The Bourne Ultimatum - Preview

Yeah, while the greasy Pierce Bronson was faffing about with invisible cars and cheesy chat-up lines, Matt Damon and Bourne snuck in and stole the show. Identity and Supremacy were top spy films - they give those silly Bronson flicks like Tomorrow Can't Die Yesterday or whatever a real kick in the nuts. But that's all changed now there's a new direction with Daniel Craig. Casino Royale beats Bourne and Brosnan hands down!

bourna the best .i want know no where the dvd is please.

the thing that sets bourne apart from bond is the fact that bond has all those gadgets and other people to help him. bourne does not have that. bourne has to think on his feet. he doesn't have the high tech cars, or any of that. thats why i think bourne is a better character than bond.

meh, Bond was the standard, so it' always fun to throw rotten vegetables at the king. I'm 37 and got to see much of the Bonds as they were released. It was always a bit tacky & gimmicky and I think it was difficult to get away from that trend in the series. The Bourne movie series had the benefit of starting fresh w/out the baggage. And so far, I've been satisfied by the two Bourne movies released. He's MacGyver w/out the exploding/compass/laser pen from Q, he's not a tacky ladies man, he fights like a UFC champ, he doesn't speak like a Shwarzenegger/Stallone/BWillis/Snipes voice enhanced action figure, he's smart and diplomatic & doesn't pull the gun first like the other action cowboys. The stories hold up (even tho they don't follow books, Ludlum's were good, books & movies are apples & oranges anyway), and the visuals & audio are great. I prefer the Bourne series b/c I think it's smarter & better put together.

Hey mooks Bourne didn't do it first, Bond did. Bourne doesn't do it better, Bond does. Watch a Sean Connery Bond flick people you'll know what I'm talking about. Or has everyone already forgotten "From Russia With Love"?

BTW: Casino Royale kicked ass! And Daniel Craig is no pale shadow, much less Matt fuckin' Damon's!

I have been waiting for this movie to come out for more than two years now.
I am incredibly excited about its impending release, minus one large fact.

Looking at the cast members and their characters, the Jackal seems to be missing.

I know they deviated from the books in Supremacy, but the Jackal is one of the most compelling villians of all time. The fact that in the books he was Bourne before there ever was a Bourne is great. Bourne was only created to hunt down the Jackal in the first place.

If you read the third book, you'll admit that you kept reading in large part because you kept waiting for the final fight scene between Bourne and Carlos (the Jackal) I waited three books for the scene.

With the obvious deviation from the second book, you could have added the Jackal in the third movie and maybe even have made him a former CIA assasin gone rouge or something. Maybe he wants to hunt down Bourne to finally end Treadstone. With the Jackal out of the way, Bourne could finally get his peace. This would fit into the plot of him trying to find his past and being hunted down by agents and assasins.

They really should have plugged him into the movie. I hope there is still consideration, because the movie will be lacking without the greatest assasin of all time- Carlos The Jackal.

holy crap im incredibly excited about this movie. ive always loved the other two, and the soundtracks are incredible as well, john powell made an incredible theme, oh man i want some of this movie right now

Bond! Better than Bourne? Yeah may be if your target audience include freshmans.

JB? --> crap!
After watching Bourne nobody thinks that Bourne used the same initials as Bond. However why do most of the critics and analyzers keep uttering Bourne after watching Bond? --> Because Bond couldn't replicate Bourne, successfully.

I used to like Bond movies when they were originals but after watching Casino Royale I wasn't happy the way the movie was made. Bond's domain was casual entertainment where you do not have to think a lot while watching the movie. Bond was for dummies.

Bourne's domain is enthused entertainment/attentive entertainment. The directors have done it well and you simply cannot deny that in terms of quality, Bourne is probably the best and the most sophisticated spy of all times.

I am happy for Daniel Craig though, who did a great job as Bond. Nothing against him. He deserves 8/10 for his work. In terms of effort, both Craig and Damon have answered well to the tasks thrown at them.

Nope, I didn't "bash" Bourne. I pointed out what's been pointed out numerous times elsewhere.....that Bourne and Bauer both use Bond's initials. How exactly is that bashing? It's also been pointed out numerous times in the print media and on the net that Bourne and Bauer were obviously inspired by Bond.

I made no negative comments about Damon or Sutherland, nor did I call their characters a pale shadow of Bond. Unlike the comments about Craig and his Bond being called inferior to Bourne here. I enjoy Bourne and Bond, but it's only fair to point out that Bond was there first and he's still going strong. And I still submit there's plenty of room for both.

Chris, you just bashed Bourne to make Bond look better. Hello pot! Meet kettle!

Face facts, Casino Royale wishes it could be Bourne. How much money makes no matter in talking which is better. It is valid comparison. Bourne is the bomb.

Jason Bourne.....a spy whose initials are J.B., just like James Bond. Jack Bauer uses Bond's initials too. So they aren't entirely being original themselves. Bond was first and as Casino Royale has grossed $530,000,000 plus worldwide as of now, people still like having him around. No need to bash Bond just to try the make Bourne look greater. There appears to be room for them both and that's wonderful for fans of each.