Jack Reacher (2012)

[Edgy MD]

Tom Cruisey plays a drifter who makes justice on his own terms, in perhaps the most eighties film not produced in the eighties.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Seems like weird casting.

[Edgy MD]

If you're that loyal to your supermarket novels, I guess it can piss you off. But defend something worth defending.

It was so anachronistic, I wouldn't have been surprised if they just decided to change Reacher's name to Dalton and call it Roadhouse 2. For a non-nudey film, it had a hilariously ridiculous delivery system set up to present heaving heroine bosom.

Stupid plot holes. Why does this terrorizing massacre of a crime not bring in the FBI? Why does a single Sidney Portier wannabe of a detective get to work such a huge case on his own? How does a criminal organization building such a sophisticated operation give themselves away by trailing the hero with a vehicle registered to the corporation behind the conspiracy?

They also pronounce Audi as "AW-dee," instead of "OW-dee," which may be correct for all I know, but pisses me off nonetheless.

[Vic Sage]

i had absolutely no desire to see this movie.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Are you in the midst of a Tom Cruise film festival?

[Edgy MD]

If two makes a festival. The other one (not great or anything) was better.

I think it's an "Available on Netflix" Festival.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jack Reacher: Gay icon or just gay?

[Vic Sage]

Tom Cruise film fest -- 14 weeks of Cruise control!

Adolescence (supporting):
1981 Taps
1983 The Outsiders

Adolescence (lead):
1983 All the Right Moves
1983 Risky Business

Hustlers:
1986 The Color of Money
1988 Rain Man

Men of action:
1986 Top Gun
1990 Days Of Thunder

Oscar nominations:
1989 Born on the Fourth of July
1996 Jerry Maguire

Lawyers:
1992 A Few Good Men
1993 The Firm

Tom & Nicole:
1992 Far and Away
1999 Eyes Wide Shut

Bad guys:
1994 Interview with the Vampire
2004 Collateral

MI series:
1996 Mission: Impossible
2000 Mission: Impossible II
2006 Mission: Impossible III
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Supporting roles:
1999 Magnolia
2008 Tropic Thunder

SF lit:
2002 Minority Report
2005 War of the Worlds

Military history:
2003 The Last Samurai
2008 Valkyrie

Alien invasion:
2013 Oblivion
2014 Edge of Tomorrow

*Better off forgotten:
1983 Losin' It
1985 Legend
1988 Cocktail
2001 Vanilla Sky
2007 Lions for Lambs
2010 Knight & Day
2012 Jack Reacher
2012 Rock of Ages

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What a complete load of overrated shit he's been a part of.

My fave has to be Cocktail, a real hate-watch.

[Edgy MD]

I just realize I watched Minority Report about two months ago. I can't recall if we bailed or stuck with it.

[Elster88]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What a complete load of overrated shit he's been a part of.

That's oddly harsh.

[Elster88]

Vic Sage wrote: Tom Cruise film fest -- 14 weeks of Cruise control!

*patiently waiting for filmography

[Vic Sage]

he's not worth investing that much of time in... i just thought the double features would suffice, in terms of giving some broad strokes about his career. But if you want my top 10 (in chronological order):

(1983) Risky Business
(1986) The Color of Money
(1988) Rain Man
(1989) Born on the Fourth of July
(1992) A Few Good Men
(1996) Jerry Maguire
(1999) Magnolia
(2003) The Last Samurai
(2013) Oblivion
(2014) Edge of Tomorrow

And ranking my top 5:
1. The Last Samurai
2. Magnolia
3. Rain Man
4. Risky Business
5. Jerry Maguire

Edited November 30, 2014 by Guest

[Vic Sage]

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