Just the fact that Tom Cruise is the white male lead is enough for me to pass on the movie. I can catch it for free on cable in 3-4 years and fast-forward to the landscape sequences.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2013 6:09:47 am PDT #24093 of 30000
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Consuela - Apr 18, 2013 6:16:00 am PDT #24094 of 30000
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He really gives me the creeps.
God, me too. I can't see him as a character anymore: he's just TOM CRUISE. Bleah.
Amy - Apr 18, 2013 6:25:11 am PDT #24095 of 30000
Because books.
he's just TOM CRUISE. Bleah.
Exactly. Teeth and craziness and couch-jumping and ego.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2013 6:26:47 am PDT #24096 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Me too--I find him oily, and the character he plays onscreen and off is offputting enough that he blows the protagonist for me. And the intensity with which he plays the "I'm still a young buck! I'm happier than you! And cooler than you!" makes me want to exit the room.
I could probably watch Top Gun again. I haven't seen any of his movies in the theatre since...Collateral. Oh, maybe Rain Man and A Few Good Men, but I don't remember the movies well enough to be sure there's enough distraction from his future self.
For a short guy, he sure casts a long shadow...
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2013 6:29:54 am PDT #24097 of 30000
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I could probably watch Top Gun again.
Damn, I really don't want his Tom Cruiseiness to ruin Top Gun for me.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 18, 2013 6:51:41 am PDT #24098 of 30000
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I think he was at his best in A Few Good Men, which is one of the only Tom Cruise movies that I liked. But I never liked Tom Cruise even in his hey day, so I sort of feel vindicated for not finding him attractive as a 7th grader (I liked River Pheonix and Christian Slater better)
le nubian - Apr 18, 2013 7:25:18 am PDT #24099 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
See, if that white male lead was Jason Statham...maybe. Tom Cruise, never.
I get the feeling that about half an hour of the movie is just Morgan Freeman lighting a cigar in the dark.
Strong agreement with sentiments expressed above.
The last movie I saw him in in the theaters was "Collateral" and I felt I was solid a bill of goods because he wasn't that great in the movie despite reviews.
After that, I've seen him in "Tropic Thunder" at a friend's house. I have not seen any other TC movies since 2004.
-t - Apr 18, 2013 7:51:35 am PDT #24100 of 30000
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The visuals for Gatsby annoyed the hell out of me; I'm not sure why.
Me too. I haven't watched and all the way through because, I don't know, I didn't like the look of it.
I'm not a F Scott fan, though, so maybe I'm not the intended audience.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2013 7:56:07 am PDT #24101 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw that War of the Worlds remake Cruise made, but Batman Begins got my ticket money.
Gris - Apr 18, 2013 8:11:29 am PDT #24102 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I liked War of the Worlds and the first and most recent Mission Impossibles. I don't have a problem with Tom Cruise, really. Doesn't seem like the coolest of actual dudes, but he's hardly unique in that, and he can do some good stuff on screen when he wants to.
He's not a draw for me, but he's not a detriment either.