This trilogy redefined what an action movie could be, and though many copycats learned the wrong lessons with the shaky cam, the acting, storytelling, action, and directing here are top tier. So glad you're covering this.
@@petergoss821 agreed; it’s not that 4 is a bad movie but it was just so cliched which is such a shame because this was the series that really redefined the spy genre
For real, that is a stand out moment of the entire trilogy for me.. it's a complete "ohhhh shit, you've been had!" Sort of moment that firmly cements the fact that Jason is 10 steps ahead, pulling the strings to make everyone else do what he wants.
For me the moment at 15:35 was so mind blowing. I was like “oh shit this movie takes place during the end of Supremacy!” Never recovered. The Bourne trilogy is one of my favorite trilogies ever.
The water in every movie signals a rebirth in him. Loved this movie, they learned with the 2nd one & went back to the basics & even threw in some car stunts I’ve never seen before!
“This is always happening in Jason Bourne’s head”. I think you nailed why the train station scene is such a fascinating “action” scene to me. Because we are simultaneously hearing the stressful, constantly vigilant way in which Jason views the world, while following a much more relatable character in the reporter. It’s easy to remove yourself from the situation when it’s Jason the super assassin fighting another super assassin. But in the train station, it’s a reporter who happened to get in too deep. The audience is way more like the reporter than they are Jason Bourne. So there’s an aspect of “Could I follow these commands perfectly? Could I survive something like this?” And so the stakes feel almost unusually high. At least for me anyway 🤷🏻♂️
It's such an intense scene. I feel like it really stuck with me more than any other scene except for the very first time we see him fight the two cops.
Yay! I love this series. I will say, Bourne Legacy and Jason Bourne are definitely worth seeing once, even if you choose not to react to them on the channel. Much love!
Legacy is such an underrated film. Probably my favorite interpretation of Flowers for Algernon out there. It's even better if you think of it as the back story for MCU Hawkeye.
@@newfate26 Upvoted. I think the overall storytelling is pretty strong with Legacy, and from a writing perspective, integrates beautifully with Damon's storyline. Jeremy Renner does have dramatic chops!
Random comment, but... I appreciate Jason on his earpiece, telling the guy, "East exit... that's on your right as you enter the store." Because I would NOT know which way was east, not while rattled and nervous, and mostly because I'm terrible with north/south/east/west directions. I'm much better with "coming from this direction, turn right on this street, turn left at the gas station," etc. Thank you, Jason, for thinking of every detail. (Lol)
You didn’t discuss it, but I really liked the scene where Jason and Nicky are in the restaurant, and we learn mainly from facial expressions and very few words, that they probably had a personal relationship in Paris before he developed amnesia. Really well acted. Loved your reaction and reviews of all 3 movies. 👍😎
"This feels like a video game." Legit, they made the Bourne Conspiracy game for Xb360 and PS3. I LOVED THAT GAME. Every level was literally peak tension like the movies from start to finish. I have never played a game that kept me on the edge of my seat more and think a lot of people missed out on an amazing experience. It told the story from the first movie intermingled with Jason's original mission to kill the African leader on the boat.
Fantastic. Thank you for reacting to this great trilogy. It’s fascinating to see how Bourne’s skills slowly come back to him and evolve in each of these movies. The final big fight scene, where Bourne jumps through the window and engages with the assassin going after Nicky, is simply stunning. No flashy, Hollywood spectacle. It’s all fighting on pure adrenaline for survival. All the fights were choreographed to be as realistic as possible. These films never get old. They set a new standard for this genre and, imo, nothing since has even come close.
I love the symmetry of Jason repeating at the end here to the blackbriar operative what was told to him by Clive Owen in the first one. “Look at what they make you give.” The guy was one of the only people in the world who would truly understand Jason there in that moment.
This trilogy was outstanding from the beginning all the way to the end. Even though I’ve seen Bourne legacy and Jason Bourne, I don’t remember either of them. And I haven’t bothered to go back to them either.
I kinda like Bourne Legacy. It's not as good as this trilogy, but I enjoyed it. I did not enjoy Jason Bourne at all. I thought that movie was awful and actually set the franchise back.
The Bourne Ultimatum is the only film to use shaky cam well in my book. Chris Stuckmann explained it well in his Problem with Action Movies Today video, about how the film is considered to be one of the best modern action thrillers and yet it is littered with shaky cam. It suits the concept, with Bourne always on the move, always thinking quickly, so it lends itself to rapid camera movement and editing, but Greengrass demonstrates that the audience should know what is going on, so he throws in the odd wide shot in a fight scene to make the whole experience less confusing and more, you know, you can follow this and know what’s going on.
This is sort of Paul Greengrass's thing. He did a great job with it in Bloody Sunday which lead to him getting the Bourne Gig. Spielberg used a very shaky hand held camera to good effect in Saving Private Ryan. Still he used it sparingly.
I’ve been watching this trilogy for like 10 yrs now. I know every sound and music, dialogue ; like legally know these movies like the back of my hand. But your commentary helped me understand certain things that I didn’t realize before. The camera movement and Matt Damon commitment to this role makes it so much better. I think I’m about to watch this one tonight. Great Reaction!
Ayyy man, I have loved watching you react to this series. Growing up, these were my family’s favorite movies. It brings me back to us gathering in our living room, and watching these with our brand new DVD player. A lot of awful shit happened in my life since then, but that’s a memory I’ll always remember. Thanks man.
For a guy who likes chases and running in films, I'm amazed you haven't done Run, Lola, Run! yet. You're going to love it. It also stars Franka Potente, the female lead in the first two Borne films, and is the film the led her to the Borne series.
This trilogy ranks right up there with the best. Great memories watching them in the Cinema. The way I see it the camera work is intentional across all three films. The second film is the most erratic as it's the film where Bourne is the most unhinged and emotional. Consequently, it's also the film where Bourne is the most vulnerable and gets hurt the most.
in that fight scene, the theatre was absolute silence and when it was over, you could literally hear sighs of relief here and there. And everyone started clapping. That was some moment.
Well I was watching a movie but when I got this notification I stopped watching a movie I’ve never seen before to watch you watch a movie I’ve seen over and over 😂
So many great moments in this film. One of my faves is the way they recontextualize the conversation he has with Pam from the end of Supremacy. Thats a pretty cool bit of storytelling.
I mentioned Desh In James' last Bourne upload. Speed and strength are important tools of spy craft but experience most of the time means the difference between walking away or saying hello to old Lucifer Morningstar himself... Edit: 13:33 Love the camera following Jason across the street through the window. In the behind the scenes, the director mentions that he wanted to end the series how it begins with Jason in water.
A series is a series. Stopping because other people didn't like them, or had doubts you would like them .... That should be a reason to watch them. Go and watch them, you will like them.
Bloody Sunday from the same director is an amazing recreation of a tragic historical event. I remember feeling like i was in the crowd when the military starts shooting.
It’s the parallel timeline for me! So many people didn’t clue into the fact that the Ultimatum started before the end of Supremacy and converged at the point where he says “get some rest, you look tired” … then you think about all the chaos that was happening was even more epic and intense.
During the "shaky-cam" action sequences in these movies, Greengrass always reorients us by cutting to a wide shot every fifth or sixth cut, that gives us the spacial geography of the characters (or vehicles, if its a car chase) and reestablishes or introduces a change in direction, if there is movement. I think this "style" sets his films apart from some of the other "shaky-cam" style action movies from the 2000s. I know this is still subjective. I'm sure plenty of folks'll tell you that watching Greengrass's movies is akin to getting rolled down a hill in a barrel, but somebody like Olivier Megaton's movies are the Gibraltar of crystal clear coherence. It's all relative. But for me, I think I see the craft behind the implementation and execution of Greengrass's action sequences. (BTW, I'm using the term "wide shot" pretty loosely here. For the purposes of reorienting the audience, Greengrass may cut from a shot a finger to a shot of the hand, to show you which finger you're looking at. The shot of the hand is still an extreme close up, but relative to the shot before it, it's the "wide shot.")
The Bourne Legacy is alright. It covers the Blackbriar project in greater detail. It does not have Jason in it, but it's still an interesting film. The final film, Jason Bourne, does bring us back to what happened in all the aftermath of the trilogy. I highly recommend doing it on the channel. They waited about 10 years to film it and I think a lot of people didn't bother with it because of Bourne Legacy.
This is easily my favorite of the Bourne films. It's got the intensity of the second film and the clarity and ... cleverness of the first. This is the movie where I think Greengrass started to nail his style. He's made some great films, but this is the one where I think he figured out most of the nooks and crannies of his style and tone, cause all of his subsequent films have felt like this one. Supremacy was a bit over-the-top in terms of style... he didn't slow it down enough to let moments have their full weight. This film felt like the director was confident enough to let some of the key moments just sorta hang there for a while and sink in. This has what is easily my favorite fight in the series, and some of the best action overall while still having some really great quiet moments. You should check out Green Zone (flawed, but technically brilliant) and Captain Philips, which has maybe the greatest held 'action' shot of any film ever. The scene toward the end where Philips is 'rescued' by snipers and the camera just sits there and lets you just watch the fucking nightmare that he has to live through of just sitting there in a liferaft full of dead bodies and he's just fucking screaming... It's fucking haunting.
11:28 yeah that’s actually a thing it’s called trial and it is very impressive you should check it out, the amount of balance and precision needed is beyond imagination
There are multiple cool call backs to the first film. Reborn in the water, also Bourne echoes Clive Owens line to the other assassin from the first movie, "look at this, look at what they make you give."
The shaky cam in the fight scenes is actually planned and executed very well, especially this one. Paul Greengrass uses it as a tool, not a fallback crutch.
Yeah, the mid-to-early major action/elusion sequence is probably my favorite of the series and seems to stand noticeably above many of the others, which themselves were really great.
Once again I want to recommend the movie "Ronin" if you want something in this genre that is incredibly well done, and has some of the best car chases ever filmed.
Absolutely love this trilogy and they got better each movie, the third one is definitely my favorite! Funny tidbit about this one, there are some real hits in the fight between Bourne and the assassin in Morocco. Joey Ansah, who played the assassin talks about it on Scott Adkins podcast. I´ll link it below. Its absolutely hilarious how he is supposed to push Bourne through the shelf unit, both the action coordinator and Matt Damon were like "its ok you can push me for real" and the shelves are made of breakaway glass, so its supposed to break easy. But for whatever reason it didn't so he basically pushes Damons head into one of them and basically banged him on his forehead LOL. Later Damon got his revenge with a few real punches and elbows as you can see on camera with the whole book hitting. The way Joey tells the story makes it absolutely hilarious! LOL Watch him tell it at 20.57 mark in the video below. ruclips.net/video/bc6j3rY8FqY/видео.html&ab_channel=ScottAdkins
The reporter who meets Bourne in London is played by Paddy Constantine. If anyone is into indie movies please watch Dead Man's Shoes. A movie directed by Shane Meadows. Classic British movie filmed in two weeks.
I’ve got another British classic for you bro, I haven’t seen anyone at all react too it and it’s a pretty well loved one over here. Really gritty 💪🏻 “Dead Mans Shoes”
I love that you are enjoying these, I don't think they get the love they deserve. The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner is also a great film in the franchise, please don't skip it, he does a wonderful job and Rachel Weisz is always wonderful.
If you were interested, they made another Jason Bourne movie that takes place kinda along this same timeline. They reference what Jason is doing in this movie in the spin off, its a new character that is in the program when Jason Bourne is actually doing the things in this film. The idea of the Black Bear program continuing to be updated under different names, with new technology updates. "bourne legacy'
Really excited and interesting to watch your vids and your take on the Bourne series, awesome takes and subbed. Btw I would say the "final" Bourne movie is a film best not explored lol, but in the interest of watching it and seeing what's good and not so good about it then I fully endorse the idea since it's actually one sequel that wasn't necessary IMHO.
The most sick I have ever seen my mother was when we went to see this movie in theaters. Both of us get motion sick with certain types of movement but we loved the first two Bourne movies and had no issues. However, my mom got so motion sick while watching this that we had to sit on a bench for 45 minutes in the mall afterwards, waiting for her to recover enough for us to go home. It was scary actually. The movie gave me a bit of a headache, but nothing compared to her. I still love this whole series though!
What still amazes me is that they retroactively switched up the timeline so that about 75% of this movie takes place between the climax and the epilogue of the last movie.
The fourth Bourne film is pretty good even though Jason (Matt Damon) does not appear in it. The story is compelling and the action and chase sequences are excellent.
I think the problem with the Shaky cam in the second one was that they wanted it to be faster and more intense but didn't quite work out all the kinks yet but they managed work it all out for the third film. Will say though the second ones shaky cam, while a little rough is still a lot better than most movies that used it after the Bourne films did it.
Jeremy did a great job in Legacy, could skip the one after. What was the best Sir Anthony Hopkins' movie you've seen (besides Silence Of The Lambs)? The Edge, Fracture? Which one?
is swear that the version in theaters didn't cut to him swimming away, it only had her smirk at no body being found, i swear they added the clip in for after the movie was on dvd vhs because the sequel wasn't confirmed at the showtime no proof of this of course but that's how i remember it
Arcane tomorrow!
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Wow, I just finished Hawkeye as well
@@richard_n Hawkeye is in one of borne movies.
Wait till you get to the last film is the series..easily the worst one unfortunately. 🤦🏾♂️
No shade, but why even bother with the Patreon names at the bottom at this point? I can't read shit! lol 🤣
This trilogy redefined what an action movie could be, and though many copycats learned the wrong lessons with the shaky cam, the acting, storytelling, action, and directing here are top tier. So glad you're covering this.
Happy to have watched this as well. Loved this film!
Great call Rex. Too bad the 4th one is skippable. Should have ended it with this.
Feels like every time a movie or franchise gains success, people learn the wrong lessons lol
@@petergoss821 agreed; it’s not that 4 is a bad movie but it was just so cliched which is such a shame because this was the series that really redefined the spy genre
Well said 👏🏼 I think Ultimatum might be my favourite one. But overall, such an amazing trilogy!
that ending still gives me chills. what a trilogy.
loved him swimming away. absolutely chills!
And mirroring the first scene of the trilogy. Poetic
I love Nicky's sly " I know better" smile when they say no body had been found.
How is it a trilogy with 4 movies
@@JamesVSCinema 1st time we see Jason is in water. Then the end of the trilogy the last we see him is in the water again
As much as Matt Damon kills it in these movies, I gotta say that David Strathairn does a great job as the NSA director in this. He's very believable.
I've loved Strathairn ever since Memphis Belle. If you ever get a chance, his performance in Good Night, and Good Luck is absolutely incredible!
Loved him in Sneakers. “Remind me to make you an honorary blind person.”
He was a hell of a belter loada too!
The Line" If we were meeting face to face, we would be in your office" The dawning of realization, love it!
@@newfate26 he also kills it in “the expanse”.
The "If you were in your office we'd be having this conversation face to face" line....the first time I saw this, just hit so hard!
For real, that is a stand out moment of the entire trilogy for me.. it's a complete "ohhhh shit, you've been had!" Sort of moment that firmly cements the fact that Jason is 10 steps ahead, pulling the strings to make everyone else do what he wants.
For me the moment at 15:35 was so mind blowing. I was like “oh shit this movie takes place during the end of Supremacy!” Never recovered. The Bourne trilogy is one of my favorite trilogies ever.
The only problem with the timeline is that Joan Allen had a facelift between movies
@@GrainneMhaol Also, it wasn’t winter during the end of _Supremacy._
Yep… it blows my mind that people didn’t get the parallel timeline lol.
The water in every movie signals a rebirth in him. Loved this movie, they learned with the 2nd one & went back to the basics & even threw in some car stunts I’ve never seen before!
“This is always happening in Jason Bourne’s head”.
I think you nailed why the train station scene is such a fascinating “action” scene to me. Because we are simultaneously hearing the stressful, constantly vigilant way in which Jason views the world, while following a much more relatable character in the reporter. It’s easy to remove yourself from the situation when it’s Jason the super assassin fighting another super assassin. But in the train station, it’s a reporter who happened to get in too deep. The audience is way more like the reporter than they are Jason Bourne. So there’s an aspect of “Could I follow these commands perfectly? Could I survive something like this?” And so the stakes feel almost unusually high.
At least for me anyway 🤷🏻♂️
Agreed. Even in the most chaotic situation, Jason is in control. Not of the situation, but of himself, and how he reacts. A very stoic approach
It's such an intense scene. I feel like it really stuck with me more than any other scene except for the very first time we see him fight the two cops.
Yay! I love this series. I will say, Bourne Legacy and Jason Bourne are definitely worth seeing once, even if you choose not to react to them on the channel. Much love!
Legacy is such an underrated film. Probably my favorite interpretation of Flowers for Algernon out there.
It's even better if you think of it as the back story for MCU Hawkeye.
@@newfate26 Upvoted. I think the overall storytelling is pretty strong with Legacy, and from a writing perspective, integrates beautifully with Damon's storyline. Jeremy Renner does have dramatic chops!
I agree!
Ultimatum is my favorite Bourne movie. They refined everything, including the shaky cam. And it was the best paced of them all.
Random comment, but... I appreciate Jason on his earpiece, telling the guy, "East exit... that's on your right as you enter the store." Because I would NOT know which way was east, not while rattled and nervous, and mostly because I'm terrible with north/south/east/west directions. I'm much better with "coming from this direction, turn right on this street, turn left at the gas station," etc. Thank you, Jason, for thinking of every detail. (Lol)
That hand to hand combat fight scene after the roof chase is, to me, the greatest, most intense fight scene on film ever
I like to think about this trilogy as really just a six hour movie. They all fit together so perfectly.
You didn’t discuss it, but I really liked the scene where Jason and Nicky are in the restaurant, and we learn mainly from facial expressions and very few words, that they probably had a personal relationship in Paris before he developed amnesia. Really well acted. Loved your reaction and reviews of all 3 movies. 👍😎
I actually mentioned this in the uncut! Thanks for tuning in ♥️🙏🏽
I love how all of the agents in this series are not only powerful, but borderline Jedi.
Right!? No questions asked, just straight violence.
"This feels like a video game." Legit, they made the Bourne Conspiracy game for Xb360 and PS3. I LOVED THAT GAME. Every level was literally peak tension like the movies from start to finish. I have never played a game that kept me on the edge of my seat more and think a lot of people missed out on an amazing experience. It told the story from the first movie intermingled with Jason's original mission to kill the African leader on the boat.
“Bourne Legacy” and “Jason Bourne” left. Looking forward to this two🔥
"Sir, Bourne just drove off the roof"
"WHAT??"
And now The bourne legacy ! a must watch ^^
"Jesus Christ, that's James vs Cinema!"
😂😂😂
Fantastic. Thank you for reacting to this great trilogy. It’s fascinating to see how Bourne’s skills slowly come back to him and evolve in each of these movies. The final big fight scene, where Bourne jumps through the window and engages with the assassin going after Nicky, is simply stunning. No flashy, Hollywood spectacle. It’s all fighting on pure adrenaline for survival. All the fights were choreographed to be as realistic as possible. These films never get old. They set a new standard for this genre and, imo, nothing since has even come close.
_The Bourne Ultimatum_ is editor Christopher Rouse’s magnum opus. Thank goodness the Oscars recognized him for that.
I love the symmetry of Jason repeating at the end here to the blackbriar operative what was told to him by Clive Owen in the first one. “Look at what they make you give.” The guy was one of the only people in the world who would truly understand Jason there in that moment.
This trilogy was outstanding from the beginning all the way to the end. Even though I’ve seen Bourne legacy and Jason Bourne, I don’t remember either of them. And I haven’t bothered to go back to them either.
I kinda like Bourne Legacy. It's not as good as this trilogy, but I enjoyed it. I did not enjoy Jason Bourne at all. I thought that movie was awful and actually set the franchise back.
The Bourne Ultimatum is the only film to use shaky cam well in my book.
Chris Stuckmann explained it well in his Problem with Action Movies Today video, about how the film is considered to be one of the best modern action thrillers and yet it is littered with shaky cam.
It suits the concept, with Bourne always on the move, always thinking quickly, so it lends itself to rapid camera movement and editing, but Greengrass demonstrates that the audience should know what is going on, so he throws in the odd wide shot in a fight scene to make the whole experience less confusing and more, you know, you can follow this and know what’s going on.
This is sort of Paul Greengrass's thing. He did a great job with it in Bloody Sunday which lead to him getting the Bourne Gig. Spielberg used a very shaky hand held camera to good effect in Saving Private Ryan. Still he used it sparingly.
I’ve been watching this trilogy for like 10 yrs now. I know every sound and music, dialogue ; like legally know these movies like the back of my hand. But your commentary helped me understand certain things that I didn’t realize before. The camera movement and Matt Damon commitment to this role makes it so much better. I think I’m about to watch this one tonight. Great Reaction!
I can't believe how long ago these came out....man I feel old. One of the greatest trilogies in modern cinema.
Ayyy man, I have loved watching you react to this series. Growing up, these were my family’s favorite movies. It brings me back to us gathering in our living room, and watching these with our brand new DVD player. A lot of awful shit happened in my life since then, but that’s a memory I’ll always remember. Thanks man.
Happy to hear you can recall that memory from this film bro. That’s beautiful in itself.
@@JamesVSCinema absolutely, much love James.
For a guy who likes chases and running in films, I'm amazed you haven't done Run, Lola, Run! yet. You're going to love it. It also stars Franka Potente, the female lead in the first two Borne films, and is the film the led her to the Borne series.
This needs more likes! Run, Lola, Run is so damn underrated.
Been waiting for this one...Keep the reactions coming!! One of my fav channels!!
Cheers GJ!
This trilogy ranks right up there with the best. Great memories watching them in the Cinema. The way I see it the camera work is intentional across all three films. The second film is the most erratic as it's the film where Bourne is the most unhinged and emotional. Consequently, it's also the film where Bourne is the most vulnerable and gets hurt the most.
Although most think the trilogy is very good, it still feels underrated.
in that fight scene, the theatre was absolute silence and when it was over, you could literally hear sighs of relief here and there. And everyone started clapping. That was some moment.
Well I was watching a movie but when I got this notification I stopped watching a movie I’ve never seen before to watch you watch a movie I’ve seen over and over 😂
Hahaha notification gang for the win. Love y’all 🙏🏽
One of the best ending of all time...that smirk!!
So many great moments in this film. One of my faves is the way they recontextualize the conversation he has with Pam from the end of Supremacy. Thats a pretty cool bit of storytelling.
I mentioned Desh In James' last Bourne upload. Speed and strength are important tools of spy craft but experience most of the time means the difference between walking away or saying hello to old Lucifer Morningstar himself...
Edit: 13:33 Love the camera following Jason across the street through the window. In the behind the scenes, the director mentions that he wanted to end the series how it begins with Jason in water.
A series is a series. Stopping because other people didn't like them, or had doubts you would like them .... That should be a reason to watch them. Go and watch them, you will like them.
Bloody Sunday from the same director is an amazing recreation of a tragic historical event. I remember feeling like i was in the crowd when the military starts shooting.
It’s the parallel timeline for me! So many people didn’t clue into the fact that the Ultimatum started before the end of Supremacy and converged at the point where he says “get some rest, you look tired” … then you think about all the chaos that was happening was even more epic and intense.
During the "shaky-cam" action sequences in these movies, Greengrass always reorients us by cutting to a wide shot every fifth or sixth cut, that gives us the spacial geography of the characters (or vehicles, if its a car chase) and reestablishes or introduces a change in direction, if there is movement.
I think this "style" sets his films apart from some of the other "shaky-cam" style action movies from the 2000s. I know this is still subjective. I'm sure plenty of folks'll tell you that watching Greengrass's movies is akin to getting rolled down a hill in a barrel, but somebody like Olivier Megaton's movies are the Gibraltar of crystal clear coherence. It's all relative. But for me, I think I see the craft behind the implementation and execution of Greengrass's action sequences. (BTW, I'm using the term "wide shot" pretty loosely here. For the purposes of reorienting the audience, Greengrass may cut from a shot a finger to a shot of the hand, to show you which finger you're looking at. The shot of the hand is still an extreme close up, but relative to the shot before it, it's the "wide shot.")
Even though The Bourne Legacy doesn't have Jason in it, you still should do a reaction! Great movie on it's own!
The Bourne Legacy is alright. It covers the Blackbriar project in greater detail. It does not have Jason in it, but it's still an interesting film. The final film, Jason Bourne, does bring us back to what happened in all the aftermath of the trilogy. I highly recommend doing it on the channel. They waited about 10 years to film it and I think a lot of people didn't bother with it because of Bourne Legacy.
Best movie reaction channel, hands down. I am always happy to watch a new video!
Thanks Thomas!! You are the man!
The boss fights in the video game are so much fun!
This is easily my favorite of the Bourne films.
It's got the intensity of the second film and the clarity and ... cleverness of the first. This is the movie where I think Greengrass started to nail his style. He's made some great films, but this is the one where I think he figured out most of the nooks and crannies of his style and tone, cause all of his subsequent films have felt like this one. Supremacy was a bit over-the-top in terms of style... he didn't slow it down enough to let moments have their full weight. This film felt like the director was confident enough to let some of the key moments just sorta hang there for a while and sink in. This has what is easily my favorite fight in the series, and some of the best action overall while still having some really great quiet moments.
You should check out Green Zone (flawed, but technically brilliant) and Captain Philips, which has maybe the greatest held 'action' shot of any film ever. The scene toward the end where Philips is 'rescued' by snipers and the camera just sits there and lets you just watch the fucking nightmare that he has to live through of just sitting there in a liferaft full of dead bodies and he's just fucking screaming... It's fucking haunting.
11:28 yeah that’s actually a thing it’s called trial and it is very impressive you should check it out, the amount of balance and precision needed is beyond imagination
When Matt Damon is a beast, he's a darn beast.
No matter the planet either hahaha
Waterloo station scene, my absolute favourite scene ever in any movie. So good.
Thank you for taking my mind off my presentation next week! Bourne is always a win.
Anytime! Hope you enjoy Alex!
✨ yes! Been waiting for this one! It's definitely my fave! 🤍✨
There are multiple cool call backs to the first film. Reborn in the water, also Bourne echoes Clive Owens line to the other assassin from the first movie, "look at this, look at what they make you give."
The shaky cam in the fight scenes is actually planned and executed very well, especially this one. Paul Greengrass uses it as a tool, not a fallback crutch.
I always love your content James greatness is coming my friend!
James, would love to hear your thoughts on The Way of the Gun. Lots of great scenes in that movie and Benecio Del Toro is at the height of his power.
Ryan Phillipe telling Sara Silverman off is one of my favorites
Underrated gem of a movie
@@smokeyverton7981 "you baby fucker" 🤣🤣
“A plan is just a list of things that don’t happen” is a mantra of mine
@@TonyTylerDraws in the Marine Corps a common saying was, a plan is only good until the moment you begin to implement it.
Yeah, the mid-to-early major action/elusion sequence is probably my favorite of the series and seems to stand noticeably above many of the others, which themselves were really great.
Glad you felt it, James!
You have a fantastic speaking voice. I kinda wish you were a dj on a jazz radio program! Very smooth.
Once again I want to recommend the movie "Ronin" if you want something in this genre that is incredibly well done, and has some of the best car chases ever filmed.
Absolutely love this trilogy and they got better each movie, the third one is definitely my favorite! Funny tidbit about this one, there are some real hits in the fight between Bourne and the assassin in Morocco. Joey Ansah, who played the assassin talks about it on Scott Adkins podcast. I´ll link it below. Its absolutely hilarious how he is supposed to push Bourne through the shelf unit, both the action coordinator and Matt Damon were like "its ok you can push me for real" and the shelves are made of breakaway glass, so its supposed to break easy. But for whatever reason it didn't so he basically pushes Damons head into one of them and basically banged him on his forehead LOL. Later Damon got his revenge with a few real punches and elbows as you can see on camera with the whole book hitting. The way Joey tells the story makes it absolutely hilarious! LOL Watch him tell it at 20.57 mark in the video below.
ruclips.net/video/bc6j3rY8FqY/видео.html&ab_channel=ScottAdkins
This is my favorite of the trilogy, I think. It's just non stop entertainment from start to finish.
Be sure to check out The Bourne Legacy and Jason Bourne as well. They are quality movies as well.
The reporter who meets Bourne in London is played by Paddy Constantine. If anyone is into indie movies please watch Dead Man's Shoes. A movie directed by Shane Meadows. Classic British movie filmed in two weeks.
the market/rooftop scenes are one of the best action/tension scenes in any film
When he says about getting headaches like Clive Owen in the first, it gives a feeli of hopelessness.
The craziest thing about that window jump stunt is the cameraman also made the jump
The paralels you pointed out in water where great!
I love going through the supermarket listening to the Tangiers track from the soundtrack
Please continue , two more to go!
11:19 the guy riding the motor scooter 🛵 who later on fights Jason Bourne he actually plays as AKUMA in Street Fighter Assassin's Fist 👊
Thanks as always, hope you are well, stay awesome, stay genuine much love
Awesome!! Next one
the bourne legacy with jeremy renner!
I’ve got another British classic for you bro, I haven’t seen anyone at all react too it and it’s a pretty well loved one over here. Really gritty 💪🏻 “Dead Mans Shoes”
13:41 Haha! He really jumped through a window.
Yeah, so did the camera man, lots of people miss that on a first watch through.
Enemy of the state has a nice plot/theme too, and even more actual now then when it came out in the 90's.
Alright! I was hoping something good would pop up in my feed. Thank you, sir!
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I love that you are enjoying these, I don't think they get the love they deserve. The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner is also a great film in the franchise, please don't skip it, he does a wonderful job and Rachel Weisz is always wonderful.
More Bourne to come don't quit now!!!!!
Now you got to watch Jason Bourne the fourth movie
I just love that scene of Bourne killing the other assassin with the bathroom.
If you were interested, they made another Jason Bourne movie that takes place kinda along this same timeline. They reference what Jason is doing in this movie in the spin off, its a new character that is in the program when Jason Bourne is actually doing the things in this film. The idea of the Black Bear program continuing to be updated under different names, with new technology updates. "bourne legacy'
Yesss, this is the best one!
Loved it!
Really excited and interesting to watch your vids and your take on the Bourne series, awesome takes and subbed. Btw I would say the "final" Bourne movie is a film best not explored lol, but in the interest of watching it and seeing what's good and not so good about it then I fully endorse the idea since it's actually one sequel that wasn't necessary IMHO.
The most sick I have ever seen my mother was when we went to see this movie in theaters. Both of us get motion sick with certain types of movement but we loved the first two Bourne movies and had no issues. However, my mom got so motion sick while watching this that we had to sit on a bench for 45 minutes in the mall afterwards, waiting for her to recover enough for us to go home. It was scary actually. The movie gave me a bit of a headache, but nothing compared to her. I still love this whole series though!
What still amazes me is that they retroactively switched up the timeline so that about 75% of this movie takes place between the climax and the epilogue of the last movie.
The fourth Bourne film is pretty good even though Jason (Matt Damon) does not appear in it. The story is compelling and the action and chase sequences are excellent.
I think the problem with the Shaky cam in the second one was that they wanted it to be faster and more intense but didn't quite work out all the kinks yet but they managed work it all out for the third film.
Will say though the second ones shaky cam, while a little rough is still a lot better than most movies that used it after the Bourne films did it.
I’ve seen it a hundred times but the bathroom fight with Desh always hurts my chest. 😳
Hope you caught the significance of the line he says at the end on the roof. “Look at us…look at what they make you give”.
Fun fact: My mother went to school with the guy who plays the journalist Simon Ross.
The 8 mile joke was great! 😂
LMFAO, had to do it 😂
he literally yaps through the best bits LOL The enviroment the audio man....!
Legacy is definitely worth it !!
10:50 that is where one of the best movie scenes begins.
Jeremy did a great job in Legacy, could skip the one after.
What was the best Sir Anthony Hopkins' movie you've seen (besides Silence Of The Lambs)? The Edge, Fracture? Which one?
Fracture…I’ll take it over Lambs
I know it’s not a movie, but the first season of Westworld is a masterpiece.
A lot of people don't realize scene she gives him his birthday in this movie is the last scene of 2nd movie .
He's the spring, summer autumn and the winter soldier.
Seen this in the cinema 🎥 one of the best
is swear that the version in theaters didn't cut to him swimming away, it only had her smirk at no body being found, i swear they added the clip in for after the movie was on dvd vhs because the sequel wasn't confirmed at the showtime
no proof of this of course but that's how i remember it
My favorite part is when Bourne's on the phone with the director, and the director realizes that Bourne's not in Europe anymore.