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― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 December 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
http://wlocks.world.free.fr/heroic_fantasy/heroic/cinema_heroicfantasy/legend3.JPG
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― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 December 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link
-- DR. O. RLY? (...), Today. (later)
He was great in Magnolia though, especially since his stock dynamo-asshole character was played for pathos.
-- elmo, patron saint of nausea (elmo.oxyge...), Today. (later)
Agreed with the latter, and I don't think it's fair to hold the hindsight self-parody against him, although it is true.
He's been in some great fucking movies and even played some amazing parts (although he often plays that tough-guy-with-a-soft-side character, but when it's good, it's really good). I actually liked him in Vanilla Sky, but I also liked that movie in general. Let me also mention "A Few Good Men."
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― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 30 December 2005 05:27 (eighteen years ago) link
The Cruiser is so blase about dangerous situations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7QfTYH2L2k
― DavidM, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 12:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ktgurl10 (1 hour ago) fuckkk yes MUSE MAKE THIS TRAILER WHAT IT IS
― Who was that Christmas-jumpered man? (onimo), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Dud. To me, Cruise is a one-trick pony as an actor, and his efforts to stretch beyond his hyper-confident, man-of-action Alfa-Male image are mostly laughable (admittedly, I haven't seen Born On The 4th Of July, which I take it is his most significant attempt to break past the image).
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 30 December 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
He is funny in interviews tho tbh.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
He works really well as a blank slate where the film projects a role onto him, but in recent years he's attempted to grow a personality so it doesn't work well.
― mh, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
works really well as a sociopath... not so much where caring or warmth is required
― Snop Snitchin, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he is actually a good actor, and almost all of his films are worth watching. I think people are maybe prejudiced against his Scientological beliefs which I don't pay much attention to, he does a lot of films with intrigue, I mean COME ON he was in Eyes Wide Shut. Like are you going to have some boring indie method guy doing that? What do you people WANT? Jerry Maguire is good too.
― US EEL (u s steel), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i usually just treat him/look at him like a special effect in a movie. he might as well be cgi. i liked him in war of the worlds though. he almost seemed human. would have probably loved that movie no matter who was in it though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
That trailer looks pretty cool actually. The part where he is hanging on the car in sunglasses akin to risky business cruise. The part where he falls off the car. The lolz when he walks into the diner as Diaz is telling her story to the unbeliever.
― Spiffy Spaceman (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
The only part of that trailer I hated was RILEY FINN.
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked that trailer a lot too.
― krakow, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I would probably watch this movie, it does look like fun (except for Riley, argh).
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Tom Cruise can do determination, passion etc. really well, but sometimes things get funny when he tries to pull off affection and the lighter moments in a relationship.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
He's good in Collateral.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
wow gabbneb on this thread is just... urgh blech
― larry craig memorial gloryhole (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
My brother recently told me that Christian Bale based his American Psycho character on Cruise after seeing him on Letterman one night
and here it is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/christian-bales-american_n_329874.html
― Cunga, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
To be honest I don't want to see him in the "lighter moments in a relationship". He is a Scientologist.
― US EEL (u s steel), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Boy it must have been a real chore for Christian Bale to find a role model to base the crazy on.
― Snake Effect Low (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
name me an 'average man' Tom Cruise has played
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:40 PM
war of the worlds
― ♖♘♗♔♕♗♘♖ (am0n), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
He was actually really funny in Tropic Thunder, although I didn't realise it was him till the end credits.
― Ork Alarm (Matt #2), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
He is excellent in Magnolia and Tropic Thunder
He was v good in Risky Business IIRC
everything else he's ever done can be balled up into one soggy wad and fired into the sun imo
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh ive like like 80-90% of the movies hes been in so i cant hate the dude that much
― max, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
*liked
like hes probably a creep in real life but hes got pretty good taste in projects, better than a lot of actors who seem like theyd be cool to hang out with in real life
― max, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Fair enough, but he was bascially playing himself or the phone-in version he now uses. Not bad, excellently cast, but hardly a stretch, acting-wise.
― Enfonce bien tes ongles et tes doigts délicats dans la jungle de (Michael White), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
When I say "lighter moments" I mean, for example, there are scenes in his movies where his son will say something like "thanks for taking me to the park, Dad!" and Tom Cruise will look at kid with the most intense, passionate look a man can make, force that weird Cruise laugh, and then in that solemn voice of his say: "I love you so much."
A simple "no problem, sport" response to his son would've worked, but no.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
he can't help it, he's fucking passionate man
― larry craig memorial gloryhole (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember thinking how great he was in Magnolia.
― krakow, Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
He was good in Minority Report as well.
― ô_o (Nicole), Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Weird question: does anyone know where exactly "American Pie" is used in Born on the Fourth of July? It'll save me watching the whole film again.
Also: has their never been a Tom Cruise poll on ILX?
― clemenza, Monday, 23 January 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
there was this one:
THOMAS CRUISE MAPOTHER IV: HIS ŒUVRE
― omar little, Monday, 23 January 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
Ah, that's why I couldn't find it.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 January 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link