i guess this can also be a tom cruise appreciation thread
everyone knew him from risky business or the outsiders
i remembered him as Jack in Legend. such a great movie from ridley scott
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:25 pm
by tree_
The only movie I really appreciate him as an actor in is Magnolia
And guess what, zero stunts
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:27 pm
by dad
tree_ wrote:The only movie I really appreciate him as an actor in is Magnolia
And guess what, zero stunts
i don't know man. that movie is like seven hours long. he had to trudge through all that.
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:35 pm
by tree_
dad wrote:
tree_ wrote:The only movie I really appreciate him as an actor in is Magnolia
And guess what, zero stunts
i don't know man. that movie is like seven hours long. he had to trudge through all that.
… Interesting point. Looking at his preferred movie roles I do bet magnolia was way more difficult for him than anything else
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:35 pm
by epilogue
tree_ wrote:The only movie I really appreciate him as an actor in is Magnolia
And guess what, zero stunts
He's great in Eyes Wide Shut, too.
Also, no stunts.
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:36 pm
by tree_
epilogue wrote:
tree_ wrote:The only movie I really appreciate him as an actor in is Magnolia
And guess what, zero stunts
He's great in Eyes Wide Shut, too.
Also, no stunts.
I forgot about that one. Although I still think magnolia is the superior performance
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:38 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:39 pm
by doug rr
its not easy being an action star at 5 ft 2
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:41 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:43 pm
by tree_
it's easy when you have one million dollars
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:46 pm
by dad
a million dollars gets you a lot of closet.
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:48 pm
by doug rr
dad wrote:a million dollars gets you a lot of closet.
250 sq ft in nyc..
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:52 pm
by tree_
i'm not cultured enough to understand this metaphor but i like it
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 7:59 pm
by dad
doug rr wrote:
dad wrote:a million dollars gets you a lot of closet.
250 sq ft in nyc..
a visual guide for the uncultured (me).
Re: Tom Cruise is a maniac and I love him for it
Posted: Tue December 20, 2022 8:00 pm
by tree_
yes but what does 250 and nyc have to do with hiding the fact you're gay and short with one million dollars