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[veronica_rich]

Reading comments from Elizabeth (POTC) fans on public forums complaining that it seems like the character is being slighted by reviewers of the new movie, in favor of the Penelope Cruz character, Angelica. (Even Geoffrey Rush made some comment about Jack Sparrow finally having a female match in this movie or some such; I don't remember his exact quote.)


Take a page from the Will fans, who've gotten used to bashing of our favorite character by reviewers and other fans for eight years: Get over it and enjoy what you like. It's not personal! It's just their preference! Why should you care? :-)

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A Tale of Two Actors

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I've subtitled this, but it won't be that long a reply.

In some ways, I see Tom Cruise as Johnny's antithesis. In one way, I think they're equally talented. (We are talking only about their careers here, not personal lives - that's my disclaimer.) They're about the same age, Cruise may have started acting a little earlier - and I've always thought maybe the only other white actor who could've played Sparrow as well would have been Cruise (yes, even from the beginning). He IS capable of interpreting characters colorfully - not the same way, of course, but I'd love to know what his Sparrow would've been like.

(Have you seen "Tropic Thunder?" It took me 2/3 of the movie to figure out that was Cruise parodying the Bruckheimer-type producer.)

Here's the antithesis part: If Cruise were doing POTC movie after movie, I wouldn't be surprised. He's never seemed to disdain big franchises or pretend to want to be anything other than universally paid and stared at. His philosophy seems to be opposite of what Depp has said his has always been, but Cruise also occasionally still goes in for smaller films - for fun, for credibility, for business goodwill, I don't know. I guess at this point I'm more impressed with Cruise professionally? Not sure.

Re: A Tale of Two Actors

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

I've never understood Tom Cruise's appeal. I saw Jerry McGuire and it didn't move me one bit, and I couldn't understand the hype. I've seen the two Mission Impossibles and sort of got his appeal. There is an intensity about him that is unique. I've heard that he does a fantastic job in The Last Samurai, and I keep meaning to rent it.