жыл бұрын

Funny it ultimately changed the James Bond franchise.

@retropyro

Жыл бұрын

@@felixfungle-bung4688 Yup, completely changed the Bond franchise, influenced John Wick. The Bourne series is fantastic.

@felixfungle-bung4688

Жыл бұрын

@@retropyro Absolutely true and we cant leave out Batman.

@thethe-nt1tb

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I couldn't stand Bond films because he was so bad as a spy -- always getting captured, dependent on high-tech gadgets, would compromise a mission because of a pretty woman. To me, a great thing about Bourne is that he uses what is readily available and adjusts accordingly.

@retropyro

Жыл бұрын

@@felixfungle-bung4688 The influence on spy/action films from Bourne is enormous

This wasn't the movie that popularized the shaky-cam action thrillers, but this was the franchise. _Identity_ was directed by Doug Liman, but three of the sequels (Supremacy, Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne) were directed by Paul Greengrass, which is where the shaky-cam really comes into play.

This was a groundbreaking movie. So many movies copied the fighting style and the directorial style to the point where it's generic now, but at the time this came out it blew people away. Also, Franka Potente is such an underrated German actress. If you haven't seen it, she was in the really inventive movie "Run Lola Run" (1998). She's basically running to save her criminal boyfriend's life. It's very creative visually and is another late ‘90s film, which I would love to see you guys react to.

@kevtb874

Жыл бұрын

This came out the same time as Die Another Day. One of the most awful, silly, nonsensical, weightless, stupid Bond films ever. A series that was beginning to lose it's way (again) and become a joke parody of itself. 4 years later Casino Royale came out. One of the most grounded, character driven Bond movies of recent decades. This was almost entirely due to the impact the Bourne Identity had on the spy genre at the time. It was night and day.

@pee-buddy

Жыл бұрын

Many people complain about not seeing the action and the shaky cams but that was what truly sold it for me as a proper fan of the books. They fail to realize that these are $30m killing machines, they are not there to put up a "show" fight. The killings need to be as fast and efficient as possible. Robert Ludlum was alive during filming the first movie and is credited a role besides author which convinces me that he was instrumental in coming up with the idea of the shaky cams.

@Diamond_Skies

Жыл бұрын

Not just the fighting style, but the editing. The quick-cut editing is what really changed the genre in terms of style.

@kellyzak2375

Жыл бұрын

Run Lola Run is a great movie!!

@lampad4549

Жыл бұрын

​@@pee-buddyyou can be a 30 million dollar killing machine and show the action look at the raid and what they were able to do.

That speech Matt gives in the diner -- about the guy at the counter who can handle himself, how he knows all the license plates in the parking lot, and that he can run flat out for a half mile before getting shaky -- is when I was like, "Oh yeah, I'm on board." I love that whole scene. It's so good! I think I saw an interview where Matt Damon said that speech is what sold him on the part, too. He wasn't sure he wanted to do an action movie, but felt like that scene encapsulated how different it is, and how interesting the character is, and that there's a real story going on. I totally agree!

There was a great Franka Potente film in the 1990s called "Run Lola Run" for which I haven't seen a lot of reactions. Great postmodern fun - definitely worth catching. : )

I’ve always loved the Bourne movies because they make an attempt to explain the character’s decision making and the action is easy to follow. Matt Damon doesn’t just magically know where to go in the bank and how to out maneuver the people following him. He picks up a radio and pulls a map off the wall to gather intel and make informed decisions from there. It’s not all logical, but it’s fun to follow along. The entire series is like this. I hope you guys finish the original Trilogy at least! 😎👍🏾

The shaky cam in the next two films are a technique called "Discovered Action." The idea being that this isn't carefully staged, the camera discovers the action so punches and kicks can happen just out of frame. Director Paul Greengrass started off making docudramas so it makes sense, but it isn't always pleasing to watch.

@scottpoyer5678

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. The sequels by Paul Greengrass are the reason why everyone associates these movies with it, he creates very visceral and kinetic action scenes using it.

@Markus117d

Жыл бұрын

But thankfully they toned it down a notch for the third one, The second was a bit too much lol...

@jmilla321

Жыл бұрын

i really think they make it work in the bourne movies, which is the tragedy. ppl just then assumed that it works in general

@ashscott6068

Жыл бұрын

Meh. Doesn't matter what it's called. It is what it is. Some shit dosn't need to be named. You can smear dogshit on the lens, and it's just called smearing dogshit on the lens. But if some pretentious filmmaker or critic starts calling it "fecal obscura" or something, and then they start telling kids about it in media studies class, suddenly, you have people thinking it's a good idea to smear dogshit on the lens, cus now it has a name you can learn. And a non-English one, too! It gets double points for that! It's always boggled my mind why people care beyond "Do I like it?" This is how Dream Theater fans are made... "What's that shitty music" "That's not shitty! It's very long and has odd meters and tempo changes, and uses an obscure mode off an obscure scale" "Oh. Then I like it" Most people just call it "Shakey cam". Giving it a more pretentious name, just influences some of the folk who dislike it, into making themselves like it. Sad but true. I quite like it in this film. At least it's not being used to hide shitty CGI like it usually is.. But I can't help but feel like if you're thinking about the camera or what's behind it, the movie is failing.

@anthonydawson8080

Жыл бұрын

@@ashscott6068 no need for a dig on dream theater. Some people *do* like them

In my country they named this movie "Agent without past" and you should watch "The Long kiss Goodnight" which has practically same premise but with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson.

@Kickinthescience

Жыл бұрын

Top 5 favorite Samuel L Jackson role for me

@RLKmedic0315

Жыл бұрын

@@Kickinthescience Sam Jackson has said that Mitch from Long Kiss Goodnight is his favorite role ever. I would love to see a sequel.

It's a legit great trilogy. The shakey cam does get old after a while, but how the story plays out is very compelling. It's also an important trilogy because it started the trend of "gritty" movies being popular.

@maximillianosaben

Жыл бұрын

That Las Vegas car chase in the 4th movie is pretty incredible though.

@melanie62954

Жыл бұрын

@@asmrhead1560 Yeah, Supremacy gave me a headache in the theater, but on the small screen it may be my favorite of the trilogy.

@pee-buddy

Жыл бұрын

Shaky cam for shaky cam sake gets old but it fits the Borne movies to a tee.

Please do the entire series! Each one has something that makes it worthwhile

@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319

Жыл бұрын

First they need to watch the last Planet of the Apes movie. 😉

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

No

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

I don’t condone these lazy videos

That line,”Look at what they make you give.” Gave me chills when I first heard Clive Owen say it. This line will be called back in a further Bourne film, if you guys keep going down this rabbit hole.

The point with scaring up those crows is: crows who got disturbed like that gonna fly up and look out for an intruder. When they spot one, they gonna circle over him to pinpoint the intruder for other crows. The other assassin knew his position would be revealed by the crows and started moving which was exactly what Bourne needed...

Robert Ludlum wrote the 3 novels which the trilogy was based on. Every other Bourne novel was written by someone else. So Legacy and anything that follows might be good, but the original 3 stories are all that the author produced.

The Bourne franchise did kick off the lone highly trained government bad ass, but for me, as a kid of the 80s, Remo Williams (based on the Destroyer series) was the first attempt at this. Honestly, I would like to see a reboot.

@SuzakuX

Жыл бұрын

Bond?

@brianermovick5944

Жыл бұрын

Remo Williams was a great movie, but far too hokey to be taken seriously. The movie I always recommend for this genre is The Long Kiss Goodnight

@jaives

Жыл бұрын

i still remember the 1988 Bourne Identity mini series.

The Bourne movies massively stepped up the genre. A lot of movies that came after it like Casino Royale (Bond), Taken, John Wick were massively inspired by these films.

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

Overrated

@Brian-qn7fn

Жыл бұрын

All the films in the series after the first are total garbage. John Wick is the antithesis of the later Bourne films.

@TukaihaHithlec

2 ай бұрын

Metal Gear Solid 3 and every game that came after it were heavily influenced by these movies as well.

"Maybe it's not as egregioius, maybe the way it's used?" Yes, there's a *right* way to do it, and it's not easy, there's not a lot of film-makers that do it well. The idea goes back at least as far as "Dr Strangelove" when Kubrick shot the battle sequences to look like newsreel combat footage. In action movies, *Tony Scott* pioneered the use of camera shake and fast edits to build more tension in action scenes. And the thing is he was so *good* at it, you didn't even notice it. But go back and take another look at "True Romance" or "The Last Boy Scout" or especially "Man on Fire" and "Domino" and pay attention to how much the camera moves and how much he cuts. The way he does it, it's not *confusing* or *disorienting,* instead it sort of *hyper-orients* the audience by giving us enough seperate bits of information that we subconciously put together a clear idea of the geography, blocking, and action in any given scene. The thing about the Bourne actions scenes is that he doesn't use it to "cheat" - the stunts, choreography, storytelling is all *there* you just have to fight to see it, kind of the way it would be in real life. (I noticed it works better on the small screen, and it keeps repeated viewings fresh because you notice things you didn't cactch last time) What happened after The Bourne movies is that studios realized they could use it to obscure the fact that stunts and choreo were *not* up to standard. Audiences caught on and revolted. Stunt crews did too. Single-shot action scenes became popular not just because they're impressive but also because the editor *can't* f*ck it up in post.

I'm glad you guys are getting into this series of films. The 3rd film (Ultimatum) is probably my favorite, but they are all worth watching, and I hope you complete the series. Enjoy!

I discovered Jason Bourne 15 years before this film came out. About 1987 I read a number of Robert Ludlum books, including The Bourne Identity and I highly recommend the book. So when the news broke regarding it being made into a film, I already knew the story was pretty interesting. For those interested, Robert Ludlum was a prolific write and also had a number of his books made into films long before the Bourne series were made.

@bradleyrhodes8906

Жыл бұрын

The 3 Bourne books by Ludlum are excellent. The 3 movies are based on the trilogy. Highly recommend the movies if you're not a reader

@dnish6673

Жыл бұрын

And the Bourne Ultimatum was also a miniseries with Richard Chamberlain a long time ago. Fact: All Ludlum books have a 3 word title, with the first word being “The”.

@treetopjones737

Жыл бұрын

@@dnish6673 I saw the Thorn Birds and Shogun, do not remember Bourne miniseries.

The thing with the birds wasn't just a distraction, he was looking to see where they WOULDN'T land, because that's where the predator was. It's SUCH a good display of tactical thinking and additional knowledge of animals and their habits

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

I do not care it’s a movie grow the tf up sissy

I had an episode of transient global amnesia once. The effect of this type of amnesia is an inability to create any short term memories for several hours. It's kind of like the movie Memento. I vaguely remember asking my wife the same questions over and over again. She was freaked out after the 3rd or 4th time I asked the same set of questions. Basically, afterwards it felt like I had lost 5 hours of my life.

@TheJoshestWhite

Жыл бұрын

Did you have a head injury or something?

Definitely watch the next two. The Bourne Supremacy is excellent, the sort of 'The Empire Strikes Back' of the original Bourne trilogy.

'The Bourne Altercation' definitely sounds like a Canadian adaptation of an action movie.

All the Bourne movies are pretty awesome in their own right. Looking forward to you guys seeing the "You look tired, Pam" moments in the next few movies.

@andyyoung9463

Жыл бұрын

Yep....I always liked those parts too

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

I don’t insecure people always want other people to like their dumb movies

This is actually insane. Yesterday, I was listening to a podcast about Casino Royale, and they were talking about the influence of the Bourne trilogy, so I looked up reactions, and found that most of my favorite reactors hadn't reacted to The Bourne Identity yet. And then today I see this upload. Love it! Thank you for all that you guys do! It is also worth pointing out, that this movie and trilogy is the reason why we got Daniel Craig as Bond, and why Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were oriented in the direction that they were!

You'll love the entire series, most people only watch the first three and skip the last two but it's in those movies you find out so much backstory on the program and you get some serious character development and resolution. Such a great series to react to and such a great reaction from you guys!

The Bourne films actually influenced future Bond and Mission: Impossible ones. It had a huge impact in the action/spy genre.

The really great thing about the Bourne trilogy is that it keeps getting better. I remember seeing all of them in the theater ... I was literally on the edge of my seat for pretty much the entirety of the Bourne Ultimatum. Looking forward to seeing you guys progress thru these.

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

No

George's "Come get this pile" will become legendary

You guys NEED to watch "Run Lola Run (1998)" with Franka Potente. Amazing film.

I love your dedication you put into creating thumbnails to fit with every movie. Always puts a smile on my face ❤

The shaky cam in this movie is well done. It serves to add stress to fight scenes, not to obscure what's going on. The shaky cam gets Much worse in the next two films, like comically so. And yes, the headaches are a side effect of the training, it's gone into much more detail in the books.

@jculver1674

Жыл бұрын

I'm probably in the minority, but I think this is the best movie of the trilogy. The increased Shaky-Cam being a major reason.

@stevenhenry9605

Жыл бұрын

@@jculver1674 I completely agree. The second and third movies are almost unwatchable for me, thanks to the terrible cinematography. It's a crime against movies and against Damon's consistently excellent performance.

@STOCKHOLM07

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember seeing the second film in the theater and having a migraine when it was over

@hafeya

Жыл бұрын

Shaky cam is the main reason I hate Paul Greengrass. It has it's uses, but he overuses it and in the theaters I was so nauseous. It's not so bad at home, but the theater was bad.

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

@@hafeyaBourne wasn’t made for you

Just in case, make sure you don't skip the 2 sequels to this Bourne Identity movie as I noticed you only mentioned the 2012 Jeremy Renner movie and the 2016 Matt Damon Bourne movie. There was two direct sequels to this Identity movie called Bourne Supremacy and then Bourne Ultimatum. All with Matt Damon. Have fun with them!

Definitely hope you guys do Supremacy and Ultimatum. Bourne Legacy is actually pretty good too, and the way all the narratives weave together is top notch storytelling, aside from all the fighting and action sequences being cool af.

U guys gotta do the next 2. As far as sequels go, they’re great

Doug Liman is a great director! Even though I heard this shoot was difficult. The shaky cam style doesn’t start in earnest until the next film, directed by Paul Greengrass, and as much as I enjoy this the next two are better films still. Despite shaky cam. I love most of the actors in this series, too: Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Albert Finney. They’re just…good at their job.

The Bourne Identity changed the direction of James Bond. There was a plan to make a last film with Pierce Brosnan when Bourne came out and changed all action movies forever. Brosnan was ditched, with full payment, and in came Daniel Craig, a younger, more muscular Bond for Casino Royale. The Bourne movies are among the very best action movies out there. See them all, or miss 60 percent of the action genre in modern times.

The Bourne Altercation: A barrista accidentally misspells Jason's surname on his coffee cup resulting in a request to see the supervisor and a strongly-worded letter to Head Office... XD

French word for stakeout: surveillance. 😉

@KE5CKJ

Жыл бұрын

"l'stakeout" was a pretty good try though. 😆

Love the Bourne series. Great action movies but still very family friendly. Cursing is very minimal and the violence is not bloody or gore.

Lol the "which would be worse" discussion and George's "not knowing if you have enemies" comment reminded me of Memento. 'why am I running...oh I must be chasing that guy...Nope he's chasing me.'

Spy movies have taught me if i uncover something and my superior asks me about it alone and asks if I told anyone else, I will always say 'Yep, lot of people.'

@Jonathan-fu5hx

Жыл бұрын

Spy movies taught me that the girlfriend/partner actually was in cahoots with the enemy, usually if you are charming enough and got abs, you can typically win her back without any additional consequences about 50% of the time. Source: Brad Pitt, who had two movie roles where he had to kill his wife. Only one had a happy ending.

I'd really love for you guys to watch The Long Kiss Goodnight, with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. It has the exact same premise, but it's a very different take on it. And it has a lot of humor. Also, Brian Cox is in The Long Kiss Goodnight, too! And he has some great, great lines in it.

@stevehope4572

Жыл бұрын

I love that movie

@kevinlaw6185

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehope4572 - Same.👍

Whilst this works as a stand alone film, the rest of the films add to the story and it is definitely worth watching all 5 of them.

Love this series! Love how visceral and gritty these movies are, every step planned and calculated with precision. Goes to show how efficient and deadly a person can become in any environment, theoretically anyway

Robert Ludlum wrote two sequels to The Bourne Identity: The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which completed the trilogy. After Ludlum’s death, author Eric Van Lustbader continued the story and has written eleven more books during 2004 to 2017. Btw, the original books by Ludlum are amazing. I haven’t read the others, it kinda weirded me out that they weren’t by the original author at the time. Maybe someone who has read them can give their opinion.

Man I remember seeing this movie a lot as a kid. My dad would have this playing while testing the DVD players he fixed to make sure they are running just fine. Very nostalgic for me.

@acmartialarts2227

Жыл бұрын

Anime deviant

Of all the movies this is still my favorite. I’m a big fan of the original trilogy of books written Robert Ludlum and highly recommend reading them. Identity is a good update to the first book, although not a fan of the changes made to Marie. The other movies resemble very little to the rest of the books.

2:06 my grandfather was a cook in a fishing ship, the ship was wrecked in the Atlantic ocean, north west of Africa, in a collision with a bigger one at night (they didn't have big lights), he spent 2 days alone in the ocean (all the other fishermen died), until he was spotted by another ship that passed near him. He had health issues the rest of his life because of it.

The Borne series of Novels were begun by Robert Ludlum with the Bourne Identity, the Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum. Many other authors have also picked up the reins of the Jason Bourne stories with dozens of books, movies and television shows springing from it. The fun part about the character is that whether he is in a book, movie or TV show, you are drip fed just little bits about his past at a time which made every story appealing to the audience. If done right, we will never truly know who Jason Bourne really is, because once you do, he stops having that appeal.

I now really want to see the Bourne Altercation.

@Divamarja_CA

Жыл бұрын

And I want to see The Bourne Scuffle.

I love this film series! Even if you don't do all 5 films, you must watch the first three, as they form a complete story arc, especially as 2 and 3 are two halves of a single film essentially. Great reaction guys 👍

@bigdream_dreambig

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't generally recommend this series, but when I do I recommend watching 1-3 and omitting 4-5.

@Agent.Bob58

Жыл бұрын

@olsengt tbh I do like 4 and 5, but 4 tends to work better if you think of it as an in-universe spinoff rather than a continuation of the original story arc.

I don't think this started _shaky-cam,_ but rather the _multiple quick edit_ trend. The trend which ultimately gave us 7 cuts to get *Liam Neeson* over a single fence.

A very underrated and terrific soundtrack, as well.

EASILY my new favorite Simone intro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Mark_McC

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know. ‘Welcome to Cinebinge. I love you.’ is pretty great too, lol

@carlos_hb

Жыл бұрын

There are a bunch of great ones

Please please please do the original trilogy at least (Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum). The next two are SO good, IMO the next one is the best in the entire 5-movie franchise, although there is definitely a shock in there too :) now having his backstory installed, the Bourne Supremacy is literally just 85-90% action and it has a younger Karl Urban as a major character!

I love that in the begging you can see Matt Damon run behind the car that makes him "disappear"

The reason for the afore mentioned 'shaky cam'-style filming, not being in this film, is because the rest of the franchise (bar 'Legacy') was directed by Paul Greengrass, who was know for his 'handheld' shaky cam-style film making, which helped the films he directed. This first one was directed by Doug Liman.

Not recognizing Franka Potente says you haven't watched "Run Lola Run".

I remember this film getting mockery for the fast shakes at times and the some of the stylised scenes. I always thought this film was ahead of the game and I'm happy you two gave it a thumbs up .

When this movie came out.... I turned to my friend on the theatre and said, "Why do all the famous super spies always have the initials "J.B."....... James Bond (bond films)..... Jason Bourne (Bourne films).... Jack Bauer (tv series '24') It's weird....

2:32 "Birth control?" - simone 🤣🤣🤣

At the time this came out it really felt like a new take on the spy thriller genre and the shaky cam wasn't just there to cover up lazy choreography, it was a new way of shooting fights to make them feel more visceral, like you're actually in the action. At least at the time it was fresh.

I loved The Bourne Altercation but my favourite of the series was The Bourne Kerfuffle

The one nice thing about the unsteady camera phase this franchise spawned, is that it birthed the awesome phase of badass cinematography/choreography with stunts/stunt actors/fight scenes in today’s films! Edit:Julia Stiles was originally supposed to die at the end of this movie but because of reshoots and longer than usual post production things changed. Got herself a couple more movies out of it

The fire escape was deliberately cut off. When you turn an existing building into a consulate, you secure it. Notice that all the upper level windows were bricked over. Exits can also be entrances, so cut off anything you don’t need.

When I had covid last year, I discovered there was also an 80's TV miniseries based on this, with Denholm Elliot (from Indiana Jones) as the doctor.

Best jump scare ever! You even know they are setting up for the jump scare, and they still get you.

The book was written during the Vietnam war; Bourne was sent into Southeast Asia while France still controlled Vietnam. The woman he falls in love with in the books is French Canadian

Irrelevant fun fact: I vacationed in Paris for a week just to visit the sights where they filmed this movie and took photos to recreate the shots on a crappy 1st gen digital camera. Good times.

My mother read the books--she said they don't age well because most of the "action" surrounds Bourne looking for a phone... just, over and over, "where can I find a phone??!". So you'd either have to set it in the early 80s or update it to present day and change everything. They also made a mini-series in the 80s starring Richard Chamberlain, a great actor who was primarily known for starring in these long mini-series on network television (The Thorn Birds, Shogun, Portrait of a Lady, Centennial--when I was a kid, if there was a mini-series, the first question would be "who plays Richard Chamberlain's love interest?"). I haven't seen it, but my bet is that it wasn't good, but it was still awesome.

1 The Bourne Identity (2002) 2 The Bourne Supremacy (2004) 3 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Two interesting things: One) The first three Bourne movies popularized "shaky cam" as an action movie technique, but if you watch the rest of the Bourne movies closely, you'll see that the director was trying to imitated the movement of a human eye in a stressful or survival situation Two) The scene in the embassy was shot with the help actual US Embassy Guards, members of the US Marine Corps. For the scene they just asked them to run a drill in front of the cameras.

When it comes to movies like this you have to live in the moment and question nothing. Trying to dissect it raises more questions than answers. I grew up in the 90s and just like the 60s it was a decade of change

If you want to see Jean Reno again and in a great film. Watch Nikita (also known as La Femme Nikita) the 1990 film by the same director that did Leon, Luc Besson.

the shaky cam really start at the second movie (Bourne Supremacy) when Greengrass became the director. But while it really shaky, you can still see everything clearly. The shaky cam and quick cuts are mean to show how Bourne sees every little details in the world around him.

I love the diner scene in this first move. Where he’s trying to realize how he know he can run so far at this altitude and where the best place to find a gun is and that the guy at the bar is 240 and can handle himself. Makes me wish I had those skills

Lmaooo, "come get this pile." Wtf kind of sweet talk are you using sir!

This was the very first DVD I ever owned. I was still a bit about the shift from VHS. It’s truly amazing how quickly technology moves.

In the books, the lady he gets involved with this whole thing is a part of a Canadian Finance delegation to France.

In the climbing stunt off the building, Matt Damon actually climbed down the last 30 feet himself. Stakeout" is "surveillance" - pronounced soor-vey-awnce

0:29 All I could hear after this was a list of Bourne spoofs being read in the voice of Troy McClure.

Also see Franka Potenta (Maria) in The Sinking Of The Laconia, a true story

The embassy building fire escape is that way because the building wasn't originally a US Embassy. Once the US began using it the escape was removed to assist in securing the building from entrance anywhere but the main front, guarded, doors. Many of the windows are bricked and painted over as well, especially on the alley side so that no one can sneak in or out.

About the shaky cam: this movie was directed by Doug Liman, who you already know because later he directed Edge of Tomorrow. As you can remember from that movie and now for this one, he is actually a really good action director, when it comes to the geography of the scene he always knows what he wants the audience to see and how to put it there narratively. In both movies there is shaky cam but it is never the actual point of the camera movement (to be shaky), it is about the gravitas it adds to a very well directed scene. Although the first one had to a lot with the shaky cam trend it actually was more influenced by the sequel of this movie: The Bourne Ultimatum which was directed by Paul Greengrass. Without getting into much detail Greengrass comes from a different cinema school of thought. He later directed Captain Phillips and the shaky cam thing can be criticized as part of the intention to make the movie more documentary like, instead of adding to the action. The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy are indeed very good sequels, but the direction got a bit dirtier compared to this one which I will always regard as far more superior in every sense.

I also like that the amnesia is much more believable than most, because the part of the point of training he went through was to strip his personal identity to make it easier to assume new roles. So that would be the last thing he would recover because he doesn't actually have a real name anymore.

In the beginning when Jason looks in the mirror on the boat, the language he speaks is Dutch 😉

Now you MUST see "Lola Rennt", also starring Franka Potente (Marie) :)

To answer your question, to have a loved one not know who you are. My father had dementia for several years before he passed. He was always happy, even at the end. However, it proves the adage, ignorance is bliss. Him not knowing who I was however was a punch in the balls, everytime he asked who I was.

BTW, the French word for "stake out" is "la surveillance." ;) "How do you surf on a body..." Gives "bodysurfing" a whole new meaning! LOL

In the book, Marie is a Canadian. Quebecois, I believe. She's working as a diplomat or advisor to the Canadian government, Bourne takes her as a hostage in Zurich, a little Stockholm Syndrome, they fall in love, etc.

The shakycam becomes ridiculous in the sequels. There's a shakycam scene where Bourne googles a hotel.

Simone: "I love a happy ending!" Me: "Uh-oh! This isn't going to go well..."

Jason worked for a Black Ops group. There are a couple things in the next 2 movies that I just love.