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Monday, May 8, 2006

Cruise Control

Posted by on May 8 at 13:26 PM

Women—angry about Tom Cruise attacking Brooke Shields and creeped out by Katie Holmes’ vacant eyes and silent births—don’t want to see the new Tom Cruise movie.

Andrew Sullivan doesn’t want you to see the new Tom Cruise movie.

Audiences don’t appear to be all that excited about seeing the new Tom Cruise movie.

But not to worry, Tom! Your fellow Scientologists will do what they can to make it look like people want to see your new movie.

While some of Tom Cruise’s pals from the mothership clearly failed in their mission to support Scientology’s brightest light on his big day, at least one other emissary did her part to make sure a local theater was packed with a Cruise-friendly contingent. Reported an operative on Saturday night:

“I’m buying tixs for the movie here at the arclight and standing next to me is a woman self-admittedly from the scientology center who is buying 700 tickets with piles of cash. wow.”

Hollywood Interrupted also has an eyewitness account of the (same, we assume) group sale, claiming a purchase of 900 tickets for almost $9000.


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As satisfying as it would be for this movie to fail miserably, by reading the NYT analysis, it sounds like it did okay given their expectations and the weekend it premiered. Darn darn darn.

well it's not like their not used to shelling out money to keep their beliefs afloat.

I'm not a film snob so I don't care what "critics" say about movies. This is a fun popcorn movie, Ving Rhames is great, the women all kick ass.


It's funny that white liberals want you to boycott a film with African American guys playing huge roles. I'm happy to pay good money to be entertained by some of our great black actors. Tom Cruise shares the screen with a lot of other performers.


If you're not a film snob and just what to have fun, this movie, especially the opening scenes are a thrill.


But if you're a self rightous liberal, by all means tell all your friends, and especially your kids to boycott the African American performances in this film. I guess it'll save the world or something?!?

How is a $48 million opening weekend a bomb? What a world.

Oh please, Ballard. Why don't you tell us about how some of your best friends are black.

Except for the major stars, most of the actors in this film have probably already been paid all they'll be paid. The people who get rich if the film does very well are the producers (TOM CRUISE, aka Church of Scientology) and the studio.

Cruise uses his money to support a freaky cult that discriminates against homosexuals, among others, and takes the life's savings of the emotionally vulnerable and the stupid. He uses his money to sue people who criticize this freaky cult. He thinks people are filled with dead aliens.

But maybe you're right. Maybe not wanting to support such a person is tantamount to racism. I don't know how I could have been so insensitive to those poor African-American movie stars.

There are black people in this movie? I had no idea.... but it is so very white liberal of me to urge people to boycott—wait a minute. I didn't urge anyone to boycott this movie. I merely linked.

I can't believe he's in Aberdeen tomorrow. Some Wal-Mart employee won a private screening with Tom. Are you sending a Stranger reporter to cover it?

Um, yeah, what Ivan said. Its $48 million opening weekend was far and away the biggest take at the box office, with the #2 movie pulling maybe $10-15 million.

This has nothing to do with this thread.

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm

I don't see any problem buying 900 tickets.

One for me; 899 for each of my remaining Thetans.

TCLTC!

urging boycotts of a movie because you don't agree with the star's religious beliefs is exactly the same thing as urging censorship/blacklisting. there is no difference whatsoever. discuss.

Avoiding someone's movies because you don't agree with their religion, or just because they're an erratic freak you'd cross the street to avoid in real life is just human nature.

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