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Was hoping but FAIL
PostedJune 20, 2010
thefayth
from West Hollywood, CA
Super excited to see this pic early. Unfortunately, what we were treated to could only be described as "Tom Cruise's best home video". I kept thinking the whole thing would have been super cute with Katie and Suri attached. Cam Diaz did the ditzy blonde thing and reminded us all just how long ago The Mask really was. Love her in most things, especially the fluffy Charlie's Angels flicks but she missed the mark all over the place here. Cruise should have played it way more zany, most of the time it seemed like everyone thought he was crazy except the audience was supposed to know different...uh, we didn't. The film was riddled with romantic gestures and moments which fell as flat as the worst rom com Jennifer Aniston has ever done. Actually, those ended up better. The best parts have been seen in the trailers for this, so just watch the commercial a couple of times I say. Now, my boyfriend liked it enough to say: I really believe that with better editing there's a good 60 mins of salvageable film. I think he's right, get rid of the plot holes, the comical (and seemingly unintentional) misuse of legendary character actors, the 20 mins of "black in and out of consciousness for multiple characters", the sappy romantic non-banter, tom cruise running instead of a stunt guy doing an awesome kickass stunt, and Cam Diaz screaming in fear while shooting a gun after barely being able to handle a cell ph...and you'd have a rather exotic documentary featuring some rather beautiful locales.
I'll still go see another Cruise movie, as I'm a big fan and I will continue to hold out hope!
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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