[Vinnie]

Someone gave me the DVD 'Sum of All Fears' for Christmas. It is still in the wrapper.

I can't bring myself to watch another Ben Affleck movie. Aside from his politics, I can't imagine him as Jack Ryan. I'll bet if Tom Clancy had had any say, Affeck would not have gotten the part.

I did see 'Pearl Harbor'. The first 1 1/2 hours is boring. The special effects of the actual attack are excellent.
If they wed the first 3/4 of 'Tora,Tora,Tora' to the 'Pearl Harbor' attack,now that would be a movie.

[mathluv]

I actually paid to go see 'Sum of All Fears'. I was very disappointed. There was very little realism to the movie. I love Tom Clancy, but I agree about affleck - so far as I know, that is the only time I have seen him in a movie. I was not impressed.

[lara]

You would be wrong. Clancy said he liked Affleck in the role and thought he did a great job. He thought Harrison Ford was getting too old for the role. (I wasn't a Ford fan, either.) He also said that once he sold the rights to the book, he no longer had a say in the making of the movie and he was ok with that. I am very disappointed in him because I love his books and figured he would be a real patriot Instead he went for the money and let Hollywood do whatever they wanted to with his movie, including changing the Arab terrorists to right wing Nazis.