tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post114503066046640374..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Cruise ControlledNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145296309711158752006-04-17T13:51:00.000-04:002006-04-17T13:51:00.000-04:00i actually think he is a very strong actor. and yo...i actually think he is a very strong actor. and you rarely feel like he's ACTING. That's why (as mentioned above) he steals Rain Man and Colour of Money. Also thought he was marvelous as the flawed character in Jerry Maguire. I thought Minority Report was also very strong. I rarely like the characters he portrays, but that's not really the point, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145280658287132052006-04-17T09:30:00.000-04:002006-04-17T09:30:00.000-04:00To be completely honest, I don't think Cruise is a...To be completely honest, I don't think Cruise is a good actor either, but you have to hand it to him...he does pick the right projects that will highlight his limited acting range. <BR/><BR/>That being said, my favorite Cruise performance is Jerry Maguire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145122145701389122006-04-15T13:29:00.000-04:002006-04-15T13:29:00.000-04:00Why don't I like Cruise in Jerry Maguire? Each ti...Why don't I like Cruise in Jerry Maguire? Each time he kicks that wall, something inside me dies.<BR/><BR/>It the single most painful example of desperate A.C.T.I.N.G. that I can think of.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145078313936537072006-04-15T01:18:00.000-04:002006-04-15T01:18:00.000-04:00One big "WORD" to what par3182. Cruise is just a b...One big "WORD" to what par3182. Cruise is just a bad bad actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145075050828345472006-04-15T00:24:00.000-04:002006-04-15T00:24:00.000-04:00I went with Collateral. I've never too much been a...I went with <I>Collateral</I>. I've never too much been a fan of him or his acting. I considered voting for <I>Eyes Wide Shut</I> though. And I am a fan of him in <I>Jerry Maguire</I> I must say.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145060960698599472006-04-14T20:29:00.000-04:002006-04-14T20:29:00.000-04:00or to put it another way...he can't act. he's trul...or to put it another way...he <I>can't</I> act. <BR/><BR/>he's truly awful in everything.par3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145057521517879142006-04-14T19:32:00.000-04:002006-04-14T19:32:00.000-04:00i've never understood why people loathe him in Jer...i've never understood why people loathe him in Jerry Maguire. I don't know if it was perfect casting or what but I thought he was spot on there. My other two favorites were probably Magnolia (sheer spectacle of the act and what Tim said ;) ) and 4th of July. Typical choices I know but with Cruise I think the consensus is correct.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145056531616728952006-04-14T19:15:00.000-04:002006-04-14T19:15:00.000-04:00I dislike Cruise as a person ( I guess he is ) .....I dislike Cruise as a person ( I guess he is ) ... but I think his performances are usually right on.. I think he stole Rainman from Hoffmann adn he also took Color of Monet right from under Newman's nose.<BR/><BR/> Anonymous IIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145055425805129472006-04-14T18:57:00.000-04:002006-04-14T18:57:00.000-04:00Already a wide spectrum of opinion on this one. I...Already a wide spectrum of opinion on this one. I loathe him in Jerry Maguire.<BR/><BR/>Maybe his best performance was keeping the weird sofa-jumping, pregnancy-hushing compulsions repressed for a couple of decades. I used to think he was an OK guy. That's great acting.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145050192816955422006-04-14T17:29:00.000-04:002006-04-14T17:29:00.000-04:00I chose Jerry Maguire. What a great romantic come...I chose Jerry Maguire. What a great romantic comedy performance.<BR/><BR/>Next, I'd go with Magnolia, and then Born on the Fourth of July.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, Collateral. Maybe it's his weird insanity as of late, but the idea of Cruise as a cold-blooded killer just works for me.<BR/><BR/>I'd have nominated him for all four. Other than these, I'm usually unimpressed, although Risky Business was a lot of fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145049707350645222006-04-14T17:21:00.000-04:002006-04-14T17:21:00.000-04:00It's Rain Man or Born on the Fourth of July, for m...It's <I>Rain Man</I> or <I>Born on the Fourth of July</I>, for me. Peak Cruise, 1988-9, with an honourable mention for <I>Eyes Wide Shut</I>. I think the trajectory from dumb jingoistic ranting jock to disillusioned disabled psycho angry jock in <I>Born on the Fourth</I> gets it — you know Stone wanted to do it a decade earlier with Pacino? He'd have played it with way too much covert intelligence. <I>Magnolia</I> is the Cruise performance closest to a self-portrait and all — Frank TJ Mackey would have trashed the hell out of Oprah's couch, right? — but I don't think this makes it great acting. And he's surely just silly in <I>Collateral</I>: I know film critics who'd make scarier hit men.tim rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893294970751318226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1145039465463084212006-04-14T14:31:00.000-04:002006-04-14T14:31:00.000-04:00I went with Collateral, but I considered Rainman a...I went with Collateral, but I considered Rainman and Magnolia too. And though I couldn't in all good conscience vote for Cocktail (hell, it wasn't an option), it remains the biggest guilty pleasure movie of my life.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com