thread for the movie JACK REACHER (cruise, pike, herzog, duvall, dir. christopher mcquarrie)

Ugh, this movie. Almost didn't make it through to the end. Not much fun seeing a guy who is always the smartest and strongest in the room. (And I'm a fan of Haywire, Parker novels, etc.)

a reader of the books suggested Alexander Skarsgaard

My dick suggests Alexander Skarsgård for everything ever.

yr dick otm

I want .gifs of all the women in this movie making eyes at Jack Reacher.

my review: if you see this one on the shelves, "reach" for another movie

or "jack off"

wait.

k kinda stoked for this

actually like the books - started them when i ran out of parkers and wasn't too impressed by the first one but the second grew on me

i guess i like hyper-alert protagonists in my crime fiction

fun watch, really horrible first 20 mins or so

I'm chinese so I know real chinese food

I would have enjoyed seeing Dwayne Johnson in the role.

The Reacher books are ridiculously violent but almost always fun. Child keeps the crazy action moving forward at all times. In the books you get everything from Reacher's point of view (a few are in first person). Much of the entertainment comes from watching the wheels turn as he makes Holmes-like leaps of deduction or exhibits idiot savant tics like always knowing the exact time. His limited comprehension of non-military human beings is often played for laughs. I'm not sure how any of that comes across in the movie ... I'm afraid it might involve Cruise acting even more insufferable than usual.

His limited comprehension of non-military human beings is often played for laughs

He and Kubrick did this better in Eyes Wide Shut.

there's a lots of job stuff in the books. i, for some reason, like reading about people doing their jobs? because i am sick and this country has ruined me. i swear there was one book where they must have had 50 meetings in FBI conference rooms. they were constantly getting on and off elevators in washington dc. for some reason this soothes me. so many special angents in the books. and sheriffs. they're big on rank. and the differences between govt. agencies.

I have One Shot at my desk, I shall begin reading today

In one of the ones I read, Reacher was obsessed with the perfect cup of coffee - a mug was too big, so the coffee would cool off before he finished drinking it, but this one type of diner cup was too small...it came up like five times in the course of the book and went from weird to hilarious to maddening.

I would love a 90 minute movie of nothing but Tom Cruise and barista Steve Buscemi working on a perfect cup of coffee. Jamusch directing, obvs.

ya more procedurals please hollywood, let's have an imax new yankee workshop

not enough coffee drinking, and only one breakfast-eating scene

still, not as bad as I was afraid it would be

it would work better for viewing at home, where one could take a drink every time a female character gazes longingly at Reacher

the number of women who can barely restrain themselves from pawing at his pecs is pretty hilarious

this was a totally boring waste of time

iirc the no music car chase was ok i guess

ritically panned

I am halfway through the One Shot book and I kinda like it! It's a bit ugh in places but he's a v intriguing character

Reacher is 6' 5" tall (1.96m) with a 50-inch chest, and weighing between 210 and 250 pounds (100–115 kg). He has ice-blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He has very little body fat, and his muscular physique is completely natural (he reveals in Persuader, he has never been an exercise enthusiast).

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Sunday, 23 December 2012 15:07 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

I'm sorry but this sounds so much like gay porn it's kinda ridic

Also lol/rmde that all his descriptions of women's clothing makes them sound like they're all dressed to mirror 80's porn scenarios; sexy librarian, sexy lawyer, party girl...it's so bad. I'm picturing them all with huge perms

lol i just saw this, it... wasnt good... but there were scenes where i kind of appreciated what they were trying to do i guess

they were reaching huh?

Also lol/rmde that all his descriptions of women's clothing makes them sound like they're all dressed to mirror 80's porn scenarios; sexy librarian, sexy lawyer, party girl...it's so bad. I'm picturing them all with huge perms

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, January 15, 2013 4:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

Jesus Christ, this movie. The opening is five minutes of actually pretty artfully-designed and dialogue-free storytelling showing a horrible crime and the subsequent investigation which leads to the capture of a suspect. These scenes are immediately followed by chunks of hackneyed expository dialogue outlining precisely Jack Reacher's history and motivations.

A major plot point hinges on a Sinister Corporation sending a henchman to follow our hero in a car registered to that same corporation and tipping off our heroes to their Evil Plan. Guess that was easier than hiring the goons an untraceable car from Hertz or whatever?

It's so fucking long. Like, it just keeps going. On and on and on.

Tom Cruise actually says these words: "I'm not a hero. I'M A DRIFTER WITH NOTHING TO LOSE".

still, the car chase is pretty cool i guess i dunno

Tom Cruise actually says these words: "I'm not a hero. I'M A DRIFTER WITH NOTHING TO LOSE".

you say that like its an argument against the film

haven't seen the movie but these books are shamefully addictive. bought one at walgreens on vacation and ended up getting 2 more

i forgot to ask s1ocki why he didnt like this. its basically a slightly classier version of a golden age Steven Seagal movie, i guess that wouldnt be everyone's thing

after reading the book I don't see how this movie could fail at delivering at least the basics of the plot

plus the car he drives in the trailer looks badass

It's an episode of 'How Did This Get Made?' waiting to happen. Ideally guest-starring Paul F Tompkins as Werner Herzog.

haven't seen the movie but these books are shamefully addictive. bought one at walgreens on vacation and ended up getting 2 more

― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:40 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

they are!

It's an episode of 'How Did This Get Made?' waiting to happen. Ideally guest-starring Paul F Tompkins as Werner Herzog.

― bizarro gazzara

OTM

Girl, trying to pick our hero up in a bar: "I'm Sandy."
Unimpressed Jack Reacher: "So was I."
Girl looks confused
"...last week. I was at the beach."

OH SNAP!

yeah terrible sub-dad-level jokes itm

Cigarette?
Yes, I know.

I barely knew her

hi cozen!

i barely her

lol i just saw this, it... wasnt good... but there were scenes where i kind of appreciated what they were trying to do i guess

― zero dark (s1ocki), Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:31 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark

Yeah, it was overlong and boring with ludicrous dialogue but there were hints of the old-school, muscular action movie it wanted to be. The bit with the incompetent goons smashing up the bathroom while they tried to get Reacher definitely had the McQuarrie touch (shades of the fountain scene in Way of the Gun). They guy does have an amusingly sick imagination when he puts his mind to it

this was entertaining enough but not great, if it had been a little bit worse it would've been a seagal movie and if it had been a little bit better it would've been a mcqueen movie and either option would've been more entertaining i think. the mystery aspect was uncompelling and kinda obv. cruise was fine but i think the movie needed someone more perfect for the role and i'm not sure who that would be right now, any other plausible candidate would've added a note of humor to reacher i'm really glad he didn't have.

ive decided this is a total Dad Movie, i just need a test audience of Dads to find out for sure

you're gonna need a bigger Dad

yeah i think in the 70s you might've had a suitable actually conservative action star to really sell it, the gun fetish, the sexism, the disgust for civilian hypocrisy and corruption you get in some lifer military types really should've been more defined, if this movie was half the movie it should've been it would've made me twice as uncomfortable to watch it. you need a 40 year old eastwood as jack reacher for this to work.

it also really really felt like a backdoor pilot, the two hour sunday night movie they'd use to introduce the series esp at the end w/ the 'where do you go now' and you now rosamund pike's not gonna be in the actual series (there'll be a new version of her every week and good riddance here tbh) but duvall sure to be back in the noah beery on rockford files slot.

Doesn't touch First Blood as far as unwanted drifters.

if this movie was half the movie it should've been it would've made me twice as uncomfortable to watch it.

that makes sense actually, even while i was enjoying it i had this sense that it was afraid to follow the premise of the Reacher character to its logical conclusion. and the thing is that a lot of libs seemed to really hate this movie, its too unreconstructed, so they might as well have gone all the way with it anyway

i think that approach still could've somewhat worked with cruise, but he would've needed to be pushed outside his comfort zone a little more and i get the sense that these days he's even less of a risktaker now that his star power's on the wane. i dont know who out there today fits the bill of 40 y/o eastwood best, i suspect no one really

i usually like when movies arent set in LA or new york but there was something very low rent and direct to video about the pittsburgh setting here

haven't seen the show but the neagley character that appears in a couple of the books is terrific and I always wished lee child had spun off a couple of books centred on her

Agreed. Persuader has been announced as the s3 book, fyi.