Comments on: Tom Cruise wants $20 mil; doesn’t realize he’s not a star anymore

By: Spoonman55

Spoonman55 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:42:05 +0000

It is bound to happen sometime soon.

Risky Business 2, Top Gun 2, Days of Thunder 2.

Tom’s got to hold out for quality scripts and his 20 mill pay days-Right???

By: daisy424

daisy424 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:29:16 +0000

Brando’s financial & moral support of the Black Panthers & Native American Rights groups caused him to be ‘blacklisted’.
Remember when he won the Oscar for the Godfather, he boycotted the ceremony and sent Sacheen Littlefeather in his stead. He was great in Apocalypse Now.

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By: vdantev

vdantev — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:40:50 +0000

The clams are out defending their Jesus figure again I see. You Xenu-fearing morons are predictable and the words you choose so coyly supportive. Can’t slip past my radar, little clams. Go back to Clearwater and sign me up as an SP.

We do not forgive.
We do not forget.

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By: Mairead

Mairead — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:15:46 +0000

Cory, calm down with the paranoia there – CB tends to let each comment stand unless it’s had multiple complaints. (the moderation thing you may see is generally the spambot, although occasionally the post can go straight into the site’s spam folder, but this is usually a mistake. But your first point is very interesting and well made, I think.

Snowblood, thanks for the lovely words, and since I love a good debate it’s great that you are disagreeing with me in an articulate manner, as always

Although I’ve not had much liking for Tom since, well Cocktail, the man was very liked and could be depended on to deliver a solid performance in a solid film. Indeed everytime I’ve watched a film with Cruise in it, I’ve generally enjoyed it in spite of myself. And your point in comparing him to Brad Pitt – well, Cruise did wipe the floor with him in Interview with the Vampire.

In relation to me comparing him with some of those former screen legends. In one way, you’re kind of proving my point – they were legends, were beloved by the public, but many of them went though some sort of an acting dry-spell. Now some of that was self-imposed I know.

Now, I’m not comparing their acting ability, but their marketability. Possibly the example I was most thinking of was Brando. As far as I’m aware, in the 50s and early 60s the man was on fire; but in the 60s he could barely get arrested. It wasn’t until Godfather that he became marketable again in the 70s. Sure even the same thing happeed to Elvis.

Perhaps Cory is right, perhaps he just needs one good hit to bring his fairweather fans back. But for every comeback kid like Elvis, there are plenty of other half-forgotten hitmakers.

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By: Cory

Cory — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:19:24 +0000

Sorry to rain on your parade my dears, you celebrated too quickly. Be wary of Friedman’s articles on Tom Cruise, he is so biased that he gets his facts wrong all the time.
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Moviehole reports: “We can confirm that this isn’t true – none of it. High-ranking contacts within the production tell us – and we quote – “The studio, producers, director and potential star (Cruise) are all waiting on a rewrite of the script from Kurt Wimmer, which is due in a few weeks. Will Smith has not been approached to star. Cruise is the only actor who has been approached.”
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No, I am not scientologist, just someone who knows this business well and still likes Tom Cruise. I doubt though that celebitchy will print this anytime soon.

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By: Cory

Cory — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:54:15 +0000

All Tom Cruise needs is a nice blockbuster and you will all be swallowing your words. Until he has had one and it has not tanked, I would never write him off. He is a good bloke and most of you here are just taking your frustrations with scientology out on him. Sad but this is hollwoodland, very forgiving. He is keeping a low profile and has not done anything bad in the last couple of years. He will bounce back and you will eat your words.

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By: paris herpes

paris herpes — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:29:14 +0000

Alek, you are so goddam right. Tom Cruise ISN’T a bad actor, he’s always been a sort of good actor, and he’s probably better than Brad Pitt anyway, but he just showed the crazy early and now people want to stay away from him. But movies are not as good as they used to be and it’s sort of sad. We need to get the writers really writing again and the directors doing shit that they actually are about. Then all this, this is just fluff really.

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By: paris herpes

paris herpes — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:23:32 +0000

He’s delusional. He won’t realize that he’s no longer a star until no one will work with him.

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By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:58:04 +0000

major psychotic episode. I agree. He’s clearly suffering from a mood disorder and when reality comes knocking, he will probably have to be hospitalized.

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By: Wil in Mpls

Wil in Mpls — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:42:48 +0000

Ya know … for someone who berates mental health professionals .. he could certainly stand to see one! Delusion, thy name is Tom.

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