"The Bourne Identity" is one of more entertaining movies

"The Bourne Identity" is one of more entertaining movies. I watched it today for the second time or third time and I didn't mind that.

1. One can relate to Jason Bourne(the main character) than other hero in other spy action movies(if one can ever relate to).

1.2. Jason Bourne is a pretty lonely character. He has no recollection of the past. He later remembers what happened to him three weeks ago, but that's pretty much all he can remember. Sense of loss is something many can relate to in this modern age.

1.3. He has about a dozen passports, but it only symbolizes that none of passwords represents him. He has no identity.

1.4. We learn very little about him even after we finish watching the movie. Narrative is not forced. Not too many stories are forced into 2 hours. The amount of information provided is sufficient, and that creates a good balance.

2. His company, Marie Helena Kreutz, is not one of those glamorous women who look like a model. Franka Potente who plays Marie Helena Kreutz is very pretty, but in "The Bourne Identity", she is not portrayed as a glamorous woman but she is rather portrayed as a girl who doesn't belong anywhere and has no possession. She becomes a very special person to Jason Bourne, but not to anyone else, that makes it a love story that many people can relate to.

3. Many scenes are shot in Europe. "The Bourne Identity" does not try too hard to make Europe look glamorous, and it portrays Europe more like a background. And this works better than most Hollywood movies in my opinion. Hollywood movies typically portray Europe as the most glamorous and beautiful part of the world; however, that essentially causes those movies to fail to portray Europe as a place where regular people live, not always glamorous but regular place(at least to those who live there). "The Bourne Identity" does not make the same mistake.

Over all, "The Bourne Identity" is a very entertaining movie. I watched "The Bourne Supremacy", the sequel and it is an entertaining movie, too. I guess I'll write about it some time ...