Movie review thread...
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[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1366486995' post='361076']Saw Jack Reacher, was decent enough, if not a bit long for what it was, or maybe it was trying to be a bit more than what it was...[/quote]<br />
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Yep, no nonsense, pretty faithful adaption. No origin story is a big plus, just a day in the life of. -
[quote name='mimic' timestamp='1366529856' post='361147']<br />
Have u read the book?<br />
I liked the movie.. Would've preferred the rock as jack reacher but that's just me lol<br />
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NAh not read the books, but know the issues those who have read have with tom playing the role<br />
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Funnily I was talking with Mrs TR this morning about it explaining the physical aspect of Reacher, and said The rock woulda suited the character better.<br />
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NAh not read the books, but know the issues those who have read have with tom playing the role<br />
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Funnily I was talking with Mrs TR this morning about it explaining the physical aspect of Reacher, and said The rock woulda suited the character better.<br />
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I assume Cruise will make more as he has the rights to more o fthe books doesnt he?<br />
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Yes, Cruise has rights to the character so it will depend on how commercially successful the franchise could be. Alternatively, TC could just produce on a sequel with someone else in the lead role. -
Watched Heat tonight. (Oldie heist movie with Al Pacino/Robert De Niro). Quite long at 164 mins, reckon there were quite a few bits they could have cut, especially at the start. Definitely got better as it went along, and the actual heist sequence was great.
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[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1366535863' post='361169']Alternatively, TC could just produce on a sequel with someone else in the lead role.<br />
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Nah, i think Cruise can only see himself as the main action figure, and hollywood holds on to its action men way too long. And he has a sci fi crush so cannot help himself. But if I joined a religion written by a sci fi writer, I would damn well choose a better sci fi writer! (Although I think Heinlein would do my little religious weirdo cult heart in).
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[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366536609' post='361172']<br />
Watched Heat tonight. (Oldie heist movie with Al Pacino/Robert De Niro). Quite long at 164 mins, reckon there were quite a few bits they could have cut, especially at the start. Definitely got better as it went along, and the actual heist sequence was great.<br />
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Only a girl could write that. -
[quote name='nostrildamus' timestamp='1366553497' post='361204']<br />
Nah, i think Cruise can only see himself as the main action figure, and hollywood holds on to its action men way too long. And he has a sci fi crush so cannot help himself. But if I joined a religion written by a sci fi writer, I would damn well choose a better sci fi writer! (Although I think Heinlein would do my little religious weirdo cult heart in).<br />
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true but I was referring to Oblivion on last page. Reacher, no way would I want to watch him in that, he was too small in Mission Impossible, let alone for Reacher!
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[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366536609' post='361172']<br />
Watched Heat tonight. (Oldie heist movie with Al Pacino/Robert De Niro). Quite long at 164 mins, reckon there were quite a few bits they could have cut, especially at the start. Definitely got better as it went along, and the actual heist sequence was great.<br />
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Less foreplay more action!!? Good on ya Mokey <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /> -
Watched Red Dawn last night ... was a huge fan of the original (as a 10 year old I guess) so was keen to see how this one stacked up.<br />
As an action movie it wasn't too bad, the action scenes were a wee bit more believable than Olympus Has Fallen (sheesh I really am on an retro 80s like movie watch at the moment).<br />
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It suffered from the main actor, well the main one who wasn't Thor, being completely unsuited for the role - no charisma whatsoever. Thor was pretty good though, and there is some decent eye candy in the form of Tyra from FNL and the blond Aussie chick from Home and Away.<br />
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There was one hilarious Hollywood stereotype this movie followed, huge spoiler so read it here:<br />
[Spoiler]The ethnic characters all got killed off. First the hispanic guy gets killed, the first of the Wolverines to do so, then black and guy and the hispanic girl get killed together (I didn't even know the girl was killed initially), and the last black guy has a chip planted in him and presumably dies fighting the North Koreans while leading them away from the Wolverines.The only white person of the Wolverines who dies is Thor.[/Spoiler] -
[quote name='mimic' timestamp='1366529856' post='361147']<br />
Have u read the book?<br />
I liked the movie.. Would've preferred the rock as jack reacher but that's just me lol<br />
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I haven't read the books and will probably watch the movie on, er, um, DVD ... but if the Rock was in it I'd most likely go to the cinema to see it. -
I can't watch Jack Reacher. I can't stand the thought of Tom Cruise playing the role. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' /><br />
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Always thought Liam Neeson would do a good job. -
[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1366531607' post='361155']<br />
NAh not read the books, but know the issues those who have read have with tom playing the role<br />
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Funnily I was talking with Mrs TR this morning about it explaining the physical aspect of Reacher, and said The rock woulda suited the character better.<br />
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I assume Cruise will make more as he has the rights to more o fthe books doesnt he?<br />
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See, I can't even picture the Rock as Reacher unless he changed his look a lot.<br />
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In the books a great deal is made of Reacher being a) a big bastard; <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> not great looking but somehow attractive to women c) pretty slow and laconic except with bursts of rapid 'survival' fighting.<br />
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Cruise is probably the very last person I would picture as Reacher. A dishevelled Gerard Butler could possibly fit my mental picture. -
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I can't watch Jack Reacher. I can't stand the thought of Tom Cruise playing the role. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' /><br />
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Always thought Liam Neeson would do a good job.<br />
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Or Matt Damon (ala Bourne) -
[quote name='Paekakboyz' timestamp='1366585498' post='361240']<br />
Less foreplay more action!!? Good on ya Mokey <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /><br />
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Well yes. Make every moment count. Nobody wants an extra 30 minutes of fumbling, bumbling WTF. -
[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1366588696' post='361249']<br />
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See, I can't even picture the Rock as Reacher unless he changed his look a lot.<br />
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In the books a great deal is made of Reacher being a) a big bastard; <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> not great looking but somehow attractive to women c) pretty slow and laconic except with bursts of rapid 'survival' fighting.<br />
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I thought The Rock ticks all those boxes..
