10 things I learned from this movie
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IronMary — 12 years ago(May 27, 2013 02:33 PM)
Completely agree with point #6 (I haven't read your other points, but I'm sure they are fine too). Thing is, having a life like that- your only goal is to kill the person you are after and if you fail, you die. They're 'objects' the whole movie was to show how they were all being used and none of them were to really think about who they were killing and WHY. So yeah, he killed himself, otherwise, the people who sent him would have done so. Why would you continue to give work to someone who fails the task AND they all had different identities, so even if he did kill himself in public, it would never be known that he was a spy/killer.
Also, he couldn't have known "oh, Bourne has no memory of anything, blah blah blah."
It IS a smart movie and I never get tired of it. Really has the answer to many questions
EDIT: This post was in response to RogueFighter's original post on this thread - your list vs. OP. Just wanted to make that clear since it shows up as a reply to your second post -
Darvidd — 11 years ago(October 04, 2014 12:18 PM)
I take it you know nothing of firearms-even the sort of pistol a bodyguard would be packing (let alone something heavier) will kill at 100 metres/yards-the rounds had barely broken the skin-Bourne would have to have been standing on shore to have suffered so little damage to his 'centre of mass'.
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hexedd — 13 years ago(March 26, 2013 09:38 PM)
No, sbattey is just speaking the truth. Nothing in this movie made any sense at all. He's just interpreting a bit too literally. It's a spy movie, they never make sense or are realistic at all. That didn't ruin anything for me. It reminded me of Ronin, it was very stylish and well done. Even if a lot of the plot didn't make sense, that doesn't matter. Clearly I wasn't going into this movie expecting it to be a paragon of realism.
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erictopp — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 04:57 AM)
- Super spies can travel from France to Switzerland without any travel documents or ID.
- Super spies leave all their money, passports and guns in a Swiss bank before they go on a mission to kill someone.
- Super spies can remember car license plates but not the number of their Swiss bank account.
- Super spies never conceal their appearance when on the run but make sure that their female companions change their hair style.
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Lucy9596 — 13 years ago(March 31, 2013 03:37 PM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement
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Havgar — 12 years ago(July 01, 2013 02:21 PM)
I can personally attest that you require absolutely no papers whatsoever to cross the border between France and Switzerland. No one checks anything, you can walk right through (the checkpoint infrastructure is still in place but it is no longer in use).
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cliff_niblr031 — 12 years ago(December 18, 2013 10:51 AM)
@ jokerd92 - I wish I had read your post before I watched Legacy and Skyfall.
Nothing against Jeremy Renner, but Legacy immediately felt that the film makers were just milking the Bourne series for all its worth, and what they came up with was pretty bad.
Skyfall sheesh. I don't even know where to begin with this one. The laundry list of problems that I had with this film would take up way too much space and honestly who would want to type all of that?
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Iceman373 — 12 years ago(July 11, 2013 04:07 PM)
Your post is ridiculous. I'll address a couple of these.
Number 4.
The ladder wasn't complete and it was along way down. Just because he broke the lock doesn't mean he left that way. The guy looked, didn't see him anywhere and continued his search. Very reasonable.
Number 6.
The guy was probably suicidal as it was and didn't care to live. He didn't want to be tortured by Bourne into giving information when he could just kill himself.
Number 9.
He did lay there for awhile as if unconscious for a few seconds before getting up. I am sure it's unlikely that that would happen in real life but I am sure it's possible if everything goes right.
Number 10.
Bourne did say it was hard to find her. You could tell he was very smart throughout the film so it is very reasonable that he used his "following a trail" skills to find her. And if you ask, "Why couldn't the people hunting Bourne find her?" Well Bourne did tell the guy that she was dead.
BTW, it's "assassin." Not "super spy." -
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spookyrat1 — 12 years ago(December 29, 2013 01:33 PM)
He may have Cliff. I was surprised to find out on another thread that Swiss banks
do
hand out free shoulder bags for that sort of thing. If you remember, Bourne walks into the safe deposit room in nothing but his clothes and carrying nothing with him, but walks out with the red shoulder bag.
