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Which Bourne Movie is best

Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:12 pm
Posted by Mister Bigfish
Member since Oct 2018
1270 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:12 pm
About to start a watch of these with my teenage son who has never watched them. I’ve always liked them as a solid action flick. How do you rank them.

Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Jason Bourne
The Bourne Legacy
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:16 pm to
Identity is still the best for me. Followed by supremacy.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:17 pm to
Probably Identity, but Ultimatum felt like a game-changer itself in 2007.
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9408 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:22 pm to
The 1988 Bourne Identity starring Richard Chamberlain

Here's the whole film:

LINK
Posted by Mister Bigfish
Member since Oct 2018
1270 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:24 pm to
I was hoping they would have done one where Bourne teams up with Aaron Cross from The Bourne Legacy.
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
10886 posts
Posted on 11/22/21 at 11:24 pm to
Which one really dialed up the shaky cam? The one where two people couldn't have a conversation without the constant shaking/zooming?

frick that one.

Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
20029 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 8:27 am to
Ultimatum is the best but Identity is my favorite to watch, if that makes any sense.
Posted by Broken Coyote
Seated. Facing forward
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 11/23/21 at 9:02 am to
quote:

The 1988 Bourne Identity starring Richard Chamberlain


The 88 mini series was close enough to the Cold War to still be true to the source material. I enjoyed everything about the mini series except Richard Chamberlain. Other than being the king of tv mini series at the time, he was a not a good choice to play Jason Bourne. Tall, skinny with zero athleticism did not a badass assassin make.

Matt Damon was an excellent Jason Bourne. And while his version came along so long after the Cold War for that and Carlos the Jackal to be the antagonist, I wish the Damon version had stayed truer to the source material, only with an updated target. The changes to Marie and tread stone were totally unnecessary.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65274 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 10:03 am to
The first three are very good. I like Identity the best. The last two were awful. Jason Bourne was just a shitty remake of the second one, and Legacy was just bland and lifeless, starring Renner who Family Guy described as "he's like a young Popeye."
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61982 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 10:32 am to
quote:

Which one really dialed up the shaky cam?

all of them.



Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9408 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 10:53 am to
quote:

The 88 mini series was close enough to the Cold War to still be true to the source material. I enjoyed everything about the mini series except Richard Chamberlain. Other than being the king of tv mini series at the time, he was a not a good choice to play Jason Bourne. Tall, skinny with zero athleticism did not a badass assassin make.


By today's standards I would agree. In 1988 RC couldn't do anything wrong. Admittedly, I like RC. They type of dramatic acting style was different than now and it doesn't translate so well.

Also, I have to note that Shogun is one of the best mini series ever made.
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
52271 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 11:10 am to
Supremacy.

Beating that dude's arse with a newspaper was awesome.
Posted by Broken Coyote
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Member since Dec 2010
3202 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

lso, I have to note that Shogun is one of the best mini series ever made.


One of the greatest tv epics ever! And RC was perfect in that role. Haven’t thought about it in a long time. Need to find it to see how well it has aged.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
New York, New York
Member since Mar 2009
27900 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 12:17 pm to
quote:

I was hoping they would have done one where Bourne teams up with Aaron Cross from The Bourne Legacy.

Nothing highlighted how well Matt Damon turned an emotionless robot into an interesting character quite as well as how Jeremy Renner made a similar character absolutely suck.
Posted by STLhog
Dallas, TX
Member since Jan 2015
19446 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 12:32 pm to
Identity fasho.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 1:04 pm to
I've only watched the first one. Do they need to be watched in order, or is each one its own story?
Posted by RoscoeHarper
Edmond, OK
Member since Aug 2011
4970 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 1:16 pm to
I guess I'm the only one that liked Legacy. But yes, Identity is the best for sure.
Posted by Topisawtiger
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
3696 posts
Posted on 11/23/21 at 1:31 pm to
Not a popular choice I know but I liked Legacy best followed by Identity.
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