The Amazing Tom Cruise Movie checklist!

chrisisall

How many Tom Cruise movies have you seen?

2013 Oblivion- Awesome. Instant fave.

2012 Jack Reacher- Not yet.

2012 Rock of Ages- No interest.

2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol- Pretty darn good.

2010 Knight and Day- No interest. Maybe someday.

2008 Valkyrie- No interest.

2008 Tropic Thunder- Not yet.

2007 Lions for Lambs- No interest.

2006 Mission: Impossible III- Pretty darn good.

2005 War of the Worlds- Kinda meh.

2004 Collateral- It was okay, he made a good bad guy.

2003 The Last Samurai- Good in a derivative & shallow way.

2002 Minority Report- Kinda meh.

2001 Vanilla Sky- Kinda dopey.

2000 Mission: Impossible II- Cool.

1999 Magnolia- No interest.

1999 Eyes Wide Shut- Not yet.

1996 Jerry Maguire- Entertaining.

1996 Mission: Impossible- Not bad at all.

1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles- Not bad.

1993 The Firm- Very good!

1992 A Few Good Men- Not bad.

1992 Far and Away- Lots of fun!

1990 Days of Thunder- One dimensional but fun.

1989 Born on the Fourth of July- No interest.

1988 Rain Man- Very good.

1988 Cocktail- Stupid but entertaining.

1986 The Color of Money- Very interesting!

1986 Top Gun- Stupid but fun.

1985 Legend- A fave.

1983 All the Right Moves -Okay I guess.

1983 Risky Business- Very good!

1983 Losin' It- Meh.

1983 The Outsiders- Extremely good.

1981 Taps- Okay I guess.

1981 Endless Love- Who was he in that? Eh, who cares; the movie blew.

Any other fans of Crazy Tom here? B-) )

Higgins

Can't stand the man - particularly in the context with his Scientology involvement but M:i2 was pretty good

chrisisall

Bondtoys wrote:

Can't stand the man - particularly in the context with his Scientology involvement but Mi:2 was very good

Yeah, I liked that one a lot. And Oblivion is one of my favourite flicks of all time! So he's a loon. He throws out a great performance every now & then! )

Mr Martini

Saw the ones listed below

chrisisall wrote:

How many Tom Cruise movies have you seen?



2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol- Pretty darn good.

2006 Mission: Impossible III- Pretty darn good.

2005 War of the Worlds- Kinda meh.

2004 Collateral- It was okay, he made a good bad guy.

2002 Minority Report- Kinda meh.

2000 Mission: Impossible II- Cool.

1999 Eyes Wide Shut- Not yet.

1996 Jerry Maguire- Entertaining.

1996 Mission: Impossible- Not bad at all.

1993 The Firm- Very good!

1988 Rain Man- Very good.

1986 Top Gun- Stupid but fun.

1983 The Outsiders- Extremely good.

Thunderpussy

I seen a few of his Movies But not many. I don't know why
but he just leaves me cold as an actor.

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

he just leaves me cold as an actor.

You're an actor? Whatcha been in?

Thunderpussy

Several actresses )

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

Several actresses )

That's frickin' priceless. )

Sir Miles

Thunderpussy wrote:

Several actresses )

Don't forget he gives their agents 10% too

minigeff

http://youtu.be/BnWd0iv8Dq4

Higgins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJBbE2g7eI

Agent Purple

Here are the ones I've seen (plus Edge of Tomorrow). My current favorite is Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.

2013 Oblivion

2012 Rock of Ages

2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2010 Knight and Day

2005 War of the Worlds

2003 The Last Samurai

2000 Mission: Impossible II

1996 Jerry Maguire

1996 Mission: Impossible

1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1993 The Firm

1992 A Few Good Men

1988 Cocktail

1986 Top Gun

1983 Risky Business

Silhouette Man

Very few - I agree with Higgins above. Can't stand the man or his Scientology BS. X-(

Thunderpussy

On an old Comedy special Sean Lock was poking fun at Madonna saying,
She now followed " Kabbalah", a religion even the scientologists think is
Crazy !

Higgins

) ) )

Thunderpussy

There's something about Tom, that I can't warm to. I don't know
What it is. I like the MI films and the last samurai, the rest of his
Films, leave me cold.
He also doesn't come across well on the last documentary on
Scientology. He's very good to his fans at premieres etc, which
I do respect him for.

Agent Purple

I do get a kick out of watching Cruise films, even though these days I wouldn't say he's one of my fave actors, but he's starred in some very good films imo.

I generally prefer his 80s-90s films, I get a sense that a fair amount of his 2000s-2010s stuff hasn't been that great.

Silhouette Man

I've been meaning to watch all of the Mission: Impossible films back to back as I have most of them on DVD. I'd also like to see Top Gun and Valkyrie but that's about it to be honest. They're all on my ever-increasing (in length) "to watch" list!

Agent Purple

It's all a matter of taste ofc.

SM, which are some of your fave actors?

HatThrowingHenchman

as it just so happens I bough M:I-5 for x-mas today.

I think Cruise is a great actor, I really like some of his films.
but what I dont get: I bought Top Gun earlier this year, tought I must see it because it is praused as THE 80's movie, but all I found that it was boring. the best about it is Kenny Loggins

DaltonFan1

Personally, I find Tom Cruise hilariously over rated. He has a body of work overflowing with bland, or just crap performances.
He does occasionally do something very interesting, as if to remind us that he does have some talent. Collateral stands out for me as a fantastic film with a quality performance from Cruise.
And anyone with a career as successful as his must be doing a lot right aside from the actual work.
As far as Scientology is concerned, I would recommend the recent documentary, Going Clear to anyone interested in the subject.

Agent Purple

I dunno if Cruise is overrated.

But I will say that I think he's a good actor, just not a great one.

MilleniumForce

I like Cruise, but then I don't care about all the Scientology stuff or anything, I just like him based on his movies.

Agent Purple

Yes, religion shouldn't be mixed with one's liking or disliking of an actor.

Thunderpussy

Normally it wouldn't, except when the actor himself makes a big
Thing about it. Although there's nothing wrong with liking the guy.

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

Normally it wouldn't, except when the actor himself makes a big
Thing about it. Although there's nothing wrong with liking the guy.

He's a nut to be sure, but show me a major actor that isn't (to some degree or other).
:v

Mr Snow

Collateral - Quite a good film and thought he played the part well.

The Last Samurai - Not bad, reminded me of ‘Lady Snowblood’ and’ Kill Bill’ so OK without being great.

A Few Good Men - I can’t think of many (if any) bad Jack Nicholson films – enough said.

Born on the Fourth of July - Far too long, boring and I’ll never watch that rubbish again.

Rain Man - I can’t stand Dustin Hoffman but I actually liked this and thought Cruise did a good job.

Cocktail - Basically a waste of time.

The Color of Money - Doesn’t even come close to ‘The Hustler’. And Paul Newman winning an academy award in that role? Let’s (the academy) give him a best actor Oscar before it’s too late - give me a break. John Wayne (True Grit) is in the same category.

Top Gun – I think the soundtrack is the best thing about this film. The dialogue is as bad and contrived as I’ve ever heard. If you think about it, ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ is very similar and which film came first?

Risky Business – I enjoyed this. It was an easy fun film to watch.

I think I've seen Vanilla Sky and some of the MI films but don't remember them that well so won't comment.

As for Cruise himself, based on the interviews I’ve watched, he comes across as a bit of a nerd. As for that Scientology BS – I’m not surprised Katie Holmes ditched him.

Finally, I couldn’t see it on the original list and I may be confused, but was Tom Cruise in a film (certainly early in his career - probably early 80's) where he was brought up in the jungle by gorillas or something like that? I may have my actors and films mixed up but I recollect him or someone else? impersonating apes or something.

Loeffelholz

I recommend Valkyrie.

Thunderpussy

Watched a brilliant documentary on the attempted assassination of Hitler.
If they had have kept the meeting to the original location ( Hitler's Bunker)
Everyone would have been killed, but as it was a nice day it was moved
to an ordinary office block.

TonyDP

Not really a big fan of his but he has been in a few movies I've enjoyed...


Tropic Thunder
Cuise's turn as the foul mouthed, borderline psychotic and physically unrecognizable movie mogul Les Grossman is absolutely hilarious and shows a heretofore unseen facet of Cruise's acting ability.


Edge of Tomorrow
A very smart sci-fi movie from a couple of years ago which is basically a mashup of Groundhog Day and Aliens. The movie is just Cruise living thru the same day over and over again thousands of times, each time thru changing events a little (or a lot) and getting closer and closer to defeating the aliens and saving the Earth all while also becoming a real soldier and better human being. Another very underrrated acting performance.


Oblivion
Another good sci-fi adventure with Cruise playing an astronaut who slowly discovers that the world is very different from what he thought it was. Good stuff.


I could care less about Cruise's personal life, and I think a lot of it is just the usual media over-reaction, looking for some sensational story to print, but when it comes to his movies the money always ends up on the screen. You have to give him credit for that.

chrisisall

TonyDP wrote:

I could care less about Cruise's personal life

You could care less? Does that mean you care to some degree?
Personally I couldn't care less.
But that's just me. )