Best Jack Ryan Movie

[BrokenVisage]

To me, the answer is Clear and Present.

"Sorry Mr. President.. I don't dance!"

 

[K1052]

Hunt for Red October

 

[Printer Bandit]

Air Force One.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
Air Force One.

Note: Self-lobotomizing is a bad idea.


The Hunt for Red October. Harrison Ford was a better Ryan than Alec Baldwin, but THFRO was the best of the movies.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I loved Patriot Games. My favorite of the series by far.

 

[imported_Imp]

Clear & Present danger: just the right mix of action and politics. Oh, and John Clark and Ding Chavez are there.

Patriot Games is too personal.

Red October is good, but it's a bit slow/suffocating.

Sum of all Fears ain't bad at all. A city gets nuked, how doesn't that sell itself. Only problem is Jack Ryan's a loser, low level here. Oh and Neo-Nazis? Guess no one has problem with dem evil nazis. Can probably mad lib a million stories with that enemy...

 

[RossMAN]

I wish Hunt for Red October was available in HD.

I'll vote Clear and Present Danger.

 

[destrekor]

I have seen all of them, I need to see Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games. But I love HFRO. I also really like Sum of all Fears, and Clark's character is amusing in it. I've always liked Liev Schreiber.
And I really like the Ding Chavez character, but I've only read one book and haven't seen a movie with him in it, so that one book, Rainbow Six, stands as the only time I've encountered Chavez. But I liked him there.

 

[Kelvrick]

Clear and Present Danger had that scene where Harrison Ford was in that caravan that turns down the alley and gets ambushed right? Man, that scene had my heart pumping.

 

[AmberClad]

Eh, none of the movies really do justice to the books, imho. You don't see much of the behind the scenes, non-Ryan related key plot points. In many of the books, Ryan often isn't the key character at all, more of a supporting character.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
Eh, none of the movies really do justice to the books, imho. You don't see much of the behind the scenes, non-Ryan related key plot points. In many of the books, Ryan often isn't the key character at all, more of a supporting character.

I'd say, judging from Rainbow Six alone, that could very possibly be true.
As much as I'd love to see a Rainbow Six film adaptation, it would scare me at the same time that it would get butchered. There is a lot to that story.

 

[glenn1]

this one

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Imp
Clear & Present danger: just the right mix of action and politics. Oh, and John Clark and Ding Chavez are there.

Patriot Games is too personal.

Red October is good, but it's a bit slow/suffocating.

Sum of all Fears ain't bad at all. A city gets nuked, how doesn't that sell itself. Only problem is Jack Ryan's a loser, low level here. Oh and Neo-Nazis? Guess no one has problem with dem evil nazis. Can probably mad lib a million stories with that enemy...

In the book it was the Japs. Which is one reason why I never bothered to watch the movie.

 

[dennilfloss]

The Hunt for Red October (only one I've seen).

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Imp
Clear & Present danger: just the right mix of action and politics. Oh, and John Clark and Ding Chavez are there.

Patriot Games is too personal.

Red October is good, but it's a bit slow/suffocating.

Sum of all Fears ain't bad at all. A city gets nuked, how doesn't that sell itself. Only problem is Jack Ryan's a loser, low level here. Oh and Neo-Nazis? Guess no one has problem with dem evil nazis. Can probably mad lib a million stories with that enemy...

In the book it was the Japs. Which is one reason why I never bothered to watch the movie.

I think you read the wrong book. It was Muslim extremist terrorists.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: destrekor
I have seen all of them, I need to see Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games. But I love HFRO. I also really like Sum of all Fears, and Clark's character is amusing in it. I've always liked Liev Schreiber.
And I really like the Ding Chavez character, but I've only read one book and haven't seen a movie with him in it, so that one book, Rainbow Six, stands as the only time I've encountered Chavez. But I liked him there.

He was first introduced as one of the main characters in Clear and Present Danger. He's been a smaller part of the books The Bear and the Dragon (I believe) as well as Debt of Honor if memory serves.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I wish Hunt for Red October was available in HD.

I'll vote Clear and Present Danger.

It is on some of the HD movie channels. I think it was either on HDNET or HBO-HD last week. Looked pretty good too.

 

[MisterJackson]

I hate to say it, especially w/ Ben Afleck.....but "Sum of All Fears". I think mostly because a nuke went off.

 

[MotionMan]

This thread is begging for a poll.

MotionMan

 

[LegendKiller]

THFRO hands down. Assflick as Jack Ryan? Please.

The movies are in HD DVD, but were recalled due to a Paramount SNAFU. They will be reissued and the movies will shine in HD.

 

[MotionMan]

The Big Bounce

MotionMan

 

[BrokenVisage]

Poll added

 

[vi edit]

I'm really surprised that Rainbow 6 didn't get made into a movie. From the get go it was easily one of the most "movie friendly" out of all of Clancy's books. It's a pretty straightforward story line with plenty of action to keep the movie interesting. Plus you could easily cut out most of the fluff and condense it easily to fit into a 90-120 minute flick.

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: glenn1
this one

what the fuuuu....

for some odd reason I couldnt stop watching it once it started... and the "main bad guy" at the end looks like Leonidas...

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
Air Force One.

Note: Self-lobotomizing is a bad idea.


The Hunt for Red October. Harrison Ford was a better Ryan than Alec Baldwin, but THFRO was the best of the movies.

No way...I think Alec Baldwin makes a better Jack Ryan. He's more like the character...or protrays it better. Harrison Ford is too overpowering of a presence, and that just isn't Jack Ryan.