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Those of you hoping and praying that Tom Cruise’s mentally unbalanced antics would lead to his eventual banishment from Hollywood are going to be sorely disappointed. It seems that Tom’s temporary time in the naughty corner is over, and he’s back to big budget films again. He’s been cast in director Phillip Noyce upcoming film “28th Amendment.”
I hadn’t heard of Phillip Noyce and was hoping he was some crap-ass nobody, but he’s the guy who directed “Clear and Present Danger”, “Patriot Games”, and “The Quiet American.” So I think we can rest assured that this is no “Mousehunt” – the kind of film Cruise should be relegated to.
Tom Cruise is many things to many people. A prominent and upstanding member of the community to Scientologists, a completely overrated actor whose personality has veered towards the dangerously crazy to everyone else. Ok, so maybe just two things to two groups of people. One thing he definitely IS is a type-a personality. He’s a guy who likes to be top dog. Never has this become more blindingly clear than in his new film, The 28th Amendment where Tommy plays the President of the United States of America.
President Cruise. Seems eerie when you say it out loud, doesn’t it? Tales to frighten children with… “Did I ever tell you kids about the legend of President Cruise?”
*Aiiiieeeeeee!!!* The most horrifying thought ever
Cruise will play President Ben Cahill who is apparently the last person in the whole world to discover that the government is actually run from behind the scenes by a secret organization. Denzel Washington plays the head of the secret group.
[From Spill.com via ONTD]
Spill points out that it sounds like it could be a decent film, given the director and other cast members, but that it’ll be hard to guess if audiences can really enjoy it, given the presence of the tiny manic monster. I do find it hard to separate Tom Cruise the person from whatever character he’s playing anymore. When you watch a film, you want to totally forget that whoever you’re seeing is anyone other than their character. With Tom, you still sense the crazy bubbling up. You can really only temper that level of insanity so much. At some point you’re just sitting there waiting for him to jump on the president’s desk, throw all the papers in the air, and start tap dancing or something.
Here’s Tom and Katie at the “LACMA” Opening celebration on February 9th. Images thanks to WENN.
Written by JayBird
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aw come on…can we lay off Tom Cruise for a minute? The guy IS wacky but have we all totally forgotten Top Gun, Rain Man, Interview with a Vampire, Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, The Outsiders, A Few Good Men, Magnolia, Vanilla Sky, The Firm…he isn’t some two bit actor who accidently got famous. He’s a talented guy with an impressive body of work. We all found out he was nuts when he decided to get rid of his publicist which leads me to believe that Hollywood is crawling with wackadoodles but we just don’t always see it. The normal to batshit ratio out there is probably mind-boggling. Let’s just leave him alone.
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OK, I admit it, I liked Top Gun (mostly because of the soon-to-die sidekick) and Dustin Hoffman was great in Rainman. But I can’t see Tom without seeing Tom any more either. He’s not a good enough actor to hide his own personality, and his personality gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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I have a really hard time seperating him from the characters he plays too
I’m suprised that he is getting plum roles. His last few flicks haven’t done so well…
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God save the Queen!
Is it just me or do Kate-E’s feet look enormous next to Tommy’s delicate tootsies?
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wouldn’t the casting have been more interesting if they had hired Denzel to be the president, and Tom as the secret controller fronting a shady group?
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While I haven’t agreed with everything Tom has done, the fact is he is a good guy. I’m a nurse and I couln’t guarantee that if I saw an accident on the side of the road that I would stop to help, but I know without doubt that Tom Cruise would stop and help. He wouldn’t think about consequences.
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I’d think that a nurse would be anti-Tom, just based on his loathing of anti-depressants
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Oh, right, Gail. I read all the time about Tommyboy stopping to help accident victims. He’s a veritable Good Samaritan.
I agree, Mamalicious, Denzel is far more presidential than Tom.
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damn was hoping they were remaking “Death of a President”.
Id give my vote to Washington of Cruise as president any day.
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Tom Cruise stopping to help an accident victim?
I doubt it, no matter what he says on that scientology video.
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I can’t believe all of the bigotry for Cruise because of his… how shall we say… religion. The first Amendment that the Hollywood Left rattles on about is freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Nowdays it is OK to criticize any religion except Islam, so maybe Christians, Scientologists, and FLDS Mormons would be treated with a little more respect if they crashed a few airplanes into some buildings, although I don’t condone that.
Treat people with respect and maybe some won’t turn loony and go to that level.
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A nurse that wouldn’t stop and help accident victims? Shenanigans.
Yes Tom is a great guy, that’s why he said “scientologists don’t need permission” to enforce their will on others, they should just storm in and overpower us.
I agree Denzel is very Presidential.
Hey, what could possess him to agree to be in a movie with Queen Xenu? That’s not a good career move.
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Thats ridiculous. People didn’t start harshing on him until AFTER we went wacko
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Most of us did respect him. I even liked his movies and thought he was a good looking guy. Then he began acting totally inappropriately, and more facts came out about his “religion” which is not one at all but instead is a murderous cult…and he became a joke. Add in a few totally astounding videos and his faux marriage to a woman who was already pregnant with someone else’s child, and he becomes a laughing stock. Nobody here is giving him anything that he hasn’t brought on himself.
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Hey “Truth”, I’ve just now decided to be the founder of a brand new religion. I made it up, this instant. I worship kahlua and other coffee-flavoured liqueurs.
It is so a religion.
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I’m in, Rawks!
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hehe Okay Bodhi, great stuff!
But we should probably make some by-laws to go on with, like any new members from now on must sign over all their Kahlua to us, til the end of time.
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You can’t have my Kahlua! Nor can you have any of my coffee/ chocolate ripple/ almond ice cream.
Funny, I never drink coffee, but I become incoherent at the idea of Kahlua or Jamocha Almond Fudge.
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hehehe syko, you don’t have to give it over, you can just join based on your coolness factor.
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Hey CB and Bodhi,
I have a FAB-U-LOUS recipe for home-made kahlua.
Does this qualify me for your religion?
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I have that same recipe but the dang stuff didn’t thicken up, so it was watery Kahlua. Didn’t stop anyone from drinking it, though.
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Home-made Kahlua?! That’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard! See, this religion really makes sense!
VG, you’re definitely in!
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Frappucinos are so last year. Sign me up for Kahluantology. I hope we have to wear or do something wacky from time to time. I’m such a fashion victim. Correct that : I mean religion victim.
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The most popular religion is the worship of sex, because it covers practically all religions, cultures, and lifestyles, except for those people who never get horny.
and we know that all religions are supposed to be protected under the 1st amendment. The U.S. Constitution is like a condom for the religion of sex.
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I don’t care about the private life of actors and usually judge only their performance and not their choices in their personal life.
However, this guy is a very limited actor who keeps playing in the same manner, and then gives interviews and he speaks pretty much the same, so to me, it seems TOM IS PLAYING TOM.
and to be honest, I don’t like Tom the person. So it gets in the way.
I am sure many other actors may have a gold-digger wife who lacks personality and really wants to be more famous and rich.
PErhaps others are being unfair to their ex wife and would limit her ability to be a parent, but this guy is always giving the same performance and practically forced his personal life on us.
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I did read once that Tom Cruise took blankets to an car accident. Apparently only Scientologists know that what ‘really’ needs be done when one is bleeding profusly is a blanket. (he was married to Nicole at the time, and remember her father is a doctor, so it might have been common decency and not xenu that led to the deliverance of blankets from Tommybot)
A recent movie with Meryl Streep tanked, Valkrie has yet to be released after being backed up twice… I expect straight to video.
Don’t want to see Cruise in a political movie. It isn’t his genre. He is Top Gun, Risky Business etc. Nothing that is serious. Remember how bad Vanilla Sky was?
No more. stick to scienctology videos…they are a scream
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I want to join Kahluatolog too! I have a full bottle sitting on top of my fridge! And I also nominate “The Truth” to be our PR spokeswhore. Obviously this kid isn’t grounded in reality, so who better to represent us?
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That’s a comedown for God
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KatIE’s feet ARE huge !!! and i just don’t like this look on her- who is she trying to become? bring back the old KATIE…smiling with those dimples !! and TinyTom as president????hahhahahhahahhahahahhahhahahaa…GO DENZEL FOR PREZ!
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i think tom would stop to help an accident victim….if there were photographers around. and to the nurse that wouldn’t stop to help at an accident: seriously? wow.
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Tom Cruise?? he is a has-been.
And scient…. whatever is not a religion, it is a way of life, or death, or money spinning organisation
As a president, it suits him to a T… stupid and being controlled by the puppet makers behind him. Your Bush is a remarkable understudy.
I am sure he doesn’t mind the hand up his a** for this role.
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