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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt was okay though.

    He was okay. But as a fan of the Cliver Cussler novels, the adaptation of Sahara wasn't all that good.

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    My old man loves the Jack Reacher books, always telling me about them.

    His disappointment over Tom Cruise playing his new favorite fictional character is painful. Its worse then when Harrison Ford replaced Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt was okay though.

    But Alec Baldwin has never played a president

    He played Jack Ryan, who eventually goes on to become President.

  • GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Huh. Hadn't heard of John Carter.

    Haven't heard of Jack Reacher.

    Apparently, I need to read more books?

    Nah, I think people here seriously overestimate how many books the average dude is actually familiar with.

    For example, I still haven't met a single soul who's even heard of something like John Carter prior to the movie coming out, and not much has changed post release as well.

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2012
    John Carter isn't a familiar name to many, but it's not like nobody's heard of him. And Jack Reacher is familiar to millions and millions of people. So familiar that there was a great deal of what? surrounding Tom Cruise playing him, as he's a tiny little man and Jack Reacher is the size of a Mac truck.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    I always confuse John Carter with Nick Carter.

    No, not the boyband dude.

  • NeliNeli Registered User regular
    Never heard of Jack Reacher either

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I freakin love the Reacher books. And as CD stated, I am vomiting forth rage at that trailer. Really, it's just a series that shouldn't make the jump to film.

    Robert Crais writes some books that would work really well however.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    Man, even the soundtrack in that trailer starts like the Mission Impossible song.

    ...I hadnt heard of Jack Reacher either. And yes, said out loud? Such a porn name.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I freakin love the Reacher books. And as CD stated, I am vomiting forth rage at that trailer. Really, it's just a series that shouldn't make the jump to film.

    Robert Crais writes some books that would work really well however.

    From what I've heard, which is very little, there's nothing making a Jack Reacher movie or tv series impossible. The only reason the movie looks shitty is because Tom Cruise got his paws on it.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    Casting is the big problem. Honestly, Jackman wouldn't have been right either. Better, but not right. Reacher's whole thing is that he's this freakishly strong inhuman, violent brute that turns out to also be incredibly intelligent. That and huge chunks of the book are internal dialogue. So either you have exposition ahoy, or you try to show not tell but that gets sketchy or you just breeze over it. I suppose, on reflection, another issue for mainstream moviegoers is that the stories actually tend to be pretty slow. Long stretches of procedural investigation punctuated by bursts of extreme violence. There are exceptions, but more often than not that's the case.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Casting is the big problem. Honestly, Jackman wouldn't have been right either. Better, but not right. Reacher's whole thing is that he's this freakishly strong inhuman, violent brute that turns out to also be incredibly intelligent. That and huge chunks of the book are internal dialogue. So either you have exposition ahoy, or you try to show not tell but that gets sketchy or you just breeze over it. I suppose, on reflection, another issue for mainstream moviegoers is that the stories actually tend to be pretty slow. Long stretches of procedural investigation punctuated by bursts of extreme violence. There are exceptions, but more often than not that's the case.

    Sounds very similar to the Punisher.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    You can do alot with that kind of thing if you have a good writer/director/main actor.

    Something like Drive for instance.

    Tom Cruise is a good actor, so I'm willing to see how it goes.

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    The Rock or Vin Diesel would have fit pretty well. But beyond that..I'm not sure who could feel like a beast and is also a good actor. (not that Dwayne or Vin are great actors or anything. But they make fun movies.)

    And as for the internal dialogue, the easiest way would go for voice over, done via some sort of interrogation of him. Or some reporter, ala Interview with the Vampire.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    InkSplat wrote: »
    The Rock or Vin Diesel would have fit pretty well. But beyond that..I'm not sure who could feel like a beast and is also a good actor. (not that Dwayne or Vin are great actors or anything. But they make fun movies.)

    I saw one guy suggest Joe Manganiello, who is 6'5" and a pretty good actor who hasn't really had any leading roles yet.

  • Banzai5150Banzai5150 Registered User regular
    InkSplat wrote: »
    The Rock or Vin Diesel would have fit pretty well. But beyond that..I'm not sure who could feel like a beast and is also a good actor. (not that Dwayne or Vin are great actors or anything. But they make fun movies.)

    I saw one guy suggest Joe Manganiello, who is 6'5" and a pretty good actor who hasn't really had any leading roles yet.

    He's doing ok as Alcie(?) in True Blood.

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  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Registered User regular
    Dolph Lundgren?

  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Mmmnaw. I wouldn't want one of those self aware at how silly ripped they are guys, like Dolph. :P

    My vote would be Ray Stevenson;

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    Alternately, Conan Stevens, thought that might be a step too far;

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    Either of em could effortlessly deliver the intimidating side of Reacher, but I dunno how they'd pull off the whole seduction thang. :P

    Oh brilliant
  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Registered User regular
    Ray Stevenson is awesome.

  • Kroyd_KrensonKroyd_Krenson Registered User regular
    Kevin Durand would be my vote. Tom Hardy also, maybe. And yeah, Ray Stevenson is also awesome.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Hey guys, I'm from Hollywood and I hear your concerns about the Jack Reacher casting. Good news, we have replaced Tom Cruise with Taylor Kitsch, everyone's favourite film star!

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    Yeah, he would be better than Tom Cruise also.

  • The JudgeThe Judge The Terwilliger CurvesRegistered User regular
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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    I'll allow myself a little more restraint than Mr. Zeeny here, but yeah, that is a silly comment to make.

    It was easily the best film of the year for me.

    Really? You thought Winter's Bone was better than any of these: Inception, Social Network, Scott Pilgrim v The World, Easy A, Shutter Island, The A-Team, Tangled, Toy Story 3, or Black Swan.

    Personally I thought the first 6 movies I listed up there were WAY better than Winter's Bone.
    Yes.

    Agreed. The only movies on that list that I liked were Inception, Toy Story 3, and Black Swan. Inception was cool, but a bit too nerdy and full of itself. Black Swan, similarly, was cool but a bit too artsy and full of itself, and also had some weird pacing issues. Toy Story 3 was brilliant but ultimately it's still a cartoon for children, and can't be fairly compared to a serious film like Winter's Bone.

    Winter's Bone was probably the best film of 2010 for me, followed closely by True Grit. I liked Biutiful, Dogtooth, and Fish Tank as well (but those are all small foreign films and not really what we're talking about). Kind of a crappy movie year overall.

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  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    Fish Tank's protagonist was so unlikable that I can't say I enjoyed it very much.

    Fassbender was good as always, though.

    Dogtooth was bizarre and I still don't know if I liked it or not. I need to watch it again.

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  • OakeyOakey UKRegistered User regular
    Liev Schreiber for Reacher. Feed him some steroids.

  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    Hulk Hogan for Reacher

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  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt was okay though.

    Casting Steve Zahn as a small, barrel-chested, darkhaired Italian was a travesty though ... I don't know who should have been Giordino, but Steve Zahn definitely wasn't it.

    Also - I never heard of Jack Reacher either. Then again, that kind of Thriller book was never my genre. Haven't read a single one of Patterson either.

  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Registered User regular
    Taylor Kitsch was so boring in John Carter. Not a lot of charisma or personality.

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    TheBigEasy wrote: »
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt was okay though.

    Casting Steve Zahn as a small, barrel-chested, darkhaired Italian was a travesty though ... I don't know who should have been Giordino, but Steve Zahn definitely wasn't it.

    Also - I never heard of Jack Reacher either. Then again, that kind of Thriller book was never my genre. Haven't read a single one of Patterson either.

    Not my thing in novels, either. I prefer fantasy and science fiction. That said, I would watch a faithful Jack Reacher movie.

  • OakeyOakey UKRegistered User regular
    A new Dark Knight Rises TV Spot

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  • HeraldSHeraldS Registered User regular
    Heisenberg wrote: »
    Taylor Kitsch was so boring in John Carter. Not a lot of charisma or personality.

    Which is weird, cause he had boatloads of both as Tim Riggins, at least in S1.

  • The JudgeThe Judge The Terwilliger CurvesRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Second Rise of the Guardians trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C_WJ1v-JU

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I don't mind Cruise as an action star. I mean yes, he's 5'5 with or without the lifts, but with the lifts if he can get in the 5'7 range he's not that short, and it's a movie. If they can make Chris Evans look like he's 90 pounds in captain america, they can make Cruise look tall enough to kick someone's ass.

    And that doesn't take into account that Tom Cruise is 50 and he could still probably kick the ass of most of the people in this thread. The guy looks like a 30 year old boxer, and he's 50.

    edit: I'm reasonable, a 30 year old "lightweight" boxer

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    If a 5'5 50 year old man kicked my ass, I'd kill myself.

    Edit: Listen, I'm not saying I'm a great fighter. But I could take out Tom Cruise by just falling on him.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    I dunno, have you seen that guy jump around?

    Seems pretty spry.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The Judge wrote: »
    Second Rise of the Guardians trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C_WJ1v-JU

    This movie just looks like good fun to me. I mean Russian Santa Claus played by Alec Baldwin? COME ON!

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    The Judge wrote: »
    Second Rise of the Guardians trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C_WJ1v-JU

    This movie just looks like good fun to me. I mean Russian Santa Claus played by Alec Baldwin? COME ON!

    yeah it looks a good time. the previous trailer didn't convince me, but this one does.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Julius wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    The Judge wrote: »
    Second Rise of the Guardians trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C_WJ1v-JU

    This movie just looks like good fun to me. I mean Russian Santa Claus played by Alec Baldwin? COME ON!

    yeah it looks a good time. the previous trailer didn't convince me, but this one does.

    I was sold on the previous trailer with Santa claus having naughty and nice tattooed on his forearms. It'll be hilarious when people complain that Santa Claus is russian considering thats always been his origin.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Julius wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    The Judge wrote: »
    Second Rise of the Guardians trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C_WJ1v-JU

    This movie just looks like good fun to me. I mean Russian Santa Claus played by Alec Baldwin? COME ON!

    yeah it looks a good time. the previous trailer didn't convince me, but this one does.

    I was sold on the previous trailer with Santa claus having naughty and nice tattooed on his forearms. It'll be hilarious when people complain that Santa Claus is russian considering thats always been his origin.

    russian? isn't he almost certainly based on this here this guy? (though technically even more based on the fictional dude based on that guy. also Odin)

    I like my Santas russian though.

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