My mate says "Days of thunder", but thats a real guilty pleasure of mine. Love the look of it and making Nascar actually exciting must be commended aswell. Just wish Duvall and Cruise's characters had more depth.

I liked the "cocktail" movie

Top Gun gets my vote.

luv4u said:

First half was OK, then it tapers off for me.

InsatiableCream said:

Any movie that kills off Anthony Edwards is evil.

InsatiableCream said:

Lammastide said:

At least he went on to be famous on ER

luv4u said:

it's such an awful movie

luv4u said:

...Where they again killed him off.

IMDB or Wiki said that the bint in Top Gun was meant to be in "Days of thunder", which would make the film some sort of semi-sequel to "top gun" ala "Grafitti bridge" and "purple rain".

Just think, if she was in it, would Tom and Nicole ever of fallen in love? And also, Nicole is much hotter then that Kelly woman, though accent wise it sounded like she was guesting in "neighbours".

InsatiableCream said:

You'd love the "Iron eagle" series. Push the edge and all that.

I honestly don't know. Aside from The Outsiders, I don't think I've seen any of his movies before Interview with the Vampire. And I've heard they generally suck, besides Rain Man and Born on the 4th of July.
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War of the Worlds was mighty bad...

InsatiableCream said:

No it's not an awful movie . At least Tom gets to give the Russian pilot the bird

"Top gun" I guess epitomises 80's pop culture. One of the first movies with MTV in mind. Of course, those days are over, but how the score and soundtrack were just as intregal to the movie as the acting and plot, speaks volumes of the times it was made in.

Of course, Tom was in "Legend", which was a failure, but an interesting one, to me at least.

I can't stand Tom Cruise anymore. His ego trip on Matt Lauer and Brooke Shields made him look like a bit fucking asshole, and he still is one.

I've refused to watch any of his movies since all that.

So what is his worst movie? Anytime he's been in front of any camera since the above mention debacles.

Eyes Wide Shut? I heard that one was really bad.

At least the rest get played on repeat on television.

RenHoek said:

I never see his movies...because when I was a teen he totally creeped me out so I boycotted him. Now it seems everyone finally picked up on the vibe I always got. I have seen risky business and WOTW, though.

WOTW is one of my favorite movies!

Cinnie said:

It's a Kubrick movie, which means it takes 5 minutes for someone to blink.

Like him or not, he probably had the longest reign as the no 1 box office star in recent Hollywood history (John Wayne was the no 1 box office star for a few decades though apparantly).

ernestsewell said:

You forgot his jumping up and down all over Oprah's sofa on set proclaiming his love for his brainwashed wifey

His acting is ok. But in reality he as a person sux.

Has he directed any?

Lammastide said:

Both "rain man" and "4th of July" do stretch him alot, and he copes well on both. "Rain man" inparticular is a hard one to judge as all eyes are initially on general scene chewer Dustin Hoffman (supurb actor dont get me wrong). But its Cruise who impresses more in that movie to me.

Cinnie said:

Eyes Wide Shut is an amazing movie that explores relationships and infidelity and Tom and Nicole were very convincing in it, but it's not for everybody. Check it out I don't think U would be disappointed.

PanthaGirl said:

So what would you call his worst movie, P-Girl?

I'm not a big fan of the Cruiser, the entire scientology aspect kinda ruined his x-factor but do enjoy some of his movies. He was great in Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky and he cracked me up most recent in Tropic Thunder. Good work there.


P.S. I loved Cocktail but moreso cause of Bryan Brown, he was fantastic in it.

PanthaGirl said:

Never seen it. Looked like pretensious psuedo art house bollocks, but I will give it a try if I see it on due to your recomendation.

PanthaGirl said:

What about "days of thunder"? A missed opputunity there?

thesexofit said:

Actually I didn't mind it too much when I first watched it a few years ago but I would have to view it again to give an opinion on Cruisers' acting ability in the film.

thesexofit said:

Yah it is a brilliant movie IMO, I have always enjoyed Kubrick's style but like I said it's not for everybody mainly due to the notorious sexual infidelities and exploring the minds of men and women. See how U go I hope U enjoy it.