Pale Blue Dot
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Tue Sep-14-04 09:56 PM
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I'm embarassed to say this, but a Tom Cruise movie really got to me today. |
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I saw Collateral this afternoon, and for a Hollywood action movie, I thought that it was particularly well-written and acted. It is a guy movie for guys who like their action mixed with existentialism.
Plus, I'm a sucker for the whole Hamlet thing. I give in ***1/2 stars out of four.
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Tue Sep-14-04 09:58 PM
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1. everything about the movie |
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was good... EXCEPT THE MUSIC.
god the music was just awful in some places. like the part when he starts driving really fast, and some generic Creed-like rock song came on and it was completely inappropriate for the scene.
took me straight out of the movie.
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Tue Sep-14-04 09:59 PM
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2. better no music at all n/t |
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Tue Sep-14-04 10:00 PM
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3. I have to agree with you there. |
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Tue Sep-14-04 10:01 PM
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I've been liking him more and more over the years. Cool. I'll go see it.
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Tue Sep-14-04 10:07 PM
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5. Go see 'Born on the Fourth of July' |
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Edited on Tue Sep-14-04 10:07 PM by WilliamPitt
Extraordinary movie. I forgive Cruise all his other craptacular failures for his rendition of Ron Kovic.
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Tue Sep-14-04 10:08 PM
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6. I forgot about that one. |
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That is a great movie. And I also love "Magnolia".
So I guess I'm full of shit about this whole Tom Cruise thing. :D
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Tue Sep-14-04 10:08 PM
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Anyone who complains that Cruise can't act hasn't seen it.
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Wed Sep-15-04 09:59 AM
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8. Now that you've mentioned him, I' ve got some earworms. . . |
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over a few lines from the movie Top Gun. Specifically, the lines from the character played by Val Kilmer (to TC):
"...you're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air you are unsafe. You're dangerous..."
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"...it's your attitude. The enemy's dangerous, but right now, you're worse than the enemy. You're dangerous and foolish..."
(I keep thinking of B*sh when I hear these lines)
:nuke:
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Wed Sep-15-04 10:00 AM
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9. What whole Hamlet thing? |
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Is it a takeoff of Hamlet? I'm sorry to say I don't know much about this movie.
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Wed Sep-15-04 10:07 AM
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10. he was the only thing in Magnolia that I liked |
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I LOVED the scene during the interview with the female journalist who's discovered that his purported past, upon which he's built his self-help guru empire, is all a lie, and he just sits there and stares at her for the last 11 minutes of the interview.
I also loved his performance in The Last Samurai.
He seems to do well with very wounded men. I want to see collateral too, I've read that Jamie Foxx, one of my favorite underused actors, is phenominal as well.
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