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It's not because he's no good anymore. cruise does a good job in his films certainly compared to a lot of action stars from his era, it's just people would go and see a film just because he was the lead a while ago now the world's moved on and audiences don't want a 'movie star' anymore. Everyone wants a hipster hero now, e.g. ones that don't look buff until they take their shirts off, a bit of vulnerability rather than inscrutability - Tom cruise is just not what's in style anymore.

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It's a good film, not great. I like Cruise in most films though, just that he is a wacko in real life.

 

Definitely something to be said about 'The Death of the Movie Star' though. Max Landis (screenwriter, son of John) was talking about this the other day with regards to female stars; that besides Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart(?!), you don't have any real bankable female leads on which to hang new IPs or franchises.

 

To me, it's interesting to examine because there has been somewhat of a shift and marketing tends to emphasise different things now.

 

With regards to Edge of Tomorrow though, Cruise is most certainly not the typical hero, not invulnerable in any sense. He's a PR guy who gets in over his head and dies a lot.

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It's a good film, not great. I like Cruise in most films though, just that he is a wacko in real life.

 

Definitely something to be said about 'The Death of the Movie Star' though. Max Landis (screenwriter, son of John) was talking about this the other day with regards to female stars; that besides Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart(?!), you don't have any real bankable female leads on which to hang new IPs or franchises.

 

To me, it's interesting to examine because there has been somewhat of a shift and marketing tends to emphasise different things now.

 

With regards to Edge of Tomorrow though, Cruise is most certainly not the typical hero, not invulnerable in any sense. He's a PR guy who gets in over his head and dies a lot.

 

I have serious reservations about calling K Stewart a 'Bankable Star'. I don't dislike her as an actress, but I really don't think she's capable of drawing in a massive crowd. 

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I have serious reservations about calling K Stewart a 'Bankable Star'. I don't dislike her as an actress, but I really don't think she's capable of drawing in a massive crowd. 

 

 

Hey, that's why I added the (?!). This was said by someone who grew up as part of Hollywood though and is involved in pitching and now directing films, so he must know something.

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Has anyone seen Kirsten Stewart in anything other than Twilight because I often read she wasn't simply wooden in that but playing it that way deliberately, as it's how the character was in the books. Could just be Twilight apologists, but then they're not doing a good job if they're insulting the source material. I can only think of that snow white and the huntsman which I think I enjoyed well enough but can't really remember much about.

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I watched Snow White and the Huntsman recently (I'd put it in OK movie thread) because "nothing on TV right now."

 

She wasn't wooden, but her acting was average. Any time it called for her to have a powerful voice, one that is commanding and respectful, it was like listening to a temperamental teen girl. When it wanted her to be melancholy, sure she could handle that, but any kind of action was lost on her character.

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I really wasn't sure in which thread to put this one but I watched Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie tonight. I decided on this one because I actually enjoyed it. It's fucking awful but if you like the AVGN videos then you'll most likely get some enjoyment out of it. I certainly don't regret the five bucks I paid to rent it on Vimeo. Hell, I spent more on movies that were significantly less entertaining. It's a decent way to kill two hours.

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I doubt anyone who watches the AVGN movie is expecting it to be the next Clerks or anything, but the way I see it there's no real harm in being entertained by a cheesy B-movie from an indie director.  It might not be entirely fair, but I give more slack to indie directors than I do to someone like Michael Bay because these low budget films more often than not are a labor of love, and even if it's not very good from an objective viewpoint I can't help but find it kind of charming that a small group of people put all that work into creating something they thought we'd enjoy.  I actually plan to get his movie on DVD.  I usually enjoy his videos and he's been providing them for free all this time so I figured supporting his dream of making movies was the least I could do in return.

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She's in an Oscar bait picture called Camp X-Ray. Critics don't like the movie but say Stewart is excellent in it.

 

Stewart being excellent at anything other than pouting and looking vacant would surprise me.

 

Watched Panic Room the other night and..she's actually good; enjoyable almost. I was amazed.

 

My last good film: Carnage. I greatly under appreciated comedy. One of my favourites from the last 5 years for sure. 

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How do we feel about Man of Tai Chi here?  I feel like it's a very well produced and directed film... and the acting is pretty good (I mean, assuming your on board with Keanu Reeves, which really everyone should be)... but it just kinda left me feeling empty.  Like I'm not sure what I was supposed to take away from it, or even feel really.  It's so well crafted in order to achieve... what?

 

I eventually decided that this goes in the "good movies" thread because I'm still thinking about it trying to figure that out.

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