What was your favorite 'Bourne Ultimatum' scene?

Gerry Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:53 PM EST

My favorite scene was at the beginning, when Bourne and Paz (London asset) are face to face with the train door in between them... intense.

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Zach Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:32 AM EST

I have never been so much on the edge of my seat as I was when desh was chasing Nikkin before the big fight... i really thought they were going to kill her off!

Chandra Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:53 PM EST

I beg to differ. Basically, it is simply beyond my comprehension how an actor like Matt Damon can even "agree" to act in this movie. The movie is fast paced - who will disagree!! So why has the director/editor/photographer have resorted to the constantly-changing-frames a-la-MTV!!! And you know the height of stupidity ? The camera went still or rather steady during David Strathairn's hairy neck!!! How can you guys like this one - just because "was-there-any-other-thriller-this-summer"!!! I found this flick lousy and one that gives one a headache. The camera has been "put on shoulderS" as if a kid has shot the film!! The camera is NEVER steady. A good and a solid story has been spoilt. HOW can so many people say it is "the ultimate" movie experience?!!! Am I going nuts or what!!

peteypabs Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 04:09 AM EST

the whole waterloo section was thrilling but the most rewarding moment of the whole film is a brief couple seconds AFTER bourne beats down the handful of guys in the train station's hallway to save the reporter. after he pistol-whips the last guy in the face, he pauses before looking up to the corner to find that his frenetic attack was captured on camera. and just as he (and the audience) sees the lens, the editing takes the scene back to new york where vosen and his technicians have just watched the attack in real time along with the audience and are briefly in stunned disbelief. they say something like, "Jesus Christ. someone's with him, that's jason bourne!" the CIA's paralyzed reaction was so satisfying, it's hard to pick the excellent fight scene in moracco or the also excellent deep blue ending over those few, but telling, moments in the train station/war room in london/new york.

monica Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 02:13 PM EST

my personal favorite is actually the end when you see his lifeless body floating in the water and then the music picks up and he flails alive like a newborn, and julia stiles smiles her deviously excited smile.

Tiffany Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 11:42 AM EST

The showdown in the bathroom, worth the price of admission again and again. Good God, best scene ever.

e Sun, Sep 9, 2007 at 09:50 PM EST

slezak, why didn't you live blog the vmas? the non-blog is dreadful.

Martha Sun, Sep 9, 2007 at 06:28 PM EST

Stef and Kirby - just saw your comments. I should read the whole trail before blabbing! ;-)

Martha Sun, Sep 9, 2007 at 06:26 PM EST

All the action scenes were thrilling (especially the one with Desh in Tangier), but my favorite moment in "Bourne Ultimatum" was Bourne's conversation with Noah Voson (sp?) when they think he's going to meet Landy and he's standing in Voson's office. Psych! I just turned to my husband and goggled for a moment.

lonnie Sat, Sep 8, 2007 at 07:39 PM EST

SPOILER ALERT
In a movie with so much great action, the realization that the end of Bourne 2 occurs in the middle of Bourne 3 was pretty clever.

Kid Pepe Sat, Sep 8, 2007 at 11:19 AM EST

The chase scene in the parking garage was great. My favorite part was when the guy says to Noah, "Uh..he just drove off the roof."

Snarf Sat, Sep 8, 2007 at 08:15 AM EST

The scene leading up to the fight was fantastic & suspencefull. There is no hell worse then being in a theater with a TPT mother too stupid/cheap to spring for a babysitter.

donner Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 09:48 PM EST

I loved that fight scene and our audience all gasped/groaned/clapped when the book was jammed in the throat...awesome..

I really liked the 'fake out' scene where Landy lures her boss out of the office, then Bourne breaks into the safe and tells the boss he'd be talking to him face to face - but the commericals and trailers RUINED the surprise...still our audience gave it a good reaction...woulda been better if we hadn't known about it ahead of time, tho...

Rebekah Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 08:16 PM EST

I love the whole sequence in London. When he is hiding throughout the Waterloo Station I was on the edge of my seat.

tyler Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 05:00 PM EST

The end. The perfect way to end a bad-A movie. I wanted to applaud it was so great.

liljoe Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:34 PM EST

the entire bourne & desh scene, from nikki instictively breaking apart her phone as she walked for bourne to be able to track her direction when she knew desh was coming for her to the maybe, (15) minutes of SILENCE that was the chase... it was brilliantly directed & choreographed.
I will agree that nikki's smile at the end was priceless.

FLGrl Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:33 PM EST

Best action scene EVER!

Kirby Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:26 PM EST

I agree, Stef. The whole theater I was at clapped at that part. FTW

ah Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:11 PM EST

This is a fantastic interview by the way. This guy was really interesting!

Winona Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:07 PM EST

Seeing as I am purposely waiting for this one to come out on DVD (since seeing the second one in the theatre literally made me motion-sick), I have no favorite moment yet. But if it involves Matt Damon in a thrilling scene, I'll call that one my favorite.

PoliB Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 03:01 PM EST

Oh man, I loved the chase scene in the parking garage, especially when he drove off the mf'ing roof! Now THAT'S superbad.

Crystal Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 01:47 PM EST

My fav scene was actually the sequence before this of Desh hunting Nikki and Bourne tracking both of them. As it went by, minute by minute I kept getting more and more agitated (in a good way).

The great thing about the Bourne movies is you NEVER know, so part of me thought Desh was going to kill her because Jason wouldn't get there in time.

SO suspenseful and I can imagine a logistical nightmare to shoot.

Johnny Utah Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 01:08 PM EST

When Bourne smashes dude's face with a book and then beats him up in a tiny bathroom! Awesome! Best Movie of The Summer!!!

Heather Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 01:01 PM EST

My favorite scene was when Bourne was giving Simon the reporter instructions in the train station. Not a lot of action, necessarily, but quite tense and thrilling nonetheless.

thwarted Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 12:45 PM EST

When he jumped through the window. I want the DVD now, just so I can see that scene again and again.

nathan Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 12:35 PM EST

The clever scene near the beginning in which Bourne and his contact continually avoid their pursuers by using different phones and constantly being on the move. That one or the end scene in the Hudson River with that great Moby song.

Lauren Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 12:24 PM EST

I agree, the fight scene with Desh was amazing, and the Waterloo scene was just as thrilling.

Katie Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 12:22 PM EST

I don't want to spoil anything, but let me just say that the smile that Julia Stiles gives at the end was fantastic.

Debbie Downer Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 12:06 PM EST

I don't know why, but the Bourne movies just don't do it for me. I love Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon (the whole cast, really). But I guess the movie takes itself just a bit too seriously for my tastes. Sometimes a movie needs a little more than fancy equipment, fancy action scenes, and fancy setups (and acting, for that matter). I do, however, agree that it's better than most of the other action crap out there (Rush Hour 3, War, even Transformers). I'd see BU over any of those.

jonathan Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM EST

Waterloo was the best, hands down. I've never seen a three-way chase scene like that before. And the way Bourne instructed him and took out other agents along the way was shocking. Loved the shoe tying part.

Stef Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 11:42 AM EST

Gotta say I loved the part where he tricked Vosen into saying his name and then informed him that if he were in his office they'd been having the conversation face to face. I didn't see the previews so for me it was a big shock!

LisaMama Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 11:30 AM EST

SPOILER ALERT
The Bourne/Desh sequence was awesome. I also loved the scene with Pamela Landry at the end where she helps Bourne (the coded address) and faxes the damning info about the bad guy. And Bourne surviving that building plunge - wow!

Heleno Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 11:29 AM EST

Waterloo sequence, all the way. Smart, kinetic and absolutely edge-of-the-seat stuff - everything Bourne's about.

Ceballos Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 11:10 AM EST

LOVED the fight between Bourne and Desh, but my favorite scene/sequence, by far, was the train station sequence with Bourne trying to keep Paddy Considine's journalist safe from the CIA operatives...ingenous and fantastic.

Bourne/Desh is second and for me third place goes to the very end, which I won't spoil, but cleverly ties up the series all the way to its beginning.

Actually GeeMoney, the fact that Bourne could be in such brutal car accidents and walk away relatively unscathed was the ONE little teensy problem I had with the movie.

GeeMoney Fri, Sep 7, 2007 at 10:59 AM EST

Oh, I totally agree. The scene between Bourne and Desh was by far one of the best scenes in the movie. The car accident at the end of the movie (reminiscent of the second one) was pretty awesome, too. Bourne is one bad a** dude. Who knew someone could survive all of those car accidents, not to mention, walk away from them?