Tag: Channing Tatum Film Festival

I have completed viewing all the films credited to Channing Tatum on IMDB [that are not short films].  Or, as I refer to it:

The Channing Tatum Personal Film Festival. 

Or, given the quality of some of the films:

I watched them so you don’t have to.

For your convenience, I have categorized the films for those of you who want to plan your own Channing Tatum Film Festival.

Movies where CT has a major part:

• 21 Jump Street
• 22 Jump Street
• The Book of Life
• Dear John
• The Eagle
• Fighting
• Foxcatcher
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Jupiter Ascending
• Logan Lucky
• Magic Mike
• Magic Mike XXL
• She’s the Man
• The Son of No One
• Step Up
• Stop-Loss
• The Vow
• White House Down

 Movies where CT is not the main focus. 

Or: Only watch these films if you are interested in the movie.
(His role may range from a cameo to a bit part that doesn’t have much screen time. )

• 10 Years—This is an ensemble and he’s in it as much as the other actors.
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints—Plays the angry friend of the main character.  He doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but is rather feral, which is rare.
• Battle in Seattle—Ensemble cast.  He has a lesser amount of screen time than others in the ensemble.
• Coach Carter—one of the many basketball players.  But figures greatly in the turning point.
• The Dilemma—Secondary character in a tremendously unfunny film.  However, he’s at his funniest here, but sadly, the rest of the movie is a hideous ball of crap.
• Don Jon—Plays an actor in a cheesy romantic comedy.  Total screen time: approximately 30 seconds
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation—Very short-lived character.
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle–secondary character who spends most of the movie not in the movie.
• The Lego Batman Movie–Quicker cameo as the voice of Superman
• The Lego Movie–Quick cameo as the voice of Superman.
• The Hateful Eight–He makes a brief appearance in the last third of the film..
• Hail Caesar!–Plays an actor. Total screen time is maybe 10 minutes.  However, most of those minutes are a very wonderful tap dance routine.
• Havoc—Dude in the background who has maybe three lines.
• Haywire—Secondary character, but his first appearance was perhaps my favorite scene in the entire movie.
• Public Enemies—Pretty Boy Floyd is not long for the world.  Maybe 30 seconds.
• Side Effects—Isn’t around as much as one would think from the poster.
• Step Up 2: The Streets—He doesn’t make a huge appearance, but he does dance.
• Supercross—Plays a minor character with perhaps 5-10 minutes of screen time.
• This is the End—Tiny cameo, but funny

Perhaps you would like to tackle the list by genre?
CT Movies divided by category:
(Major roles in bold font)

Action/Adventure

• G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• The Eagle
• Haywire
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• Logan Lucky
• Supercross
• White House Down

Comedy

• 21 Jump Street
• 22 Jump Street
• The Dilemma
• Hail Caesar!
• She’s the Man
• This is the End

Drama

• 10 Years
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Battle in Seattle
• The Book of Life
• Coach Carter
• Don Jon
• Fighting
• Foxcatcher
• The Hateful Eight
• Havoc
• Magic Mike
• Magic Mike XXL
• Public Enemies
• Side Effects
• The Son of No One
• Stop-Loss

 Romance

• Dear John
• Step Up
• Step Up 2: The Streets
• The Vow

Movies I most enjoyed
Or: Maybe you just want me to tell you which ones I liked.
(Major roles in bold font)

• 10 Years—Great ensemble cast examining where they are 10 years after high school.
• 21 Jump Street—Generally very funny, especially if you watched the original TV series.
• 22 Jump Street–If you liked the first one, you will like this one.
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints—Uneven 80s NYC friendship drama that stuck with me.
• Battle in Seattle—Interesting period piece.
• The Book of Life–Solid animated flick.
• Coach Carter—I’m a sucker for a good sports film.
• Dear John—I was prepared to hate it, got sucked in and loved it.
• Don Jon—Uncomfortable, but interesting.
• The Eagle—Made me wonder why there aren’t more movies set in Roman times. Plus!  Jaime Bell.
• Foxcatcher–sedately paced drama with great performances all around.
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra—I was ready to grit my teeth through the whole thing, but it was a fun movie.
• Haywire—Holy crap, there are some good fight scenes in this.
• Hail Caesar!–This movie is funny! And fun to watch.
• Logan Lucky–Especially if you like heist films.
• Magic Mike—The movie that got me started.  Also, it’s much darker and deeper film than the previews would have you believe. Go Soderbergh!
• She’s the Man—Funny adaption of Twelfth Night.
• Side Effects—The less you know about this, the more you will enjoy it.
• Step Up—I’m a sucker for a good dance movie and CT can move.
• Stop-Loss—Solid returning soldier drama.
• This is the End—Hilarious.  But you have to be ready for boy humor.
• The Vow—Surprisingly well done and a great story.
• White House Down—This had horrible reviews, but I thought it was great fun.

For Die Hard Complete-ists.  
Or:  Movies I don’t recommend you watch.
(Major roles in bold font.)

• The Dilemma—One of the worst movies I’ve seen in the last decade.
• Fighting—Not very interesting, but with fighting.
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation—Maybe I was just mad I had nothing to look at but Adrianne Palicki, but this movie was not very entertaining.
• The Hateful Eight–If you’re a Tarantino fan, why not?  If not, don’t bother.
• Havoc—This movie disturbed me.
• Jupiter Ascending–maybe will become a cult classic in 20 years, but right now just bad.
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle–this was much too violent for me, but others might like it.
• Magic Mike XXL–waaaay too long in the middle.
• Public Enemies—So boring, despite its population of actors I usually love.
• The Son of No One—Kind of a mess, structurally.
• Supercross—Also not very interesting, but with no fighting.

Here is IMDB’s list of all his films.