Written by Old Bluffer 19th Aug 2007
Written by Mad Movie Mathew
When Bourne goes to his apartment in Paris, the friendly concierge lets him in after Bourne says that he's forgotten his key. After Castel's attack, Bourne rushes Marie down the stairs, where they see that Castel has killed the concierge by shooting her in the head.
Now normally, this would be fine, but think about this: Castel swung in through the window and did not come in from downstairs. So that would mean he walked in, killed the concierge, walked right back out, climbed up to the roof and swung in to fight Bourne, which makes no sense whatsoever. Put simply: a pointless death from the extra "ewww!" factor.
Heh, I don't remember this at all, but look forwards to rewatching the film to see it.
I thought you'd labelled the sequence numbers wrong when I saw who the killer was as well
That's because you don't see until afterward.
I think this the best example of a really pointless death. It just makes zero sense.
Actually, I think he killed her, got up the stairs to the roof, and then jumped back. I could be wrong...
If that was the case, why didn't he go through the front door instead of going in through the window? I have to say that Castel is a bit of an idiot, considering that by swinging through the window firing a machine gun, not only is he bypassing subtlety (remember Conklin's boys are hired because they "don't exist" - i.e. sneak up on people) but he's using a method that makes it pretty clear a third party was in the room - "gee, I wonder why there are several holes in the ceiling in addition to the huge number in our two victims... And why is the window broken?"
The more you think about it, the more ridiculous it becomes.