i have never liked Tom Cruise... especially since Risky Business... all my gal friends were drooling over him, and i just never saw the appeal... as an actor, he is waaay over the top... the only movie of his that i have liked is the last Mission Impossible... and i kind of liked him in War of the Worlds... that being said, i plan to see Oblivion... even though i cannot stand Morgan “WOODY ALLEN” Freeman...
I've alwayls considered him more a movie star than an actor. He always plays the same character just in a different role. He's basically just playing Tom Cruise all the time.
But I've liked some of his later work. A couple of the Mission Impossibles, War of the Worlds, Minority Report (excellent scifi IMO), Knight and Day, the one about the plot to kill Hitler was very good, and Jack Reacher his latest.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one too.
Also in Cruise's favor...he doesn't generally do gratuitous profanity or sex.
The best movie that Tom Cruise was ever in was Jerry Maguire. He should have gotten an Oscar for that flick.