The Bourne Identity Essay Example
The Bourne Identity
In this essay, I compared the book, “The Bourne Identity” by Robert Ludlum and the film of the same name, directed by Doug Liman. The main character Jason Bourne was played by Matt Damon and Marie St. Jacques is played by Franka Potente. The book and movie were extremely different from each other. The book had more detail of the overall story, easier to comprehend and had character build up. While the movie seemed to only be interested in the action. I thought the book to be more fulfilling in its story and the movie to be predictable and tedious (considering I fell asleep). It didn’t take long to notice they were completely different. I wasn’t prepared for the movie to be so off from the book though. The plot was the same, which was Jason Bourne trying to find out his identity, but the obstacles and events that happened were opposite from one another. I felt like the book describes times and settings of different scenes better, because the movie seemed like they crammed all the different places set in the book together. Some character’s were forgotten such as Geoffrey Washburn and Marquis de Chamford. The book was trimmed from some main scenes that revealed characteristics of Jason Bourne that showed his talents and feelings. The movie also created new or remodeled characters, like Marie St. Jacques. Which made it harder to follow after reading the book. Jason Bourne was almost the same character in both the film and the book but still the book elaborated on him more than the film. Already into the movie I found it to not be as flowing and interesting as the book. One character I was looking forward to seeing was the doctor Geoffrey Washburn. I found him to have been a great asset to the character Jason Bourne since through out the book Jason Bourne would have visions/flashbacks of Washburn’s words of wisdom which helped him and gave him strength through out his quest to find his identity. I think the Film
In this essay, I compared the book, “The Bourne Identity” by Robert Ludlum and the film of the same name, directed by Doug Liman. The main character Jason Bourne was played by Matt Damon and Marie St. Jacques is played by Franka Potente. The book and movie were extremely different from each other. The book had more detail of the overall story, easier to comprehend and had character build up. While the movie seemed to only be interested in the action. I thought the book to be more fulfilling in its story and the movie to be predictable and tedious (considering I fell asleep). It didn’t take long to notice they were completely different. I wasn’t prepared for the movie to be so off from the book though. The plot was the same, which was Jason Bourne trying to find out his identity, but the obstacles and events that happened were opposite from one another. I felt like the book describes times and settings of different scenes better, because the movie seemed like they crammed all the different places set in the book together. Some character’s were forgotten such as Geoffrey Washburn and Marquis de Chamford. The book was trimmed from some main scenes that revealed characteristics of Jason Bourne that showed his talents and feelings. The movie also created new or remodeled characters, like Marie St. Jacques. Which made it harder to follow after reading the book. Jason Bourne was almost the same character in both the film and the book but still the book elaborated on him more than the film. Already into the movie I found it to not be as flowing and interesting as the book. One character I was looking forward to seeing was the doctor Geoffrey Washburn. I found him to have been a great asset to the character Jason Bourne since through out the book Jason Bourne would have visions/flashbacks of Washburn’s words of wisdom which helped him and gave him strength through out his quest to find his identity. I think the Film