Posted on 12/22/2012 11:02:54 PM PST by Perdogg
My review of 'Jack Reacher'. No major spoilers.
Thanks for your ‘review’. Have read all the Reacher novels and when they chose Cruise....well, I couldn’t believe it. Will see the movie as you make it sound pretty good!
Cheers!
Like Harry Bosch, too. Michael Connelly is an excellent writer. Actually better than Lee Childs...but I am a true Reacher fan. I have read all the Reacher books and have turned half my family into Reacher fans.
Bosch is great. Connelly is an outstanding writer.
Conolly is another of my favorite authors. Reading Black Box right now.
Brother and I just Red-boxed. I agree.
***What? Rosamund Pike’s gifts?
Yep, nice mounds of fat.***
I’ve got a 1950s picture of Bettie Page and a 1960s picture of Margaret Nolan that puts Pike to shame. Of course at my age it does no good, but it reminds of what used to be back in the dark ages.
Perdogg, what an informative and wise movie review. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us. : )
Merrrry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Johnathan Kellerman has some good novels also. Dr. Delaware character.
Like his realistic dialogs and his batting crime theories back and forth with his detective buddy. Yes his detective friend is gay but mentioned only in passing, not part of the stories.
Kellerman’s wife Faye, also a writer, on the other hand sticks the orientation right in the story line. At least in the one and only novel I’ve read or could stomach.
Cornwell is another that has to incorporate orientation in her stories. But she’s a lesbian herself so I guess she just can’t help it.
Oh yes! Sean Penn is another one I will never watch. Add him to the list along with Cruise, Jane Fonda and Barbara Streisand!
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I used to read Cornwell’s books, but I don’t recommend them anymore.
Connelly is a great author. I feel like I’ve been through so much with Harry Bosch...:)
I agree...
I look forward to every Harry Bosch book.
Do NOT see “Total Recall” remake. Despite Jessica Beil and Kate Beckinsale, it utterly sucks. Mindless gunfights with zero plot, suspense, or acting.
They hired military types to train Tom for the scenes especially the disco scene.
Have read one Jack Reacher book as well”one shot” on which movie is based on had me in suspense till the end.
have you ever read any of the Alex Cross books?
streisand, thank God her movie tanked. Where is occupy hollywood to take over her 7 homes?
About halfway through I realized that plotwise, it reminded me of an Agatha Christie novel. About the time Reacher was asking Helen "What did you learn?" (You know what I mean.) Ultimately, I described it to my friends as what you'd get if you took a sort of Billy Jack character and put him in an Agatha Christie novel.
How are the books?
Very good i remember recommending it to you a couple of years ago.
Keeps the suspense going with a unexpected ending.Of course it will not be like the book.
just watched “Savages” by Oliver Stone horrible book was good.
Yes I remember now.
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