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Post by kostgard on Apr 19, 2015 16:22:06 GMT -4
I know this is wishful thinking, but I would like to see Tom Cruise prosecuted at some point. I don't think it's enough for him to just become a laughing stock or has-been. Criminal shit is going down because of him and I think he should have to answer for his part in it. Are his movies still so profitable that he's sought after as a leading man? I know he's had a string of flops, but I haven't kept up with how they do internationally. I won't see anything with Tom Cruise in it anymore on principal. I think he still does quite well overseas and I'm sure he gets back-end deals and a share of the profit. I'm sure he can afford to give millions to the church every year (and write it off his taxes) and have plenty leftover. I agree that if the church goes down, Tom should pay a price as well. He appears to be deeply intertwined with it all. I really wish that the IRS had the balls to investigate them and revoke their non-tax status. According to Going Clear, that would ruin them financially (and was the reason why they fought hard and dirty for it in the first place).
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Post by bklynred on Apr 19, 2015 16:54:50 GMT -4
I'm over Cruise's bullshit too. He's too old for this shit (no pun intended).
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Post by chiqui on Apr 19, 2015 22:24:34 GMT -4
Mel Gibson's career took a nosedive for a lot less.
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Post by prisma on Apr 19, 2015 22:39:37 GMT -4
That's why I was wondering if he can still open movies. It would be nice if his career fizzled out.
I just checked imdb and he's got four movies in the works. Three are sequels: Jack Reacher (I thought the first one flopped?), Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and Top Gun 2 (wtf?). It looks like he does have difficulty opening new movies. And there are only so many sequels you can make. Again, wishful thinking but I'd like his star to officially fade now.
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Post by kostgard on Apr 20, 2015 0:18:32 GMT -4
I think Jack Reacher is one that did better overseas.
I think domestically he has to stick with franchises that people love and really don't care if Tom is in them or not (like the Mission Impossible films). He has a harder time selling films primarily on his name (I was reading some article that talked about how it was too bad that Tom Cruise kinda killed Edge of Tomorrow because it was actually a pretty good movie, but in the US people stayed away because they are largely turned off by Cruise now).
I think he career has fizzled a bit here, but he's still pulling in the box office in Europe and Asia. And he'll continue to pass that money along to the clams and get free slave labor and treated like a god in return.
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Post by Mugsy on Apr 20, 2015 11:13:31 GMT -4
Yeah, Edge of Tomorrow was pretty good (stupid soap opera title aside), but I felt bad for Emily Blunt. She was fantastic and worked her ass off in that film, only to have it flop domestically. I kept thinking, if Cruise's role had been filled by almost any other 40-something actor, it would have been a huge hit. Surely, film developers know this?
If I was making a movie and someone said they could get TC for the male lead, I'd put the kibosh on that pretty quick.
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Post by MrsOldManBalls on Apr 20, 2015 13:09:52 GMT -4
If I was making a movie and someone said they could get TC for the male lead, I'd put the kibosh on that pretty quick. Edge of Tomorrow was pretty good (stupid soap opera title aside) It's a good way to out any scienos in your life.... I have to disagree, Edge of Tomorrow isn't stupid, it's a great soap title!
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Post by Mugsy on Apr 20, 2015 21:12:57 GMT -4
Yeah, it's a great soap opera title, but the movie wasn't a soap opera.
I'm with those who won't watch a movie with TC because of him. He's just too... TC. And the rare time I do (Edge of Tomorrow, War of the Worlds), I'm constantly thinking, this would have been so much better if they had cast Matt Damon, or Mark Ruffalo, or Robert Downey Jr. or...
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Post by divasahm on Apr 21, 2015 9:06:48 GMT -4
A longtime friend/neighbor of mine is a storyboard artist who has worked his way up through the ranks over the years (starting out in high school on Dazed and Confused got him off to a good start). He got pulled in to provide what ended up as the huge propaganda-type mural on the side of the building in Edge of Tomorrow, and TC liked his work so much that he got hired for the new MI movie. He's spent the last 15 months scouting locations across Europe and sketching out the entire movie shot by shot--the "hanging off the plane as it takes off" shot from the trailer is EXACTLY what he drew for that scene.
Anyway, his interactions with TC have been very professional, and TC really likes his work. I want to sit him down and ask about TC as a person, though.
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Post by bklynred on Apr 22, 2015 16:35:32 GMT -4
I just saw what appeared to be a 10-minute ad for L. Ron Hubbard. They were listing so many of his accomplishments while I was web surfing I thought it was gonna be one of those "and that's why [blank] is on the new commemorative silver dollar" commercials. It just went on and on. I looked up to see his grotesque, smug mug on TV just as he was proclaimed the most highly published & translated author in the world. The GC backlash campaign has begun.
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