Just looked at Tom Cruise's IMDB page and..

[AznAnarchy99]

And now the Top Gun theory of Tom Cruise movies. Every Crusie movie is basically a version of Top Gun where Tom is the best at whatever he does.


Guess I have more I need to watch to see if the theory holds.

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Collateral - Top Assassin. :awe:

 

[smackababy]

Robert DeNiro, one of the greatest actors ever, plays basically the same role in every movie. How many actors have a ton of range?

I don't think that is true. Take, for instance, the Deer Hunter and then Taxi Driver. While Bob might have been sort of type cast as the hard ass, efficient dude in a lot of his later roles, he has the range to do more. He just happens to be so good in a single role, people want him to play it.

 

[TreVader]

The dance scene at the end of Tropic Thunder is his masterpiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPO6dOPxmr8

He was also awesome in Magnolia

 

[Denly]

Not a fan of young Cruise(or Matt Damon/Brad Pitt) but they have grow on me as they age.

Cruise is a good to great actor.

 

[Kushina]

Not a fan of young Cruise(or Matt Damon/Brad Pitt) but they have grow on me as they age.

Cruise is a good to great actor.

Leonardo Dicaprio shits on all 3 of them for breakfast. Especially as he's aged. He is a good actor.

/End of rant(s).

 

[KeithTalent]

Leonardo Dicaprio shits on all 3 of them for breakfast. Especially as he's aged. He is a good actor.

/End of rant(s).

Leo is awesome. I just re-watched Shutter Island and dude is doing work in that movie. So freaking good.

KT

 

[SP33Demon]

Leonardo Dicaprio shits on all 3 of them for breakfast. Especially as he's aged. He is a good actor.

/End of rant(s).

Except Pitt and Damon have an Oscar and Cruise has won more Golden Globes. Doh

 

[Paratus]

Except Pitt and Damon have an Oscar and Cruise has won more Golden Globes. Doh

 

[1sikbITCH]

why did you stop at 1983? Taps is a pretty good movie.

it's beautiful man!!!! Rat tat tat tat!!!!!

 

[1sikbITCH]

Leonardo Dicaprio shits on all 3 of them for breakfast. Especially as he's aged. He is a good actor.

/End of rant(s).

He's a Rob Lowe. Gets parts cause the girls like him. Shit for acting.
At least Rob Lowe is funny.

 

[Ichinisan]

And now the Top Gun theory of Tom Cruise movies. Every Crusie movie is basically a version of Top Gun where Tom is the best at whatever he does.

Gotta give it to him, there's not much to be critical about.
2014 Edge of Tomorrow (Cage) GREAT Haven't seen this yet but possibly Top Groundhog Top Recruiter
2013 Oblivion (Jack) Pretty good Top Clone
2012 Jack Reacher (Reacher) Good Top Military Police Investigator Top Mary Sue
2012 Rock of Ages (Stacee Jaxx) Wasn't my cup of tea Top Rock Star
2011 Mission: Impossible 4 (Ethan Hunt) Pretty good Top Spy 4
2010 Knight and Day (Roy Miller) Nah Didn't see this one Top Spy
2008 Valkyrie (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg) Good Top Nazi Traitor
2008 Tropic Thunder (Les Grossman - Grossman's Office) Small part, but he owned the part. Top Movie Producer
2007 Lions for Lambs (Senator Jasper Irving) Very good, under-rated. havent seen this one
2006 Mission: Impossible III (Ethan Hunt) ..better than #2 Top Spy 3
2005 War of the Worlds (Ray Ferrier) Pretty good Top Divorced Dad Top Longshoreman Crane Operator (they really try to show it's a laborious job that he's very proficient at)
2004 Collateral (Vincent) GREAT Didn't see this one Top Assassin
2003 The Last Samurai (Nathan Algren) Very good Top Samurai
2002 Minority Report (Chief John Anderton) GREAT Top Detective
2001 Vanilla Sky (David Aames) Weird, but good Didn't see this one Top Romantic
2000 Mission: Impossible II (Ethan Hunt) Horrible, just horrible Top Spy 2
1999 Magnolia (Frank T.J. Mackey) Interesting movie Didn't see this one
1999 Eyes Wide Shut (Dr. William Harford) Very good IMO not sure about this one possibly the exception that defines the rule
1996 Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire) Good Top Sports Agent
1996 Mission: Impossible (Ethan Hunt) Very good Top Spy 1
1994 Interview with the Vampire (Lestat de Lioncourt) Good Top Vampire
1993 The Firm (Mitch McDeere) Pretty good Top Lawyer 2
1992 A Few Good Men (Lt. Daniel Kaffee) GREAT Top Lawyer 1
1992 Far and Away (Joseph Donnelly) Never saw it Top Irish Potatoe Farmer
1990 Days of Thunder (Cole Trickle) Good Top Race Car Driver
1989 Born on the Fourth of July (Ron Kovic) Very good Top Vet
1988 Rain Man (Charlie Babbitt) Very good Top Hustler
1988 Cocktail (Brian Flanagan) Good Top Bartender
1986 The Color of Money (Vincent Lauria) GREAT Top Pool Shark
1986 Top Gun (Maverick) GREAT Top Gun of course
1985 Legend (Jack) Good Top Warrior (D&D) Top Romantic
1983 All the Right Moves (Stefen Djordjevic) Good didn't see this one
1983 Risky Business (Joel Goodsen) Good Top Pimp
1983 Losin' It (Woody) Good, funny Didn't see this one.

Guess I have more I need to watch to see if the theory holds.

My additions in red.

 

[angminas]

DiCaprio is great until he opens his mouth.

DeNiro has skills, but they don't match up to his rep, and he's gotten lazy.

Pitt is probably properly rated. Very good, nearly great. Probably about equal to Penn.

Oldman, DDL, and McKellen are on a completely different level.

 

[Paratus]

My additions in red.

:thumbsup:

 

[zerocool84]

DiCaprio is great until he opens his mouth.

DeNiro has skills, but they don't match up to his rep, and he's gotten lazy.

Pitt is probably properly rated. Very good, nearly great. Probably about equal to Penn.

Oldman, DDL, and McKellen are on a completely different level.

It's crazy how many characters Gary Oldman has played throughout his career. Just look at him in Dracula, he plays it perfect and compare it to his other movies, he's awesome.

And I've already talked about DDL in the movie thread, he's probably one of the top ten actors of all time in any generation. His range is great, he makes long movies not feel as long. He can take anything that's given to him.

 

[Ichinisan]

It's crazy how many characters Gary Oldman has played throughout his career. Just look at him in Dracula, he plays it perfect and compare it to his other movies, he's awesome.

And I've already talked about DDL in the movie thread, he's probably one of the top ten actors of all time in any generation. His range is great, he makes long movies not feel as long. He can take anything that's given to him.

I'm still amazed that was Gary Oldman playing Drexl the pimp in True Romance. Really awesome performance.

DDL is probably the greatest living actor. He inhabits his characters in a way no one else possibly can.

I'm not a big fan of Gangs of New York as a movie; but try to imagine anyone else playing the role of William "Bill the Butcher" Cutter! Also had amazing performances in There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. I need to watch some more DDL movies...

 

[Number1]

A great actor, compared to whom?

I have seen more terrible actors than Tom Cruise, but if you're going to call Tom Cruise a great actor, then a tonne of soap stars deserve oscars.

An example of Tom Cruise's "great acting", check out his impression of drunkenness in "A Few Great Men". I don't know about you, but I've never seen a drunk person act that way. I can't think of any human state that looks like that either.

At the risk of repeating myself:

Tom Cruise is a great actor, PERIOD.
Why else would he be making so much money?

 

[Number1]

:thumbsdown:

My additions in red.

 

[Naer]

Tom cruise was the last samurai. And he was the only white one

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Tom cruise was the last samurai. And he was the only white one

Keeanu Reeves. :biggrin:

 

[n7]

He really has been in a lot of good films.

I don't really care about him being crazy; he's a pretty good actor.

 

[bradley]

Why would anyone spend so many hours watching someone play pretend, someone who doesn't give a single damn about you? With an average time of 2 hours per movie, that's more than two days of disturbingly wasted time. lol

Holy crud:
http://www.statista.com/statistics/...iewing-time-per-person-in-selected-countries/

For the record, I have seen Rain Man and Risky Business, both were excellent performances.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I think he's a decent actor, not great. I disagree with the no range comments. It's a limited range, but it's there. The characters in Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion did feel like two different people when I watched them both recently, and not just because his Top Role was different.

He and/or his agents are also pretty good at picking parts that he can do.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Why would anyone spend so many hours watching someone play pretend, someone who doesn't give a single damn about you? With an average time of 2 hours per movie, that's more than two days of disturbingly wasted time. lol

Holy crud:
http://www.statista.com/statistics/...iewing-time-per-person-in-selected-countries/

For the record, I have seen Rain Man and Risky Business, both were excellent performances.

Why would anyone spend this much time reading and writing things on the inter tubes?

 

[IronWing]

Why would anyone spend so many hours watching someone play pretend, someone who doesn't give a single damn about you? With an average time of 2 hours per movie, that's more than two days of disturbingly wasted time. lol

Two words (not counting the and):
Tits and explosions.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why would anyone spend so many hours watching someone play pretend, someone who doesn't give a single damn about you? With an average time of 2 hours per movie, that's more than two days of disturbingly wasted time. lol

Holy crud:
http://www.statista.com/statistics/...iewing-time-per-person-in-selected-countries/

For the record, I have seen Rain Man and Risky Business, both were excellent performances.

"Wasted" compared to what? Most of those are generally better movies than the overwhelming majority of movies.