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Anyone here read any/many of the Jack Reacher books?

I see Tom Cruise is playing him in the soon to be released film which will be interesting, because I never pictured Reacher to be anything like TC.

Hope he does the role justice.

I'm a massive Reacher fan and the decision to cast Tom Cruise as Reacher is the biggest **** in movies I can think of since they made Grease 2.

The Reacher book that the movie is going to be made of is based on 'One Shot'. I checked out the trailer and there is one scene where Reacher is surrounded by guys and he says to them 'you don't want this'. **** sake I reckon I could kick Cruise's arse. It would take a lot of Hashish and Vodka for my credibility to be suspended to the belief required that Cruise could stare down a beating before smashing all of those blokes.

In nearly every Reacher book I've read there is a physical description of the guy. Six foot five, 50cm chest...a big bloke. Daniel Craig should have gotten this role but I'd be happy if he kept his shirt on for a change.

I reckon the Reacher series could go on to rival the Bond Franchaise but the decision to cast Cruise as Reacher is mystifying. Hopefully they'll get a bigger meaner type of bloke to fill this role in the future. If Cruise can pull it off I dips my lid but the trailer is not enouraging.

regards,

REB

Just watched the trailer on Youtube...looks like a terrible movie. Ive never heard of the books, but that trailer makes me want to avoid it at all costs...

Rik E Boy wrote:I'm a massive Reacher fan and the decision to cast Tom Cruise as Reacher is the biggest **** in movies I can think of since they made Grease 2.

The Reacher book that the movie is going to be made of is based on 'One Shot'. I checked out the trailer and there is one scene where Reacher is surrounded by guys and he says to them 'you don't want this'. **** sake I reckon I could kick Cruise's arse. It would take a lot of Hashish and Vodka for my credibility to be suspended to the belief required that Cruise could stare down a beating before smashing all of those blokes.

In nearly every Reacher book I've read there is a physical description of the guy. Six foot five, 50cm chest...a big bloke. Daniel Craig should have gotten this role but I'd be happy if he kept his shirt on for a change.

I reckon the Reacher series could go on to rival the Bond Franchaise but the decision to cast Cruise as Reacher is mystifying. Hopefully they'll get a bigger meaner type of bloke to fill this role in the future. If Cruise can pull it off I dips my lid but the trailer is not enouraging.

regards,

REB

Spot on agree with all of this, I don't know who I pictured whilst reading the books but it sure as shit wasn't Tom Cruise .. Someone like Vin Diesel or even Russell Crowe maybe??

This has caused quite a stir.

Got no idea if Tom Cruise is right or wrong for Jack Reacher...

But physical appearance rarely has anything to do with (good) casting.

You cast for the character - not what they look like.

Classic example is Tony Martin as Neddy Smith.

Unless, of course, you're casting Underbelly.

Above all, one must also consider that only a handful of actors can get a blockbuster movie green-lit.

The Cruiser is one of them...

Sick ****.

Magpiespower wrote:This has caused quite a stir.

Got no idea if Tom Cruise is right or wrong for Jack Reacher...

But physical appearance rarely has anything to do with (good) casting.

You cast for the character - not what they look like.

Classic example is Tony Martin as Neddy Smith.

Unless, of course, you're casting Underbelly.

Above all, one must also consider that only a handful of actors can get a blockbuster movie green-lit.

The Cruiser is one of them...

Thank you Captain Obvious.

However, if you read the Reacher books it's not really left to the reader's imagination about what Reacher looks like, it's not just a type there are actual dimensions of the man. Another captain obvious comment is you have to be believable as an actor which in the scene that I saw Cruise was not.

Tony Martin was good as Neddy Smith because he was believable. Not so Cruise in the trailer.

regards,

REB