Is Tom Cruise back?

[Dickens Cider]

Lions for Lambs was actually a pretty good film. Cruise was very good in it as was Redford and Streep.

A very interesting film that made me think.

And nobody saw it. I mean, it was a colossal bomb and for really no reason.

Well, there was a reason. Whether it was a good one is up to interpretation.

I can buy your theory that people might have been less likely to go to a Cruise movie because of his weirdness, but this example does not prove your point. This one also had Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. It's not like Cruise was the only name on the marquee.

Also a contributing factor:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lions_for_lambs/

It has a 28 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

There's a reason the powers that be have dicked around, delaying the release of Valkyrie for far longer time than deemed "usual"
in the business.

You can smell it, from here.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

whatever

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

It didn't live up to the hype, but I've seen similarly-hyped stuff which delivered far less. Thank god for Netflix.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

Funniest movie I've seen this year. Forgetting Sarah Marshall might be second.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

Funniest movie I've seen this year. Forgetting Sarah Marshall might be second.

See, I thought FSM was trash.

Can't stand Jason Segel... Thought he was the only negative element of Freaks and Geeks too.

 

[friend of the friendless]

Sirs, Madames,

Still creeped out by him. Avg actor but a movie star, no doubt.

Loved Tropic Thunder--tho' not him in it. I actually liked War of the Worlds but then again my idea of a good time is working through my old-school Outer Limits box.

o-<

 

[Mizzougrad96]

When I saw FSM the first time, I thought there had been too much build-up. I was kind of disappointed. When I saw it again on DVD, I thought it was hilarious.

There aren't many good comedies anymore. Tropic Thunder, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express...

Zack and Miri was disappointing. I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I can't think of many good comedies from this year.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

When I saw FSM the first time, I thought there had been too much build-up. I was kind of disappointed. When I saw it again on DVD, I thought it was hilarious.

There aren't many good comedies anymore. Tropic Thunder, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express...

Zack and Miri was disappointing. I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I can't think of many good comedies from this year.

Actually, I think the past few years have been a revival of comedies. Since 40YO Virgin.

 

[Dickens Cider]

When I saw FSM the first time, I thought there had been too much build-up. I was kind of disappointed. When I saw it again on DVD, I thought it was hilarious.

There aren't many good comedies anymore. Tropic Thunder, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express...

Zack and Miri was disappointing. I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I can't think of many good comedies from this year.

Step Brothers was the funniest I've seen this year. Tropic Thunder and FSM were Nos. 2 and 3. Didn't see Pineapple Express or Zack and Miri.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I actually liked Step Brothers. Role Models is another one that had me laughing my ass off.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I loved Collateral and Minority Report, but neither were big hits.

Both were very good movies.
Collateral came close to being great.

 

[bigpern23]

Tropic Thunder was a horribly unfunny piece of trash.

Funniest movie I've seen this year. Forgetting Sarah Marshall might be second.

Agree completely, Mizzou. FSM was the funniest I had seen until I picked up the Tropic Thunder DVD a couple weeks ago. I watched it alone and I was laughing hysterically out loud. Not many comedies make me do that.

Ben Stiller is very hit or miss for me, but this was a big, big hit for me.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Cruise is in transition. The pretty boy who couldn't miss is in the trash.


Valkyrie will not help his cause.

 

[bigpern23]

When I first saw the trailer for Valkyrie, I was excited to see it. Then I saw it was rated PG-13.

 

[Dickens Cider]

When I first saw the trailer for Valkyrie, I was excited to see it. Then I saw it was rated PG-13.

Yep. I also refuse to see any PG-13 horror movie.

 

[Songbird]

It won't happen, but I'd love for him to do something simple a la Risky Business or All the Right Moves.

 

[finishthehat]

When I first saw the trailer for Valkyrie, I was excited to see it. Then I saw it was rated PG-13.

Yep. I also refuse to see any PG-13 horror movie.

I don't see what difference PG-13 makes, but I'm definitely seeing Valkyrie, just as someone interested in that era.

I thought Lions for Lambs was painfully earnest, but I wasn't bored.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I agree that a PG-13 rating is usually a good way to guarantee that any action film will colossally suck.