Comments on: ‘Bourne’ again …

By: Mike Mendoza

Mike Mendoza — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:28:23 +0000

Children of Men was based on a nongraphic novel by PD James.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:26:22 +0000

You know, I’d forgotten that. I thought it was above ground though, but they ended up below in the lecture halls or something? LOL, too long ago. I was young and willing to read anything back then 😉 .

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:46:05 +0000

Book 2 was okay, but in Book 3 when Bourne was playing cat-and-mouse with the other assassin in that underground Russian replica of a U.S. city … that was a little too unrealistic, even for me, the girl who loves James Bond movies and The A-Team. 😎

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:44:45 +0000

LOL, I totally loved the whole series. I am completely capable of suspending all disbelief if the payoff is a good read, so books two and three were fine with me 🙂 .

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:02:58 +0000

Hi, Michelle. Oh no. The books don’t rememble the movies at all. The first book and movie are sort of alike, but after that, they take major detours from each other. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, though. I always thought the second and third books really stretched the bounds of believability.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:07:15 +0000

Jennifer, I liked the first and second Bourne movies, and I’ll definitely see the third. My main hurdle was getting over the fact that the movies are nothing like the books at all. Completely and utterly different. Treadstone and the name Jason Bourne are all they have in common. Once I was able to deal with that disappointment and take the movies as something totally on their own, I thoroughly enjoyed them.

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:35:09 +0000

Edie — I agree with you. I think the second and third movies suffer a little bit because Matt Damon doesn’t have Marie to lighten him up.

And telling the bad guy you’re in his office wasn’t the smartest thing to do. But still, I really liked Bourne. I’m such a fangirl … 😎

Mike — If you like lots of action, you should like Bourne. Haven’t seen Children of Men. That’s the one with Clive Owen, based on the graphic novel, right?

By: Mike Mendoza

Mike Mendoza — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:59:41 +0000

I’ve heard lots of good things about this movie, even from people who aren’t typically into spy thrillers (like my sister). I’ll have to check this out.

As for my favorite movie of the year, so far that’s Children of Men.

By: Edie

Edie — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:39:38 +0000

The first Bourne movie was terrific, the second was okay, this last was good, but…it was like one long chase movie. It kept me tense almost the whole time–although about 2/3 through, it got a little ridiculous. But I would have liked to see Bourne use his wits more and do something to surprise me. Once I left the show, I pretty well forgot it.

I’ll see Becoming Jane this weekend with a friend. My husband doesn’t want to go. I don’t know why. 😆

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:34:16 +0000

They really are good movies, especially if you like spy movies or just some good action scenes. I’d definitely recommend them. 😎