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It's over for Cruise - out with the old, in with the new
25
23.81%
Cruise may rise from the rubble once again
65
61.90%
who cares? I never liked him anyway
15
14.29%
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Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
02-02-11, 01:15 PM
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Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
Nobody stays at the top forever, and this is certainly true even after certain actors have spent more than 20 years at the top of their game.
As far as Tom Cruise goes (and he used to be one of my favorite actors), I think he not only suffers from nutsy-itis, but he has gotten too big for his britches. True, he turned in a good performance in Tropic Thunder, but that was a gem mixed in a heap of coal for the past five or six years.
Does anyone here think Cruise will rise above his current notoriety as a crazed Scientologist and action-hero star (enough with Mission: Impossible already) and become a box office draw again?
As far as Tom Cruise goes (and he used to be one of my favorite actors), I think he not only suffers from nutsy-itis, but he has gotten too big for his britches. True, he turned in a good performance in Tropic Thunder, but that was a gem mixed in a heap of coal for the past five or six years.
Does anyone here think Cruise will rise above his current notoriety as a crazed Scientologist and action-hero star (enough with Mission: Impossible already) and become a box office draw again?
02-02-11, 01:24 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
The whole reason he was in Tropic Thunder was to start the transition to supporting roles. So as a leading man who's box office yes it's over.
02-02-11, 01:26 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
that could be the reason why he accepted a supporting role in 1999's Magnolia, but I don't think so. I think Tom Cruise just does whatever part might suit his fancy at the time.
02-02-11, 01:37 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
It used to be that from aprox 1985 to 2005 every film he did had something great about it, a certain spark. He wasn't neccessarily great, but the film was. Take Days of Thunder, not a great performance by him, and the film is a rather routine sports melodrama, but it has a certain magic. Cruise films used to mean magic, and again I say, he wasn't neccesarily magic in them, but he appeared in films that were magic. The films just clicked. His latest films have him, but they don't click. It's weird because it's so intangible.
Mostly I think he wasn't affraid to work with BIG NAME directors (Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorsese, Stone, DePalma, Ridley and Tony Scott, Sidney Pollack, Barry Levinson, even Woo and Reiner were huge when he worked with them). Lately he wants to work with talented craftsman, not auteurs. Brian Singer and JJ Abrams are only serviceable directors, competent craftsmen. It's a common problem with actors, if the director is bigger than you, you are at risk of losing control to them, but they might take you to great places. Cruise is affraid now. He's a affraid to work with the big name directors.
That being said, I could see him having a late career renaissance if he plays his cards right. He should lie low for 5-8 years and then do something brilliant as part of an ensable.
Mostly I think he wasn't affraid to work with BIG NAME directors (Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorsese, Stone, DePalma, Ridley and Tony Scott, Sidney Pollack, Barry Levinson, even Woo and Reiner were huge when he worked with them). Lately he wants to work with talented craftsman, not auteurs. Brian Singer and JJ Abrams are only serviceable directors, competent craftsmen. It's a common problem with actors, if the director is bigger than you, you are at risk of losing control to them, but they might take you to great places. Cruise is affraid now. He's a affraid to work with the big name directors.
That being said, I could see him having a late career renaissance if he plays his cards right. He should lie low for 5-8 years and then do something brilliant as part of an ensable.
02-02-11, 01:44 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
Nobody stays at the top forever, and this is certainly true even after certain actors have spent more than 20 years at the top of their game.
As far as Tom Cruise goes (and he used to be one of my favorite actors), I think he not only suffers from nutsy-itis, but he has gotten too big for his britches. True, he turned in a good performance in Tropic Thunder, but that was a gem mixed in a heap of coal for the past five or six years.
Does anyone here think Cruise will rise above his current notoriety as a crazed Scientologist and action-hero star (enough with Mission: Impossible already) and become a box office draw again?
As far as Tom Cruise goes (and he used to be one of my favorite actors), I think he not only suffers from nutsy-itis, but he has gotten too big for his britches. True, he turned in a good performance in Tropic Thunder, but that was a gem mixed in a heap of coal for the past five or six years.
Does anyone here think Cruise will rise above his current notoriety as a crazed Scientologist and action-hero star (enough with Mission: Impossible already) and become a box office draw again?
02-02-11, 02:01 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
Tom Cruise is doing fine, and will continue to be popular for years to come. I totally see him moving into some really interesting projects and the guy is a pretty decent actor. Scientology aside, and I've honestly not seen much of that since I don't follow tabloids or daytime TV, I've always thought he seems like a likeable person with a good sense of humor. I own several of his movies and he's always good.
02-02-11, 02:10 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
I've never been a big Tom Cruise fan but I think he's becoming likable again. He was funny in Tropic Thunder and in Knight and Day. I don't cringe anymore when I see he's in a movie. Now Mel Gibson on the other hand.........
02-02-11, 02:19 PM
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Ive always liked Tom Cruise' acting and I really dont think its over for him or anything like that but a new big hit couldn't hurt.
02-02-11, 02:40 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
It used to be that from aprox 1985 to 2005 every film he did had something great about it, a certain spark. He wasn't neccessarily great, but the film was. Take Days of Thunder, not a great performance by him, and the film is a rather routine sports melodrama, but it has a certain magic.
02-02-11, 03:43 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
So far the one vote for "who cares? I never liked him anyway" came from me because who cares? I never liked him anyway.
That being said, his role in "Tropic Thunder" as Les Grossman was all kinds of awesome. One of my favorite movies and he is one of the major reasons why.
That being said, his role in "Tropic Thunder" as Les Grossman was all kinds of awesome. One of my favorite movies and he is one of the major reasons why.
02-02-11, 05:10 PM
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02-02-11, 05:26 PM
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Re: Is it all over for Tom Cruise?
His religious cult preferences aside, Knight and Day was a very underrated summer blockbuster that didn't take off financially in the states due to everyone's backlash of Cruise.
02-02-11, 06:06 PM
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