Tom Cruise ~ 'War Of The Worlds' is SO AWFUL that....
videog...@gmail.com
Tom's career. ...as if it hasn't been spiralling downwards for
years....
rumored to be the most expensive movie ever made, at about $230 to $300
million dollars-- and already feared to be a massive, massive disaster
of a film, this might explain Tom's weird behavior recently.
mini-review:
"What has happened to Tom Cruise? He can't act his way out of a
paper-bag anymore and this movie is a shining example. I had the
privilege of seeing this at a friend's place who is a critic. While he
is bound by NDA, I am not.
The first look at the aliens is somewhat humorous but the movie is all
downhill from there. It's no better than any other 'end of the world'
or 'alien invasion' movie and barely lives up to the original. Clearly
this movie is a formulaic attempt at quick and dirty money in the film
industry.
Avoid at all costs."
Manco
> ....It could be the beginning of the REAL down-spiral of
> Tom's career. ...as if it hasn't been spiralling downwards for
> years....
>
it's really too bad, because he was excellent in Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia
and Collateral.
Dr. Johnny Fever
Hmm, it's weird that when you go to IMDB and look at the reviews, but
not through the google cache, this review isn't there anymore....
defiant
$170m but with marketing, it could enter $200m.
Gooserider
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psychob...@yahoo.com
Surely you jest. EWS was one of the least watchable movies ever made.
awil...@sjc.edu
essentially covered very similar ground a few years ago.
Ann
curlyQlink
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> videog...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> and Collateral.
In Eyes he delivered a remarkably lackluster performance.
Tom Cruise is a movie star. He's not a great actor. Just like Brad Pitt,
Mel Gibson, and a host of others. All pretty boys (aging pretty boys now)
with some supposed "star quality" that I've never been able to fathom. I'll
go see a movie just because it has Ed Harris in it, or Gene Hackman, or
(until this month) Michael Caine. Movies with Pitt or Gibson or Cruise,
I've learned to avoid.
Buttercup
...and The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky.... <<<<<<<<<
Mission Impossible
JuliNoon
and fans of a sh*tty little direct-to-video movie have a huge vendetta
against the Spielberg movie simply because it got a theatrical release.
The reviews coming out of the premieres have all said Cruise is really
great in it. So, he may be a total nutjob in real life but evidently
he's good in the movie. That's what Stern said too.
Mr. Anderson
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> Mission Impossible
Risky Business...
Smoot
I agree strongly. These guys star in films because the public seems to
love them, not because they are great actors. I would add Jason
Isaacs, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich (I saw him in a French film
recently and he was just amazing, apparently he speaks French well
enough to play someone from there and has done so several times) and
well, there are a great number of actors and actresses who are far
better at acting than the ones we get starring over and over. I seek
out the great actors/actresses and ignore most films that insist on
starring very famous personalities instead of talent.
Rebecca
inept fool
curlyQlink wrote:
> "Manco" <manco_...@net.com> wrote in message
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> > videog...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > it's really too bad, because he was excellent in Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia
> > and Collateral.
>
> In Eyes he delivered a remarkably lackluster performance.
>
> Tom Cruise is a movie star. He's not a great actor.
I don't know.
I saw him in "A Few Good Men" yesterday and I think he has the ability.
He seems to self-controlled.
Maybe he just needs to relax a bit......
MaryLong2
lawyer = both controlled. However it does not go unnoticed that the
boy is strung a little tight.
MaryLong2
way. He's got a big bank account, plenty of media hype, gorgous wife
and/or girlfriend, but he knows it's not related to his talent as an
actor. I read where Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio" wanted him on
this year but he declined because the body of his work did not warrent
it.
Jeannie-2
wrote:
They have the "airplane crash site" on the Universal tour now in
Hollywood.
America's Best Christian
since even when the cameras are off, he is still acting.
So close to Jesus, He's seen me without makeup (once),
Mrs. Betty Bowers
America's Best Christian
A woman known throughout Christendom for her joie d'après vivre
Mike
Yes, he certainly can't measure up to some of the other great thespians
that have appeared on that show: Jennifer Lopez, Roseanne Barr,
Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Will Smith, Ray Romano, David Duchovny, the
cast of "Will and Grace"...
CleV
<paulf...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> videog...@gmail.com wrote:
Mel Gibson at least was a great actor in his early films.
nimue
See it. Batman is enjoyable. Christian Bale is an amazing actor; he really
is. Non-talented actors like Katie Holmes become watchable in his presence
(it's amazing how Bale's presence in a scene makes everyone better!) and
when he is paired with Michael Caine or Gary Oldman, it's heaven.
> Movies with Pitt or Gibson or Cruise, I've learned to avoid.
--
nimue
"Have fun storming the castle!"
nimue
The only movie I ever liked with him was The Firm.
lauracap
>way. He's got a big bank account, plenty of media hype, gorgous wife
>and/or girlfriend, but he knows it's not related to his talent as an
>actor.
I liked Pitt's performance in A River Runs Through It, 12 Monkeys and
Kalifornia. In Kalifornia, he was so ugly and disgusting, you wouldn't
even know it was him. He was just great in that. I think he just
needs some encouragement to avoid slick movies and to make one that
isn't dependent on his looks. The movies he's making these days, like
Oceans this and that, Troy and the Smith movie, are fluffy.
Laura
Derek Janssen
> curlyQlink wrote:
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>>I'll go see a movie just because it has Ed
>>Harris in it, or Gene Hackman, or (until this month) Michael Caine.
>
> See it. Batman is enjoyable. Christian Bale is an amazing actor; he really
> is. Non-talented actors like Katie Holmes become watchable in his presence
> (it's amazing how Bale's presence in a scene makes everyone better!) and
> when he is paired with Michael Caine or Gary Oldman, it's heaven.
(Uh, he could've been referring to this month's OTHER Michael Caine
movie?...)
Derek Janssen (had to balance it out, guess)
dja...@charter.net
SueB
was upset when I heard he had been cast as Lestat--couldn't see it
myself--but when I saw the movie! Now, looking back, I can see why he
was so convincing.....
Sue
nimue
> nimue wrote:
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>> curlyQlink wrote:
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>>> I'll go see a movie just because it has Ed
>>> Harris in it, or Gene Hackman, or (until this month) Michael Caine.
>>
>> See it. Batman is enjoyable. Christian Bale is an amazing actor;
>> he really is. Non-talented actors like Katie Holmes become
>> watchable in his presence (it's amazing how Bale's presence in a
>> scene makes everyone better!) and when he is paired with Michael
>> Caine or Gary Oldman, it's heaven.
>
> (Uh, he could've been referring to this month's OTHER Michael Caine
> movie?...)
Wow! I didn't even know he was in Bewitched. Thanks, imdb.
>
> Derek Janssen (had to balance it out, guess)
> dja...@charter.net
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curlyQlink
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Pitt made a guest appearance on "Friends" once. He was awful. I mean,
embarrasingly inept.
CliffB
His erstwhile better half probably carried him. She's got comic talent.
Also, as usual, he relied on his looks and image to get him by. At the
time there was the predictable clamor and slavering over him and the
ratings for a supposedly "Must See" TV event.
nellie...@yahoo.com
OMG I saw that. He was TERRIBLE on Friends but he still won an Emmy
for it. I think he can be a decent actor sometimes but mostly he's
boring IMO. In fact I like Cruise better.
bkl...@yahoo.com
Because Mel Gibson's very similar movie was a very big hit, and
Hollywood always gives us more of what we liked last year and the year
before.
lauracap
is.
Why? What makes him amazing? I wasn't impressed with him and he and
Holmes together had zilch chemistry.
Laura
Phoenix
laur...@erols.com says...
Go rent "All the Little Animals". Yes, the man can act.
I haven't seen Batman yet, but Bale has to leave Val Kilmer and George
Clooney in the dust.
bel
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tricks...@yahoo.com
I think Bale would have made a better Aviator than DiCaprio. Holmes
was put in the film obviously as a favor to someone. No way in
Gotham/NYC you're a Asst. DA and talk as if you're still playing with
dolls in a what is essentially a man's field.
But I'm not seeing WOW cause I'm tired of Speilberg and his obsession
with saving children. This adapation involves saving a little blonde
girl like Jurassaic Park I and II, Temple of Doom etc. I'm sick of
tired of it. Chidren will get killed if alien invasion happens don't
fool yourselves. And don't expect adults to care about kids when
something as drastic as that happens. In real life parents wouldbe
panicking saying stuff to the kids like ...shut up, stay over here, be
quiet, do as I say, stop crying, you want your butt whipped? then shut
up.. etc.
PUSSS...@aol.com
> is.
> Why? What makes him amazing? I wasn't impressed with him and he and
> Holmes together had zilch chemistry.
> Laura
Go rent "All the Little Animals". Yes, the man can act.
I haven't seen Batman yet, but Bale has to leave Val Kilmer and George
Clooney in the dust.
bel >>
I have loved him since "Empire of the Sun"...the guy is amazing, and
doesn't come with any p.r. baggage.
Billie
dwacon
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> rumored to be the most expensive movie ever made, at about $230 to $300
> million dollars--
You wanna check those figures at variety.com or hollywoodreporter.com to
ensure their veracity?
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nellie...@yahoo.com
> On 25 Jun 2005 07:07:11 -0700, "JuliNoon" <juli...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >The reviews coming out of the premieres have all said Cruise is really
> >great in it.
>
> You mean people in the business won't say anything bad on camera because much of
> their bread is buttered by Spielberg and Cruise?
> If I wanted to keep working on films I would kiss those huge Asses and Egos as
> well.
I've heard about the critics that are payed by the studios to write
reviews but that's not all critics by any means, it's just a sub-group.
Critics have panned Speilberg before (I think AI), no one felt like
they had to give him a rave. I don't think the official reviews will
be out until it officially opens. However if the people that have seen
it already, liked it, that wouldn't be farfetched. Afterall Speilberg
is a really good filmaker and alot of people like Tom Cruise acting.
Tom Zielinski
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Loved Bale in "Equilibrium."
nimue
I loved him in Empire of the Sun, Henry V (small role, still very moving),
Little Women, Velvet Goldmine, etc. You REALLY should see Empire of the
Sun. He is only about 12 or 13 in that, and he is brilliant. He grew up to
be incredibly hot -- it's not his fault he and Holmes have no chemistry.
She is a passionless, sexless doll.
RolandRB
it to the US, though.
mr.in...@nospam.com
psychos I've ever seen in a movie. Great acting, without a doubt.
dwacon
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> Pitt made a guest appearance on "Friends" once. He was awful. I mean,
> embarrasingly inept.
He was decent in "Thelma and Louise" though...
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> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:04:34 -0400, in alt.gossip.celebrities, " dwacon"
> <ronald....@supersize.me> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
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> ... "MaryLong2" <mary...@msn.com> wrote in message
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> ... > Pitt made a guest appearance on "Friends" once. He was awful. I mean,
> ... > embarrasingly inept.
> ...
> ...
> ... He was decent in "Thelma and Louise" though...
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> For what, 15 minutes ?
>
Yea, he could never carry his own movie.
--
"What do you value in your bulldogs? Gripping, is it not? It's their
nature? It's why you breed them? It's so with men. I will not give in
because I oppose it. Not my pride, not my spleen, nor any other of my
appetites, but *I* do. Is there in the midst of all this muscle no
single sinew that serves no appetite of Norfolk's but is just Norfolk?
Give that some exercise. Because, as you stand, you'll go before your
Maker ill-conditioned. He'll think that somewhere along your pedigree, a
bitch got over the wall."
-+Paul Scofield, "A Man For All Seasons"
Jeannie-2
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>Gooserider
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SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I finally saw this last weekend and it was so-so. I guess if you saw
the Pal version, at least that is all we could figure, that the new
version just didn't match up.
I never did get the same fear as I did in the original. The whole Tim
Robbins scene was way too long. You could see that coming a mile
away.
Love how thousands, if not millions, are dead all over the world and
they get to Boston and the family is in nice clean clothes and all
alive.
dwacon
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Tell Spielberg's crack dealer to switch to a higher grade...
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