My favourite Tom Cruise roll is A Few Good Men. But even then I cant think of another stunt perfomer than Tom Cruise.
If/When he retires, who is next?
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My theory is that the Mission Impssible franchise is about to wrap, and Tom Cruise is going to calm down on the stunt work, now that hes getting older. I cant blame him for that.
So they can't count on him to continue doing big stunts in the future, so they better give it to him now. So he'll be nominated for the final MI movie, and he will win. And frankly, he deserves it, for his amazing body of stunt work.
I remember readng articles MI:Dubai. Didnt think much of it. Camerawork and editing makes it look cool and such.
Then I watched the movie. Even on the small screen, I was on the edge of my seat.
Am willing to give up my kidney to watch that movie in IMAX.
I really think Tom Cruise is a weird and creepy guy, but i can't help it, his movies are nearly always great. I'll watch anything he does, and at least 9 times out of 10, I'm blown away.
About damn time
They should give Jackie a few retroactively for good measure
Stunt actors should be fully recognized and all their healthcare needs should be covered by the employer.
I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don't have a gig
Why would the academy have anything to do with labour relations at all? Itβs the literal anthithesis of its foundation.
They don't have a guild or an union?
They do, (thanks, Arrkk) and that's a better answer.
But the schoolmarm in me brings me back to tell you that, because of the "y-" in the way "union" is pronounced, standard usage is "a union" even though it starts with a vowel. The reason we use "an" is to avoid an awkward slide from the a to the vowel, but in words that start with the "you-" sound it's not necessary.
~~A ugly bastard~~ An ugly bastard
~~A onion~~ An onion
~~An unicorn~~ A unicorn
That's me done, and a gold star to you on catching my original error!
Sounds like a publicity stunt.
Iβll see myself out
The first person to receive this damn well be on fire when they grab that statue or I will be gravely dissapointed.
Being on fire isn't even a top tier stunt any more. I've seen amateur student films with people on fire.
I like to joke about hous America has Micheal Reaves, Europe has Steve Mould, while australia has I Did a Thing ( we do have hard hitting journalism. But its just...
Thank you Ryan Gosling, very cool
Give one to that panda for doing all those crazy kung fu moves
Masterpiece
That's not a panda, that's Jack Black in a panda costume and he won't need more awards after he wins all the Oscars for saying "chicken jockey".
throws popcorn
Films you throwing popcorn for a social media boost.
Like jackass?
Let me guess, the first winner will have the middle name of Mapother
Long overdue
cowards waited until jackie retired-retired (final!).
Still great, maybe prestige movies will do exciting stuff again, this side of nolan
I look forward to seeing what they deem Oscar worthy. Some stunts are just spectacular.