All 3 Uses of

banal
in
The Bourne Supremacy

A banality, Mr Undersecretary.†
Chpt 7 *

banality = something that is uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

For a reason as banal as it was pointless — and entirely too familiar.†
Chpt 16

banal = uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

Of course, I accepted his banalities as a rather amateurish attempt at...at statecraft, as my former husband phrased it.†
Chpt 18

banalities = things that are uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

Definition:

uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

Pronunciation: Banal is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.