Overall Rating: 9.6/10
Genre: Action
Overall value for money and time: 9.8/10
1. The Bourne Identity
Adapted from the novel, this very first installation of the Bourne trilogy was what changed my opinion of Matt Damon. Was never fond of him, in fact, I disliked him. Not anymore. This movie I thought, was a breakthrough for him- just like "Training Day" for Denzel Washington, "Face Off" for Nicholas Cage, "Jerry Maguire" for Tom Cruise etc. I didn't set my expectations high as from what I can recall, this is probably his second movie where he was set as the leading role. If I'm not wrong, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was his first, at least for the movies I have viewed. Great plot, great action! Bourne is a professional hitman who lost his memory due to a failed mission and slowly regains part of his memory. Each and every installation of the trilogy has a different part of his memory which he regains. I love this movie for the number of professional villians it has, all top class assassins hired to take out Bourne. This movie takes you on a roller coaster ride with him to unravel the missing pieces of his life. For this particular installment, the part of his life he's trying to regain is his identity as well as the reason for his failed mission.
2. The Bourne Supremacy
Aren't you sick of bad sequels which spoils the first installment, leaving you assuming that the director's just in for the money? Not this trilogy. In fact, in my opinion, it gets better with each sequel, a unique trilogy due to this peculiar trend. The storyline for this sequel is the most heart warming and the best. Bourne regains the part of is life where he tries to go back to his very first unofficial mission where he was to cold heartedly kill a target. The ending scenes for this movie is simply "stylo milo". The final 2 confrontations will leave you feeling good at the end of the movie. Unlike Lord of the Rings where the 2nd sequel felt like a movie without a head or tail, that it was a movie dependent of the rest of the sequels, the Bourne Trilogy series is independent. You can watch any of the series on its own and still have a sense of the movie being a complete one.
3. The Bourne Ultimatum
This sequel has the best action scences and is overall the best for the trilogy. There is however a drawback to it, that the action takes are too upclose and shifts a little too often, which might leave you feeling giddy at times due to motion sickness. This could be due to the big screen I caught this movie on where I had to try to focus on every corner of the screen in the messy scenerio. This however, is only prevalent in the first half hour of the film. Because this movie gives you a feeling that life is cheap, it increases the intensity of it. You would be thinking that anyone could die anytime or anywhere. Unlike most movies where you are certain the lead stars will not die. This movie has an element which no other movies has, it brings back part of the prequel into the movie (nope, not those flashbacks moments but the entire scene), at the same time keeping the movie self contained and independent. For those who have watched it, I hope you are able to appreciate such a novelty feat. For this sequel, Bourne is trying to piece up the lost portion of his life where he first joined the force of being a professional hitman. The movie poster is apparently a different one used in America and the closest one I can find through the net is the one with what seems like Tamil words on it. Since I'm determined to bring the movies to you with as much of a local flavour as as I can, I shall stick to this poster which feels rather out of place.
Genre: Action
Overall value for money and time: 9.8/10
1. The Bourne IdentityAdapted from the novel, this very first installation of the Bourne trilogy was what changed my opinion of Matt Damon. Was never fond of him, in fact, I disliked him. Not anymore. This movie I thought, was a breakthrough for him- just like "Training Day" for Denzel Washington, "Face Off" for Nicholas Cage, "Jerry Maguire" for Tom Cruise etc. I didn't set my expectations high as from what I can recall, this is probably his second movie where he was set as the leading role. If I'm not wrong, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was his first, at least for the movies I have viewed. Great plot, great action! Bourne is a professional hitman who lost his memory due to a failed mission and slowly regains part of his memory. Each and every installation of the trilogy has a different part of his memory which he regains. I love this movie for the number of professional villians it has, all top class assassins hired to take out Bourne. This movie takes you on a roller coaster ride with him to unravel the missing pieces of his life. For this particular installment, the part of his life he's trying to regain is his identity as well as the reason for his failed mission.
2. The Bourne SupremacyAren't you sick of bad sequels which spoils the first installment, leaving you assuming that the director's just in for the money? Not this trilogy. In fact, in my opinion, it gets better with each sequel, a unique trilogy due to this peculiar trend. The storyline for this sequel is the most heart warming and the best. Bourne regains the part of is life where he tries to go back to his very first unofficial mission where he was to cold heartedly kill a target. The ending scenes for this movie is simply "stylo milo". The final 2 confrontations will leave you feeling good at the end of the movie. Unlike Lord of the Rings where the 2nd sequel felt like a movie without a head or tail, that it was a movie dependent of the rest of the sequels, the Bourne Trilogy series is independent. You can watch any of the series on its own and still have a sense of the movie being a complete one.
3. The Bourne UltimatumThis sequel has the best action scences and is overall the best for the trilogy. There is however a drawback to it, that the action takes are too upclose and shifts a little too often, which might leave you feeling giddy at times due to motion sickness. This could be due to the big screen I caught this movie on where I had to try to focus on every corner of the screen in the messy scenerio. This however, is only prevalent in the first half hour of the film. Because this movie gives you a feeling that life is cheap, it increases the intensity of it. You would be thinking that anyone could die anytime or anywhere. Unlike most movies where you are certain the lead stars will not die. This movie has an element which no other movies has, it brings back part of the prequel into the movie (nope, not those flashbacks moments but the entire scene), at the same time keeping the movie self contained and independent. For those who have watched it, I hope you are able to appreciate such a novelty feat. For this sequel, Bourne is trying to piece up the lost portion of his life where he first joined the force of being a professional hitman. The movie poster is apparently a different one used in America and the closest one I can find through the net is the one with what seems like Tamil words on it. Since I'm determined to bring the movies to you with as much of a local flavour as as I can, I shall stick to this poster which feels rather out of place.
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