I had low, low expectations going into this movie, so in the end I sort of enjoyed it but for all the wrong reasons. The reason I had such a good time watching it was because as the movie continued to soldier despite being one of the worst ideas for a movie, I had a good picking it apart - the movie is that bad. I don't even know where to begin on how bad this movie. I got the same feeling from this movie I got from the latest Die Hard movie - that somewhere in Hollywood there was an action movie script lying around that someone picked up and got the bright idea of changing a few names in the script and low and behold they had a Jack Ryan movie despite the screenplay not being written fro Jack Ryan. The previous Die Hard movie had the same feel.
I mean this movie has nothing in comparison to the Jack Ryan Tom Clancy created or the Jack Ryan portrayed by Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford. Jack Ryan is an analyst not an action man like James Bond, moving him into that sort of action realm defeats the whole purpose of him as a character. It's his mind and analytical skill that he's known for - not his fighting skills. This movie just doesn't get it. Keira Knightley does what she continues to do in every movie she's in - namely that is suck. It's amazing because I had more sympathy for the villain Branagh played in this movie than any of the other main characters. Such is the charm of Branagn and seeing him paired up in a scene with Pine or Knightly is to watch a true actor act versus two wannabees who seem lost in even the simplest of parts. Branagh's part is utterly cliched but he chews up every scene he's in and makes the movie more watchable than the two main stars.
A movie to watch but for all of the wrong reasons.
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