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Guess I’ll have to read the book now.
I’ve read all of Lee Child’s Reacher novels and there is absolutely no way I will see this drek of a movie. Reacher is not a metaphor. Lee Child created a character and he is the basis for all his books. Lee Child was bought out by Cruise. I saw “From Paris With Love” staring John Travolta. Now he would have made a great Reacher.
As a friend of mine from college used to say: “Hey, did you guys ever see that one Tom Cruise movie? You know, the one where he plays the cocky young guy?”
Don’t you think that whatever movie Tom Cruise is in, people see Tom Cruise, not his character? In the MI movies, I was only vaguely aware of “Ethan Hunt” but always aware that it was Tom Cruise on the screen.
Ps. I thought Wanted Man was a disappointment.
Now if only they could do a proper Agent Pendergast Movie and casting.
You pointed out there are multiple threads. So why start a new one? You didn’t offer anything new.
The Movie idea with Cruise is stupid. Also don’t support this writer in any way. I have read many of his Reacher books and he writes well until his Liberal bias gets in the way. Then he preaches against the US. The US Military, Guns. Texas. All things I love. I had to put them down. I love the Reacher guy right up until I just could not take it anymore. The Author is a huge Lib socialist and I would not give him a dime of my money.
He probably thought the title was “Jack Reacharound.”
Clive Owen.
Saw the movie.
Tom cruise has a tremendous on screen presence and simply carries the movie on his back, a very good movie and well directed.
The casting is perfect, you need someone with the ability of Tom cruise for this to succeed, simply casting someone like Dwayne rock or any massive guy would not be enough.
I read One Shot last week, and with Cruises’ picture on the front, Reacher kept sliding from my mind and I was picturing a little, creepy shithead twisting bad guys heads off their shoulders and it wasn’t working. Is Cruise even big enough to be a gate guard in the MP’s?