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frick the jack reacher movie
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:27 pm
In the books hes 6'5" 250 lbs and they cast tom cruise? Lol
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Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:36 pm to BTHog
Michael Clark Duncan was already booked on the next star trek movie
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:38 pm to Tiger Ryno
Should have gotten the Rock or somebody else actually believable physically instead of 5'5 145 pound Tom Cruise.
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:45 pm to TulaneTigerFan
The rock would have been perfect
A shame i love the books but i hate when they do shite like this. I will not watch
A shame i love the books but i hate when they do shite like this. I will not watch
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:51 pm to BTHog
Congrats, you are the 300th person to post the physical attributes of a literary character the movie going crowd has never heard of or give a shite about.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:03 am to Tiger Ryno
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Michael Clark Duncan was already booked on the next star trek movie
Also, dead.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:05 am to Tactical1
The illiteracy of others is of no concern to.
Reachers size is constantly referred to in the books you would think they would include such an important part of what makes him who he is into the movie.
It's no different than if they cast a white guy to play a character who is a brotha in the book
Reachers size is constantly referred to in the books you would think they would include such an important part of what makes him who he is into the movie.
It's no different than if they cast a white guy to play a character who is a brotha in the book
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:12 am to BTHog
Never read the books, so it won't make a difference to me. I do hate when Hollywood does this, though.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:13 am to BTHog
I'm surprised they didn't go after this guy.
6'5".
Buff.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:15 am to Hoodoo Man
Chris Hemsworth would have been a good choice as well. If he's big enough to be Thor, he's big enough to be Jack Reacher
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:18 am to Celery
They are very good books.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:38 am to BTHog
Reacher fans must feel like how I did when I found out Matt McConaughey and Steve Zahn (who I usually like) were cast as Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino in Sahara.
Then when I saw it and found out the whole Lincoln subplot that explains why the hell there was a Confederate ship in the Middle East was cut...
well...
I feel for people whose favorite book series get totally bastardized by know nothing Hollywood dickheads.
Then when I saw it and found out the whole Lincoln subplot that explains why the hell there was a Confederate ship in the Middle East was cut...
well...
I feel for people whose favorite book series get totally bastardized by know nothing Hollywood dickheads.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:54 am to Dr RC
Clive Cussler books would make great movies if they followed the text.
Hollywood can't do this.
Zahn did ok as Al Giordino, but the script sucked.
Hollywood can't do this.
Zahn did ok as Al Giordino, but the script sucked.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 2:48 am to T-BRO
I've never heard of the character. The movie looks like shite, though.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 3:42 am to JombieZombie
The movie was a shitfest.
The books are great!
I haven't read the Jack Reacher books.
I'll have to pick one up.
The books are great!
I haven't read the Jack Reacher books.
I'll have to pick one up.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:01 am to T-BRO
Start with The Killing Floor,the first one. 
Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:01 am to T-BRO
I agree Zahn was passable as a comic relief movie sidekick but as Al? Nah.
none of that describes how Zahn was used.
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He is described as being of Italian ancestry, 5'4" in height, 175 lb, with dark curly hair, swarthy skin, dark Etruscan eyes, and a Roman nose. He does not have an ounce of fat on his body and is stocky and strong. Cussler often describes him as the 'burly Italian'.
none of that describes how Zahn was used.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:10 am to BTHog
They were reaching
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 4:12 am
Posted on 12/3/12 at 7:03 am to SouljaBreauxTellEm
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They were reaching
ISWYDT
FWIW, I like Sahara regardless of whether the actors "fit" the characters or not.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:05 am to Cold Pizza
As soon as people come to grips with the fact that the movies are not made for fans of the books and are their own entity, this would be a happier place.
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