Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
i figured it was time for a change.
Quote:
Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 film directed by Phillip Noyce, based on the book of the same name by Tom Clancy.
As in the novel, Jack Ryan is appointed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Acting Deputy Director and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by colleagues who are conducting a covert war against drug lords in Colombia.
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:23 pm
Supersonic
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:26 pm Posts: 14525 Location: Buffalo
This is a quality flick and I wish the same crew had stayed on for The Sum of All Fears and the forthcoming Cardinal of the Kremlin. They had a good thing going with Patriot Games and C&PD.
Clancy was, while he was still writing, my favorite author, but he seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth after his last book turned out to be a shitbomb. I can only hope for quality Clancy film adaptations in the future. They haven't been Oscar-winners, by any means, but they're quality.
"How dare YOU, sir!"
_________________ If animal trapped call 410-844-6286, then hit option 1123 6536 5321, then dial 4 8 15 16 23 42
There is so much more going on in the book than in this movie it's not even funny, you couldn't even call the movie cliff notes.
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:55 pm
Interweb Celebrity
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
Jack Ryan: I'm here to rent the Huey. Helicopter owner: We don't rent it anymore, but it is for sale. Jack Ryan: How much? Helicopter owner: Two million dollars. Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive. Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit. Jack Ryan: How much is that? Helicopter owner: Two million dollars. Jack Ryan: Umm... [Shows a CIA business card] Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?
The President: You'll take the blame. Cutter and Ritter will take some too, but it won't amount to much. They'll get a slap on the wrist and $20,000 an hour on the lecture circuit. The rest, you'll dump on Greer. Yes, you'll take him down with you. You'll *destroy* his reputation. But it won't go any further than that. It's the ol' Potomac two-step, Jack. Jack Ryan: I'm sorry, Mr. President, I don't dance.
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:57 pm
Unthought Known
Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:54 am Posts: 7189 Location: CA
Whats up with the chronology in the "Sum of all Fears"? How did Jack Ryan suddenly become younger and merely be engaged when the film took place after the other ones?
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:17 pm
Supersonic
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:26 pm Posts: 14525 Location: Buffalo
simple schoolboy wrote:
Whats up with the chronology in the "Sum of all Fears"? How did Jack Ryan suddenly become younger and merely be engaged when the film took place after the other ones?
It was a franchise reboot b/c Ford didn't like the script and bailed.
_________________ If animal trapped call 410-844-6286, then hit option 1123 6536 5321, then dial 4 8 15 16 23 42
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:55 pm
High Roller
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:47 pm Posts: 13660 Location: Long Island Gender: Male
A buddy and I saw this movie in the theatre baked out of our minds. We still spit out lines whenever we see each other. It still holds up well and i seem to watch it whenever it's on TV. Not a classic but still great
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:23 am
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:35 pm Posts: 4407 Location: Philadelphia/Los Angeles Gender: Male
Ensign9 wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
Whats up with the chronology in the "Sum of all Fears"? How did Jack Ryan suddenly become younger and merely be engaged when the film took place after the other ones?
It was a franchise reboot b/c Ford didn't like the script and bailed.
And I'm pretty sure I was reading somewhere a couple weeks ago that there's another Clancy adaptation going around, but where the idea is to "reboot" even further, that is have Ryan be even younger than he was in SOAF, and of course recasting the lead again.
I wonder if I'm in the minority of feeling still that "Hunt For Red October" is my favorite Clancy flick.
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:39 pm
Supersonic
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:26 pm Posts: 14525 Location: Buffalo
Samwise wrote:
Ensign9 wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
Whats up with the chronology in the "Sum of all Fears"? How did Jack Ryan suddenly become younger and merely be engaged when the film took place after the other ones?
It was a franchise reboot b/c Ford didn't like the script and bailed.
And I'm pretty sure I was reading somewhere a couple weeks ago that there's another Clancy adaptation going around, but where the idea is to "reboot" even further, that is have Ryan be even younger than he was in SOAF, and of course recasting the lead again.
Cardinal of the Kremlin and Without Remorse are in development.
_________________ If animal trapped call 410-844-6286, then hit option 1123 6536 5321, then dial 4 8 15 16 23 42
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:14 pm
Unthought Known
Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:08 pm Posts: 8255
I loved it when the Latin Jack Ryan showed up on 24 a few years ago.
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
Whats up with the chronology in the "Sum of all Fears"? How did Jack Ryan suddenly become younger and merely be engaged when the film took place after the other ones?
It was a franchise reboot b/c Ford didn't like the script and bailed.
And I'm pretty sure I was reading somewhere a couple weeks ago that there's another Clancy adaptation going around, but where the idea is to "reboot" even further, that is have Ryan be even younger than he was in SOAF, and of course recasting the lead again.
I wonder if I'm in the minority of feeling still that "Hunt For Red October" is my favorite Clancy flick.
You're not alone, it's my favorite Clancy flick as well. But I like the Ford as Ryan movies alot, too.
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:31 pm
Supersonic
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:04 am Posts: 12383 Gender: Male
Ensign9 wrote:
This is a quality flick and I wish the same crew had stayed on for The Sum of All Fears and the forthcoming Cardinal of the Kremlin. They had a good thing going with Patriot Games and C&PD.
Clancy was, while he was still writing, my favorite author, but he seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth after his last book turned out to be a shitbomb. I can only hope for quality Clancy film adaptations in the future. They haven't been Oscar-winners, by any means, but they're quality.
"How dare YOU, sir!"
That's a great line...bark at me like a junkyard dog!
Post subject: Re: MOTW #54: Clear and Present Danger
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:56 pm
Interweb Celebrity
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
i didn't write the ones i created, i just copied and pasted.
_________________ No matter how dark the storm gets overhead They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge What about us when we're down here in it? We gotta watch our backs
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
