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re: Resumes for biggest "movie star" in Hollywood history
Posted on 9/29/20 at 12:37 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Posted on 9/29/20 at 12:37 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Modern, it has to be Cruise. When you look for people to put above him, nobody has the staying power. He was huge before Brad Pitt, and he's still A-list today.
All-time, gonna say Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart make that.
All-time, gonna say Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart make that.
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Posted on 9/29/20 at 1:03 pm to Scoob
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All-time, gonna say Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart make that.
Played Rear Window for my 18 year old and 13 year old sons this past Saturday. Both loved it, but especially the 13 year old. Completely captivated by it.
and obviously...
Posted on 9/29/20 at 1:21 pm to DaleGribble
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Arsenic and Old Lace,
This movie is still funny AF almost 80 years later.
Posted on 9/29/20 at 2:20 pm to theunknownknight
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nd I wouldnt necessarily call it recency bias
right because the world started 40 years ago
Posted on 9/29/20 at 3:05 pm to H-Town Tiger
One of my favorite Cary Grant movies is "Houseboat" where he plays opposite Sophia Loren.
Posted on 9/29/20 at 6:31 pm to theunknownknight
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And I wouldnt necessarily call it recency bias - the man has been staring in movies for literally 40 years with an insane batting percentage.
I certainly would, in the sense that movie stars haven't existed in this century the way that they used to. Tom cruise was a dominant movie star that could command his salary and choice of projects, and could propel almost anything to success from roughly 1986 to 2002. Since then, he's been choosy about his projects, has made a bunch of blockbusters that people respect, and proven that he can't open just any movie.
Some would argue that he keeps making mission impossible movies because they're his only guaranteed profit-earners. A startling percentage of his blockbuster-hopeful movies have had disappointing box office returns - Valkyrie, knight and day, the mummy, oblivion, edge of tomorrow, the jack reachers, American made (maybe more of an Oscar hopeful), rock of ages.
Being in only blockbusters doesn't make you the biggest movie star ever. The general public has to go see those blockbusters, too.
Posted on 9/29/20 at 6:37 pm to DaleGribble
John Wayne
Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Clint Eastwood
Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Clint Eastwood
Posted on 9/29/20 at 10:42 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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DiCaprio has to be up here as well
I don't like him at all, but I cannot disagree
Posted on 9/30/20 at 9:20 am to Hennigan
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Don't know if I'd call The Philadelphia Story a romantic/screwball comedy, but to each his own.
Are you mixing it up with Philadephia (Hanks/Washington)? The Philadelphia story is definitely a romcom.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 9:39 am to KosmoCramer
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Arsenic and Old Lace,
This movie is still funny AF almost 80 years later.
It's my favorite Cary Grant film. There's so much to love about this movie.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 1:43 pm to DaleGribble
I'm going male: Jimmy Stewart
Female: Audrey Hepburn
Female: Audrey Hepburn
Posted on 9/30/20 at 2:40 pm to Jay Are
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Since then, he's been choosy about his projects, has made a bunch of blockbusters that people respect, and proven that he can't open just any movie.
Some would argue that he keeps making mission impossible movies because they're his only guaranteed profit-earners.
He takes his time now because he actually produces his own movies with his own production company - specifically doing so with the Mission Impossible movies.
That's why he keeps making them.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:18 pm to theunknownknight
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specifically doing so with the Mission Impossible movies.
That's why he keeps making them.
Right. That didn't explain the consistent commercial misfires.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 8:16 pm to DaleGribble
I think the 2 biggest stars of all time are Wayne and Cruise in that order.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 9:10 pm to DaleGribble
Posted on 9/30/20 at 9:43 pm to theunknownknight
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dwarfed by Cruise.
Wow, that's small.
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