A movie that is both really good, and really bad

Rating: 6/10 (7 November 2004)

Okay, this was a good spy movie, of the traditional kind, but still up to date. And the sequel is even better, and a bit more true to the books. And if I never read the books, I would give them a vote of 6 for the first one, and 7 for the second.
The books. Therein lay my problem with the Bourne movies. Almost nothing from the books have made it into the movies. And what little there is, they have messed around with until it is almost unrecognizable. It is a great shame, and a travesty to the genius works of Robert Ludlum. If he were alive today, he would have been steaming mad!
I wish for once they would make a movie that did justice to the Bourne books. That would have been the father of all action dramas!
But if you never read the books, these movies are well worth watching. This is surprisingly enough, much thanks to really good acting from Matt Damon. I have never really liked Damon as an actor. He never seem to be able to connect with his character. But in the Bourne movies, he for the first time really impresses me. Especially in the second movie, where he simply IS Jason Bourne.