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The Bourne trilogy with Matt Damon is really good and the fourth, Legacy with Jeremy Renner picking up the reigns is pretty good too, just rewatched recently.
Hey James, so remember this came out before Daniel Craig’s James Bond. For me, the new Bond clearly drew on the realism from the Bourne movies making Craig a star. And seeing Brian Cox in Bourne makes me wanna ask if you are watching Succession these days. Some of the best writing since Breaking Bad.
The Bourne movies often get criticized for introducing shaky cam, close up and quick cut filled fights to Hollywood. While I agree with the sentiment and I am happy action movies have gone back to doing long and wide shots, I don't blame Bourne for it. It was a stylistic choice to make the fights more brutal, claustrophobic and personal. And I think the Bourne movies did it well. It's all the low effor imitators in the mid to late 00's, that started using it as a short cut for having fight choreography and hiding stuntmen.
Agreed, there’s a great purpose for the shaky cam. It’s not even that bad here and it’s a style I think speaks to our character whose struggling to piece his identity together.
I personally always give a pass to media that started the trope/cliché. Just because we've moved on to better techniques doesn't mean the older media is worse in retrospect. I love long takes, but The Bourne series walked so John Wick could run 👍
It was less the Bourne movies and more Paul Greengrass' personal stylistic choices in and outside of the Bourne films. Anything he could have accomplished in a wide shot, he instead did in close up while violently shaking the camera. It must really be annoying for the stunt team and choreographers, as they could have just had an impromptu slap-fight and it would have looked the same.
Basically, all trends that get overused started because someone did it and did it well. That person is never at fault for that creative innovation, but the ones that copy it a thousand times after it are.
I don't agree. The sequels don't fail at delivering, but the first is the best of the three. I'd agree it's a close call tho. It's just Damon nails the "assassin with a nice guy face" so well in this movie. It's actually borderline disturbing, you're looking at guy that you kinda feel you can trust, then he snaps into killer mode, "dismantles" trained assassins for breakfast, then he's back into his nice guy I'd gladly give the keys of my apartment to, to feed the cat when I'm away.
@@shabopshebop131 The order is: - B. Identity - B. Supremacy - B. Ultimatum - B. Legacy (starring Jeremy Renner) - Jason Bourne If you've watched Indentity and Supremacy, you must watch Ultimatum. Legacy is a good movie, it's set in the same universe but not really about Bourne, so it's missing something to many people. I thiik it works if you approach it as a standalone movie.
@@TheMule71 my order that nobody asked is The Bourne Ultimatum: the best of all without a doubt The Bourne Supremacy: a incredible action The Bourne Identity: a very good start Jason Bourne: bad script but is fun to pass the time The Bourne Legacy: just have dialogues and no action
I love how Matt Damon sometimes just stops and thinks even in the middle of a tight action sequence. You can clearly see him thinking, going through possible actions and choosing the one with the highest probability of success. It's Jason Bourne playing chess while others are playing checkers. I have not seen anyone doing it better than Matt Damon.
I love the little detail in the ending scene of Marie using the red bank bag Jason gave her as a hanging planter in her store. "You have ID?" always makes me smile, too.
This is one of those Trilogies I absolutely love. These movies make me feel very nostalgic for the early 2000s. I feel like we don't get many movies like this anymore
The best thing about the directing and editing in this movie is that even though there's loads of extreme close ups, shakiness in the camera, and action in really tight spaces, it always lets you know where the characters are in relation to their environment. Its really clever in that way.
The thing I love about these Bourne films is how well the filmmakers capture the feel of different European cities. Probably the most "real" sense of these places you'll get in any Hollywood movie.
One of those trilogies where it just gets better and better film by film. By the time they get to the third one, everyone involved are at such a high level. One of my favorite franchises.
Honestly I think most audience is rather tasteless and they don't see much difference between this movie and some objectively worse action ones, and as producers knows this, we get a lot of average movies as they easier to create and still get lot of money
the girls name is franka potente. she’s german and her breakthrough role was in a movie called run, lola, run (lola rennt). you should do yourself a favor and watch it on the channel. very creative and very ‘outside of the box’ thriller!
For a filmmaker that knows his stuff it always baffles me how you haven't seen so many of my favorite films! Lol. You're gonna love Ultimatum, it's my favorite & probably one of the best government espionage action films of all time.
@@Dave1507 well yeah but most of my favorites he's watched on here including The Bourne Identity are films like Magnolia, Blazing Saddles, True Romance, Arrival, Lost in Translation, Leon the Professional, Spotlight, The Naked Gun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snatch, Being John Malkovich, Dr. Strangelove etc & they aren't blockbusters... & almost all of the actual blockbusters he reacts to are from the 80's & 90's so they've been around for a while
A little piece of trivia about the Bourne series - it inspired the James Bond producers for Daniel Craig's version of the character. After Pierce Brosnan, and all the others before him, they were looking for a new, fresh take on Bond. Something edgy, dangerous, gritty. They said they felt the Bourne Identity's style was exactly what they wanted/needed, and the rest is history.
Bourne didn't throw the one assassin out the window. The assassin threw himself out, so he couldn't be forced to talk. Also, you should watch the second and third installments as well. These are some of my all time favorite movies.
@NolanEP I don't think so, assasin knew that he f*cked up the mission and that he is dead, and knew bourne would torture him propably for info, he didn't had much choice and maybe even was "programmed" that way
I loved watching this original trilogy of films as a kid 'The Bourne Supremacy' is my favourite; there's a part in that film that often brings me to tears (not the beginning)! I'm sure fans know what scene I'm referring to.
I love that film, but I still believe Ultimatum is significantly better. Though I will grant you that Supremacy has the benefit of having one of the coolest car chase scenes in cinema.
The Bourne Trilogy of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum are exceptional. Each one just gets better and better superb action films, the pacing of them never leaves you bored with brilliant plots in each one.
The original Bourne trilogy will always be some of my favourite actions films ever. They have a certain feeling and vibe that I haven't really ever gotten from other films before. I think Ultimatum is my favourite in the trilogy, so please carry on working your way through them!
The only good thing about your missing this movie for so long is that we get to watch you see this movie for the first time. This movie gets all the credit for changing action films with the non-hero grit realism of the hyper action and filming. Really appreciate you sharing your first watch!!!😔🍿
Great choice James. I read the books when i was a young lad because they were my dads and i had liked his James Bond books. I was so hyped to see a movie adaptation and it didnt let me down. Loved the actress in this and Run Lola Run, you should check that movie out if you havnt seen it, very stylish. It aint popcorn n snack time here, its beer and biff :D
There's also a I want to say made-for-TV miniseries from the 1980s based on this first book it starts Richard Chamberlain. I remember enjoying that back in the day but it's been ages since I saw it so I don't know if it's any good but it's probably worth checking out nevertheless.
Run Lola Run is a great suggestion, I second that. She also was the lead in Anatomy, which is a medical thriller disguised as a slasher movie (or vice versa?), it was the most successful German movie in Germany in 2000.
THANK YOU for this reaction: your filmmaking knowledge really opened my eyes to stuff I had missed in the many times I've watched this. Loved your genuine enthusiasm. Really great commentary.
@@JamesVSCinema Hopefully after you are done with Bourne, Check out "Ronin" it's another spy thriller about an American in Europe: 1997 starring Robert De Niro. I think you'd enjoy it.
One of my all-time favorite movies! You've actually been watching a bunch of my all-time faves! Great choices on Patreon guys! Thanks for the reaction! ❤ And I think Jason actually shoved a PEN up the hand of one of the assassins (in the apartment). Ouch.
Small detail that's probably in your patreon edit. but when Bourne is interrogating the assassin on the floor of his apartment in paris, he's asking him "Who are you?" in a bunch of different languages until he gets to the right one. it happens really quickly in the movie but it's awesome!
The ending track is Moby, Extreme Ways from the album 18 (2002). It is used in all of the Bourne movies that I have seen, but I don't know if it was written specifically for them.
This is it, the ONLY film where the shaky cam makes since and has a purpose. Because Jason is acting purely on instinct he doesn't know what he's doing when he fights people, so it makes sense that when he fights it's just disconnected sound and motion and within a couple seconds the fight is over and he's won, but he's confused.
I watch the trilogy every year without fail. I never get sick of it!!! So happy to see someone react to Bourne!!! You HAVE to watch the next two… they just get better!
The action only gets better. The director Paul Greengrass uses a ton of shaky cam, but this is the only series where I've seen it used effectively and where it actually enhances it's action scenes.
The director of first part is Doug Liman, later Greengrass was trying to copy his style but in my opinioin he overdone it, in first movie shaky cam was ok but in next for me there was too much of it, and it made me almost experience a headache
@@someoriginalname6004 I prefer the sequels action scenes. It felt like the shaky cam added to the experience and it made the action more visceral. I hate shaky cam for the most part but I felt like the sequels used it in a way that made sense.
An underrated parallel movie is Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Brenner. It shows what happened to the other agents whose loyalty was questioned in the wake of Bourne’s escape.
When this movie first came out I was a bit skeptical about it, since I didn't think of Matt Damon as a major action star, but holy hell was I pleasantly surprised when I did finally watch it. Left me impatiently waiting for the sequel and then the threequel.
I hope more people would react to this trilogy, one of the best action movies ever made, and views tells all just couple days passed since James react to it and it already have more views than most of the movies he ever reacted to
Finally!! I never understood why no one was reacting to these great films. Thank you for doing the first of an incredible trilogy! Please keep going. While a couple other Bourne movies were added later, it’s the original three that should be seen as an entire story. The later films fall short, and are unnessesary imo.
I first saw this in theaters at a private screening as part of a Wired magazine collab. I was just so taken in by it all and hooked. I liked the red bag so much, I sought out a prop replica of it to spec and use it as a daily grab bag.
Dude I love watching your reactions to some of my favorite movies and the sheer glee you get out of these films. Not to mention your insightful reviews and love of filmmaking in general. There are lots of reaction youtubers out right now but you are in my top two that I pretty much watch every one you release. Keep up the great content James!!
I really liked the editing on this movie. The cuts are quick but precise. A lot of people liked it and tried to emulate it, but ended up forgoing the same precision, creating hyperkinetic, vertigo-inducing messes.
You may want to check out a movie called 'Rounders', with Matt Damon & Edward Norton. It's an incredible movie that I have seen way too many times. Easily one of both of their best performances. With some great supporting cast choices.
the Bourne Trilogy has a special place in my heart. I used to watch all 3 with my Dad growing up and we still watch them every once in a while. Absolutely love Identity and you nail how the camera work and editing are used to show the discombobulation and brutality of the fights, especially when you don't know who you are or why you are so good at certain things.
I'm not always into these kinds of movies but I've always loved the Bourne movies - they are all great. Also check out "The International" with Clive Owen
I'm loving the recent movie selections you've had! I still remember seeing this on a whim in the theater not having any background, and being totally loving the experience.
This movie holds a special place in my heart. Not because of the movie itself, but because I got it as a gift for my dad’s birthday when it came out and he loved it. Once we watched this one together, we started a tradition of going to see each new one in theaters together. I miss those times, and I miss him, so I cherish those memories.
Jason's theme song when he is being hunted will always get me hyped. I loved the soundtrack to this movie when it first came out. The OG trilogy will always have a special place in my heart, best spy thriller ever made. Also RIP Robert Ludlum for giving us the character.
I used to watch action movies with my father when I was a kid and I remember when he showed me this series! (At the time just Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy) The Bourne movies have always been an absolute favorite of mine. The action sequences, mystery of his backstory, and crazy camera cuts make the movie feel like its constantly in motion and I think shadows how chaotic and frantic his mind must be in these moments. Love y'all.
YES! This whole series is amazing and very grounded. They shot over so many countries and terrains they are so great to watch. I’m so excited for this!
This is actually my favorite of the four movies, which isn't to discredit the others, cause they're awesome and they are more connected than this one (same director for the later three as opposed to this one).
In the final scene in Greece. Look closely and the red bag is hanging up with plants in it. I think I'd seen the film ten plus times before I noticed that
Glad to see you loved one! For frame of reference, I always considered identity the "weakest" of the three, so you're in for a good time! Edit: also, the director of Identity, Paul Greengrass, made a couple of fantastic historical films, namely United 93 and my personal recommendation: Bloody Sunday. Both are not light movies by any stretch of the imagination, but I think you'd especially appreciate the Bloody Sunday film, as it shows multiple facets and perspectives of one of the darkest days in Northern Irish modern history.
Love your style of reviews! Really enjoyed your reaction. The Bourne movies are amazing and doesn't seem like anyone else has reacted to them. I definitely liked and subscribed!
I have such a vivid memory of me watching this in the cinema when It was new. Me, my mate and his dad was going to watch Tripple X with Vin Diesel but me and my mate got denied by the usher because we were too young. He told us we could watch this Bourne film instead and me and my mate got so fucking bummed out by it but we were like, fuck it might as well. And our wee minds were BLOWN AWAY by this. To this day I love this film.
I re-watched this trilogy the other night and was wondering why no reactors have done this yet! The definition of action thriller. Non stop all the way through!
This is one of my all time favorite movie series. Your reaction to it was great, I am glad you seemed to enjoy it. I hope you will watch the rest. I look forward to your next video, Keep up the great work.
The greatness in this franchise begins in the next one, The Bourne Supremacy. Paul Greengrass defined the style that will be the reference for Daniel Craig's Bond. Also, in Supremacy John Powell's music is insane. Pure adrenaline. After finishing watching these movies , my body always needs to get a car and do some crazy shit.
I remember seeing the trailer for this movie originally, and I thought to myself Matt Damon is an action hero, really? After watching this movie I couldn’t wait for the next installment. Damon is awesome in these movies.👍
That makes me think of one of my favorite lines from 40 Year Old Virgin: "I used to think Matt Damon was kind of a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one."
I’m really glad you did this one! It’s a film that I sometimes forget about till I see it on a streaming service and then I end up watching it (and the first 2 sequels) over and over. Great performances and there’s something about the early 2000s, European aesthetic that I find really appealing!
sick insight on 28 days later in relation to this i had never thought about it but it makes sense how they are both some of my favorite films in opposite genres. watch the trilogy its dope! also the insight about the cameramen not only doing the bobblework but capturing their faces were a nice touch, i feel like the next 2 films capture that bobble a lot more in fact i got motion sickness watching the 2nd one in theatres many years ago lol
I think this one is the best, great story and setup. The music is absolutely fantastic and really sets the mood for the film whether we’re in an action scene or anything else. The fight scene shakey cam isn’t really present here, they got shakey with the next two movies. The lack of shakey was nice but it did make it obvious that Damon doesn’t know martial arts, the shakey helps cover that but it’s quite chaotic and jarring. And the cast is always great in this franchise, all the antagonists are perfect.
The sequences with the Mini Minor chase were heavily indebted to the original (Michael Caine version) of The Italian Job, including the move down the stone stairs. Highly recommended film.
By the way, there was/is a prequel TV series to the Bourne franchise... named "Treadstone." I haven't heard of a renewal but the first (and apparently only) season is a 10 good episodes of TV intrigue.
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She’s ride or die ‘cause she’s Run Lola Run.
The Bourne trilogy with Matt Damon is really good and the fourth, Legacy with Jeremy Renner picking up the reigns is pretty good too, just rewatched recently.
@@profoundclarity8497 there’s a fourth with Matt Damon too…it’s called Jason Bourne.
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Hey James, so remember this came out before Daniel Craig’s James Bond. For me, the new Bond clearly drew on the realism from the Bourne movies making Craig a star.
And seeing Brian Cox in Bourne makes me wanna ask if you are watching Succession these days. Some of the best writing since Breaking Bad.
No spoilers but this whole trilogy is insane. Glad you’re checking it out. None of the other reaction channels I watch have done them.
Happy to bring them here with some (hopefully) valuable insight and entertainment at the least 🙏🏽
There’s 4, and a side movie with Jeremy Renner.
Don’t discount the Bourne
Jeremy Renner movie is good.
Minor spoiler: he's supposed to be trained by (or from) Delta Force into a completely illegitimate secret program.
@@dustinheese Hawkeye can bring it!
The Bourne movies often get criticized for introducing shaky cam, close up and quick cut filled fights to Hollywood. While I agree with the sentiment and I am happy action movies have gone back to doing long and wide shots, I don't blame Bourne for it. It was a stylistic choice to make the fights more brutal, claustrophobic and personal. And I think the Bourne movies did it well. It's all the low effor imitators in the mid to late 00's, that started using it as a short cut for having fight choreography and hiding stuntmen.
Agreed, there’s a great purpose for the shaky cam. It’s not even that bad here and it’s a style I think speaks to our character whose struggling to piece his identity together.
I personally always give a pass to media that started the trope/cliché. Just because we've moved on to better techniques doesn't mean the older media is worse in retrospect.
I love long takes, but The Bourne series walked so John Wick could run 👍
It was less the Bourne movies and more Paul Greengrass' personal stylistic choices in and outside of the Bourne films.
Anything he could have accomplished in a wide shot, he instead did in close up while violently shaking the camera. It must really be annoying for the stunt team and choreographers, as they could have just had an impromptu slap-fight and it would have looked the same.
Basically, all trends that get overused started because someone did it and did it well. That person is never at fault for that creative innovation, but the ones that copy it a thousand times after it are.
@@ssmodk agree, Bloody Sunday made it on documentary level.
One of the rare trilogies that starts great and actually gets better with each film.
I don't agree. The sequels don't fail at delivering, but the first is the best of the three. I'd agree it's a close call tho.
It's just Damon nails the "assassin with a nice guy face" so well in this movie. It's actually borderline disturbing, you're looking at guy that you kinda feel you can trust, then he snaps into killer mode, "dismantles" trained assassins for breakfast, then he's back into his nice guy I'd gladly give the keys of my apartment to, to feed the cat when I'm away.
I watched the 1 and 2 which one do i see next
@@shabopshebop131 The order is:
- B. Identity
- B. Supremacy
- B. Ultimatum
- B. Legacy (starring Jeremy Renner)
- Jason Bourne
If you've watched Indentity and Supremacy, you must watch Ultimatum.
Legacy is a good movie, it's set in the same universe but not really about Bourne, so it's missing something to many people. I thiik it works if you approach it as a standalone movie.
Strongly disagree.
@@TheMule71 my order that nobody asked is
The Bourne Ultimatum: the best of all without a doubt
The Bourne Supremacy: a incredible action
The Bourne Identity: a very good start
Jason Bourne: bad script but is fun to pass the time
The Bourne Legacy: just have dialogues and no action
I still go back and watch this Bourne series every couple years. Still some of the best action movies ever.
Same... The movies never miss. I'm sure I've seen Bourne movies 10+ times and will always recommend them to everyone
I watch it once or twice a year:D My fav action movies, especialy the first one
I love how Matt Damon sometimes just stops and thinks even in the middle of a tight action sequence. You can clearly see him thinking, going through possible actions and choosing the one with the highest probability of success. It's Jason Bourne playing chess while others are playing checkers. I have not seen anyone doing it better than Matt Damon.
I love the little detail in the ending scene of Marie using the red bank bag Jason gave her as a hanging planter in her store.
"You have ID?" always makes me smile, too.
This is one of those Trilogies I absolutely love. These movies make me feel very nostalgic for the early 2000s. I feel like we don't get many movies like this anymore
Definitely. Seen em' all in theater.
The best thing about the directing and editing in this movie is that even though there's loads of extreme close ups, shakiness in the camera, and action in really tight spaces, it always lets you know where the characters are in relation to their environment. Its really clever in that way.
I actually just saw this movie for my first time and I gotta say I 100% agree with your statement.
The thing I love about these Bourne films is how well the filmmakers capture the feel of different European cities. Probably the most "real" sense of these places you'll get in any Hollywood movie.
One of those trilogies where it just gets better and better film by film. By the time they get to the third one, everyone involved are at such a high level. One of my favorite franchises.
Movies like this remind you of what's actually possible. What a movie can be, and how so many fail in comparison.
Honestly I think most audience is rather tasteless and they don't see much difference between this movie and some objectively worse action ones, and as producers knows this, we get a lot of average movies as they easier to create and still get lot of money
the girls name is franka potente. she’s german and her breakthrough role was in a movie called run, lola, run (lola rennt). you should do yourself a favor and watch it on the channel. very creative and very ‘outside of the box’ thriller!
Love that movie! Great suggestion.
I was going to suggest the same thing.
Very sexy chick.
YES! I came here to recommend the same.
Came to the comments section specifically to find the Run Lola Run suggestion.
For a filmmaker that knows his stuff it always baffles me how you haven't seen so many of my favorite films! Lol. You're gonna love Ultimatum, it's my favorite & probably one of the best government espionage action films of all time.
I guess as a filmmaker you watch more of the unknown movies, not blockbusters which nowadays follow a sort of formula to make it to the mainstream.
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@@Dave1507 well yeah but most of my favorites he's watched on here including The Bourne Identity are films like Magnolia, Blazing Saddles, True Romance, Arrival, Lost in Translation, Leon the Professional, Spotlight, The Naked Gun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snatch, Being John Malkovich, Dr. Strangelove etc & they aren't blockbusters... & almost all of the actual blockbusters he reacts to are from the 80's & 90's so they've been around for a while
Love Ultimatum, I commented above about my favorite fight Bourne vs Desh absolutely savage and the behind the scenes choreographing the fight...
Supremacy is better imo.
A little piece of trivia about the Bourne series - it inspired the James Bond producers for Daniel Craig's version of the character. After Pierce Brosnan, and all the others before him, they were looking for a new, fresh take on Bond. Something edgy, dangerous, gritty. They said they felt the Bourne Identity's style was exactly what they wanted/needed, and the rest is history.
Bourne didn't throw the one assassin out the window. The assassin threw himself out, so he couldn't be forced to talk.
Also, you should watch the second and third installments as well. These are some of my all time favorite movies.
@NolanEP I don't think so, assasin knew that he f*cked up the mission and that he is dead, and knew bourne would torture him propably for info, he didn't had much choice and maybe even was "programmed" that way
I loved watching this original trilogy of films as a kid 'The Bourne Supremacy' is my favourite; there's a part in that film that often brings me to tears (not the beginning)! I'm sure fans know what scene I'm referring to.
Oh yes.
I love that film, but I still believe Ultimatum is significantly better. Though I will grant you that Supremacy has the benefit of having one of the coolest car chase scenes in cinema.
@@kevincola3184 and the best soundtrack, especially during the car chase
You just made me feel old
Yup! After about 40 straight minutes of shaky-cam my eyes start to water and ache.
Clive Owen is crazy young in this movie lmao, great commentary as always man!
Super glad to hear that man. More good content coming soon to y’all 🙏🏽
This trilogy is probably my favorite of all time ever. I love it so, so much. So, so glad you're doing it! 👏👏👏
The Bourne Trilogy of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum are exceptional. Each one just gets better and better superb action films, the pacing of them never leaves you bored with brilliant plots in each one.
25:24 Always loved that he shoots the gun upside that he takes from the guy
The original Bourne trilogy will always be some of my favourite actions films ever. They have a certain feeling and vibe that I haven't really ever gotten from other films before. I think Ultimatum is my favourite in the trilogy, so please carry on working your way through them!
The only good thing about your missing this movie for so long is that we get to watch you see this movie for the first time. This movie gets all the credit for changing action films with the non-hero grit realism of the hyper action and filming. Really appreciate you sharing your first watch!!!😔🍿
Great choice James. I read the books when i was a young lad because they were my dads and i had liked his James Bond books. I was so hyped to see a movie adaptation and it didnt let me down. Loved the actress in this and Run Lola Run, you should check that movie out if you havnt seen it, very stylish.
It aint popcorn n snack time here, its beer and biff :D
Cheers to that my brother 🍻
There's also a I want to say made-for-TV miniseries from the 1980s based on this first book it starts Richard Chamberlain. I remember enjoying that back in the day but it's been ages since I saw it so I don't know if it's any good but it's probably worth checking out nevertheless.
@@weepingscorpion8739 I didnt enjoy that as much, although it is closer to the novel
Run Lola Run is a great suggestion, I second that.
She also was the lead in Anatomy, which is a medical thriller disguised as a slasher movie (or vice versa?), it was the most successful German movie in Germany in 2000.
She was also in the TV series Taboo, with Tom Hardy.
THANK YOU for this reaction: your filmmaking knowledge really opened my eyes to stuff I had missed in the many times I've watched this. Loved your genuine enthusiasm. Really great commentary.
That’s what it’s all about! Happy to hear this.
Damn I'm proud of you man, I don't want to talk about anything of this trilogy just glad you're watching. ✌️
My guy, appreciate you for the good vibes. 🙏🏽
@@JamesVSCinema Hopefully after you are done with Bourne, Check out "Ronin" it's another spy thriller about an American in Europe: 1997 starring Robert De Niro. I think you'd enjoy it.
Having Matt Damon, Brian Cox and Chris Cooper all in the same movie was enough to make me watch it. And they all hit home runs. Great flick.
Plus Clive Owen
James crushing it lately, with Talented Mr. Ripley, Gross Pointe Blank, now this. I love the occasional departure from the comic book stuff.
One of my all-time favorite movies! You've actually been watching a bunch of my all-time faves! Great choices on Patreon guys! Thanks for the reaction! ❤ And I think Jason actually shoved a PEN up the hand of one of the assassins (in the apartment). Ouch.
Small detail that's probably in your patreon edit. but when Bourne is interrogating the assassin on the floor of his apartment in paris, he's asking him "Who are you?" in a bunch of different languages until he gets to the right one. it happens really quickly in the movie but it's awesome!
The small car using it's size was a element I have seen best used in the movie The Italian job (1969) .
One of the best and most influental action thriller films ever made.
This one is one of my favourite movies of all time. Period.
The first one in particular for me, has such an incredible atmosphere.
One of the few films I can watch over & over again and just shake my head during the action scenes like it was the first time...
The ending track is Moby, Extreme Ways from the album 18 (2002). It is used in all of the Bourne movies that I have seen, but I don't know if it was written specifically for them.
This is it, the ONLY film where the shaky cam makes since and has a purpose. Because Jason is acting purely on instinct he doesn't know what he's doing when he fights people, so it makes sense that when he fights it's just disconnected sound and motion and within a couple seconds the fight is over and he's won, but he's confused.
I've probably seen this movie like 20 times, I just appreciate it so much. Love your reaction to it!
I watch the trilogy every year without fail. I never get sick of it!!! So happy to see someone react to Bourne!!! You HAVE to watch the next two… they just get better!
The action only gets better. The director Paul Greengrass uses a ton of shaky cam, but this is the only series where I've seen it used effectively and where it actually enhances it's action scenes.
The director of first part is Doug Liman, later Greengrass was trying to copy his style but in my opinioin he overdone it, in first movie shaky cam was ok but in next for me there was too much of it, and it made me almost experience a headache
@@someoriginalname6004 I prefer the sequels action scenes. It felt like the shaky cam added to the experience and it made the action more visceral. I hate shaky cam for the most part but I felt like the sequels used it in a way that made sense.
@@someoriginalname6004 nah, bullshit, Greengrass got his style before with Bloody Sunday
An underrated parallel movie is Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Brenner. It shows what happened to the other agents whose loyalty was questioned in the wake of Bourne’s escape.
This is my All time favorite action series. The fight scene choreography is top notch and the car chases…oh man lol you’re in for a treat!
That song wasn't written for this movie, but it became the anthem of sorts for the trilogy.
When this movie first came out I was a bit skeptical about it, since I didn't think of Matt Damon as a major action star, but holy hell was I pleasantly surprised when I did finally watch it. Left me impatiently waiting for the sequel and then the threequel.
I hope more people would react to this trilogy, one of the best action movies ever made, and views tells all just couple days passed since James react to it and it already have more views than most of the movies he ever reacted to
Finally!! I never understood why no one was reacting to these great films. Thank you for doing the first of an incredible trilogy! Please keep going. While a couple other Bourne movies were added later, it’s the original three that should be seen as an entire story. The later films fall short, and are unnessesary imo.
I first saw this in theaters at a private screening as part of a Wired magazine collab. I was just so taken in by it all and hooked.
I liked the red bag so much, I sought out a prop replica of it to spec and use it as a daily grab bag.
Dude I love watching your reactions to some of my favorite movies and the sheer glee you get out of these films. Not to mention your insightful reviews and love of filmmaking in general. There are lots of reaction youtubers out right now but you are in my top two that I pretty much watch every one you release. Keep up the great content James!!
I really liked the editing on this movie. The cuts are quick but precise. A lot of people liked it and tried to emulate it, but ended up forgoing the same precision, creating hyperkinetic, vertigo-inducing messes.
You may want to check out a movie called 'Rounders', with Matt Damon & Edward Norton.
It's an incredible movie that I have seen way too many times. Easily one of both of their best performances. With some great supporting cast choices.
Excellent movie
the Bourne Trilogy has a special place in my heart. I used to watch all 3 with my Dad growing up and we still watch them every once in a while. Absolutely love Identity and you nail how the camera work and editing are used to show the discombobulation and brutality of the fights, especially when you don't know who you are or why you are so good at certain things.
I'm not always into these kinds of movies but I've always loved the Bourne movies - they are all great. Also check out "The International" with Clive Owen
and on Clive Owen 'shoot 'em up' is also a fun film to watch.
@@Dave1507 I came to comment the same thing. Shoot em up is dope
So happy that the Bourne series is getting it's due in the TH-cam community. Let's go!
dude, this is maybe the best reaction channel on youtube. i love the passion for film you've got man. keep it up.
Soooo happy you're doing the Bournes! #3 is my favorite. Watch the others soon! :)
Your going to love this series my dude. I literally got so excited when I saw this pop up in my feed! Well done as always. 👍
Matt Damon sells every fight scene, every chase scene and everything in between. It’s a great trilogy.
Great reaction, looking forward to the next two.
✨I immensely love the Jason Bourne series! 🤍✨
alternate title: James reacts to the start of my favorite action trilogy ever.
Another awesome video with some great filmmaker insights!
Hahaha should have alternative titles to all the videos lol that’s hilarious. Cheers fellow artist!
I'm loving the recent movie selections you've had! I still remember seeing this on a whim in the theater not having any background, and being totally loving the experience.
This movie holds a special place in my heart. Not because of the movie itself, but because I got it as a gift for my dad’s birthday when it came out and he loved it. Once we watched this one together, we started a tradition of going to see each new one in theaters together. I miss those times, and I miss him, so I cherish those memories.
Jason's theme song when he is being hunted will always get me hyped. I loved the soundtrack to this movie when it first came out. The OG trilogy will always have a special place in my heart, best spy thriller ever made. Also RIP Robert Ludlum for giving us the character.
I used to watch action movies with my father when I was a kid and I remember when he showed me this series! (At the time just Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy) The Bourne movies have always been an absolute favorite of mine. The action sequences, mystery of his backstory, and crazy camera cuts make the movie feel like its constantly in motion and I think shadows how chaotic and frantic his mind must be in these moments. Love y'all.
She is the actress from Run Lola Run. Which is an amazing film you should check out.
YES! This whole series is amazing and very grounded. They shot over so many countries and terrains they are so great to watch. I’m so excited for this!
Seeing Simon Adebisi brings a warm feeling to my heart.
Nevermore happy than seeing a new vid after a long day! appreciate ya more than ya know. Keep doing big things! Much love.
Glad to see you reacting to this! I love the whole Bourne trilogy. Bourne Ultimatum might be my fav. Hope to see you reacting to that as well
This is actually my favorite of the four movies, which isn't to discredit the others, cause they're awesome and they are more connected than this one (same director for the later three as opposed to this one).
In the final scene in Greece. Look closely and the red bag is hanging up with plants in it. I think I'd seen the film ten plus times before I noticed that
This series gets better as we go along. Enjoy the ride.
Please pleaseeee continue this franchise. These are some of my favorite action movie's. Its just a classic spy trilogy.
Glad to see you loved one! For frame of reference, I always considered identity the "weakest" of the three, so you're in for a good time!
Edit: also, the director of Identity, Paul Greengrass, made a couple of fantastic historical films, namely United 93 and my personal recommendation: Bloody Sunday. Both are not light movies by any stretch of the imagination, but I think you'd especially appreciate the Bloody Sunday film, as it shows multiple facets and perspectives of one of the darkest days in Northern Irish modern history.
Love your style of reviews! Really enjoyed your reaction. The Bourne movies are amazing and doesn't seem like anyone else has reacted to them. I definitely liked and subscribed!
The car chase scenes in this franchise are absolutely some of the best ever done.
Extreme Ways by Moby at the end is the type of song you put on when you wanna feel badass.
One thing that I realized after a watch or 2, he basically is always ending up holding a handgun after getting in a fight while unarmed.
Yeessss! So happy you are watching this series! Can't wait for all of them!
I have such a vivid memory of me watching this in the cinema when It was new. Me, my mate and his dad was going to watch Tripple X with Vin Diesel but me and my mate got denied by the usher because we were too young. He told us we could watch this Bourne film instead and me and my mate got so fucking bummed out by it but we were like, fuck it might as well. And our wee minds were BLOWN AWAY by this. To this day I love this film.
Hahaha that sounds epic man! The last stunt literally blew me away too.
XXX was the only movie I ever walked out of. It was so bad. As a child I did walk/run out of Ghostbusters and E.T. because I was scared.
@@brianhorn2527 Aye we were so lucky that we were "forced" to watch Bourne instead of xXx!
Matt Damon’s performance made The Martian an instant classic.
I love watching your reviews. You put such a good perspective on all of it. I’m a fan.
I re-watched this trilogy the other night and was wondering why no reactors have done this yet! The definition of action thriller. Non stop all the way through!
Also I forgot to mention that I really love your analyzes, not a lot of filmmakers are doing this kind of reaction. Keep up the good work!
holy shit im so excited for your reactions to the rest of these movies!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
A top three cinema experience for me. Watched it on my birthday with my brother, and there was complete immersion throughout the movie.
This is one of my all time favorite movie series. Your reaction to it was great, I am glad you seemed to enjoy it. I hope you will watch the rest. I look forward to your next video, Keep up the great work.
The greatness in this franchise begins in the next one, The Bourne Supremacy. Paul Greengrass defined the style that will be the reference for Daniel Craig's Bond. Also, in Supremacy John Powell's music is insane. Pure adrenaline. After finishing watching these movies
, my body always needs to get a car and do some crazy shit.
Yeah these movie inspired me to reenact a car chase throughout my city, unfortunately I ran over some grannies but all in good fun! (Jk btw)
I remember seeing the trailer for this movie originally, and I thought to myself Matt Damon is an action hero, really? After watching this movie I couldn’t wait for the next installment. Damon is awesome in these movies.👍
That makes me think of one of my favorite lines from 40 Year Old Virgin: "I used to think Matt Damon was kind of a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one."
@@MattKayser My thought exactly!
One of my all time favourites
I’m really glad you did this one! It’s a film that I sometimes forget about till I see it on a streaming service and then I end up watching it (and the first 2 sequels) over and over. Great performances and there’s something about the early 2000s, European aesthetic that I find really appealing!
This movie kinda set the trend for action hero super mma fighting style.
Which is now pretty widespread in Wick and MI and Bond and a lot of others.
sick insight on 28 days later in relation to this i had never thought about it but it makes sense how they are both some of my favorite films in opposite genres. watch the trilogy its dope! also the insight about the cameramen not only doing the bobblework but capturing their faces were a nice touch, i feel like the next 2 films capture that bobble a lot more in fact i got motion sickness watching the 2nd one in theatres many years ago lol
The Bourne films are one of my favorite trilogies. The Bourne Identity is one of my all time favorite films.
Matt Damon was "Bourne" to play JB!
I think this one is the best, great story and setup.
The music is absolutely fantastic and really sets the mood for the film whether we’re in an action scene or anything else.
The fight scene shakey cam isn’t really present here, they got shakey with the next two movies. The lack of shakey was nice but it did make it obvious that Damon doesn’t know martial arts, the shakey helps cover that but it’s quite chaotic and jarring.
And the cast is always great in this franchise, all the antagonists are perfect.
The sequences with the Mini Minor chase were heavily indebted to the original (Michael Caine version) of The Italian Job, including the move down the stone stairs. Highly recommended film.
Loved this when it came out. As a Bond fan the movies leading up to this were awful. This gave Bond and the genre a huge kick in the ass
Great reaction brotha, such a great possibly under rated series ever, was one of my favorites for a long time
YES!! Please watch the sequels to this as soon as you can! They are GREAT! Can’t wait to see them.✌🏾
Looking forward to seeing your reactions to this series!
The fourth film, made much later, is pretty solid as well :)
By the way, there was/is a prequel TV series to the Bourne franchise... named "Treadstone." I haven't heard of a renewal but the first (and apparently only) season is a 10 good episodes of TV intrigue.
i had no idea about the series, thanks for the info i have to look for those episodes.