Posted on 05/29/2022 3:26:05 PM PDT by conservative98
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Cruise turns 60 next year and is right now enjoying the biggest hit of his career. And it’s not even a squeaker: Top Gun: Maverick broke his opening day record with a $51 million haul. His previous record was Mission: Impossible—Fallout’s $23 million.
You want to know why Tom Cruise is one of the few movie stars still standing? It’s not his looks or his agelessness or even his talent. There are all kinds of good-looking, talented, ageless actors and actresses out there… No, Tom Cruise is a star because he understands stardom in the same way John Wayne and Errol Flynn and Gene Kelly and Bette Davis and Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson understood stardom… It’s not about you! It’s about the audience! Dazzle them. Make them laugh. Make them cry. Inspire them. Broaden their horizons. Show them something new. Teach them. But never, ever talk down to them or act as their superior.
Respect the audience as a partner, and you will never break up.
Tom Cruise puts on a helluva show.
OH HELP !!! HELP !!!
TOXIC MASCULINITY ON THE LOOSE !!!!
Masculine?
I thought this was a Tom Cruise movie.
I’m on a highway to the Un-Woke Zone!
“itself into a mewling little pajama boy gerbil of a movie”
Says the man who has been inside for 3 years to not a cold.
Actually, he is aging. He looks older. But, what's wrong with looking older and wiser?
So...You’ve seen the movie and DON’T think Cruise’s character is masculine????
If you red the thread title carefully, you might understand that the “masculinity” is referring to the move, not to Cruise...
red = read
Loved the tribute to the late Sam Shepard “The Right Stuff” scene too.
You just know this is going to be a damn good movie when he steals the SR71 to set a speed record.
Tough to see the failing Val Kilmer - really tough. He’s one some great movies too.
Story by
Peter Craig
Justin Marks
Calm down.
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I did notice they backed down on their initial censorship of the Taiwan and Japan flags on his jacket.
Early publicity pictures showed them changed to ChiCom pleasing flags.
But they are reportedly in the movie, same original jacket with the Taiwan/RoC and Japanese flags.
sounds like woke casting.
All I know is “ Last Samurai” one of my all time favorite movies!
I’d see it but I can’t tolerate Tom Cruise. I do have a favorite Tom Cruise movie though; “The Last Samurai”. I like it because Ken Watanabi steals the movie from him.
Had to go back to the original to see how a Penny fit in. That was a great line.
“Maverick” had by far the most interest of older audiences of any film in the Covid era. A majority (55 percent) was over 35. That is far different from most top-grossing films, even in pre-Covid times. For the current environment, it is a major victory.
“Maverick” audiences were 37 percent 18-34, with 34 percent non-white (less than other top titles) and 58 percent male
I will stand up front and make sure you don’t have to see it yourself :)
Ageless as in not just physical aging of the face but ageless as in never grows old. Like Trump said, Tom Cruise is the last true entertainer left in Hollywood.
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