July 31st, 2015
It’s unfortunate that my little ode to Tom Cruise had to run during Santino’s confinement, because he would be all over it. Possibly even in agreementI’mRonBurgundy?
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Your ode is genius — so many of those films are just plain good if not great (“Edge of Tomorrow” was way underrated and even a film like “Oblivion” was perfectly serviceable and stylish fun.) Then there are the performances that you don’t expect when Tom plays against type — in movies like “Valkyrie” (an honorable German officer during WWII) or “Collateral” (a slick hit-man that is the antagonist for Jamie Foxx.) The only real stinkers I can think of over the past 25 years are the anti-Iraq war film (surprise, surprise) and the movie with Cameron Diaz (her career has been interesting) — “Lions for Lambs” and “Knight and Day.” I’m looking forward to seeing “Mission Impossible” tonight!!!
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The Color of Money actually got a surprisingly solid performance out of him… Wouldn’t call myself a fan but he always does justice to a certain kind of role (Risky B, Jerry Maguire) and rarely falls on his face with the darker, less user-friendly ones (e.g. Born On the 4th, Minority Report). He knows his limitations, while making an effort to get into character — big difference from the Brad who’s so self-conscious about not playing himself as to be downright bizarre sometimes
Galley Friend J.E. July 31, 2015 at 11:01 pm
Ditto, ditto, ditto, except applied to Harrison Ford.