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I can totally see Tom Cruise as Jack Torrance


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Especially when he's locked in the pantry, laughing about the Sno-Cat and telling Wendy to check it out.

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Freeze frame some of his facial expresions in Eyes Wide Shut, creepy stuff. Very Torrance like.



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I was thinking the same thing about some of the Eyes Wide Shut scenes. Tom does have some looks that show a darker side.

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Just that impenetrable, rehearsed smile. What the f!ck was the Oprah thing?



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Just that impenetrable, rehearsed smile.

And that impenetrable laugh! It's so creepy.

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Definitely! I watched Eyes Wide Shut recently and found Tom to be reminiscent of Jack especially in the scenes where he is angry.

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Ug! Gross no way. I can't stand to look at Tom Cruise.

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You think you are special and wonderful, yet sound phony, needy and narcissistic. I think it is gross that simpleminded people are allowed to breed when they have no self-awareness of how they come across and project this onto their children.

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How do these creatures even live with any credibility or sense of reality about their lives? I guess she has been spoiled and has absolutely no self-awareness and can't see that men use her for sex. It all she has to get what she wants.

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I just think her pretentious mantra reminds me way too much of that horrible sounding movie, "Eat. Pray. Love", starring the extremely unlikeable Julia Roberts. I never want to know a woman who says she identifies with Julia Roberts.

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She sounds like an absolute twit and as shallow as they come. She appears to live in a mindset of lollipops and rainbows.

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Nah, I like Tom, but I don't see it.

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Yes, and instead of shouting: "Here's Joooohnnyyyyy!!!!", he'll scream SHOW ME THE MONEY!!! LOL

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