I love the Bourne movies. Love them. The Bourne Supremacy

[Flaxbee]

is on TNT right now, and I'm watching it for about the 25th time.

And Moscow is one of my favorite cities, so I like this second installation a lot for the scenery - the Moscow train station images make me nostalgic. Last time I was in Russia about two years ago my husband and I took the overnight train from St. Petersburg to Moscow and had a sleeping compartment (I have to admit - a nicer than Amtrak's sleepers, but there was no private bathroom - but the car bathroom was really exceptionally nice and clean).

Anyway. That's all. :hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. I have never been able to see...

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...Matt Damon as a convincing action hero. But apparently, many can.
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I just got done reading The Bourne Identity for the second time. The
first time, I read it in little bits and pieces on break at work and
waiting for/on the bus, etc. and it was extremely confusing.
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The second time, I read it in greater Chunks and I really liked it.
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You don't understand... Chunks is the name of my dog.
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Outside of Chunks, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of Chunks,
it's too dark to read.
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Combined two jokes there for your viewing pleasure.
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[flying rabbit]

5. RE: Chunks

Bet you won't drink that much again! :rofl:

[rcrush]

12. "I always thought of Matt Damon as a bit of a Streisand, but he's rockin the shit in this one"

That guy from the 40 Year Old Vigrin.

[madinmaryland]

2. Have you read the books?

[Flaxbee]

6. the first one, I think it was The Bourne Identity...

movie is very different from the books. I don't know if I'd like the movies as much if I'd read the book(s) before I saw the movie.

How do you think they compare? :hi:

[fishwax]

3. I loved Bourne Identity -- liked Supremacy -- didn't care for Ultimatum

Maybe I'll have to give Ultimatum another chance sometime soon -- I know that some people like it the best of the three, but I didn't think it worked.

[Flaxbee]

7. yeah, I didn't like Ultimatum as much, either, but

I still enjoyed it.

I think Identity was probably the best, but Supremacy allowed me to revisit some places I like :)

[Swede]

4. Best franchise going right now.

Hopefully there will be more.

[Flaxbee]

8. I heard that another one will either be out, or begin filming, in 2011

:woohoo:

[Flaxbee]

9. They're on again!

Lol, this is ridiculous. The Bourne Ultimatum is on USA right now :D

Every time I see David Straithern I think of Whistler from Sneakers... have a hard time seeing him as a bad guy.

[bigwillq]

10. The books were so much better. I hated the movie.

Watched Identity and didn't make it all the way through, I couldn't stand it.

[Jade Fox]

11. I love Matt Damon

:)

[Odin2005]

13. The books are SOOOOO much better then the movie

[jobycom]

14. Count me as a "movies were better than the books" fan on this one.

Although I never finished the book. My best friend in high school was named Bourne, so he loved the books, but I thought they were too simple.

Of the movies, I came in in the middle of the first one, and didn't like Damon at all, so I skipped the second one. Later I went back and saw "Identity" from the beginning, and all the stuff I hated about Damon's character made more sense, so I liked it enough to watch "Supremacy."

"Supremacy" committed the cardinal sin in a franchise for me. They killed off the girlfriend just to give the bad guy an excuse to break all his vows and kill again. I hate that cliche with a passion on a number of levels, so I never warmed to Supremacy. Still don't like it, although I like the ending a bit, and I agree the scenes in Moscow are beautiful.

"Ultimatum" is far and away my favorite. It's smartly shot, actually goes somewhere besides "Let's show how bad-ass Bourne is," and has the best pursuit scene in recent film history. And they (barely) avoided Bourne jumping into the sack with Julia Stiles, which made up a little for killing Marie in the second one. They did hint at a past romance to give Nicky a reason to help Bourne, and I hated that part. Of course we all know that a young, attractive woman would only ever do anything based on romantic desire and not out of a sense of righteousness or outrage or justice or anything thoughtful and noble. But it was a minor glitch to me.

I think about these things way too much, eh? :) I just saw "Ultimatum" again last night, so the thoughts were on the surface already.