The Amazing Spider-Man J Jonah Jameson in the Reboot

[LegendaryCaleb]

i like sam elliott for jjj...but he seems a lil too old...
i dont like slattery though

 

[Ajendo]

slattery would be a good choice.

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

A quick one. I believe in Slattery!

 

[Compi716]

Not bad...he's certainly going to be a different kind of JJJ. More dry.

 

[bjt]

 

[chaseter]

Alrighty, we don't need to see the same manip over and over and over.

 

[SuperZer0]

If they're looking for a big name, I would go with Chris Cooper. But, it likely won't happen, since the role is not big enough and he already turned down the offer to play Jim Gordon in Batman Begins.

Among the unknowns, I would go with Stephen Lang.

 

[brianbuck]

I'd go with Louie Anderson.

 

[SuperZer0]

I see this guy as a good candidate for J.J. Jameson: Dennis Farina!!!

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

I certainly wouldnt mind him

 

[Doctor Jones]

No Slattery or Elliot. They're too serious. Jameson needs to be partly funny as well. I'm not saying copy Simmons, it's just I don't like JJ being deathly serious all the time. You're supposed to laugh at his whole over the top demeanor as well.

 

[©KAW]

Not bad...he's certainly going to be a different kind of JJJ. More dry.

Hopefully more serious, less childish and cheesy like Simmons. And for once, I hope to actually believe that he owns the Daily Bugle and not Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.

 

[FVD]

I see this guy as a good candidate for J.J. Jameson: Dennis Farina!!!

Hah funny I was just thinking about him a few minutes ago but his name eluded me. Yeah I think he wouldn't be a bad choice too! Dunno about Sam Elliott though. John Slattery wouldn't be too bad I suppose. I'll give him a chance.

 

[FVD]

...and another suggestion who I believe could pull off Jameson with flying colours.

Randy Quaid

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Isn't he in jail or the nut house ?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I don't think Elliot would sound right for the role, he makes a good Ross though

 

[Alex_Spider]

Hopefully more serious, less childish and cheesy like Simmons. And for once, I hope to actually believe that he owns the Daily Bugle and not Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.

 

[FVD]

Isn't he in jail or the nut house ?

Oh wow I had no idea the situation he and wife have just gotten into recently. What is it with Hollywood stars etc? Hasn't he made enough money to pay for whatever and yet still avoid to pay a Hotel bill???? Putting that aside I still think he'd make a great Jonah!

 

[El Payaso]

No Slattery or Elliot. They're too serious. Jameson needs to be partly funny as well. I'm not saying copy Simmons, it's just I don't like JJ being deathly serious all the time. You're supposed to laugh at his whole over the top demeanor as well.

At this point some seriousness woudn't hurt. In the previous movies Jameson has been relegated to nothing else than a comic relief.

But those actors can be directed to a balance.

 

[Doctor Jones]

He wasn't just comic relief. He was used in more humerous moments, because there has to be some humor in these films, but he wasn't just comic relief. He hated Spider-Man, thought he was a crook and untrustwortty, and wanted to see him be brought down. And he was over the top. Jameson has always been over the top. His humor comes from that. A guy with a Hitler like mustache with a big cigar in his mouth and strange tall hair is already ridiculous. Lee said that Jameson was created out of the vision of the fast talking news paper editors of the 40's. Those guys are just like that. Simmons played it right. And he was funny too. How serious can you take it when a guy looks and acts like that? Simmons had it down.

 

[chaseter]

People want the new flick to be serious, dramatic, and tense with the only humor coming from Spidey's quips during battles. They basically want TDK with Bruce telling jokes. That smells like a winning formula to me.

 

[ModestMr.Green]

Yeah, well, blame Nolan for creating the notion of a melodramatic superhero crime film. Personally, I'd rather pay ten bucks to see a colourful Spidey adaptation than Along Came a Spider-Man.

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Jameson needs to be humorous, just not as cheesy as he was at some points in the Raimi trilogy.

I actually think the 90's series Ed Asner version is a good example of the balance of wit and grouchyness.

 

[thebatsam]

I think Bryan Cranston would be a good Jonah

 

[El Payaso]

He wasn't just comic relief. He was used in more humerous moments, because there has to be some humor in these films, but he wasn't just comic relief. He hated Spider-Man, thought he was a crook and untrustwortty, and wanted to see him be brought down. And he was over the top. Jameson has always been over the top. His humor comes from that. A guy with a Hitler like mustache with a big cigar in his mouth and strange tall hair is already ridiculous. Lee said that Jameson was created out of the vision of the fast talking news paper editors of the 40's. Those guys are just like that. Simmons played it right. And he was funny too. How serious can you take it when a guy looks and acts like that? Simmons had it down.

I still don't see anything else other than comic relief in what you wrote. Or in the movies for that matter.

After 3 movies we didn't even know why Jameson hates Spiderman. And in the comics we do. And it's a great conflict for him. Spiderman is the living reminder that he's not that heroic and brave as he likes to think. It's not just about being grumpy and hating everything. It's far more complex than that.

But in the third movie he was given a little girl, a forgetable assitant (Hoffman) and some irrationally loud buzzer intercom to work with.