Tom Cruise starring in a movie about Barry Seal

[HokieDan95]

I forget the details of how the story goes but supposedly he smuggled drugs for the CIA and Bush 1 and Clinton's were involved

I believe Bill made sure no law enforcement disrupted the operation at an airport in Mena Arkansas and I believe it was when Bush was head of CIA

[VTDante]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=khCG8-soq5k

[miles]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel.

[USN_Hokie]

I heard about this. Sounds interesting. As much as Tom Cruise is a whacko, almost all of his action flicks are great.

[Vienna_Hokie]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel.

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

[USN_Hokie]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel.

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

Nobody has ever read a book and liked the movie better.

[UpstateSCHokie]

I heard about this. Sounds interesting. As much as Tom Cruise is a whacko, almost all of his action flicks are great.

I can still watch his movies. As for dipshits like Clooney, Damon, and Affleck, that's another story. Chris Evans (Captain America) is quickly getting into the Clooney/Damon dipshit category, but the Captain America movies have been really good - like most of the Marvel movies. I'm hoping Chris Pratt doesn't turn into another one of these Hollyweird leftist loons because I've enjoyed most of his action movies.

[133743Hokie]

Saw the trailer yesterday and it looked good.

[Bay_area_Hokie]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel.

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

Nobody has ever read a book and liked the movie better.

I think it must have to do with the level of detail in a book.


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[awesome guy]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel. [emoji38]

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

Nobody has ever read a book and liked the movie better.

I think it must have to do with the level of detail in a book.


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It's also easier to convey thoughts in a book not to mention the reader creates the visuals via imagination so people are going to prefer their own creation over a movie visual.

[USN_Hokie]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel.

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

Nobody has ever read a book and liked the movie better.

I think it must have to do with the level of detail in a book.


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That is one part.

The other is that a book leaves it to your imagination to fill in the visuals. So if you read a book and then go see the movie, it is impossible for it to meet the expectations for what you've already imagined the characters or scenery to look like.

[USN_Hokie]

Ah...little Tommy Mapother avec la folie des grandeur... He really jumped the shark with Jack Reacher. It was impossible to watch that and suspend disbelief if one had ever read a novel. [emoji38]

Yes, impossible to see that little homunculus as a man who is supposed to be 6'7" and massive. Plus the novels rarely have massive shootouts and everything exploding, Reacher usually likes to off his enemies in a very personal way.

Nobody has ever read a book and liked the movie better.

I think it must have to do with the level of detail in a book.


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It's also easier to convey thoughts in a book not to mention the reader creates the visuals via imagination so people are going to prefer their own creation over a movie visual.

Should have kept reading before responding...yep.