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Lisa Sibbett's avatar

This is so great! AND I really feel like “Far and Away” belongs in the lineup too. If you do a whole separate post on “Far and Away” I will be so here for it.

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Marion Teniade's avatar

I have never heard anything positive about that movie until this week, and suddenly y’all are coming out of the woodwork talking about how important it is!

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Lisa Sibbett's avatar

“Tell me you like my hat, Shannon!”

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Lisa Sibbett's avatar

OMG watch it!! You haven’t watched it? It’s so good! Foundational!! You will love it, I swear.

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Pam B's avatar

My favorite Risky Business line, delivered shorty after the “sometimes you just have to say wtf” is “looks like it’s the University of Illinois!”, as he assumed his Ivy League chances are over.

I was in fact a high school Senior who was going to attend U of I the next year, and I swear my friend group went to see it opening weekend. We knew it was insulting but we didn’t care. Name in lights, lol.

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Marion Teniade's avatar

The absolute joy of “looks like University of Illinois!” Is so hilarious to me. Line delivery of a lifetime.

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Shea Serrano's avatar

This is really insightful.

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Marion Teniade's avatar

I will think of a chill response to this, I just know it

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Kaitlyn Elizabeth's avatar

I just love your voice so much. I gobbled up these pieces. 🙏🏼

I watched A Few Good Men on a plane this week and it’s such an interesting role for him. He flips between cocky and full of self-doubt on a dime (reminds me of Jerry Maguire) it’s damn near manic. But obviously that was the least TC vehicle of all the TC vehicles. A Few Good Men was all about getting him to gotcha Jack Nicholson into giving that monologue…which, what a monologue.

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Marion Teniade's avatar

Thank you so much!

And yeah, I find that A Few Good Men performance interesting, because a cocky Aaron Sorkin character is very different from a cocky Tom Cruise character. But it all comes together for that Jack monologue!

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Kaitlyn Elizabeth's avatar

Great point about the Sorkin of it all.

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Melissa Meza's avatar

Now I kinda want to see Edge of Tomorrow.

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ET's avatar

NAILED IT!! esp on collateral, 100% co-sign 💯🤑💯

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Marion Teniade's avatar

Possibly his best work!

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ET's avatar

Dunno the recent video of him eating popcorn is PRETTTTY good

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Strange little dork!! This makes me want to watch Collateral again.

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Marion Teniade's avatar

It’s always a good time to rewatch Collateral!

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