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I did not know he was still alive. 'Til y'know, now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bMg2xN-qZY
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I'd never heard of him until I saw the Super Mario Bros. (1993) 4K restoration a few months ago, and wondered who that guy was playing Toad.
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NikkolasKing posted:So Tom Cruise is possibly my favorite living, big time actor. Not the best actor ever but I've never been disappointed by a performance from him, even if he's in a meh movie. I hated Jerry Maguire (1996) on instinct for most of my life because I grew up during all the pop culture hubbub around it, but I finally watched it a few years back and it's wonderful. Cruise just absolutely oozes charm throughout the whole thing and all the cheesiest and most cliche moments are saved by him committing to it 100%. Like Rain Man (1988) used to be a pretty big part of the Tom Cruise non-action canon but I don't think it really holds up decades later whereas Jerry Maguire totally does. Also gotta throw Eyes Wide Shut (1999) in there which I'm usually pushing in any conversation about Kubrick, I think it's one of his best. Very different energy from all of Cruise's action roles but also from a lot of his charming rom-com roles. A dark and weird movie but a lot more fun than most people expect. And he just absolutely kills it of course. Oddly I've still never seen Magnolia (1999), I should change that.
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Collateral, man. Nasty little cheeky viper in that. Kicks rear end Think It was the first major motion picture shot on digital The Peccadillo fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:Now we don't got Mojo Nixon and the world could use some fixin'. This is how I found out  His family put out an excellent statement though:“August 2, 1957 — February 7, 2024 Mojo Nixon. How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire…,” his family shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners + a good breakfast with bandmates and friends.“A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right… & that’s just how he did it, Mojo has left the building,” his family’s statement continued. “Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all.” NikkolasKing posted:So Tom Cruise is possibly my favorite living, big time actor. Not the best actor ever but I've never been disappointed by a performance from him, even if he's in a meh movie. My wife and I did this, we went in order. Our tastes may vary but the best Cruise movies are: Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, Collateral, Top Gun/Top Gun: Maverick, Born on the Fourth of July, Interview with the Vampire, Edge of Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, and Taps. Taps in particular is a real sleeper, his first meaty role and it's a strikingly direct and vicious movie, don't overlook it. Bottom 10: 10. Oblivion 9. The Mummy 8. Rain Man 7. Lions for Lambs 6. Jack Reacher (I don't care if Werner Herzog has one good scene, the movie wastes him and is boring as hell beyond that) 5. The Last Samurai 4. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 3. Endless Love (his first movie, he's in it for literally a minute halfway through, has a good scene stealer moment, and then never shows back up. But if you're gonna watch em all you gotta commit) 2. Valkyrie 1. Losin' It edit: Don't forget his cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Which, no, does not make my Bottom 10. TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Collateral and Magnolia are easily his best performances. Eyes Wide Shut is also a movie that straight up doesn't work if you don't have Cruise in the lead role. The Color of Money is also a lesser film of his, but incredibly interesting. Scorsese slumming it on a sequel, Paul Newman passing the torch, the fascinating difference in tone between it and The Hustler. You do need to see The Hustler before it, but that movie is also a classic so it's no great ask. A lot of people also like The Form but I can never see it as anything but a weaker Devil's Advocate.
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Yeah, The Firm is kinda boring. Did not care for that one. Eyes Wide Shut is a masterpiece and Cruise's performance is really stellar. I hate the suggestions that Kubrick used him because he's a "blank slate" or something like that, cause he's really quite nuanced especially in that role. It's a comedy all about how Tom Cruise can't get laid!
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Honestly I'm not sure there's s a movie that Tom Cruise was the let down. Some sucked, but not hard, and it can't really be pinned on his performances
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Interview With the Vampire pretty much the only Tom Cruise performance i really need
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Interview With the Vampire pretty much the only Tom Cruise performance i really need Interview With a Vampire is a good Cruise performance, but at max it's the second-best use of him as an actor after Eyes Wide Shut
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The Peccadillo posted:Honestly I'm not sure there's s a movie that Tom Cruise was the let down. Some sucked, but not hard, and it can't really be pinned on his performances He has a pretty good hit rate. Which suggests either that he has good taste and instincts, and/or is advised by someone who does and he's smart enough to trust them. Has anyone mentioned his pretty amazing cameo in Tropic Thunder?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Interview With the Vampire pretty much the only Tom Cruise performance i really need
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The Peccadillo posted:Brad Pitt on the other hand. What a dim oval office I don't really agree. I feel like Pitt has been in more films but his hit rate is pretty good too. And I don't think he's that dumb.
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I liked The First Weeaboo
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Look at Brad's work producing before you call him dim.
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therattle posted:I don't really agree. I feel like Pitt has been in more films but his hit rate is pretty good too. And I don't think he's that dumb. The man can't read
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Gaius Marius posted:Look at Brad's work producing before you call him dim. ... no?
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The Peccadillo posted:Brad Pitt on the other hand. What a dim oval office it's legit shocking how bad Pitt is in it lol. i always forget that he didn't really learn how to act til the late '90s Tuxedo Catfish posted:Interview With a Vampire is a good Cruise performance, but at max it's the second-best use of him as an actor after Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut is a good use of him as a screen presence, Interview With the Vampire is a great use of him as an actor
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I've always been puzzled by all the people who love him in 12 monkeys (always felt grating to me even as a kid) but to each their own
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1. Les Grossman Tropic Thunder 2. Stacee Jaxx Rock of Ages 3. Vincent Collateral Top Tom Performances
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I've always been puzzled by all the people who love him in 12 monkeys (always felt grating to me even as a kid) but to each their own Big same. He's a huge part of why I just can't click with that movie.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Eyes Wide Shut is a good use of him as a screen presence, Interview With the Vampire is a great use of him as an actor
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:it's legit shocking how bad Pitt is in it lol. i always forget that he didn't really learn how to act til the late '90s In what? I straight up don't like that guy. Except he's hot
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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The Peccadillo posted:In what? I straight up don't like that guy. Except he's hot i think he's good in Fight Club. you can see the gears start to turn in Seven, he still seems like a dumb young shithead in it but that's what the role calls for. like a lot of people, he gave his best ever performance for the Coen brothers (Burn After Reading) Coaaab posted:pondering "who had their career-best performance in a kubrick film" and can only think of arguables like george c. scott, peter sellers, malcolm mcdowell. never seen anything else douglas rain did, but that may be the winner by default McDowell probably qualifies, although I love him in Lindsay Anderson's movies. while I do think George C. Scott gives the best performance in Dr. Strangelove, I don't think you could call it his best performance overall. Full Metal Jacket has a couple contenders (Matthew Modine, Vinnie D'onofrio, and of course R. Lee Ermey)
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Ah poo poo Burn After Reading. Single funniest facial expression in movies I take it back
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Cruise's strongest performances are the ones that take advantage of the fact that underneath his surface level charm he's an undeniably weird and off putting guy. He's fun in stuff like the MI movies or Last Samurai but he really shines when he's playing some kind of weird creep like in Magnolia, Interview with the Vampire, Eyes Wide Shut, or Collateral.
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i think the trouble with claiming Eyes Wide Shut as a performance highlight for Cruise is not only does he get blown off the screen in pretty much any scene he shares with Nicole Kidman (understandable) but in one scene he gets blown off the screen by Alan Cumming
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:but in one scene he gets blown off the screen by Cumming Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Wow Alan cumming has been in a ton of bad movies though looking at his career. I guess I get it. I just always think he has the capability even if he doesn't demonstrate it much. Cumming is good.
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Coaaab posted:pondering "who had their career-best performance in a kubrick film" and can only think of arguables like george c. scott, peter sellers, malcolm mcdowell. never seen anything else douglas rain did, but that may be the winner by default Kirk Douglas best role is in Paths of Glory. Shelley Duvall in Shining. I might make a case for James Mason in Lolita.
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I assume Alan Cumming is all classically shakespeare trained and stuff and that's great but i can't look at him without thinking of his extremely grating role as "i'm invincible!" guy in Goldeneye
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I just have childhood fondness for that guy cuz he was a hilariously bad character in the game and movie. It's also already a very cheesy and hacky fun James Bond movie so Boris?? doesn't even stick out that much to me. Like rewatching X2 (which holds up as like, better than basically every MCU film or "modern" superhero movie), it's clear Alan Cumming has a lot of roles I'm fondly nostalgic for cuz of my childhood (see also Titus, Romy & Michelle). We used to have blue men talking about how Jesus loves us even though we're gay.
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he did make a good Nightcrawler and that's my favorite comic book character so to be clear i have no smoke with Alan Cumming (although when he pops up in Goldeneye i am like "man i wish this guy would be Alan Going") i also liked him in Josie and the Pussycats.
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Gaius Marius posted:Kirk Douglas best role is in Paths of Glory. quote:Shelley Duvall in Shining. quote:I might make a case for James Mason in Lolita.
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I cannot in good faith say the best George C Scott performance was Dr Strangelove. There's just so much shouting goodness to be had in his career. It's gotta be Exorcist III for me but there's a lot of runners up.
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MacheteZombie posted:The man can't read I just listened to an interview with him to check and he isn't super fluent and articulate but there is some substance and thought to what he is saying. He's no Paul Giamatti or PSH (where they are/were clearly highly intelligent men) but I don't think he's a fool.
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Alan Cumming was insanely good as the MC in Sam Mendes' staging of Cabaret. But yeah he picks some crap roles. I don't think he gives too much of a poo poo about movies tbh
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Jay Rust posted:He's so short Just rewatched War of the Worlds (2005) and the least believable thing in there is Tom squaring off against Tim Robbins
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