You commie!

Oh what was that Denzel movie with the demon hopping from person to person? He was a cop trying to clear the name of a former cop who had committed suicide.

I totally agree. Most major movie stars are like that, especially once they become established. Matt Damon pretty much always plays Matt Damon now, and Brad Pitt is almost always just Brad Pitt. Earlier in their careers, however, they took significantly greater risks and were often quite brilliant in doing so, like Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley and Pitt in 12 Monkeys.

The difference is that they never won Oscars for playing themselves. Denzel has done it twice, and has probably been nominated a handful of other times.

Also, to TimeBone's edit: Tom Cruise is apparently one of the nicest guys you could ever meet (I feel bad for him, in all honesty, because he closets himself). Bill Simmons has a Tom Cruise story on one of his podcasts that is outstanding.

The only way to win is not to play. Would you like a nice game of chess?

For me, Jerry Maguire will always be Cruises best movie... its the only time I really thought he displayed the full range of human emotion and did it very well.

He was never so relatable as he was in that movie... "tell me you didnt let that snake! Bob Sugar in the door".

FWIW, here is a trailer for Damon's greatest work:

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Be damned if I can think of it either, "Un" something with John Goodman co-starring... decent chiller.

I haven't seen it. It's so different from the normal kind of movie I watch, that the only interest I had in it was Hanks. I told myself, I'd watch it since he was in it, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Yup. Exactly so. Oh, the movie I was trying to think of is "Fallen." Just another really fun Denzel Washington movie.

The best thing about this thread is I have a bunch of good ideas for movies to put into my Netflix queue.

It's "Fallen." I looked it up.

Regarding Denzel: I will say this--having toddlers, there has been more than one time when I've wanted to say, "I'll snatch the life right out of you."

Good movie. Not Saving Private Ryan or Forrest Gump but good.

What's amazing about Cruise is how long he's been on top.


He was only early 20s when he made Risky Business, All the Right Moves and Top Gun.

I went into it with pretty low expectations, just seemed like kinda boring material... but it ratchets up the tension nicely and Hanks carries it the whole way.