Not only does it feature better actors, normally Clooney is good, Kidman is excellent, but in this movie they both SUCK. The 24 gang are all decent actors, Sutherland and Haysbert are great, but at least they're at their very best.
Secondly there's a lot more tension in "24". Who's with me?
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Actually i find that the music from 24 is pretty *beep* good. Sean Callery's score is one of the best ever for a TV show. Just watch 24 season 2, episode '10PM-11PM'
"oh blithery poop my cowardly friens. Who needs courage when you have... A gun?'
" ...George Clooney is a more charming leading man.”
He might be, if he would ever wipe that silly smirk off his face.
I'm a huge fan of 24, but not enough so that I can't recognize its many faults when I see it. Yes, it is intense, and yes it is very well-acted, but it almost must abide by their own real-time format, AND the rules of being on a public telivision network.
I think 24 is hands-down the greatest show on the air today, and head and shoulders above anything Hollywood's done in the last ten years. I'm so tired of sequels and remakes (or sequals to remakes of adaptations of books)I can't even tell you. 24 was a breath of fresh air when it debuted back in 2001, and while it has fallen prey to some of its own traps and cliche's, is still without equal.
The inhererent differences between tv and movies prevent us from making a fair comparison between Peacemaker and 24, but suffice to say they both excel in the medium presented.
I should also add that as a fan of movie soundtracks, the first time I saw Peacemaker it was pretty much a 2-hour music video as far as I was concerned. Hans Zimmer was all over that one, and I can't imagine what that movie would have been without him. On the same note, though, Sean Callery has evolved more in 6 seasons of 24 than most composers do in their entire lives.
Anyway, while Peacemaker doesn't have the luxury of developing characters and throwing in plot twists over the course of an entire season, it does make for a very intense viewing experience, and some killer action sequences to boot. Plus, it can get right to the point instead of slowing down the pace with subplots involving blondes and mountain lions.
24 rocks! Kiefer Sutherland is awesome. I liked George Clooney in this movie too though, but 24 is definantely better.
"I'm gonna need a hacksaw." - Jack Bauer , 24
Your tapeworm, maybe. He's with you.
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The best part about 24 is the fact that they seem to be under the impression that Bosnia and Kosovo are interchangeable. Seriously, watch season 3: half the time Jack's talking about when he and Stephen whatever were in Kosovo, then the other half of the time they were in Bosnia. And no, Jack didn't serve in both conflicts, it is made very clear that this is a single operation, and the writers genuinely think Kosovo and Bosnia are not only the same place, but that it was the same conflict the whole time. Cos the Serbs have only been involved in one war, right?
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