Best Tom Cruise Movie

[mason55]

Watching Magnolia right now... thinking...

Edit: The best movie he stars in, not necessiarly his greatest acting performance. I don't give a [censored] about Tom Cruise, he's just been in a lot of good movies.

[pshreck]

Best acting performance.... or just best movie out of the ones you listed.

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I vote for War of the Worlds. I just downloaded it, and it is easily the best movie he has been in, and his acting his pretty great too.

[mason55]

Yeah i just realized the ambiguity... We'll say the best movie overall that he's a star in.

[bogey]

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I vote for War of the Worlds. I just downloaded it, and it is easily the best movie he has been in, and his acting his pretty great too.

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wtf? you can download that shite already, im behind the times

[mason55]

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Best acting performance.... or just best movie out of the ones you listed.

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I vote for War of the Worlds. I just downloaded it, and it is easily the best movie he has been in, and his acting his pretty great too.

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really?!! i saw that trailer literally 30 seconds after i finished a conversation about how he's never really been in a bad movie and then said "uh-oh, he did it this time"

[pshreck]

Is there a reason you left out "Born on the 4th of July"?

[andyfox]

I voted for Rain Man, but that's because of Dustin Hoffman.

Cruise's best performance was probably Born on the Fourth of July.

He's an OK actor, sometimes very good, sometimes just fair. But he's certainly a generous actor: what other #1 box office star would let two older icons (Paul Newman and Dustin Hoffman) take the showier role in movies in consecutive years, and help them win Oscars in starring roles playing opposite him?

[pshreck]

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really?!! i saw that trailer literally 30 seconds after i finished a conversation about how he's never really been in a bad movie and then said "uh-oh, he did it this time"

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... why would you think that? Spielberg has maybe made 2 bad movies in his entire career.

[mason55]

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Is there a reason you left out "Born on the 4th of July"?

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Never saw it, didn't realize it was really good?? I've seen 17 of the 29 movies he's credited with on IMDB (mission: impossible 2 doesn't count). So I figured that was a pretty exhaustive list.

[mason55]

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really?!! i saw that trailer literally 30 seconds after i finished a conversation about how he's never really been in a bad movie and then said "uh-oh, he did it this time"

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... why would you think that? Spielberg has maybe made 2 bad movies in his entire career.

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yeah i know and war of the world's is a pre-existing story. it just made me think of Signs for some reason. or close encounters of the third kind, which was good, but man was it weird.

[Dantes]

uh how do you leave off born and put on cocktail is a better question

[M2d]

rebecca demornay. subway scene. thread over

[pshreck]

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Is there a reason you left out "Born on the 4th of July"?

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Never saw it, didn't realize it was really good?? I've seen 17 of the 29 movies he's credited with on IMDB (mission: impossible 2 doesn't count). So I figured that was a pretty exhaustive list.

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I really think it deserves to be listed. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0096969/awards)

[Emmitt2222]

and sharing where you got that movie from wouldnt be possible would it? even by pm? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[mason55]

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uh how do you leave off born and put on cocktail is a better question

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i can't edit the poll. if i could i would

[pshreck]

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and sharing where you got that movie from wouldnt be possible would it? even by pm? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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It not from any remotely public service, sorry.

[istewart]

Risky Business is my personal favorite.

Born on the Fourth of July is so blah.

[mason55]

[censored] left off collateral. Don't think that had a chance to win though.

[Soul Daddy]

I'm pretty sure I could play every role in A Few Good Men without looking at a script.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I just realized I like a lot of Tom Cruise movies.

[mr pink]

i said a few good men, but that is mostly because nicholson is just plain nasty in it.

[mason55]

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I just realized I like a lot of Tom Cruise movies.

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Yeah I always thought I hated him cause he was such a pretty boy then I realized I like pretty much every movie he's been in. Thus this poll.

[pshreck]

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I just realized I like a lot of Tom Cruise movies.

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I thought the same thing after looking at the list.

Weird considering I dont think he is anything special as an actor. But yeah, I dont think there is one even average movie on that whole list.

[pshreck]

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I'm pretty sure I could play every role in A Few Good Men without looking at a script.

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If you think that is true, it's because you can't handle the truth.

[Emmitt2222]

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and sharing where you got that movie from wouldnt be possible would it? even by pm? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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It not from any remotely public service, sorry.

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you officialy suck now because I just got so excited about being able to find this and watch it now. u = suck /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[istewart]

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But yeah, I dont think there is one even average movie on that whole list.

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Well, except Cocktail, which is the worst movie ever.

[ThaSaltCracka]

well Top Gun isn't very good, but I still like it a lot.

[mason55]

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well Top Gun isn't very good, but I still like it a lot.

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That's a negative ghostrider, the pattern is full

[Soul Daddy]

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I'm pretty sure I could play every role in A Few Good Men without looking at a script.

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If you think that is true, it's because you can't handle the truth.

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Deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you know this is true.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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well Top Gun isn't very good, but I still like it a lot.

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That's a negative ghostrider, the pattern is full

[/ QUOTE ]well really, its a horribly cheesy movie, but everytime this movie is on TV I watch it, and I turn the volume up really loud.

[pshreck]

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I'm pretty sure I could play every role in A Few Good Men without looking at a script.

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If you think that is true, it's because you can't handle the truth.

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Deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you know this is true.

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You want me on this forum, you NEED me on this forum...

[Eurotrash]

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rebecca demornay. subway scene. thread over

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Iceman, Mav, Slider, Goose. beach volleyball. thread over.


i hope this thread gets dangerous

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[mason55]

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well Top Gun isn't very good, but I still like it a lot.

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That's a negative ghostrider, the pattern is full

[/ QUOTE ]well really, its a horribly cheesy movie, but everytime this movie is on TV I watch it, and I turn the volume up really loud.

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just reading through quotes on imdb... i forgot how funny it is, i like all the "straight" comedy.

Slider: Goose who's butt did you kiss to get in here anyway?
Goose: The list is long, but distinguished.
Slider: Yeah, well so is my Johnson.

edit: straight as in straight faced. that quote isn't very straight.

[Eurotrash]

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Slider: Goose who's butt did you kiss to get in here anyway?
Goose: The list is long, but distinguished.
Slider: Yeah, well so is my Johnson.


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that exchange is so damned funny, one of my favorites.

[Ice Man]

Steph (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=inet&Number=772034&Forum=, ,,All_Forums,,,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main= 768604&Search=true&where=&Name=11763&daterange=&ne werval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=# Post772034)

Looks like this guy couldn't decide which one he likes best.

By the way, Top Gun is a Val Kilmer movie.

[Eurotrash]

bless your heart for coming back.


i'll now kindly escort myself to the ladies room, as that's where the plaque for the alternates is.

[youtalkfunny]

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You want me on this forum, you NEED me on this forum...

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God dammit, I was just about to type that very line.

And I can't come up with anything comparable. [censored]!

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[SackUp]

What about Far and Away? Definitely not his best movie, but I love the corny boxing scenes every time it is on.

Top Gun should run away with this. Though lots of his movies are really great.

[stankybank]

I liked Color of Money but I wouldn't say it's his best movie.

I think Risky Business turned him into a superstar so I'm gonna say that was his best.

[bernie]

I notice in many of these movies he tends to 'act' the same. Mannerisms, inflections...Let's face it, he isn't Tom Hanks. So with that, i think he's benefitted by being in some cool movies that would've been cool even without him.

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ps.. I think Matt Damon has this same problem.

[whiskeytown]

from what I've seen, War of the Worlds is gonna be a top contender in this category in about a yr.

RB

[jakethebake]

How the hell are Magnolia and A Few Good Men getting all those votes? Those movies sucked donkey balls.

[morello]

Tom Cruise is my favourite actor, I was all excited when I saw this topic. And then no Born on the Fourth of July? I'm a sad panda.

[jakethebake]

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Tom Cruise is my favourite actor, I was all excited when I saw this topic. And then no Born on the Fourth of July? I'm a sad panda.

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If you actually liked that movie, then you're a very sad panda indeed. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[CCass]

I voted for Risky Business. Rebecca DeMornay nude...'nuff said.

However, I really liked The Last Samurai, and would have voted for it otherwise. Cruise is credited with 27 movies on IMDB (not counting MI3, and WotW), and I have seen 20 of them. Wouldn't sday he is a great actor, but he has been in some very good movies.

[jakethebake]

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I voted for Risky Business. However, I really liked The Last Samurai, and would have voted for it otherwise.

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Agreed. Risky Business is a classic.

[NorCalJosh]

is there seriously any question?

"hey slider"

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"you stink!"

[Dominic]

here's, um, a different take on the movie, by none other than Quentin Tarantino, in the movie, "Sleep With Me:"



What's a film about, what's it really about? What genre does it take?

[Duane: What, like the spine? Like one sentence?]

No, I don't, [censored] boy meets girl, I don't give a [censored] about that. [censored] boy meets girl, [censored] motorcycle movie. No, what is really being said? What's really being said, that's what you're talking about. 'Cause the whole idea, man, is subversion. You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest [censored] scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.

[Duane: Oh, come on.]

Top Gun is [censored] great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots. [Duane: It's about a bunch of guys waving their dicks around.] It is a story about a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man.

You've got Maverick, all right? He's on the edge, man. He's right on the [censored] line, all right? And you've got Iceman, and all his crew. They're gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they're saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways.

[Duane: What about Kelly McGillis?]

Kelly McGillis, she's heterosexuality. She's saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go the normal way, play by the rules, go the normal way. They're saying no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? That is what's going on throughout that whole movie...

He goes to her house, all right? It looks like they're going to have sex, you know, they're just kind of sitting back, he's takin' a shower and everything. They don't have sex. He gets on the motorcycle, drives away. She's like, "What the [censored], what the [censored] is going on here?" Next scene, next scene you see her, she's in the elevator, she is dressed like a guy. She's got the cap on, she's got the aviator glasses, she's wearing the same jacket that the Iceman wears. She is, okay, this is how I gotta get this guy, this guy's going towards the gay way, I gotta bring him back, I gotta bring him back from the gay way, so I'm do that through subterfuge, I'm gonna dress like a man. All right? That is how she approaches it.

Okay, now let me just ask you--I'm gonna digress for two seconds here. I met this girl Amy here, she's like floating around here and everything. Now, she just got divorced, right?...

All right, but the REAL ending of the movie is when they fight the MIGs at the end, all right? Because he has passed over into the gay way. They are this gay fighting [censored] force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they [censored] land, and Iceman's been trying to get Maverick the entire time, and finally, he's got him, all right? And what is the last [censored] line that they have together? They're all hugging and kissing and happy with each other, and Ice comes up to Maverick, and he says, "Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!" And what does Maverick say? "You can ride mine!" Swordfight! Swordfight! [censored]' A, man!

[Eurotrash]

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is there seriously any question?

"hey slider"

*sniff*

"you stink!"

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awesome. hilarious scene.

[Bluffoon]

I vote for "Far and Away" Since it is not on the list I will go for "A Few Good Men" even though Demi Moore pretty much ruined great performances by Cruise Bacon and Nicholson.

[chaas4747]

"Tell me that ye like me hat shannon!"

Worst.Irish.Accent.Ever.

[Bluffoon]

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"Tell me that ye like me hat shannon!"

Worst.Irish.Accent.Ever.

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You are probably right. I wouldn't know a good irish accent if it hit me in me face.

[jakethebake]

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"Tell me that ye like me hat shannon!"
Worst.Irish.Accent.Ever.

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I dunno. Remember Gere in The Jackal?