The Bourne Identity (TV Miniseries)
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Movie Reviews of The Bourne Identity (TV Miniseries)
Movie Review: BOURNE to be re-make..........
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen this tv-miniseries version of Robert Ludlum's bestselling novel many times, that I can actually say the lines and the dialogue in most scenes. However, that doesnt stop me from buying the new dvd version -- one plus, is having a new cover with Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith. The first one that came out is just plain white cover and the second version is just an artwork. So, this cover version for one is worth collecting. This version came out in 1988 and became a big hit worldwide in rental video and in some countries, it was released theatrically. Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith, I must say, did an excellent job in this movie. Jaclyn Smith was a revelation in this movie. Well, she and Richard Chamberlain are well known-as the King and Queen of the Miniseries genre, but this is Jaclyn's first foray to the action/thriller mold and she's very good at it. There's no high-popping special effects nor high-tech flying action scenes, but this movie delivers what an espionage thriller should be. It will hold you from start to finish. It's a non-stop gripping action thriller and the photography and the musical score are absolutely fantastic.
A big thumbs up and worth watching again and again!
Movie Review: This is the only REAL film version of the Bourne Identity...
Summary: 5 Stars
Ignore the recent Matt Damon/Franke Potente GenX-ified bastardization of Robert Ludlum's wonderful book because the Richard Chamberlain/Jaclyn Smith version is the only version that actually faithfully adheres to core details and elements of the novel. If you really want to appreciate the Jason Bourne Series, read the trilogy, and then go out and buy this DVD. There isn't enough space here to recommend the mini-series highly enough or to explain just how thorough and horrid a mutilation the recent film really is of both the characters and the story.Movie Review: Pretty darn good for a "made for tv" movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I just spent 17 bucks going to see the 2002 release of this story. Had I known it was going to be so bad I would have spent the money buying this on tape. I remember watching this when it first ran on tv, and I agree with most of the current online reviews. Considering it was done when it was done and for the medium it was done in, it wasn't a bad production at all. I loved the book and was very intertained by the mini series. The current release is a farce and I hope that I can save a few people some money. Get this on tape and stay home on the couch. The 2002 Bourne Identity will make it to tv much sooner than you think.Movie Review: Great Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I've read the book, viewed the tv movie and watched the newly released remake movie. I enjoyed the remake, however the book was so much better than the story told in the remake movie. A lot of the intrigues were lost, but the movie was updated to our current time and technologies. Although the tv movie was not totally true to the book, I want to see it again. It is the closest you'll get to the book without reading it. Richard Chamberlain, at the time the tv movie was aired, was a convincing lead character. I read the book years after seeing the the TV movie and felt that although he was not the Bourne character as written in the book, he worked out fine for the movie.
I guess this discussion about Richard Chamberlain and Matt Damon is similiar to the reasons Anne Rice objected to Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire. Tom Cruise was fine in the movie, but once you read the book you realized he was defintely miscasted as the Laestat character as written in the book.
When you read the book and get the full story, sometimes it changes your perception about the characters. Richard and Matt may be fine in the movie, but once you read the book, your perspective about the casting may change.
Movie Review: Go with the original
Summary: 5 Stars
Well I wanted to give Matt Damon a chance so I just saw the remake. Almost totally untrue to the book. In the original movie and book, Bourne is a construct that Treadstone is using to draw out an international terrorist and killer. The remade of the movie changes the entire premise of the the story. Since I can't give away the plot I'll just have to say that I was very disappointed that Ludlum's fine work was butchered so badly by the remake with Damon. Let's hope that the original will come out on DVD soon and put this poor remake to rest. I definately wouldn't pay to see it again.