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matt819

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7. Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher

Reply to Hula Popper (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 04:08 PM

Jun 2013

I haven't seen the Reacher movie and refuse to see it. How Tom Cruise became the star that he is astounds me. He plays the same character in every movie. To cast him as Reacher, though, was horrifying. The physicality is all wrong, the demeanor is all wrong. Granted, Cruise will draw box office, but, really, there have to be limits.

Along the same lines, I think the Lincoln Rhyme movies are miscast as well, though I've enjoyed the few I've seen well enough.

By the way, my choice for Jack Reacher was Jim Caviezel.

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Why do they do this? [View all] Hula Popper Jun 2013 OP

Don't pay any attention to the movie Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #1

Worst casting ever Mz Pip Jun 2013 #2

Wasn't the Reacher movie already released and it bombed? SheilaT Jun 2013 #3

The movie's release was delayed. Paladin Jun 2013 #5

The movie got me interested in the books shedevil69taz Jun 2013 #4

I enjoyed the movie getting old in mke Jun 2013 #6

Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher matt819 Jun 2013 #7

Is Caviezel six-foot-four and 240 lbs.? Paladin Jun 2013 #8

I'm thinking of him in Person of Interest matt819 Jun 2013 #9