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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

I think every movie with Tom Cruise could be improved by replacing Tom Cruise.

I just watched Edge of Tomorrow. Sort of a bug movie and a computer game . Good movie that made me dislike Tom Cruise even more. What a waste, some other actor could have made that better.

3.5 hobbits but minus .5 for Tom Cruise.

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cocktail & Top Gun got into my brain before I could properly see the problems with them or him. Donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve liked him since. Creepy midget ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I haven't watched either.

I used to enjoy his movies, but then he just became a bigger and bigger arsehole irl,

and I also started to see how he often just wasn't good

one positive thing is that he's a very conscientious and hard worker

I grant he was good in Tropic Thunder, I think he was playing himself

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That tropic thunder cameo was by far his best work

[โ€“] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good call. I would rank A Few Good Men as his best and my fave.

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Ah yes. That one is solid. And Nicholson being revolting, heโ€™s very good at that.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I usually don't like Tom Cruise but I would not want anyone else in Top Gun. I think that's also because he was playing himself.

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

I loved edge of tomorrow! I reckon like 4.2 hobbits from me

[โ€“] SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

I donโ€™t mind him in action stuff like the Mission Impossibles or Top Gun. Not every movie has to be intellectual or every actor be Oscar worthy. Some movies I watch for easy fun, others I watch for more depth. Tom Cruise is in the first category.

Just read โ€œAll You Need is Killโ€ by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and you can replace Tom with whoever you like.

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Having read the books, Cruise was a terrible choice for Jack Reacher. I think he's a twat of a man and a passionate actor suited to action, but he's no Jack Reacher.

[โ€“] DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And Jack Reacher is supposed to be like 7 feet tall!

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

6'5" in the books, and thick, and can't run for shit. In one book he gets shot with a small calibre gun and he's described as having too big pecs for the bullet to really hurt him.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan but I watched American Made and he was really good in it. Great movie too.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

That *was *a good movie. Tom seems very well cast playing people with little moral compass.