Killing Floor by Lee Child

New thing today, finished Killing Floor by Lee Child. I watched the Jack Reacher movie and was interested in the character and thought the book series would be interesting. It was alright. I'd give it maybe a 7 out of 10. Definitely a mystery action thriller. His descriptive style is a little dry and monotonous, but it's the way his character is, very objective and detached. I sort of like how realistic this action hero is. He talks about strategy and fighting in a more realistic, gritty and unheroic way. I learned a few things about fighting that were interesting. Also, it's a little gory in the fight scenes, not much, just a bit. 

It was a good mystery thriller. I wasn't as hooked on it as other books. I'm not really dying to read the next book. There are other authors who are a lot more unstoppable page turners. Overall though the adventure and story were fairly interesting and I always like learning a little bit, and in this book I learned a bit about the scam they were uncovering and such. Don't want to give anything away.

Try it? If you're not hooked in the first 5 chapters, put it down. But overall it has a nice slow build and a fairly good ride. He is a pretty good character too. I think I might enjoy the series as it is long and there are a ton of books in this character's life. 

In defense of Tom Cruise - also New Thing the Nerdist Podcast

New thing today, listened to The Nerdist Podcast for the first time, episode interview with Tom Cruise. I liked the podcast and will listen to other episodes. I also enjoyed hearing the host and Tom joking around and being nerdy about movies. It was a very interesting episode and I recommend it!

The reason I chose the Tom Cruise episode is because, recently I've come to the conclusion that I like Tom Cruise and his movies. I like his performances recently in sci-fi and his overall body of work. He's done very well over the years and most movies he delivers a solid performance.

I want to watch Edge of Tomorrow (2014), I enjoyed Oblivion (2013) and I rarely buy movies, but I  actually own and enjoy watching Minority Report (2002). My husband and I liked him a lot in his performance in Rock of Ages (2012) which is one of our favorites. I saw Jack Reacher (2012) recently and was entertained - it was a descent suspenseful movie which got me to read the book Killing Floor by Lee Child. I enjoyed Knight and Day and wrote about it. This movie did horribly and was pretty awful in a cheeseball way, but it was cheesy/silly/action enough to be entertaining.

Also, have you looked at Tom Cruise's IMDB profile? Holy Smokes. He is a solid actor. You forget all the stuff he was in because he's just Tom Cruise. Sure there are some stinkers in the mix, but unless you're the Golden Goose you're not going to lay golden eggs every time you do something. Give the guy a break?

Also all the chatter about him being crazy, um... he's really not that bad. He jumped on Oprah's couch and was awkward and dumb? So he's a Scientology geek. He got mad at some guy with a water pistol, who wouldn't? Um... have you met Kanye or Kim Kardashian? Can we just step back and compare on the celebrity pop culture scale of... "out there". He hits pretty normal in my book.

Anyway for some reason he had an unpopular decade, and he's on the brink coming back and choosing the sci-fi genre (which I love) and he does a great job on the big screen. Have you seen his performances? Intense and captivating! He does a good job!

So anyway, enough. Overall I'm a fan. I think he does a good job, and I think he gets more criticism than respect.

So the Nerdist podcast confirmed my opinion of the guy. He's just a big movie nerd. He loves movies. He loves acting. He loves learning and trying new things and being an actor. There was one funny moment where they were like "Do you have a home movie theater" and he's like "Ya" and they were like "is it big?" and he was like "oh ya it's big", lol. I mean, come on? Lighten up people.

Of course I don't know the guy. I'm just an ordinary person on a couch or theater that enjoys movies and being entertained. He could be a total dick in real life, or a way nicer guy than you could imagine. How would I ever know, or how could I ever judge another human being accurately? From the little I know, I like the guy in movies. Don't listen to all the hype and judge for yourself. That's a general rule for life anyway.

Watch the movies and his performances. I think he's done pretty damn well for himself and he's done a lot to entertain us in the movies lately. Isn't that his job?

Anyway the podcast episode was good :) They just nerd out over movies, actors, getting started and the creative drive, projects, etc. It was great hearing stories of Tom starting out, celebrity stalking when they started out and just learning his craft. They have good banter and anecdotes over movie making. Listen to it and go see some movies :) Enough reading! Nite.