Friday, October 24, 2008

Video Comparison

The following is a short clip from the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum"

A Brief Description About the Bourne Series
In the Bourne movie series, a former assassin who worked for the CIA known as Jason Bourne (real name: David Webb) had lost his memory while on an assassination mission. During the Bourne series, his memories haunt him as he tries to uncover his past.

A Brief Description About The Video (Above)
The video above is a short clip from the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum" . The video shows Simon Rose (the person who got shot in the head by the sniper) being attacked because he knows about the top secret assassination program in the CIA. Jason Bourne (the person who protects Simon) is trying to find out who gave Simon the information about the assassination program so that he could uncover his past. As the CIA finds out that Bourne is there helping Simon, they believe he is the source providing Simon with the information and immediately orders another assassin to take them both out.

In the video, a sniper was given instructions to take out 2 people. He didn't know anything about the two people that he had to kill, nor did he know why he has to kill them and all he got was a photo of what they looked like. This relates to the text because just like in war, you're forced to take a side and you will have to stick with it and kill whoever is on the other side, even if you don't know who they are or what they did. Like in the story, the sniper didn't know he was shooting at his own brother, all he knew was that he had to kill him. The difference between the video and the story is however, that the sniper in the video at least got a photo was who he was supposed to kill. This way he could recognize if the person was one of his family member.

Video exclusively edited and posted by Gary

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