Re: [OT] Tom "Kenshin" Cruise

"Eric Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Anthony D Baranyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > The trailer is a great example of "Trailers for Idiots", in that it
> > essentially shows you a summary of the entire film.
>
> Which in this case I consider a blessing, because otherwise, I
> wouldn't have been in the slightest interested in it.  Now I'm
> moderately interested in the movie itself, and even if it turns out to
> suck, it looks pretty enough I won't be clawing out my eyeballs trying
> to escape.
>

In my case the trailer gave me the exact opposite impression. When I thought
it was about a Western solder who goes to train the Emporer's troops, it
interested me. Now that I know that it is about Tom Cruise in a "noble but
hopeless cause" I'm not interested.

The other warning sign that I'm seeing is all the hype over "Tom almost
loses his head". My rule of thumb is that really big dogs get the most hype.
(Minor dogs get no hype on the way to the video rental shelf.)

I've got to find the time to see "Bad Santa".

Dave Baranyi

> -=Eric, trying to think of a Tom Cruise movie *without* that "Look ma,
>         I'm acting!" grin in it.
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