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Watching it now

posted 8 years ago by deansaintly
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How is Tom Cruise wasn't nominated for an Oscar on his performance , his best ever role along with Jerry Macquarie and collateral

[–] ragamuffingun 7 years ago

I agree, I am sorry Tom Cruise was not nominated. Even though some people may lampoon and dislike him now for all the Scientology and other stuff over the years--and I personally would like to see acting him in other films besides action films and I don't understand why he does't do more serious challenging roles--he really is a very, very good actor. Just go back to his many older performances, especially to Born on the 4th of July, and you will see his considerable acting abilities on heartbreaking display.

[–] jmrex 7 years ago

He's a fantastic actor.

[–] emncaity 7 years ago

Underappreciated at times, I think. He's been dogged by his whole Cruise Character thing -- the smirking, overconfident '80s pretty boy -- which I think tends to make people think he's a zero as an actor. But he's not. He's had several roles where he really found the character and it really worked. This was one of them, for sure.

[–] MoviemanCin 7 years ago

That's Jerry Maquire, dean.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

[–] 1shado1 7 years ago

That's Jerry Maquire, dean.

Maguire.

Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm gonna blow him right to Mars.

[–] jmrex 7 years ago

You're both wrong. It's Gerry McGwire.

[–] Dan_Garten 7 years ago

This is one of his most believable performances.

[–] frankzappayay 7 years ago

I thought it was pretty ordinary. It isn't hard to act like an uptight yuppie *beep* especially for Tom Cruise. And that is all he is for 99% of the movie and then the last 5 minutes suddenly he develops some heart. Big deal.

[–] Rusty (548) a year ago

Yep, he’s amazing in Rain Man. Also great in A Few Good Men and many others.

When he got more famous, rich and powerful he wanted to control his image, probably to compensate for all the hate he got for Scientology and jumping on Oprah’s couch, so he used the Mission Impossible franchise to cement him in people’s minds as a hero.

I love those MI films, but his goody-two-shoes Ethan Hunt character feels manufactured and doesn’t ring nearly as true the selfish, aggressive, impatient, wounded Charlie Babbitt.