First Time Watching *THE BOURNE IDENTITY* Was NOT What I Expected
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- First Time Watching The Bourne Identity, In This Video Is The Bourne Identity Movie Reaction. Heard The Bourne Identity Is One Of The Best Action Movies Ever, So I Wanted To See What The Hype Was About. #TheBourneIdentity #JasonBourne #MovieReaction #FirstTimeWatching #MattDamon
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The Bourne Identity Movie Description:
The story of a man (Matt Damon), salvaged, near death, from the ocean by an Italian fishing boat. When he recuperates, the man suffers from total amnesia, without identity or background... except for a range of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistic skills and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past. He sets out on a desperate search-assisted by the initially rebellious Marie (Franka Potente) - to discover who he really is, and why he's being lethally pursued by assassins.
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 action-thriller film based on Robert Ludlum's 1980 novel. It was directed and co-produced by Doug Liman and written by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a man suffering from psychogenic amnesia attempting to discover his identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the CIA. It also features Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Walton Goggins, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The first installment in the Bourne film series, it was followed by The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Jason Bourne (2016).
Although Robert Ludlum died in 2001, he is credited as an executive producer alongside Frank Marshall. Universal Pictures released the film to theatres in the United States on June 14, 2002. The film opened to critical and commercial success, grossing $214 million on a $60 million budget.
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Alright alright!! Serious question??
Who would win!
John Wick Vs Jason Bourne
Easy. John Wick. 1 headshot and it's over.😁
Now take away all weapons and it's a much more interesting match up.
Interesting...
Both John Wick and Jason Bourne are hitmen. Tho one is more ""realistic"" than the other. John Wick is more proficient with firearms and prob street knowledge, while Jason Bourne is def the more proficient hand-to-hand fighter, is a spy and is quite smart. Not to mention, he has constantly bested the best of the best that the government could throw at him and can think outside the box.
It's hard to say. If it were John Wick's movie, he'd win. If it were Jason Bourne's movie, he'd win. I think both would be quite equal, and at this point... whoever wins is up to preference.
John Wick is so much less realistic... So yeah, he wins. Like Iron Man would win, LOL. Comparing Bourne to Bond is way more fair.
BUT, what if Jason Bourne and John Wick were besties?
What if they teamed up?
The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum are great follow ups. A big YES from me for you to react to them.
Ultimatum is the strongest of the trilogy. Almost perfect
@@MasterBetty69 agreed
Am I the only one that liked Legacy. Yeah it wasn't Bourne himself but Jeremy Renner fit the part pretty good. Doesn't beat the original trilogy but I would have liked to see a direct sequel with Renner.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 I liked Legacy. I'm a big fan of Jeremy Renner... hope he's recovering well from that horrific accident. Lots of action and Rachel Weiz.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 I'll believe Jeremy Renner is an assassin any day over Matt Damon.
I know you're saying "overrated",but you gotta remember that the Bourne movies came a while before John Wick, and when they came out, it was some of the best, fastest, and unconventional fight choreo at that time, and it was basically only the Bourne sequels that were 1 upping each other as they went along. These movies set that bar for everyone else.
100% true
The Bond series took notice too with the Daniel Graig movies. I think they had the same team to manage the fights as they had in Bourne.
I feel so fkkening old at 40. John Wick existed as nothing from a film treatment. Jason Bourne was a story series by Robert Ludlam .. same sort of authors who wrote "Spy Who Came In From The Cold" .. etc. Real oldskool shit. Doubt the kids today even care or will even take time to read this awesome books. It's up to you.
Exactly, this was the Jonh Wick of the early 2000's
Exactly!! This is THE action movie, this is the formula countless movies have tried to adapt.
Quick cuts and "shaky cam" isn't inherently bad, it's just hard to do well and too often is used to cover up bad choreo or sloppy performances.
Doing it this way was a stylistic choice, the idea is that it's all happening in real time and you're there watching it, trying to see it as it happens, no slo-mo, no replay. It doesn't look like *cinematography,* it looks like *combat journalist footage.* But the choreo and the performances and the stunts are all there, they're clean, they read clearly, you're able to catch everything that happens, it's never confusing, you never get lost. It *feels* intense because the imersion is complete - you really feel like the performers are two characters in this fictional world trying for real to hurt each other and that you (or the camera guy) is right there with them trying to catch it all. (The choreo, performances, and stunts all have to be just as good or better to still read when the camera isn't necessarily framing it up properly and cutting away before it normally would)
Someone like Jackie Chan will use wider shots, less cuts, less shake, plenty of slo-mo and replay shots, framed up from the clearest and scariest camera angles imaginable, all so you don't miss any of the real danger and real skills on display. But you're more conscious of the fact that it's a movie and it's intense because of a low-key meta-awareness that they ARE performers in real danger and displaying real skill, and not so much the imersion in the story. (There's no out-takes in the Bourne movie credits) Counter-intuitively, Bourne movies look like documentary footage and feels like a movie about real spies. Jackie Chan looks like textbook film school but feels like a documentary about the way the scenes are being made.
The worst offenders of shaky-cam and over-cutting most often called out are Michael Bay and Olivier Megaton - (The "Transformers" franchise, later sequels to The "Transporter" and "Taken") they shake the camera so much and cut so often, you don't even know what's going on. It's not scary, it's not intense, it's just loud and confusing. Not so often with Bay, but for a lot of newer action movies that abuse the technique, it's because the choreo, performances, and stunts are NOT good enough for us to see it all and they're hoping that with enough shaking and cutting you won't notice. (And sloppy stunt and choreo performances are a budget issue, if there's *time* to rehearse and do multiple takes, it looks better, if not it looks like crap. Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies look better than his Hollywood movies because he has more time to work out and shoot the scenes there. He often says he's not any more agile or coordinated than other acrobatic performers, he just has the patience to do a zillion takes.)
could be worse, i think the newer fast and furious movies actually have too many cuts, kingsman did the shaky cam nicely and i think not a lot of cuts
Anyone who rags on 'shaky cam' is just an empty chair with no sense of the technique's role in portraying a scene. People that think it's important that they see what's going on. It has nothing to do with 'sloppy stunt' and everything to do with conveying a fever pace and intensity.
They made a game released in 2008. It was called the Bourne Conspiracy. It was a fun action game which featured running, shooting, hand 2 hand combat and even some driving missions.
It's essentially movie 4 by also being a adaption of this and some parts of the sequels.
I remember seeing this when I was 8 and I didn't understand it but it grew on me a lot as I got older. Finish the series, Mello, the movies get better 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The first two German cops he put in the hospital gave his description to their fellow cops and that's why those two other cops followed him to the US Embassy who then told Embassy security, which includes the US Marines who protects US Embassies.
In France they drive on the right side of the road.
You're correct on everything, but I think they were swiss.
@@davidladjani108
Yes you're right, they were Swiss. I was going off the dialog at the CIA officer's report to his boss that Jason to paraphrase, put two German cops in the hospital last night.
Oh, you're gonna have to see the sequels! Nobody can just stop at the first one! the second one is fire, but the third one will blow your mind! They just keep getting better!
Absolutely!!
Best unexpected thing used to kill someone in a movie? "I'll kill you with my tea cup." -Riddick
This movie basically started/pioneered the quick cut action scenes style. But the difference is , with this is was done purposefully - to show how fractured his mind is. In fact this whole movie had a average of 1 cut per 2 seconds.
When Riddick killed three men with a cup. I was blown away when I first saw that as a kid.
"The whole point of ADR, OH SHIT! LMFAO!...You gotta watch out on providing too much commentary Mell, cause stuff like that will catch you by surprise! LMAO! Great reaction dude.
Gotta throw Riddick in the mix for most badass killing someone with surprisingly lethal objects.
The follow-up Bourne movies are well worth watching. I do have some complaints about some choices the writers took in the stories, but even so they are all better than most. The Bourne movies are all about Bourne finding his humanity and choosing not to be a tool for the powers-that-be (while making the powers-that-be feel themselves the fear they've unleashed onto the world). Great stories with great action.
The Bourne Identity book was very different to the movie, as the book was a cold war spy thriller with a similar amnesia beginning and surgically hidden bank information. While I love the films, and rank them pretty highly amongst my favorite movies, I really love the books. If you in any way are into spy books, you have to give it a read.
Outstanding movie, I hope you watch the whole franchise.
I love the Bourne movie series. Matt Damon is always a win. 😁❤
I'd really love to see your reaction to Pleasantville. Especially on the script and art direction.
I think the issue a lot of people have with the fast cut fight scenes are that they use the cuts to get lazy with the fight. If you cut away and let the audience imagine the motion in the fight, you don't have to plan or execute your fight planning as precisely. The Bourne movies, I think even more so in the sequels, have some really good fight scenes that are well planned out that happen to have fast cuts. A lot of people even say this was the good example that other movies have imitated badly.
The Bourne movies use their editing style to make you feel that disjointed, split second decision making point of view that Jason is going through. It also uses the camera to highlight details in the scene that Jason is spotting that he will then use to overcome whatever situation he is up against. What they don't do is use tight camera shots to hide the action. If you rewatch this one or look at the sequels, you still get a lot of wide shots where they have to show their action clearly, even as the cuts happen quickly.
Also, the United Kingdom and Ireland are the only 2 European countries that have right hand drive cars and drive in the left side of the road. Everyone else is the same as the US.
Your commentary and video inserts are hilarious. Love it.
Thank you for watching this I have been suggesting this trilogy forever it seems like and finally someone watches it ,please continue with the trilogy.
Those quick edits are getting really good man! "Mell's FBI Agent" LOLOL
If you want to see Franka Potente in a fast-paced action movie, you may like Run Lola Run. It kept me interested from beginning to end.
I remember studying the concept of "What If"/multiple reality movies in film studies class like "Sliding Doors", "Groundhog day" (much later "Edge Of Tomorrow") etc but being introduced to "Run Lola Run" was a visual slap across my face for attention, loved it!! 😍
The car in the chase is a Mini Cooper. The handling on those things, well they’re like big go karts. Obviously it’s slightly embellished for the film but they handle really really well.
@MellVerse PLEASE WATCH THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. It’s the next film in this beautiful series, incredibly emotional
The only country in Europe that has right hand drive and drive on the left side of the road is the UK.
the chronicals of riddick vin diesels death by tea cup. then scares the next guy away with a paper clip. hard to beat that lol
I love this movie, and the embassy scene I love the tension and pacing of. The sequels are great (the first two are, at least). Also one of the best car chase scenes of the decade, with him just thrashing that Mini around. The credits song by Moby is another great bit of the franchise.
Yeah, so i normally agree with you. On this, we are SO far apart. This film series is what all new action films are trying to achieve. There also wasn’t any blue screen, you have to remember older films use older cameras. 😂 The road chase scenes and the hand fight scenes were the very first of their kind.
The Bourne Series might actually have the best sequals of any series. It doesn't get worse, no... It gets better!
They did make a Bourne video game it was pretty fun, it’s on 360 and PS3 called Bourne Conspiracy
20:45 had to replay that scene a couple times, lmaoo
Congratulations on tackling the tip of the iceberg. Keep going, there's much more to come.
3:30 You can see him running behind the car
Liam Neeson in Run All Night. Killed a guy with paper towels.
13:07 best fight scenes I've ever seen were in "The Raid"
Want to see a guy get killed with an ink pen along with some comedy, action and witty dialog? Check out Grosse Pointe Blank with John Cusack.
Also, Shoot 'Em Up where a guy uses a carrot(s) to kill. Violent action and over the top, but not a comedy. That's all I can think of for odd objects as weapons. Wait just came to me. The Chronicles of Riddick. He used a tin cup. He's a very proficient killer and he can see in the dark.
You liked that chase scene? You gotta watch the italian job. That movie has some FIRE chase scenes and some great actors!
You’re gonna love all the rest of ‘em!
this reaction is why I stay tuned! more of this and not those trend shows/movies please. but I can't blame you if that's the case, just wanted to see you thoughts on what was and not what is...
The sequels in the trilogy are best viewed as a continuation of the first movie - ie 3 pieces of a single 5-hour epic.
The story unfolds slowly yet tantalizingly while everything else is steeped in intrigue and some fairly epic action scenes - but those action scenes won't be particularly _surprising_ after watching the first if you've even a modicum of ability to predict force escalation and capacity on both sides.
_Definitely_ worth watching if you want to follow twists and turns to discover the rest of the story and can allow the action scenes to be backdrop for the unfolding drama, but perhaps a shade bland if you're just after a 'wow' factor power step in the action department alone.
You really oughta check out the behind the scenes for these movies. Matt Damon is quick as f and it's a shame they did all the cuts. It's impressive as hell without it :S
Please watch Supremacy and Ultimatum. If this movie has some slower scenes to breathe, those sequels are just non-stop action from start to finish.
yeeeesssss jason booouurnnne !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The books were REALLY different. It was set in the cold war era.
bro you gotta do enemy of the state reaction. no one has done it and that movie is bonkers!!!
Mello! Here I am again 10 months later and you STILL haven't watched any more of the Bourne movies?!
Loved your reaction! Can't wait for the sequels!
There is a game called the Bourne conspiracy. It came out on ps 2 console
As I just said- I highly recommend you watch the rest of these movies. They're really good. The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum are the movies I'm talking about. I know there are two more sequels but honestly, I don't see much use in watching them. They're OK but not well done.
They did make a Bourne video game and it was pretty good.
They did make a bourne video game I think on ps3 and it was amazing great game way ahead of its time with graphics and gameplay
ah man what happened to the war chant intro?
I've only seen this movie once so far on TV back in 2016. I remember enjoying it okay, and rewatching clips on RUclips have helped legitimize my opinion. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the Bourne series. I think The Bourne Identity is the best one of the original three (haven't seen The Bourne Legacy and Jason Bourne 2016) simply because the story is fairly simple enough and both the story and action scenes are pretty cool. In fact, the action scenes in this movie, despite all the cuts, are clear enough to see and enjoy.
People seem to really like The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, but I feel those movies are overrated. The plot structures for those films I remember being super convoluted and hard to follow, and the action scenes were few and far between, had terrible editing with multiple shots and cuts, despite having cool energy.
I am curious-ish if you end up feeling the same way should you decide to do reactions to Supremacy and Ultimatum. Also, do yourself a favor and check out the different versions of both the end credits sequences and the theme song "Extreme Ways" by Moby. The different versions of the song are awesome, especially the one for Ultimatum and Jason Bourne 2016, and the credits sequences can be really cool and well visualized.
Jason is sorta lucky the Fed’s didbt set loose ol’ Boyd Crowder there on his arse.
If you don’t get the “Justified” reference, it’s the best series you’ve never watched.
1, 2, 3, JASON BOURNE!
The movies are based on books but this first one is the only one that loosely follows the book. Every other movie basically only use the title and do their own thing
The transporter trilogy would be awesome to watch
Still one of my favorite movies.
The character and concept is based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum, but they have almost nothing in common beyond that, except Marie, and she's changed quite a bit in the movie too. The books were written after Vietnam and deal with the politics of that time. I didn't care much for the books, but I do love the original trilogy of movies.
Yes!
I'm gonna be sad if this girl dies in the next movie....
*insert mello's regular clip of "Im gonna tell him"
Jason Bourne vs John Wick
Pen vs Pencil
They did make a video game based off this movie
This guy just assuming stuff
..😂😂❤
Watch red and red 2 lol great films
Every part has is special moments. A lot say the Jeremy Renner part isn't good I think is not that bad (I watch all Bourne movies) for me is the last one Jason Bourne from 2015 is the best stacked cast and the action is 🔥💥 just say Las Vegas 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Don't harm the dog?? What about the little boy 🤣
Watch the Bond movies before and after The Bourne Identity. Then you will understand the impact of this franchise!!!
That shirt is banging mate, where did you get it?!
they did make this into a game lol
They did make a bourne video game back in the Day, i had it, it wassnt that good
Yeah these movies are based on a series of books, but the protagonist is much older than Matt Damon is portraying in this movie. I wanna say he was in his 50s in the books
The sequels are worth it, they’re just as good.
Please for the love of God if you're reading this... MOVIE REACT to the movie "IDENTITY". Came out in 2003 and is with John Cusak, Ray Liotta, Amanda Pete.
You've gooooot to finish the Bourne series! It's soooo good!! And in honor of Jeremy Renner, you should check out The Bourne Legacy. It's not a bad spin-off!... Also, John Wick 3 is 🔥Best one after the original imo.
well done
As good as the movie was the book was actually a lot better. Marie's character was much more developed in the book and she was way smarter and contributed much more. In the book she was a well connected banker and ended up being quite indispensable to Bourne. It was like they took the theme from the book but wrote a completely different story line. I'd say the movie was inspired by but not at all like the book. It's a good read. I'd recommend it.
Just react to Supremacy and Ultimatum
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Bourne Identity - A-
Bourne Supremacy - A+
Bourne Ultimatum - A+
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Bourne Legacy - D-
Jason Bourne - C
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Yes, do the trilogy
The sequels are worth it.
So for my 2 cents (where the hell is the cents symbol on my phone?) the last Bourne movie, while certainly intelligent, felt like it lacked a purpose, a creative vision, and was just made to cash in on the franchise, and I did not like the Jeremy Renner spin-off, the other movies were good, though, IMO.
Side note: I still haven't seen the John Wick movies, I really need to see what all the fuss is about.
John Wick trilogy will make you forget these Bourne movies exist...
Dude....Not a lot of cuts was probably said in comparison to the sequels. hahaha I love this franchise, but my god do they get carried away with the shaky cam and cuts in the sequels. I know it moves to a new director, but one fight scene in particular in the second movie is almost unwatchable.
What is an action scene that someone killed someone with a random object? Go watch Shoot Em Up. Clive Owen is deadly with carrots.
J B is FIRE ..no doubt about it..
This was edited. Watch the unedited not a lot of cuts.
Mell you havent seen anyone get killed with a pen. So you dont know about jokers magic trick
Ooooooohhhhh yeah
The Taken films to me have the worst hand-to-hand action scenes in cinema. There are so many cuts that you can't see what Liam Neeson is doing, to the point that, honestly, you'd be better off closing your eyes and imagining it yourself. That's why the long takes of John Wick remain top tier.
Tom cruise in reacher sucked. The amazon show Reacher has a more appropriate actor that is the size of the book reacher, and are better overall. The bourne trilogy is just as good as the wick trilogy if not better.
@MellVerse If you want a good crazy action movie then I highly suggest Nobody
Something that you lose by reacting to a movie from a few years ago....is that you have to understand that Jason Bourne RESET the bar for movie fist fights. There was NOTHING like this before Jason Bourne. From this point forward, EVERY movie had to rise to THIS level.
There's literally a RUclips video talking about how it influenced fight sequences that we started seeing like in taken
By the time john wick pulls up on jason bourne, bourne would call his phone and tell him "nice suit" 😎
But, then as a bullet proof glass box drops onto Jason, John turns around, grabbs the side of his own face, and pulls it away, revealing Ethan Hunt of the IMF.
Redo your story and add jack Ryan and reaher
The new Expendables.
Jason Bourne, John Wick, Jack Reacher(TV Reacher cos Ethan is here as well), Jack Ryan, Ethan Hunt, and Iko Uwais from The Raid(can't remember his character name)
@D Neill Definitely TV Reacher. As good as Tom Cruise is as an actor, I still couldn't take him seriously playing a character that's supposed to be a brick shithouse like Jack Reacher.
@@blacksunday4231 Agreed. The Tom Cruise movies would have been good movies if they weren't Reacher movies. But the size and appearance of Reacher are too important in the stories to let a short guy do it no matter how good he is. He's meant to intimidate bad guys just by walking into the room.
I love Franka Potente! I highly recommend "Run Lola Run" from 1998.
That’s a terrific movie. She was such a good actress in the 90s. My favourite European movie after that one is Fking Amal or Show Me Love in America. Great love story that is realistic. I grew up in Canada but I felt like I knew those kids.
Was gonna say the same thing. 👍Mello, you seriously need to do a reaction video to Run Lola Run. It's a really good and unique movie.
Clive Owen's character was supposed to be a continual threat to Jason that went by the codename Jackal. That's probably the one thing I wished got carried over from the books. Either way, the books and the movies are fantastic espionage stories.
These movies were the first to really do the quick cuts during fight scenes which were a technique copied over and over again by other movies until it they were run into the ground. Just like how The Matrix brought bullet time and that technique was run into the ground.
What I thought was worse in the movie than the book was the portrayal of Marie. She was way smarter and much more important to the story in the book.
This is such a terrific franchise. It's based on books which are absolutely nothing like the movies, but I think the way the movies were done were much better for movies because if they had focused on keeping them more similar to the books then it would be way too much of a slow burn. Both are great and Bourne is an absolute tactician...very methodical. I really hope you do the sequels because the next one is good, but mannnn....Bourne Ultimatum has one sequence in it that is so damn AMAZING and I love it to pieces.
No one loves this series more than me 😢
I read the first book not long before the movie came out. When I went to see the film I was like, WTF??!! Other than the title, the main character's name, and the word "Treadstone," they had nothing to do with each other. Lol. Still enjoyed both, though.
@@ContrarianCorner I'm in the same boat. I read it in anticipation of the movie and the whole time I'm like...where is 'Cain is for Carlos, and Delta is for Cain'??? I'm surprised the books still don't get as much love as they should.
Can you please give STAR TREK a chance. 🖖
Hi Martin maybe you should start asking for something else . But the passion and loyalty you have for STAR TREK 🌟
@@annemusk6609 He has already watched everything that would interest me except STAR TREK. ✌️
Good luck! 🤞
@@martinbraun1211 ok well keep trying 🖖
Overrated
The movie WAS groundbreaking tho. This movie changed how action movies were made after this but since you already watched many action movies before this one you would not be able to apretiate it as much. Thanks to this movie and the follow ups we have movies such as Casino Royale and Skyfall and much more :)
The birds gave away his position. The cameras they were using for all those angles were at the US Embassy, which had a lot of security, obviously there was a detachment of marines there. Random streets in Paris wouldnt have a lot of cameras, at least not in the 2000s. The bullets did not get deep into his back because of the light armor he was probably wearing.
This is based on a book series by the late Robert Ludlum. He wrote 27 spy thriller novels. The most famous was the Jason Bourne series. Ludlum died in 2001 at the age of 73. Several of his novels became movies or TV mini-series.
The Bourne films are great. Great reaction! 👍🏿 The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th films are definitely worth reacting to.