>>>Tom Cruise is awesome as an actor. Love his movies. Bit weird with the scientology thing though. Oh well, each to his own.
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>>Finally found something we disagree on, at least partially :)
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>>Tom was good in "Minority report" because that's one of the two movies (can't remember the other one) where he wasn't allowed to play himself, but actually the role he was given. And scientology is among the weirder religions for sure.
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>"Collateral" is another good one. He definitely doesn't play a Tom Cruise character in it (self-absorbed jerk who learns some life lesson and turns into a good guy). IMO Michael Mann is pretty much incapable of making a bad movie. See also "Heat" and, oh, what was that 80s TV series set in Miami? <g>

Tom Cruise should have gotten an Oscar for his part in Magnolia.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/