On Why the Bourne Series is the Best American Film Trilogy Ever Made at 08/21/2007 7:49pm

I think this is a very good review of the Bourne trilogy of movies.
I agree with you about the moped chase in Tangies, when i saw it i said to myself "Jason Bourne would not do that"
Anyway, the movies themselves mesh together perfectly, and while the second one wasn't the best, it still was good.

Now, onto your one remark about the source material. The only thing the Bourne movies take from the Bourne novels is the fact that the main character, Jason Bourne wakes up in the middle of the sea with no memory of who he is or how he got there.

I don't want to spoil the books for anyone, but, they take a much, much different road then the movies.

That being said, I saw the movies before I read the books, so I wasn't disappointed. And because the movies are so different from the books, they are essentially different stories. And this makes it all worth it.

I think Tony Gilroy did a good job on writing the scripts for all three movies. While the book versions of each were good, they wouldn't have meshed as well into a movie, and many people would have found it hard to follow. Although, the continuing threat of Carlos The Jackal in the books would have been a nice villain in the movies, but to add him in would have convoluted the movies completely.