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After James Bond, xXx, and other over-the-top action flicks like Ballistic, it's really refreshing to see a movie like The Bourne Identity. Sometimes it's hard to become engaged in action sequences where everything is so unrealistic that you end up thinking more about the sheer implausability of the situation, rather than the situation itself. In this sense, then, The Bourne Identity is a pretty restrained action movie, but I think the action comes off here as more interesting than in a lot of other movies, because it's more-or-less plausible and realistic.
On second thought, though, it's probably not completely appropriate to classify this as an action movie. The concept of an "action movie", to me, implies a movie that focus on action as a centrepiece, with the storyline only supporting a series of action sequences of varying degrees of quality. In The Bourne Identity however, action scenes play out as a result of the plot, and so the action isn't really the main focus.
Anyway, this is a pretty entertaining movie. As I mentioned above, it's a story-driven film, and the story itself is a little thin in spots. But the idea is cool, and the execution is really good. I also think it's nice to see a fairly "regular guy" like Matt Damon playing the super-deadly secret agent.
A solid, entertaining movie (but not a whole lot more than that).
Anybody who has read the book will be thoroughly disappointed in this movie, or at least I was. Yeah, I know that books are always better but this movie changed the whole story. It only portrays bourne's involvement with the government, which is only half (or less than) of the real story where he's actually trying to catch someone else, who is never even mentioned in the movie. In the book the government conflict seems to be just something to keep him from going back home...Definitely a good book though, and if you've seen the movie... don't worry it hasn't spoiled anything. Even the ending is diferent.
Yeah, I've heard about this (haven't read the book though).
I guess it's really not too much of an issue that they changed lots of things from the book (and I hear they changed *lots*). I mean, I think the movie certainly stands on its own as a really good movie. But I can also see how people who were familiar with the book might be taken aback by the changes they made. Maybe it would've been a much better idea to give the movie and its characters completely different names, and just acknowledge that it was "based on" the book The Bourne Identity.
But then again, I guess that would probably cause some problems with the sequels that'll no-doubt be made in the near future (if they plan to base them of some of Ludlum's other novels). :-)
Honestly, I preferred the movie to the book.
Robert Ludlum's dialogue is terrible. I mean REALLY terrible. The story was interesting, but everytime a character spoke it generally felt forced.
But everyone's opinion is different, right? :)
Aaron
Actaully I did notice that about the book too. The romantic scenes were especially awful... I was really hoping they would do better with them in the movie, which I guess they did.. by cutting out most of the dialogue.
Funny.. I am doing the same…reading! I have been wrkniog on some projects around the house (from my “honey please fix” list…. that has been ignored…so I am doing them)…..and when I take a break or finish for the day…sitting down with a good book has been great (and often I am too tired to do much else!)Lots of favorite authors…. mainly mysteries…David Baldacci, Dan Brown, James Lee Burke, Stephen Cannell, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Deaver, Monica Ferris, Tess Gerritsen, Faye Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman, James Patterson, Kathy Reichs, John Sanford, Stuart Woods
Funny.. I am doing the same…reading! I have been wrkniog on some projects around the house (from my “honey please fix” list…. that has been ignored…so I am doing them)…..and when I take a break or finish for the day…sitting down with a good book has been great (and often I am too tired to do much else!)Lots of favorite authors…. mainly mysteries…David Baldacci, Dan Brown, James Lee Burke, Stephen Cannell, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Deaver, Monica Ferris, Tess Gerritsen, Faye Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman, James Patterson, Kathy Reichs, John Sanford, Stuart Woods
Funny.. I am doing the same…reading! I have been wrkniog on some projects around the house (from my “honey please fix” list…. that has been ignored…so I am doing them)…..and when I take a break or finish for the day…sitting down with a good book has been great (and often I am too tired to do much else!)Lots of favorite authors…. mainly mysteries…David Baldacci, Dan Brown, James Lee Burke, Stephen Cannell, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Deaver, Monica Ferris, Tess Gerritsen, Faye Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman, James Patterson, Kathy Reichs, John Sanford, Stuart Woods
JD, since I read mstloy fiction, I thought I would recommend a couple of superb writers for you, Vince Flynn who has the Mitch Rapp series and Nelson DeMille who has written fabulous novels for over a quarter century. I just picked up Baldacci’s latest and have read them all. But once in a while I venture over to non fiction and I am almost finished with Walter Isaacson’s bio of Steve Jobs which is amazing.
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