Who's Your Favorite (and Least Favorite) Actor?
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are you okay, joey?
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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I'm still here, len.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:are you okay, joey?
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Actually she does both of those a lotdurdencommatyler wrote:She didn't breathe loudly or frown enough to keep up?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watching Cobie Smulders try to hold her own next to Tom Cruise is just sad
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durdencommatyler wrote:I'm still here, len.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:are you okay, joey?

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Then does she just not run enough?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Actually she does both of those a lotdurdencommatyler wrote:She didn't breathe loudly or frown enough to keep up?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watching Cobie Smulders try to hold her own next to Tom Cruise is just sad
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She does that toodurdencommatyler wrote:Then does she just not run enough?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Actually she does both of those a lotdurdencommatyler wrote:She didn't breathe loudly or frown enough to keep up?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watching Cobie Smulders try to hold her own next to Tom Cruise is just sad
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Huh. Take her shirt off?LoathedVermin72 wrote:She does that toodurdencommatyler wrote:Then does she just not run enough?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Actually she does both of those a lotdurdencommatyler wrote:She didn't breathe loudly or frown enough to keep up?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watching Cobie Smulders try to hold her own next to Tom Cruise is just sad
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Joey, I know you hate Cruise, but you should give this piece a read. Maybe it will help give you a bit more appreciation for him.
http://grantland.com/features/tom-cruis ... nicholson/
http://grantland.com/features/tom-cruis ... nicholson/
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That toodurdencommatyler wrote:Huh. Take her shirt off?LoathedVermin72 wrote:She does that toodurdencommatyler wrote:Then does she just not run enough?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Actually she does both of those a lotdurdencommatyler wrote:She didn't breathe loudly or frown enough to keep up?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watching Cobie Smulders try to hold her own next to Tom Cruise is just sad
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First of all, I do not hate Tom Cruise. Secondly, I will happily read that. BRB.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Joey, I know you hate Cruise, but you should give this piece a read. Maybe it will help give you a bit more appreciation for him.
http://grantland.com/features/tom-cruis ... nicholson/
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It's a nice piece but I'm not sure how it's supposed to enlighten me about Tom Cruise: The Actor. I still contest that Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia are his two best performances. It's no surprise that great directors working from great scripts are able to help even competent actors shine. And Cruise is, at the very least, competent.
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Also, my issues with Jack Reacher have little to do with Tom Cruise.
It's the fact that HE NEVER GOES BACK!
It's the fact that HE NEVER GOES BACK!
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jack reacher is on fx right now
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Did you watch it?
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i watched 5 minutes or so, then decided to see what was netflix/amazon and that's when i watched the future cult classic swiss army mandurdencommatyler wrote:Did you watch it?
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She is so awful. Just a tv actress. A bad one.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I'm watching the new Jack Reacher and it's making me realize how terrible Cobie Smulders is.
And yeah, that movie sucks...looks terrible.
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Ah. I see.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i watched 5 minutes or so, then decided to see what was netflix/amazon and that's when i watched the future cult classic swiss army mandurdencommatyler wrote:Did you watch it?
I might watch Jack Reacher one of these days. But the trailers looked so fucking stupid.
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i wasn't terribly interested, but went with a friend to see it in the theater...it had its moments, but didn't do much for me overalldurdencommatyler wrote:Ah. I see.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i watched 5 minutes or so, then decided to see what was netflix/amazon and that's when i watched the future cult classic swiss army mandurdencommatyler wrote:Did you watch it?
I might watch Jack Reacher one of these days. But the trailers looked so fucking stupid.
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It sure looked it to me. And again, that's not a Tom Cruise commentary, just a comment on this particular film.tragabigzanda wrote:The first one was awful.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i wasn't terribly interested, but went with a friend to see it in the theater...it had its moments, but didn't do much for me overalldurdencommatyler wrote:Ah. I see.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i watched 5 minutes or so, then decided to see what was netflix/amazon and that's when i watched the future cult classic swiss army mandurdencommatyler wrote:Did you watch it?
I might watch Jack Reacher one of these days. But the trailers looked so fucking stupid.
Verm got me thinking about Tom Cruise. I'm going to use this thread as an opportunity to rank/rate his films that I've seen. I'm going to rank them in order. Then off to the side I'm going to give two grades: one for Tom and one for the film itself. The Tom grade will be 1-5 (five being best) and the film's grade will be an academic type letter grade...
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