tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post2609827704781758950..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: Trailer for Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitTannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-9558999283222222562013-10-05T06:27:14.492-07:002013-10-05T06:27:14.492-07:00It is interesting to see the producers start the t...It is interesting to see the producers start the trailer with the Casino Royale scene. Certainly it is a credit to that film.<br /><br />Tanner, I agree with you on the baggage feeling. With the new Bond novel by William Boyd and it's two previous successors, I always begin these books with a certain expectation of what Bond is all about and with the past two books, I always return to Fleming.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-35919252629121262072013-10-04T15:01:41.424-07:002013-10-04T15:01:41.424-07:00A few points about the trailer for “Casino Ryanale...A few points about the trailer for “Casino Ryanale” :<br /><br />1) I think it’s a stretch to call what Ryan appears to be doing in this trailer “Black Ops.” Seems more like he’s infiltrating the enemy camp in order to gather information – basic, traditional espionage, and not really the sort of paramilitary stuff that Mr. Clark specializes in. In a very real sense that is the essential core of the Ryan character – not that he’s a desk-bound analyst, but that he’s a desk-bound analyst [i]who keeps getting shanghaied into these hair-raising field exercises[/i] – spiriting the Red October and its crew to the West, going into Russia itself to rescue the agent CARDINAL and forcing the KGB Chairman to defect, putting together a rag-tag crew to rescue the soldiers abandoned in Colombia. Plus everything in [i]Patriot Games[/i] (which I confess is my least favorite Ryan novel and movie). <br /><br />2) Point 1) notwithstanding, there’s no getting around that that fight scene does conjure up memories of the pre-title sequence of [i]Casino Royale[/i], even to the point of the bad guy’s head ending up in a sink. But the key to understanding what’s going on here is in how Ryan reacts to the fight. In [i]Casino Royale[/i], the brutal fight with Mr. Fisher in the washroom is shown as a stark contrast to Bond’s cleaner, cooler, emotionless takeout of Dryden. In [i]JR:SR[/i], Jack’s first move once the fight is over is to call his handler in something of a panic. Again, I find this all of a piece with how Ryan traditionally responded emotionally to violent encounters in the novel.<br /><br />Snark aside, I did like this trailer (although I am rather proud of that “Casino Ryanale” crack). Maybe I’m just so stoked to see Jack Ryan on the big screen again but I think the trailer suggests a film that will draw a balance between the cerebral and physical aspects of the character. I’m as crazy about the title as the rest of you (which is to say, not at all) – they probably should have just left it at [i]Jack Ryan.[/i] The next Bond, Bourne/Cross and Smiley adventures are a long way off, and [i]Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[/i] just isn’t cutting the mustard (at least not yet), so I think this will do quite nicely until then.Quillernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-35812403510812377202013-10-03T20:50:58.556-07:002013-10-03T20:50:58.556-07:00Interesting trailer, but Jack Ryan is coming acros...Interesting trailer, but Jack Ryan is coming across as a little too Bourne Again (sorry, reading it back, yeah, I don't think it's funny either).<br />And it would appear that a Men's Room is a very dangerous place for a field operative these days. <br />I do hope there's enough in it to be called a Jack Ryan movie. Like you say, it doesn't look like Ryan is doing much analyst stuff in this one. I hope this isn't like "A Good Day To Die Hard", where it felt more like a Bruce Willis action movie rather than a John McLaine adventure.<br />Either way, I'll be shelling out $19.00 (movie-going IS expensive in Australia) to go see it.teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.com