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Tom Cruise best role.

Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:27 pm
Posted by sparkinator
Lake Claiborne
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:27 pm
Does he play a better role than Jack Reacher?

Just watched both movies again over the last couple of days, and damn Cruise nails it. Really does a great job. Writing, directing is great as well, so that plays a part. Can’t see anyone doing much better.

Most Cruise action roles are about the same, but Reacher, he seems to play differently than the rest. Much better than MI.

Now Tropic Thunder was off the wall different and he nailed it too, but it’s not the same genre he normally does.
Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
16351 posts
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:32 pm to
He's good in most things, but I like him the most in Collateral
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 11:33 pm
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
36375 posts
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:36 pm to
The movie these sweater puppies were in.

Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
40868 posts
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:46 pm to
Respect the cock, and tame the c.u.n.t.!
Posted by TOKEN
Member since Feb 2014
11990 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 12:01 am to
1. Magnolia
2. A Few Good Men
3. Jerry Maguire
4. Risky Business
5. Top Gun
6. Born on 4th of July
7. Rain Man
8. Interview with Vampire
9. Minority Report
10. Cocktail

Dude it’s almost impossible to make a top 10 his filmography is insane.
Posted by devils1854
Franklin
Member since Aug 2014
6382 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 12:15 am to
Jack Reacher 2 is a turd above most turds.

The first one was good but nothing that special. What he did had been done over and over during the late 2000s.


His best role is Collateral without a doubt.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
94728 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:47 am to
A Few Good Men was epic good.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
23406 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:16 am to
I liked him best in Risky Business, personally.
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
39862 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:34 am to
His best acting is Magnolia. He shows every range of emotion.

He is a total douche nozzle. We see him go from total hate to sadness. Nailed the roll.

He is solid in almost everything. Also a nut who likes to do a lot of his stunts.

He is terrible with accents so Valkyrie and Far & Away suffer from his inability to nail and accent.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 7:44 am
Posted by Lake Vegas Tiger
Lake Vegas
Member since Jun 2014
3257 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:59 am to
I’d say he plays a pretty convincing Scientologist nut job
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:45 am to
quote:

Tom Cruise best role.


Charlie Babbet in Rain Man.

I remember listening to Michael Caine answer this question back on an episode of Inside the Actor's Studio and he was very convincing. Essentially he said that what Dustin Hoffman did was relatively easy. He found the one note that made Raymond autistic and just get playing it. Tom Cruise actually grows throughout the movie, and as a movie goer you dislike him at first and grow to understand his issues with his father and just how difficult it is being around Raymond to ultimately hoping he'd clock the frick out of the therapist at the end of the movie who challenges Raymond and causes him distress. It was really a masterful role.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66758 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:53 am to
Collateral
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
25646 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:55 am to
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13865 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:46 am to
Color of Money
Posted by PortHudsonPlaya
Houston
Member since Jul 2017
3170 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:50 am to
Not my favorite Cruise movie, but I feel Vanilla Sky is really under rated.
Posted by jvilletiger25
jacksonville, fl
Member since Jan 2014
17672 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

Does he play a better role than Jack in Legend?


FIFY
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22898 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 1:00 pm to
Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise much like John Wayne was John Wayne.

Top pilot, top pool player, top agent, top driver, yada yada yada

Try to think of a movie that John Wayne wasn't John Wayne.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
30567 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 1:10 pm to
Last Samurai.
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
5857 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 2:52 pm to
Tropic Thunder
Posted by geauxjo
Gonzales, LA
Member since Sep 2004
14808 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 3:53 pm to
War of the Worlds
Minority Report
Edge of Tomorrow
Rain Man
The Outsiders

Some of my favorites.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 3:54 pm
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