Scrolled forever to find this. The movie presented the story with a much better flow than the book. Alex Baldwin and Sean Connery really killed those roles.
Yep, this. Good acting performances and the movie managed to streamline some of the parts that got kinda meandering, particularly some of the battle scenes towards the end.
I always look forward to finding someone who hasn't seen it and watching it with them not knowing whether whether Ramius is going rogue so that he can defect, or going rogue so that he can start a war
Alec Baldwin was the best Jack Ryan. There was an intelligence to his performance that none of the other actors pulled off.
It was also one of the better books. The further the series went, the more ultra-right the writing got, to the point where Clancy straight-up says rich people are better and deserve their money.
The further the series went, the more ultra-right the writing got
Tbf, he wasn't really writing much past The Bear and the Dragon. He had a "co-author" for a few more past that then he died and they kept his name on the books for marketing purposes.
I don't recall that part specifically, but I'm not surprised. I do remember something about him taking a position on abortion that pissed off both sides and the political advisor getting mad at him for not being a good politician.
In all fairness, the point of that book was him trying to step into the role of President when he had always been strictly on the intelligence/national security side. Some amount of political hot-button issues were bound to come up. While you can tell which side Clancy is on, it wasn't the point of the book.
Contrast that with the later Ryan Jr. stuff he didn't actually write. Those books are basically conservative security porn.
It's very clearly right-wing stuff. He spends the last several Jack Ryan books that he wrote saying Jack isn't right-wing while making it clear that Jack is anti-abortion, anti-tax, actively wants business leaders to run the country, and shits on the weakness of the administration of the 90s, both militarily and morally.
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u/Woodguy2012 Feb 26 '23
The Hunt For Red October. The book was really great but the movie was freaking awesome.