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Posted by KayDawg on 01-31-2003 06:19 AM:

wowzers..the bourne identity

racked in over 22 million dollars from rentals
that's a new record

i saw this on the ticker news thingie of headline news

Posted by dc_man on 01-31-2003 07:15 AM:

It's a good movie, I have it on DVD I recommend.

Posted by hooah_punk on 01-31-2003 03:26 PM:

bah, movie blew compared to the book

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Posted by dc_man on 01-31-2003 04:51 PM:

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Originally posted by hooah_punk
bah, movie blew compared to the book

So Im told.

All you damn people stop reading books

that way when you see the possible Book->Movie you have nothing to be dissapointed about.

Posted by The CandyMan on 01-31-2003 07:32 PM:

Books are much, much, much better than movies when it comes to telling a story. I've always have read a lot, enjoy everything from sci-fi to thrillers to horror to drama. Just finished a novel by Stephen Frey, and the newest one from John Grisham, plus re-read a star wars book.

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Posted by sirspankalot on 01-31-2003 09:55 PM:

the bourne identity movie was completely different than the book. i read the book right before the movie came out and i was all pumped to see a great book made into a great movie. i was pissed as hell after that movie, it could have been so much better if they had spent some time writing a decent screenplay for that book.

Posted by commiewop on 01-31-2003 11:05 PM:

i'm more curious to know if the made for tv movie of it from 1989 ish as any good

Posted by sirspankalot on 02-01-2003 03:36 AM:

the made for tv movie was closer to the book than the recent movie, but it still sucked.

Posted by SINZAR on 02-01-2003 05:12 AM:

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Originally posted by sirspankalot
it could have been so much better if they had spent some time writing a decent screenplay for that book.

lol i read in entertainment weekly way back when the movie was about to be released that they spent like a whole lot of years re-writing it trying to get it perfect.

i personally loved it, but i never read the book so i cant compare the two

Posted by southparktvma on 02-01-2003 07:25 PM:

anyone watch the alternate ending? it's fucking gay and like 20 seconds long

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Posted by KayDawg on 02-02-2003 03:21 AM:

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Originally posted by southparktvma
anyone watch the alternate ending? it's fucking gay and like 20 seconds long

nah..but do you really expect them to shoot a fancy scene and spend more money on production for it? :}

anyways..I saw themovie a couple weeks ago..and it kicked some major bootay

movies are never as good as books it seems...especially the JP Series(1 & 2) dunno if 3 even had a book.but it sucked anyways

but the reason they change them so much is for a wider audience..the people who read the books may like a book version more, but for those unfamiliar w/the book and the details they choose to appease

Posted by NetMatrix on 02-13-2003 03:14 AM:

If you read the book then the movie sucked.
If you didnt read the book then the movie was great.

Simularities between book and movie:
character names, amnesia, uuummm....thats about it.

Differances between book and movie:
EVERYTHING ELSE. bourne doesnt even want to find out who he really is in the movie, bourne is supposed to be older, marie is supposed to be a canadian economist, WHERE IS CARLOS, bourne speaks like 5 languages in the book, also no mention of his previous family.

they could of done much better on the movie but this is what happens when you hire a idiot for a screen writer/director. Photography was great and so was the scenery.

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