Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
I read one of them, believe it was called Bourne Supremacy, or something like that. Those books are insanely addictive.Originally Posted by Maguspk
That's the sequel to Identity I believe. You read it without reading the previous one though? That's interesting. But ya, they're addictive haha.Originally Posted by Kiro
yes its a great book look forward to 2 more in the series
Both movies are really awesome, and their soundtracks are the best ones ever made for a movie imo. Matt Damon is a pretty damn nice actor.
The movies were actually made from the books by Robert Ludlum, and the third movie is planned for next year (I think):
1. The Bourne Identity
2. The Bourne Supremacy
3. The Bourne Ultimatum
Didn't read the books myself, but most of the time, books are alot better than movies (and movies rock!).
I was aware that there was a three book story going on but I was just wondering if anyone else had read them. I saw the first movie and had the book long before it was made, but I never read it. After seeing the first movie I was inspired to pick up the book which I owned for such a long time and decided to read it. It's really great, like the action is nonstop and the character is such an easy one to bond with because he learns everything about himself at the same time you do. It's so good lol. Like when he randomly starts doing some form of karate and shouting oriental words as he mortally wounds 3 of his co-workers after a brawl on the deck of a boat. Or when he's in the butcher shop and does all the stuff a very professional at intrusion would do to discover the butcher cheating on his wife and steal all his stuff. He's just a kewl character all around :DOriginally Posted by Lylie
Now I want to buy the books so bad >.> lol
I honestly couldn't find the first one at a book store, and I wasn't gonna order a new one online when I'd finish reading it in two days. I have both movies so I figured it'd be okay to skip the first and head into the second one. I kinda regret that now, because the book was fantastic. I'd read it again if I could find it.Originally Posted by Maguspk
I bought mine from a local library when I lived in New Fairfield, Connecticut. It was like 3.50, and it's paperback. It's old too, but it's still in good shape and it's a great read. ^.^Originally Posted by Kiro
there's a 4th book called "The Bourne Legacy" but it's not written by ludlum though i think? not sure
3rd pty sequel? people do that lol?Originally Posted by GRT
The movies sucked compared to how well told the books are. They skipped about 30% of the books scenes in that movie and cut out A LOT of plot.Originally Posted by Lylie
but ya I liked the movies but prefered the books.
There was an original Bourne movie made a while ago w/ Robert Redford that owned. The story in it was pretty similar to the new Matt Damon series, but kinda more expanded w/ a different twist on the plot.
Do you even still play?Originally Posted by sephir
Friend of mine said that the books and the movies in this series are almost totally different. I tried a Ludlum book once, but didn't get into it very well. When it comes to geo-political thrillers, I guess I'm just a Clancy guy.
Yeah, The Bourne Legacy is a sequel of the Bourne trilogy in the 90s, written by Eric Van Lustbader, it was published in 2004. The man is also writing The Bourne Trajectory which will be the 5th book of the Bourne saga.Originally Posted by GRT
Don't know if they're any good, maybe someone here read it?
The only things the bourne movies share with the books is this:
1) The titles
2) A guy named Jason Bourne, who lost his memory
And that's about it.
The movies are great movies in their own right, but as adaptations of the books they're horrible. They left out the major plot points of the books, removed key characters and drastically downplayed the relationships between the characters that they did leave in.
I read the 4th Bourne book, and it's well done, the style is very similar to Robert Ludlum's. It addressed some past issues brought up throughout the original books and was a pretty entertaining read. I hadn't heard of a 5th book, but I'll keep an eye out for it.