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[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Apparently he's decided to avoid taking risks and stick with the tried-and-true: his next three films are going to be Mission: Impossible 5, Top Gun II, and Jack Reacher II. I suppose he's just following the Sylvester Stallone Playbook since Sly has been announced for a new Rambo, a new Rocky, and The Expendables 5.

That's the MO of his buddy Will Smith. Hitch called them "duck 'n cover" pictures.

[WalterNeff]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Cruise is not a great actor so he tries to make up for it with effort. Sometimes it works (Minority Report) and sometimes it does not (War of the Worlds).

Have you ever seen Collateral? That's a damn good example of Cruise going above and beyond.

[belcherman]

2015 wishes: an update to The Killers would make me very happy. Also any Eric Rohmer on blu would make me break my English-only rule. Other than that, there are things I want, but nothing I'm dying for. One of my resolutions for 2015 is to watch more blu rays than I buy.

Happy New Year!

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by WalterNeff

Have you ever seen Collateral? That's a damn good example of Cruise going above and beyond.

Agree, also everyone must be forgetting Magnolia right? he was great in that one.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Cruise is not a great actor so he tries to make up for it with effort. Sometimes it works (Minority Report) and sometimes it does not (War of the Worlds).

Cruise didn't exactly have the greatest material to work with in WotW, to be fair.

As someone else mentioned, he's awesome in Collateral -- IOW, when he had something to work with.



PS: I can't believe I'm turning into a Tom Cruise apologist.

[SpiderBaby]

I just want a 2nd volume of the World Cinema Foundation restorations for 2015 and the ATG Oshima films.

[alull]

i need your suggestions! i can buy one of the following on Blu-ray:

Badlands
The Big Chill
Two-Lane Blacktop (upgrade from the DVD i already have)

your personal choice and, if you can, why?
thanks !

[PowellPressburger]

If it is for a title you are buying today to watch in the next couple of days I'd say The Big Chill. Two Lane Blacktop I LOVE! but I save that one for summertime watching and Badlands just doesn't seem like the right time of year to watch that one either. I own all 3. Sorry I watch my movies usually by season. I know I'm odd haha

The Big Chill just seems more reflective for the New Year.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Cruise didn't exactly have the greatest material to work with in WotW, to be fair.

As someone else mentioned, he's awesome in Collateral -- IOW, when he had something to work with.



PS: I can't believe I'm turning into a Tom Cruise apologist.

I've yet to see Collateral.

The script was bad for WOTW. I remember cringing when Cruise called his son a term used for a part of the male anatomy (I won't say it because I've been suspended for much less!).

[alull]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

The Big Chill just seems more reflective for the New Year.

thanks. good point. i hadn't seen it that way. (i also need to see if i could watch movies by season, as well

update: ordered The Big Chill.
child of the 80's. never saw the film. divided opinions over this release. but i love the perceived nostalgic feel of the film.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Oh, no, that's a disappointing reaction! But thank you for your opinion, which I value highly. I think I will move it down the list ... I also found out after I posted that The Long Day Closes is a companion film (one person called it a "sequel") to another Terence Davies film which I've also not seen, Distant Voices, Still Lives. Have you seen that one, and if so, what did you think?

I've not seen that other film. I've only seen one Davies film in my life and it was TLDC. Don't base your reasoning behind one person's opinion though, as a lot of people have praised this film for being a minor masterpiece. I just didn't "get it" I guess.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Cruise didn't exactly have the greatest material to work with in WotW, to be fair.

As someone else mentioned, he's awesome in Collateral -- IOW, when he had something to work with.



PS: I can't believe I'm turning into a Tom Cruise apologist.

I just saw Jack Reacher for the first time a few nights ago and I thought Cruise was pretty good in that. He's become more "low key" in terms of his acting style I think...or maybe its just the character he played.

Collateral is an awesome film not just by Michael Mann but one of the best characters I've seen that Tom Cruise plays. I think every movie Mr. Mann makes is good actually and worth checking out (even Miami Vice). I am psyched for Blackhat which is coming out in a week or so.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Cruise is not a great actor so he tries to make up for it with effort. Sometimes it works (Minority Report) and sometimes it does not (War of the Worlds).

I haven't read her book, but Amy Nicholson, who wrote Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor for the Cahiers du Cinema series makes some compelling arguments for his strength as an actor. I have heard her talk on several podcasts, and she has convinced me.

[Marlow27]

Cruise is a very good actor, and very underrated.

He's excellent in Collateral, Magnolia (especially this one), Eyes Wide Shut, Rainman (better than Hoffman for mine) and a number of other dramas.

Beyond that, he's one of the best and last true action stars we have. There's a great intensity to every role, his physical acting is fantastic and his comedic timing is very underrated.

[PowellPressburger]

I will say I love Magnolia, and one of my most favs is the first Mission Impossible film. Great casting all around and I hate to bring it up but the BLU just has DD 5.1 and not HD audio at all. I hear he is going to make another one so here's to hoping for a new edition of the first film with HD audio.

There are times when I wish he wasn't in Eyes Wide Shut... but then I really don't know who else would have been great in the part at that time. I will say he has stayed around for a long time and Edge of Tomorrow was a good movie for him bad at the box office, but rental and purchase wise the movie is a huge hit.

[jw007]

Happy New Years and have a good 2015 to all here! Here's hoping for the best Criterion releases in '15.

[ShellOilJunior]

Lots of free Satyajit Ray films on Hulu:

http://www.criterion.com/current/pos...pening-on-hulu

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I've yet to see Collateral.

The script was bad for WOTW. I remember cringing when Cruise called his son a term used for a part of the male anatomy (I won't say it because I've been suspended for much less!).

Yep.

On both counts.

[RojD]

Originally Posted by drat

How many of Bunuel's films do they still have the rights to? That Obscure Object of Desire and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie have already been released on Region 1 Blus by other companies.

Tristana is out on a Coen release, too.

I couldn't find out much about the BD of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. I love this movie. Does anyone know anything about the quality of the release? Is it Canadian and so wasn't reviewed on blu-ray.com?

[octagon]

I can't believe I'm less than 24 hours away from watching the Hawks in the Winter Classic, poring over the New Years Card and eating and smoking my way through the first hangover of the new year.

Time flies...

And speaking of end of the year stuff, how is there no sitewide 2014 ROTY thread yet? Those usually start popping up in November or so.

I need to find one, I wanna rave about the Twin Peaks set. I was a little iffy on the blind buy but it's turning out to be quite the delightful romp.