I can deal with Jerry Maguire Tom Cruise, and I've oft stated my love for Eyes Wide Shut. Can't deal so much with "intense" TC. He couldn't kill a fly without having two lawyers and Pat Kingsley involved.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
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bon bon - Jul 20, 2004 11:34:48 am PDT #1020 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Vonnie K - Jul 20, 2004 11:37:47 am PDT #1021 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The preview for Collateral makes it look like there'd be plenty of opportunity for Cruise to grin or laugh maniacally. Since he's supposed to play a psychopath, the scary teeth at least would be in character.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 11:40:53 am PDT #1022 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Can't deal so much with "intense" TC.
Dude, my gym has been showing The Last Samurai lately, and it drives me nuts watching Cruise do his Serious Acting Face.
Though today's movie was the Matt LeBlanc Lost in Space, with the woman who played the evil Diana (?) on X-Files, and Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, Bill Hurt, and the annoying little girl from Party of Five who is -- guess what? -- still annoying.
Nutty - Jul 20, 2004 11:46:03 am PDT #1023 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The funny part of The Last Samurai was that Spiritually Awakened White Man Tom Cruise is not spiritually awakened enough for ritual suicide. So, according to the social rules he has adopted, he's kind of tattooed LOSER on his forehead, don't you think?
I have nothing remotely funny to say about Lost in Space. It was not remotely funny.
beekaytee - Jul 20, 2004 11:49:39 am PDT #1024 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Oh, Matt. You are absolutely right. My gymtastics are blurring together.
I'm pretty sure I saw RAD too...same effect.
Still can't see how the Equilibrium folk didn't expect that particular nom de martial arts to cause derisive snorts from movie-goers of a certain age.
On Collatoral: My experience of Tom Cruise is that he is greatly enhanced by the landscape. Beyond his charming smile, his acting is more a reflection of the surrounding elements like co-stars, concept and dialogue. Not so much with the actual "emoting". Which makes me wonder, if in fact a lot of action takes place in a cab, how he'll fare being closely scrutinized in a small space.
And what looks like a nightclub assasination in the preview was pulled off really well in the Replacement Killers. I don't have high hopes for it here.
DXMachina - Jul 20, 2004 11:50:49 am PDT #1025 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
with the woman who played the evil Diana (?) on X-Files
Mimi Rogers, who used to be married to Tom Cruise.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 11:52:18 am PDT #1026 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yes! Mimi Rogers!
Why do decent actors pick such horrible films?
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
DXMachina - Jul 20, 2004 11:53:38 am PDT #1027 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
Yeah. It made Wormhole Extreme on SG-1 look good.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2004 1:01:27 pm PDT #1028 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strangely enough, I'm on-topic.
I just saw Magnolia. Oh my God. All 188 minutes of it, there was just a big "Wow" inside me. I want to write something about it, but I can't find the words. Just, wow.
JZ - Jul 20, 2004 1:11:07 pm PDT #1029 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Heh. P-C, this fills me with relief, as I've been pimping Magnolia to Hec for the last year and a half. Since in pop-culture-consuming sensibilities sense you are frequently Hec and he is frequently you, this bodes well for his impression of the object of my mania.
I fear, however, that you may now be dead to Steph.