Tripwire question

well at first i thought no way about tom as reacher...but now its ok

The book is so much better (as are the rest of the Reacher novels) and it's almost impossible to add enough bulk to Tom Cruise to make him Jack Reacher. Jack's size is so much a part of his character.

As long I kept remembering to add about 6inches to his height and expanded his body width, Tom Cruise wasn't too bad. Although I quite liked the film, it definitely doesn't compare well with the book.

It is a decent movie and I am glad we went to see it. We rarely go to the movies anymore, rather we prefer to wait and get a DVD but in this case I will do both.

Somewhat reluctantly, I watched the movie while on an overseas flight. As soon as I saw that Tom Cruise was playing Reacher I thought "WTF! No way!" Unfortunately yes way. Cruise is so NOT like the character of the Jack Reacher in the books I have read that it is not even funny. When I returned home, I scanned some of the Reacher books for a description of him. The one I fould early in Running Blind (aka The Visitor)is apt:

"His mother had told him 'cities are dangerous places, they're full of tough, scary guys'... Then he suddenly realised 'no, I'm the scary guy. They're scared of me'... He saw himself reflected in store windows and understood how it could happen. He had stopped growing at 15 when he was six feet five and two hundred and twenty pounds. A giant."

Tom Cruise a giant? Heh .. I don't think so. Then I noticed that Cruise was a producer or whatever of the film and I understood how he could be so miscast.