based on book, HORRIBLE!*SPOILER*?

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2002)

This movie alone was great. However, i read the book beforehand, and I don't think they should've even called the movie "The Bourne Identity." I don't know, maybe movies don't always follow books that well, but they should at least a little. Ok, I admit, he had a chip in his hip with his bank account number, his name was Jason Bourne (it wasn't even that in the book-later you find out that it was David Webb), his girl's name was Marie (even though she had a much huger part in the book), and Treadstone was mentioned. Oh yeah, and he had amnesia. That's about all that is the same. If you have read the book, get ready to be appalled. None of the places he goes to are the same, none of the people, except Abbott and Conklin, and I didn't even hear their names mentioned in the movie, i had to look online. Other than the fact that it had nothing to do with the book (Carlos wasn't even mentioned!), it was a good movie. Damon did the role wonderfully, and looked like he knew what he was doing in the action scenes. He was the perfect "chameleon," as the book says. Could look like a normal person. If you want to read the book, read it, it is wonderful. If you do, be prepared for the movie. I realize they couldn't have put all 535 pages in, but they could've put a lot more. If you don't want to read it, then see the movie! It is wonderful!