tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post4221406540101905217..comments2024-03-28T01:06:38.596-07:00Comments on Maya Reynolds: The Ultimate BourneMaya Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-88013272910987927442007-08-05T13:25:00.000-07:002007-08-05T13:25:00.000-07:00Frivolous and Easily diverted, eh? Actually those...Frivolous and Easily diverted, eh? Actually those are two of the qualities I always look for in a woman (I almost quipped the Ian Malcomb line from Jurassic Park - "Qualities I always look for in a future ex mrs Roth LOL)<BR/><BR/>Ah, if only I wasn't already married to the finest woman God ever created.poetica in silentiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881374793984239361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-14513349332339913082007-08-04T08:58:00.000-07:002007-08-04T08:58:00.000-07:00See, we're worlds apart here. I rarely, if ever, ...See, we're worlds apart here. I rarely, if ever, compare the book to the movie. I just enjoy each for its own merits. <BR/><BR/>If the author sells the film rights, then the filmmaker is free to develop his own artistic vision, and I'm just fickle enough to go right along with him. <BR/><BR/>Remember what happened when Philip Anschutz let Clive Cussler dictate the filming of "Sahara." The jury just recently decided THAT case (see my blog for May 17). <BR/><BR/>In my shallow little escapism approach to film, I loved "Jurassic Park," "Jackal" and the Bourne franchise.<BR/><BR/>What can I say? I'm frivolous, unfaithful and easily diverted :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks, as always, for your thoughts.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-50872599305116366052007-08-04T08:25:00.000-07:002007-08-04T08:25:00.000-07:00Of course you didn't mention Ludlam. It's a nasty...Of course you didn't mention Ludlam. It's a nasty habit of mine when I've read the book that the movie was supposedly based on, and while I don't mind little tweaks by the director (like leaving out the whole bit about Dobby's house elf rights in the most recent Harry Potter) It really gets my knickers is a twist when all the movie maker uses is the title and character names, and them mostly ignores the plot. I have to wonder if the guy who write this screenplay ever actually read the Ludlam stories, just like I wonder if Spielberg read Jurassic Park Lost World before making that movie. Or how about The Jackel, based on the MOVIE Day of the Jackel which was based on the BOOK Day of the Jackel. Talk about 6 points removed LOL.<BR/><BR/>You're spot on - Damon's Bourne is indeed pure escapist heaven.poetica in silentiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881374793984239361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-39663485575811796122007-08-04T07:55:00.000-07:002007-08-04T07:55:00.000-07:00David, my own: You really need to quit reading ot...David, my own: You really need to quit reading other people's blogs and then commenting about them on mine :)<BR/><BR/>I never mentioned Ludlum in this post.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I will admit to a love/hate relationship with Ludlum. I either adored his books or I hated them. There was no in-between. I learned to read the first chapter in the bookstore before committing to actually purchasing the book because, if I couldn't read the first chapter, the book was a goner for me.<BR/><BR/>Now this next may be the difference between male and female. I DID see the Richard Chamberlain version of "The Bourne Identity" and, while Chamberlain may have been the thinking person's Bourne, he was not the stuff of a girl's romantic fantasies (at least, not THIS girl's). <BR/><BR/>To be fair, neither is Matt Damon in any other role. I've never been particularly impressed by him EXCEPT as Bourne, but then--oh, Mama--the man moves me. <BR/><BR/>You're right. He's an action hero, not the classic "put on some makeup and a wig" spy. But go back and read the first line of my post. I'm looking for pure escapism, and Damon's Bourne fits the bill admirably :)<BR/><BR/>Do you read David Morrell? I think he is as good if not better than Ludlum--and more consistently so. I'm talking, of course, of the original Ludlum and not the manufactured books produced under his name in the years since his death.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16743003.post-74749346683459038372007-08-04T07:09:00.000-07:002007-08-04T07:09:00.000-07:00Maya my love,Read me BLOG from Thursday, and them ...Maya my love,<BR/><BR/>Read me BLOG from Thursday, and them read Ludlam's books. It is as much a stretch to say that these movies were based on Ludlam's books as it is to say that Shatner's 'Star Trek Memories' actually accurately reflects Roddenberry's golden years of Trek. The only thing Damon's films share with Ludlam's books are the titles and the character names. If I recall, and it has been 20 years since I read them, Bourne is a much older man in this third installment, and Marie St. Jacques - a Member of the Canadian Banking Establishment, and not thr trollop introduced in the first Damon film, is still alive and well and with her man - to whom she is nor married - in this final story.<BR/><BR/>If you want to see a much better- and far more accurate film version of the The Bourne Identity, find a copy of the 1988 TV mini series version which starred Richard Chamberlain as Bourne, and Jaclyn Smith as Marie. In that you see the chamelion that Ludlam describes - and which Damon never quite achieves. Damon may be the better action hero, but Chamberlain is the far superior Bourne.<BR/><BR/>And you're spot on about the Rambo films. First Blood was a classic against which every subsequent one fails in comparison.<BR/><BR/>d.poetica in silentiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881374793984239361noreply@blogger.com