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    I’m not a fan of Tom Cruise and alo never watched the MI franchise, but otherwise he knows how to pick good scripts… Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky, Tropic Thunder, Minority Report, Top Gun, Rain man, Edge of Tomorrow, The Firm. There are still a bunch I never saw so there may be some rotten tomatoes in the basket

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      His Scientology bullshit creeps me out to the max, but i have to admit that i will watch any movie he makes, because they are always good, and sometimes great.

      Do yourself a favor, and watch the MI series. They are nonsensical but really fun, with some of the best action sequences ever filmed, and he does the stunts himself. They also get better as the series comtinues.

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      30 days ago

      He DOES have some bad movies, but not many. I really don’t like the guy either, but I like a lot of his movies. You forgot Oblivion and Jerry Maguire for instance.

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      Agree he had a very high hit rate, and personal life aside, I enjoy most of his movies.

      But MI:2 and MI:3 are mediocre at best, and Knight and Day and Rock of Ages were massive flops (I haven’t seen either, but i they look horrible). Cocktail earned him a razzie nomination.

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        Don’t forget The Mummy remake, it was so bad they cancelled the Dark Universe because of it.

        ““Kurtzman called the experience “brutal” and described The Mummy as “probably the biggest failure” of his life.””

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        Knight and Day is 100% forgettable straight to streaming crap.

        But Rock of Ages was as good as it could’ve been

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    James Dean. Credited in only 3 films (appeared in a few more as an extra):

    • East of Eden
    • Rebel Without a Cause
    • Giant

    All 3 are above average on IMDb (> 7).

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    Leonardo DiCaprio?

    Churning out good movies since he was a kid.

    Is there a really bad movie with him?

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        The Beach was just too weird for the Titanic fans. It was right in the wheelhouse for Danny Boyle fans at the time.

        Of course the book was better, but I really enjoyed the movie for what it was.

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        Yo get the fuck out of here that movie is awesome lol… It’s so late 90s it’s almost painful. Baz Lurman is a madman.

        Also, “Exit Music: For a Film” written by Radiohead for the end credits? C’mon

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      I’m sorry but… Most of them? Especially since it’s his performance that has become poor. He is playing himself more and more. A similar thing happened to Johnny Depp. Look at both of them in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and then at stuff like Great Gatsby, Wolf of Wall Street, Shutter’s Island, Django / Willy Wonka, Pirates of the Carribean, Shadows, Transcendence. The acting and characters are so similar and they don’t give an effort anymore (or try to, and absolutely overdo it).

      (Sorry I somehow incorporated a Johnny Depp rant in a critic of DiCaprio, their story of decline is just too similar to me. And Gilbert Grape is an amazing movie.)

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      Titanic was a hit, but in retrospect, horribly overrated and IMHO absolutely cliche, disrespectful, sacrilegious garbage.

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    michelle yeoh, she was the only part of STD that was watchable. she has her niche films though.

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    I haven’t seen more than 3 of his movies, but Heath Ledger seems to have been consistently great.

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      Yep, this is the one I was scrolling down to find.

      Godfather.
      Godfather 2.
      The Conversation.
      Dog Day Afternoon.
      The Deer Hunter.

      All five Best Picture Oscar nominees, three winners.

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      The Conversation is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. The feeling you get from that movie is so strange and I love it.

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      All my life, I would always watch ANY movie that Gene Hackman was in. I never saw him give a bad performance.