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Most stupid thing in the movie

posted 8 years ago by lindewell
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The whole movie is a big joke, with plot holes and nonsense everywhere but the most absurd thing that happens is when the hitman/assets missed the target because of Bourne and decides to flee. That already didn't make much sense since he was obsessed with killing Bourne, him running away was out of character. But the worse is that instead of leaving the place incognito, he decides to hijack a SWAT truck and ram into every possible vehicle LOL. Like he wanted every policeman to know where he is, and Bourne in particular. That was so dumb, it looked like they wanted a car chase so bad, they didn't bother finding a reason for it, they just made their stupid car chase.

[–] willywonkasrevenge 8 years ago

I see your car chase and raise...

"Use SQL to corrupt their databases."

I should have just turned it off right there.
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[–] NotASpeckOfCereal 7 years ago

"Use SQL to corrupt their databases."

HA! Yes.

Those of you not viewing the film with subtitles might have missed it. It's low spoken dialog near the start of the film when she first wanders into the hacker camp.

Either they didn't hire competent tech advisors, or didn't listen to them.

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[–] willywonkasrevenge 7 years ago

By the way, I gotta get one of those SWAT trucks. He smashed through dozens of other cars and it didn't even break a headlight or scratch the paint. Kind of odd it was taken out when it ran into a slot machine, though...

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[–] lindewell 7 years ago

I noted people complained about the truck ramming too many vehicles, but that was insignificant next to the idea of getting away with that truck. If he had taken the subway or the bus he would have vanished. And that guy was angry at Bourne, why does he chicken out?

[–] willywonkasrevenge 7 years ago

Oh, I'm totally with you. Shockingly poor writing.

In the first movie, Bourne spends weeks researching the yacht and making it look like an inside job so he won't draw attention.

In this one, his super-psycho counterpart kills everything in sight out in the open without a care in the world.

Contrast that with Bourne Identity. The other Treadstone agent (at the farmhouse) actually seemed human when he briefly bonded with Bourne right before he died in the field.

The one that really bothered me was how easily they picked up Nikki using the facial recognition software while she was traveling at the beginning, but Bourne hung out in train stations, subway platforms, and airports the whole movie but never got picked up. I realize the CIA girl was helping him in Vegas at the end, so I'll give them a pass on that one. But the rest of the movie he is all over the world on mass transit without a problem and they were specifically looking for him.

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[–] loopinthoughts 7 years ago

Maybe because the director told him to be discreet and not to bring attention to the agency setting up the assassination. So he had to run and not get caught since this assassination was not even an official CIA task but of the director's personal doing.

[–] Argyle302 7 years ago

Yes, that was one tough slot machine that stopped that "unstoppable" SWAT truck! Ha ha ha

[–] fjk1138-731-161881 7 years ago

That car chase was impossible in so many ways, and even more impossible is how they both walked away from it unscathed to go have a major hand to hand fight, only to have the cops manage to arrive just in time for Bourne to slip away. Just plain stupid.

[–] lunga 7 years ago

After "Okay people, we have a major breach of a class 5 main-frame..." at about the 14 minute mark, it was all downhill from there.

[–] willywonkasrevenge 7 years ago

I bet they feel pretty stupid not paying a little extra for the class 6 mainframe, huh?

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[–] paulsdhart (277) 3 years ago

"But the worse is that instead of leaving the place incognito, he decides to hijack a SWAT truck and ram into every possible vehicle LOL. Like he wanted every policeman to know where he is,"

I thought the same, (and he stabbed that swat guy too)