Last night, I went with some friends to see The Bourne Identity, the new spy thriller starring Matt Damon. The movie is based on a novel by Robert Ludlum (also called The Bourne Identity...weird). The movie was fun and should leave most spy movie fans satisfied, but it could have been better.

In fact, it was better about 15 years ago. You see, the story was originally made into a 3-hour TV mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain and one of the old Charlie's Angels girls, Jaclyn Smith.

While watching the Matt Damon version, I was surprised by the number of changes to the plot that had been made. This was unfortunate, because the intriguing plot was the best part of the TV version. I wonder which one more closely follows the plot from the book?

If any of you have seen either variation of The Bourne Identity, I'd love to hear your opinions. And I've got the TV version on tape, so if anyone wants to see it, come on over and we'll cook up some popcorn!