tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post4405123388148409832..comments2024-02-19T08:20:10.456-06:00Comments on Public Transportation Snob: Blockbusters Marathon: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-90322952791123840662014-10-29T20:13:49.875-05:002014-10-29T20:13:49.875-05:00Thanks for the information. I may not dive in for ...Thanks for the information. I may not dive in for a while, but it sounds like they're worth at least checking out at some point. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-61337488767375463082014-10-29T20:12:59.089-05:002014-10-29T20:12:59.089-05:00Emily Blunt could definitely kick Tom Cruise's...Emily Blunt could definitely kick Tom Cruise's ass in this movie. There's no contest; he's the novice who must learn from her. I also would have liked to see it in the theaters and loved how it lived up to all the hype. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-16619264286017936122014-10-29T14:30:03.817-05:002014-10-29T14:30:03.817-05:00Great review. This is one film I really wished I&#...Great review. This is one film I really wished I'd been able to see on the big screen. And this is the kind of film the summer blockbuster season should be more about. Entertaining. Have a little weight to it. Some great action. And of course a nice dose of sci-fi. <br /><br />Emily Blunt is fast becoming one of my favourite actresses about at the moment and she shows such a great amount of diversity. Honestly thought she could kick everyone's ass in this film! Jainahttp://time-wellspent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-87425591951831120132014-10-27T20:38:48.969-05:002014-10-27T20:38:48.969-05:00Thanks! It was interesting to see how they combine...Thanks! It was interesting to see how they combined the comedy with a pretty believable war setting. i really liked how they made Cruise a jerk in the beginning; he plays a self-centered guy very well. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-15812056008683495512014-10-27T20:12:31.836-05:002014-10-27T20:12:31.836-05:00He's a lot like the character in the movie. I...He's a lot like the character in the movie. It was a pretty good translation. He's a homeless (by choice) Army veteran who's a former MP who doesn't take shit from anybody. The biggest complaint I saw about Cruise from the fans of the books was that Cruise was way too short. In the books Reacher is a moose - 6'5", 250 pounds of muscle. Author Child countered by saying he'd rather have 100% of the character and 90% of the height than 100% of the height and 90% of the character. He cameod in the movie, too, so he was very happy with Cruise's portrayal of his character. And if you stop to think about it, what actor could you find to play to the physical dimensions? Hell, that's bigger than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.<br /><br />Each novel is self-contained (except for one). Each provides the reader not just with a solution to a mystery/killing/perilous situation, but it also gives the reader the satisfaction of "justice" being done because Reacher pretty much always ends up at least beating the shit out of the bad guy(s), and sometimes a lot more. You don't just get the solution to the mystery, but the punishment for the crime. Reacher doesn't hitchhike around the country trying to right wrongs or anything like that, though. He usually just wants to be left alone, but the bad guy(s) won't oblige. As the books go on he gets more willing to jump in and quicker to start looking into things. He's got the investigative skills from being a former MP, too.<br /><br />The books are quick reads. The movie is adapted from the ninth book.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-40004522420872675982014-10-26T22:22:37.652-05:002014-10-26T22:22:37.652-05:00Great review! This is one of Tom Cruise's good...Great review! This is one of Tom Cruise's good action movies outside a franchise, and I liked how his character was vulnerable in the setting he was placed in. Emily Blunt was also great here. There were also a lot of comic moments, even at the brink of the invasion war. Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-67553011646694947582014-10-26T20:00:08.669-05:002014-10-26T20:00:08.669-05:00Interesting. It sounds like it was a work in progr...Interesting. It sounds like it was a work in progress for a while, but I'm curious about how the character was on the page. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-72247257174130545022014-10-26T10:40:51.529-05:002014-10-26T10:40:51.529-05:00The first few books were not ones that made me thi...The first few books were not ones that made me think I'd read the entire set of them. I happened to pick them up at the same time, so I read all of them. They weren't bad, but they employed a device I hate: having a character who knows something vital refuse to tell the others for reasons that have no logical sense. It's a lazy writer's way to keep the reader from knowing something too soon. Lee Child got a lot better at avoiding this or making it more plausible as the books went on, though.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-78610981449454494702014-10-23T22:10:39.277-05:002014-10-23T22:10:39.277-05:00I have mixed feelings about Jack Reacher. The char...I have mixed feelings about Jack Reacher. The character is interesting, though I think the story gets a little too generic. Still, I could see what they were trying to do. I am curious about the books, especially since there are so many. Oblivion was good, though it didn't reach the same levels of Edge of Tomorrow for me. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-70464045782083311242014-10-22T09:27:44.260-05:002014-10-22T09:27:44.260-05:00I agree with pretty much everything in your review...I agree with pretty much everything in your review, and in the comments. I think the title kept some people away, either by not giving them a clue of what it was really about, or by making it sound like a soap opera ("Tune in again to see if Brock and Jasmine find their missing child on Edge of Tomorrow!") The title doesn't even appear on the Blu-ray cover, except in a URL.<br /><br />In the extras Liman mentions that his goal was to make a war film, not an alien invasion film, and I feel that for the most part he succeeded. It's more Saving Private Ryan than Independence Day.<br /><br />You mentioned Cruise's films Jack Reacher, Oblivion, and this one. All underperformed in the U.S. and I think that's because of a personal backlash against Cruise. On the IMDB boards for these films I saw far more comments attacking him personally, rather than pointing out things people felt were wrong with the movies.<br /><br />When I saw Jack Reacher I felt it was one of the best characters he had played in years. It got me to pick up the Lee Child books afterwards to read more about the character. And I liked Oblivion, although not as much as the other two films.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-73551539263478753622014-10-21T14:24:14.574-05:002014-10-21T14:24:14.574-05:00Glad to hear it! I'm interested in checking ou...Glad to hear it! I'm interested in checking out the book to see the differences, despite some possible issues that the film resolved. I'd heard a lot of good things about this movie, so it was nice to find out that it was really that great.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-22353981374991936022014-10-21T14:22:43.369-05:002014-10-21T14:22:43.369-05:00I think it was partially the title, Tom Cruise, an...I think it was partially the title, Tom Cruise, and marketing that should have been clearer. The main reason was probably just how much it matters to be connected to a franchise these days, however. I expect it will get a lot of notice at home and really take once it hits HBO or something similar. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351431577484530230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-1080155859358173752014-10-21T11:32:47.608-05:002014-10-21T11:32:47.608-05:00It is shame this film did not do better from a fin...It is shame this film did not do better from a financial standpoint. So many people lament about the lack of originality in a marketplace dominated by Superheroes and franchises. Yet when something innovated and fun actually drops the masses stay away. I just don't get it. Hopefully the film will gain a solid following on DVD and television.Courtney Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045575858464121137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917634143872972680.post-23862666724331851632014-10-21T10:23:48.732-05:002014-10-21T10:23:48.732-05:00You're pretty much spot on in this review, Dan...You're pretty much spot on in this review, Dan. You touch on all the biggest points of the film, and I'm in complete agreement with basically everything you've said here! It's a great, fun flick. I've also read the novel, which has a number of similarities but changes quite a few things while still giving respectful nods to the book (a great example of this is how the main character in the book is Keiji (kay-gee), and the film is Cage). They also slightly change how the Mimics work, but I think for the better. It was very confusing in the book, and it caused a really shitty third act that almost ruined the book for me. Fortunately all of this was altered for the film, making it a really good time all the way through.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.com