Sum of All Fears, I liked it,whats the beef w/ it?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Sum of All Fears, I liked it,whats the beef w/ it?

Posted: 6/9/2002 2:47:42 PM EDT

I thought it was a pretty good movie Ben Affleck did a pretty good job as Jack Ryan an that other guy did a good job as John Clark, but they made him 20 years younger than he is in the books. So what if they changed the plot a bit it was still a good movie.

Posted: 6/9/2002 3:02:30 PM EDT

Haven't seen it. However, if I recall from a few critical accounts, the book depicted the terrorists as originating from the Middle-East. So now we have - correct me if I misunderstood - neo-nazis as the ultimate threat? Really? Why take artistic license w/ [i]that[/i] point?

But, once again, I digress.

Posted: 6/9/2002 3:04:30 PM EDT

thats hollywood for you I dont understand them either but that doesnt make it a bad movie.

Posted: 6/9/2002 3:05:04 PM EDT

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Haven't seen it. However, if I recall from a few critical accounts, the book depicted the terrorists as originating from the Middle-East. So now we have - correct me if I misunderstood - neo-nazis as the ultimate threat? Really? Why take artistic license w/ that point?

But, once again, I digress.

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Because we are the honorable people in this thing. We can't make a "propaganda" movie about evil raghead monkey-sucking murderers. Even if the whole world knows that the logical response to 9/11 should have been a 9/12 mushroom garden over Bahgdad, Pakistan, and Palestine....

Scott

Posted: 6/9/2002 3:17:28 PM EDT

i really dont think the aircraft carrier would have been taken like it was by the russian aircraft. After a nuke anywhere the carrier would be on highest alert with planes deployed probbly and i think the planes would have been seen by radar farther away aswell as the defence machine guns would have done a better job. besides that it was ok. and if your close enough to have your chopper blown down and your cars roll over in a nuke blast, then your to close to live anyway.. the radiation will get you.