Tom Cruise

[ffolkes]

I don't really care about Cruise's antics in private life, it's the movies that count for me...
And he's had a fair share of ones i really like (mainly cos he's worked with great directors)

Haven't seen M:I:III yet though. But i prolly will.

[big screen satellite]

Cruise is a now a full blown loony, but he plays characters on movie, so its whats up there that counts...although i do have trouble believing sometimes that Cruise is some kinda superhero action man as in MI:III (or however you write it) - he's more at home in Vanilla Sky type roles for me...

i know there are a few ads etc about around for this, but i do think this movie kinda snuck up on everyone...there was none of the hype that the previous two Mission movies had...

i admire Cruise for the fact he acknowledges his fans, but i can also see why he's now getting on people's tits...the sofa jumping stuff, scientology bollocks...but at least he's happy, out there and making movies...there are not many movie stars like him about to be honest - most take their money and hide in their mansions and only com out when the need to...

but like ffolkes said, its what he produces on movie that counts, and whatever he does outside of that is his own business, although it may well reflect on who actually goes to see his movies....the nuttier he gets the more likely people will avoid his work, but he must know what he's doing...Mr Hubbard must have planned all this for him

[Eikman]

cruise went insane? did i miss something? did he run naked across the sunset strip or what?

[King of Snake]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

I don't really care about Cruise's antics in private life, it's the movies that count for me...
And he's had a fair share of ones i really like (mainly cos he's worked with great directors)

Haven't seen M:I:III yet though. But i prolly will.

i agree. Even though Cruise may be going a bit extreme, show me one movie star who isn't pretty much crazy fucked up in the head. If the movie's is decent I'm not going to go "well I guess the movie's is good but i gotta hate it cause Tom Cruise is in it"

[Deckard]

I don't have a problem with loony movie stars, but watching the wealth of Cruise's interviews, publicity footage, etc over the last couple of years, he just seems to have crossed the line into twatdom.

When that British TV crew squirted him with water at last Summer's WotW premiere, it felt like the whole nation went "Yeeeeeesss!!!!" There are plenty of comparable A-list movie stars who we'd never have felt that about -but with Cruise, it's like he needs to be brought down a peg or two!

It probably won't put me off seeing films of his that I want to see, but it does mean I increasingly get irritated by his appearance in them.

[the mongoose]

Well what happened is he fired his long-time manager/agent/etc (this older lady) and hired his sister(?!?!)........after that his first appearance was Oprah and the rest is history. I blame the sister.

His movies are great however, with Vanilla Sky being one of my favorite all time classics. Samurai, Minority, WotW, and Collat. were all great much in part to his screen presence and overall acting range. As far as I'm concerned, he's on the biggest string of grade A hits I've ever seen from a leading man. As long as the wacko Scientology doesn't creep it's way into his career choices (Travolta-Battlefield Earth style) then I'll keep watching his movies.

On a side note, the "buzz" is that MI3 is really, really good and the best of the MI's (not saying much there though). I might drag my lazy ass to a theater..........

[adam]

I guess I would be more comfortable with thinking, "what he believes is his own business," if it weren't for:

a)the anti-psychiatry rant

b)him flexing his muscle against South Park

He's making it our business.

[Tom]

Fuck yes, adam.

Fuck that looney.

I hereby boycott any Cruise film (that isn't Magnolia) from now untill the galactic warlord is dethroned and our emeter readings return to base zero.

[luke]

Last time I checked, a Tomato was experiencing more pain then me.

Damn my indifferent Thetan.

[GforGroove]

i really don't care about TomKat except qhen i read Defamer and i laugh and laugh.. and im happyabout his ridiculesness (?)

http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/tom-cruise/

For non stop tom fun.