Favourite Tom Cruise Performance?
 

My picks...

1. Rain Man (1988)
2. Magnolia (1999)
3. Jerry Maguire (1996)
4. Collateral (2004)
5. Tropic Thunder (2008)
6. Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
7. Top Gun (1986)
8. The Last Samurai (2003)
9. Risky Business (1983)
10. Valkyrie (2008)

What do you think of him as an actor? What is your favourite Crusie performance/film?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFJocQBLyE

The end.

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For me it is Rain Man and Collateral. I haven't seen all of Jerry McGuire so I can't give my thoughts on that one.

in collateral i think!

It's Rain Man for sure. I think Cruise is a smart actor in that he takes roles that work for him.

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For me, it's a tie between "Jerry Maguire" and "Collateral"

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Random order:

Rain Man
Valkyrie
The Last Samurai
Jerry Maguire
Magnolia

EDIT: HOW can i forget Magnolia??!

Magnoliaaaaaa

cause you know he was just playing himself.

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Probably Magnolia. But I also thought he was great as Lestat.

collateral, the last samurai, top gun. jerry mcguire(sp?) is also good.

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Interview With the Vampire.

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I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise. He is certainly not who I would have pictured as Lestat from reading the books, but he owned this role completely. I think he's better in blockbuster fodder than when he actually tries to act.

Runners up probably Rain Man and Eyes Wide Shut.

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Holy crap this takes me back...

http://hollywoodhatesme.files.wordpr.../11/legend.jpg

I was almost going to say Legend, but I really need to watch it first and see if I like it as much as I remember liking it.

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1. Rain Man
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Collateral
4. The Color of Money
5. Vanilla Sky

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Damn, I forgot about "The Color of Money" - great flick :up:

I forgot about Vanilla Sky. That would be up there right after Rain Man.

yes! legend! i still have that movie buried in my collection somewhere. i must dig it out soon, and watch it.

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Toss-up between Jerry Maguire and A Few Good Men.

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Let me just say that I think his "cameo" or supporting part in Tropic Thunder is one of the most overrated parts in any movie, ever.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember, and I have high hopes for the new Mission Impossible, I just watched the trailer today and it has a good cast of actors,,, so here's hoping.

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http://www.blogvedete.com/wp-content...k-of-ages2.jpg

Who's looking forward to "Rock of Ages?"

Me either.

Really? I thought he was the best thing about Tropic Thunder. Anything specific about his part that you didn't like?

If he's anything like me, which he's not, it'll be the very fact it existed. Much like the film, actually. :D

Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia are both great. I'm a fan of his and enjoy watches him on screen, Collateral is good and he has some great moments in Born on the Fourth of July, even if it is a heavy-handed message film.

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Aye. He's great in Magnolia and I really dig him in the first and third Mission: Impossible. I think people are liable to forget, with all his general weirdness, that he's pretty flippin' talented and awfully good in the right roles.

I just didn't think it was oscar worthy? What exactly made it oscar worthy?

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I'm probably one of the few who watched Knight and Day, but Cruise basically carries the film by being nonchalant and almost making fun of his screen persona.

Knight and Day I didn't watch in theaters... most stuff I don't, but I'd give it a chance if on Netflix. Does it have the Mr. and Mrs. Smith vibe going on?

Knight and Day is more comedic than Mr. and Mrs. Smith, I think.

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I'd say, for sure, it's Mr. and Mrs. Smith II without the marriage counsellor. :cool:

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i got to give it to the guy. he gives his heart and soul to all of his performances.

now i'm not the kind of movie fan that gives a damn about what they do outside of the movies. so all these couch jumping scientology thing, i couldn't care less. all i know is that he is a good actor and you see the amount of respect he gives to his audience by giving his all on all his movies.

he makes it a point to give something new in his projects, be it the characterization, a scene, a stunt, the story itself, etc.

my favorite tom cruise movie is magnolia, rain man, tropic thunder and born on the fourth

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Mine would be 1.) RAIN MAN, 2.) TOP GUN 3.) THE SAMARAI

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Close between Rain Man and Jerry Macguire. I liked them both a lot.

The Last Samurai

I also liked him a lot in Far And Away, Rain Man, Interview With The Vampire, and Tropic Thunder.

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Rain Man is, in my opinion, one of his best performances.

I vote for Rain Man as well-- solid performance

True...especially the last scenes...And i like him in Jerry Maguire too..

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I'd probably say my favorite of his performances is Rain Man. He's not one of my favorites, but his movies are good. Worst performance is easily in Valkyrie - I couldn't get through the movie the characters were so loathsome.

Note to film-makers: If you've a character named Wolfgang, have his fellow Germans pronounce his name "Volf-Gank", not "wolf-gang" - American and German pronunciation differs immensely.

I'm into Top Gun and Rain man :)

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Only Valkyrie and the last samurai I can say.

Vincent in Collateral by far.

He is very good in Rainman too.

Still my favourite actor of all time. Even when the movie is a piece of crap, he always gives 110% to every role and has delivered more than a handful of powerhouse performances. His work ranked...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o3Fp3_ktIS...agnolia+02.jpg

"I'm quietly judging you."

1. Magnolia (1999)
2. Rain Man (1988)
3. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
4. Days Of Thunder (1990)
5. The Color Of Money (1986)
6. Jerry Maguire (1996)
7. Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
8. Tropic Thunder (2008)
9. Collateral (2004)
10. Interview With A Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
11. The Last Samurai (2003)
12. A Few Good Men (1992)
13. Top Gun (1986)
14. Valkyrie (2008)
15. Minority Report (2002)
16. The Firm (1993)
17. Cocktail (1989)
18. Rock Of Ages (2012)
19. Mission: Impossible (1996)
20. Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol
21. Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
22. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
23. Knight And Day (2010)
24. Risky Business (1983)
25. War Of The Worlds (2006)

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Rain Man-The entire movie revolved around him.

Jerry McGuire-Even Tom Hanks couldn't do that role better than him

Top Gun-He was born to play Maverick

Mission Impossible-Mission Impossible and Pirates are the only franchises that ran on star power of their franchises.The others are superhero movies or story book interpretations

Last Samurai-Fantastic performance

Minority Report-Unbelievable

Born On The Fourth of July.

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Magnolia :)

Yup.

The makeup sucked.

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Tropic Thunder

Thanks, I was starting to feel like an idiot for liking Mission Impossible. Just the first one though.

MAGNOLIA
RAIN MAN (I think if he had agreed to be nominated in the supporting category, he might have won an Oscar for this performance)
JERRY MAGUIRE
COLLATERAL

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I have enjoyed watching him in Top Gun.

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Still haven't seen Magnolia though.

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I like most of his films and think he knows how to pick a good role.

Cocktail
Far and Away
Days Of Thunder
Mission Impossible
Interview with the Vampire
Jerry Maguire
The Color of Money
The Firm
A few Good Men
Born On the Forth of July

Done

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I loved him when he was young, really liked hom in Coctail. He was so sexy.