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Tom Cruise is a great actor. And he is extremely reliable in action/adventure leading roles like this one. I'm glad he is still going strong, cause there are not that many younger ones coming up with that kind of leading charisma and star power.
 
^ That's something that I've noticed, that so many of the younger actors that Hollywood has tried to base new franchises around simply don't hold up. Its going to start being a major problem pretty soon. Actors like Cruise, Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt are all entering their 50s (!).
 
Good thing all three of them still look pretty great. It honestly feels like they could go on into their 200's if such a thing were possible.
 
redhawk23 said:
^ That's something that I've noticed, that so many of the younger actors that Hollywood has tried to base new franchises around simply don't hold up. Its going to start being a major problem pretty soon. Actors like Cruise, Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt are all entering their 50s (!).
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This is said every cycle. We always find more stars.
 
I've been saying it since Day 1, but... Kosinski for Star Wars.

Guy's a visionary. Nice poster, great trailer.
 
Fantastic trailer, I was always looking forward to this, but my ticket is definately sold now, the cast looks great and everything is amazing to look at, just hope the storyline and characters can live up to it.
 
Project862006 said:
^exactly hell hemsworth and pine were discovered in past 5 years lol
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Neither have had a hit not based on a property with a built-in fanbase yet, these days the material the film is based on is the selling point as opposed to the movie star..
 
Hunter Rider said:
Neither have had a hit not based on a property with a built-in fanbase yet, these days the material the film is based on is the selling point as opposed to the movie star..
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But does that have anything to do with their leading man qualities?
 
DarthSkywalker said:
But does that have anything to do with their leading man qualities?
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to become a leading man you need to be able to open a movie with your name alone.

Pine and Hemsworth can not do this. they are good in the movies and they have charisma.
 
dark_b said:
to become a leading man you need to be able to open a movie with your name alone.

Pine and Hemsworth. they are good in the movies and they have charisma.
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But I didn't think that was the question. I thought it was about the charm, charisma and acting abilities to lead a film.

Also, not enough talk about how incredible Olga looks in this. :wow:
 
I saw the trailer for this, and it looks pretty good. The poster looks cool too. Great ship design. Still a bit fuzzy on the story, but so far it looks like it'll be good.
 
Octoberist said:
"Don't forget me!" said Michael Fassbender.

Then Taylor Kitch quietly weeps in the corner.
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Fassbender is a great actor :up:


I liked Taylor in John Carter , but he doesn't seem to have that much bravado.
 
Oblivion Director Says Film is like 'Omega Man'

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/174077-oblivion-director-says-film-is-like-mega-man-

The trailer for Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion came on this week and it quickly became the #1 movie on Comingsoon.net. Kosinski spoke with MTV about the film and it will more than likely peek your interest.

"I started writing this small character-driven science fiction story that was in the vein of those science fiction films of the 1970s that involved this lone survivor among the ruins of civilization, like 'Omega Man' or 'Silent Running' — it was kind of in that vein. I thought if it was going to be my first movie it would have to be something very small and contained in order to even get a chance at pulling it off. So it's the story of a drill repair man, Jack Harper, who is one of the last human beings left on earth after a massive war, which was the result of an alien invasion. Even though humankind won the war, Earth was left in such a state that we had to look for another place to settle, and Jack is left behind to monitor and secure the resource gathering operation that's happening where we're gathering the last bit of energy out of the earth's seawater in order to move onto the next step."

He also spoke about the graphic novel that the film is based on.

"That was the original treatment, the story. At the time I was ready to turn it into a screenplay, WGA went on strike and we couldn't actually hire a screenwriter to work on a screenplay at that point. So in order to keep the process moving forward I teamed up with Radical Comics to develop and illustrate a novel in parallel based on this story. And we did that over a couple years, and then I got pulled into 'Tron,' which was a couple years, and as 'Tron' was in post [production] I had enough between the story and the illustrations I had done with Andre, the artist, I had enough of a package to go out and set the project up at a studio which is what I did. And then I went into feature mode so, we never actually finished the graphic novel because once it got picked up I realized that the way I wanted this story to be experienced was on the big screen and not out of the book."

And how did he get Tom Cruise to sign on for the film?

"It was our final Comic-Con for 'Tron,' and while I was showing the big Comic-Con trailer and we were doing our big song and dance for 'Tron: Legacy,' I was also launching an ashcan for 'Oblivion'—which was just kind of like an introductory chapter with eight images at the Radical [Comics] booth. And the day after I got back from Comic-Con, I got a call from Tom's agent saying that Tom had seen the ashcan and wanted to meet me and talk to me about it. I went over and met him at his hanger and I pitched him the full story 'cause he had just read that introductory beat—there wasn't a script at that point it was a story in my head. And I pitched him the whole story over about two hours and at the end of the meeting he said, 'Let's do this. I want to do this. I want to do this movie with you.' ... The role fits him like a glove. I just can't imagine anyone else playing this character."

Hitting IMAX theaters on April 12 and conventional theaters on April 19, the film stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo.

In Oblivion, on a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.

Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack's mission is nearly complete.

Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
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Tom Cruise is a great actor. And he is extremely reliable in action/adventure leading roles like this one. I'm glad he is still going strong, cause there are not that many younger ones coming up with that kind of leading charisma and star power.
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Plus his the best runner in Hollywood. What other actor can runaway or to things with such conviction :funny:
 
chamber-music said:
Plus his the best runner in Hollywood. What other actor can runaway or to things with such conviction :funny:
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the guy is 100% intense. its scary

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