I mean you seen Tom Cruise on the Oprah show?

06/28/10

I mean you seen Tom Cruise on the Oprah show?

MSNBC reports that "‘Toy Story 3,’ Sandler are hot, Tom Cruise is not":

Cruise's thriller "Knight and Day" fizzled at No. 3 with $20.5 million. It was the worst result for a Cruise action flick in 20 years and a sign that audiences still have not forgiven him for erratic behavior a few years back, which included his couch-jumping incident on Oprah Winfrey's show.

"He's one of the biggest stars of all time, but no question, this has impacted him," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "It's not like it's irrevocable or unchangeable. Look at all the stars who have been jailed or caught in compromising sexual situations and then came back. Many stars do recover. It just may take a lot of time for him."

Reviews were fair for "Knight and Day," which features Cruise as a charming spy who finds romance with a civilian (Cameron Diaz) on a globe-trotting adventure. Yet distributor 20th Century Fox could not pull in a big audience despite a heavy marketing push that included sneak-peak screenings a week earlier and a Wednesday debut designed to build fan buzz for opening weekend.

Since Wednesday, "Knight and Day" has taken in $27.8 million. It added $12.6 million in 12 overseas markets, but the movie has a long road ahead to recoup a production budget of around $107 million.

I just don't get this sentiment. Let's assume for the sake of argument that Cruise is a creep. So what? Isn't whether the movie good or not the point of going to the theater? Are we supposed to vet a star's views on Scientology or psychiatry or his love life before we pay for our tickets?

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Comment from: grygus [Member]

I think the part of problem is that it humanized and further defined him. Part of the appeal of movie stars is that they are pretty faces to which we can append all manner of characteristics. If you don't know anything about Brad Pitt, he's utterly convincing as an Irish gypsy; if you have beers with him every night, it's just Brad doing a funny voice, you know? But now you can't pretend that he's Joe Cool because he lost his shit over a chick on national TV, in front of the very audience most likely to want him to be Joe Cool.

Also, a 54% on Rotten Tomatoes indicates that the movie is, at best, not actually bad. I think he might be taking some unnecessary blame here.

06/28/10 @ 12:33

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