Tom Cruise involved in John Woo's "Flying Tiger's" movie...maybe

[Bucksnort101]

TO, never, ever mention the names James DooLittle and Alec Baldwin (dang you made me do it) in the same snetence again. Blasphemy!!!!

I don't think I could stomach watching Tom Cruise in this movie either. Smug, arrogant, condescending, are a few "nice" words I can come up with to describe what I think of him. It comes across in his acting as well.
Seen him interviewed not too long ago and just wanted to reach out a punch him through the TV screen. Had the "Holier than thou" attitute and that only his opinion and position on things mattered.
I'd love to see a accurate Flying Tigers movie made, the story needs no Hollywood embellishment, but if Tommy Boy plays Claire Chennault I will probably pass.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I think I'd actually get sick.

 

[Pong]

Three words: Pearl Harbor Two.

 

[proton45]

some of you might find this little tid-bit about Cruise funny (interesting)....

Tom Cruise Inspired Christian Bale's American Psycho

 

[vikingBerserker]

The title alone is pretty dam funny.

 

[cptsmith]

Sam Shepard would be a good Claire Chennault. He does have the Right Stuff

 

[Thorlifter]

I'm sure hollywood has already done the script.

Scene 1

Camera fly over a rice paddy, a straw village, two sanpan's, and a Uncle Chan's Chinese Food Emporium. (Fade to black)

(Fade in) Gen. Chennault (Tom Cruise) is seen standing with one foot hiked up on an oil drum, eating a sandwich in one hand, while weilding a sword in the other fighting off the horde of Japanese invaders. (Note: have Mr. Cruise wear his green Days of Thunder jacket)

Off camera, walking in through the grenade and bomb smoke is Chennault's love interest approaching him with a 70's porn star walk and lust in her eyes. (Note: Love interest to be played by Jane Fonda)

Japanese see her and fall to their knees in worship. Tom grabs her up, looks deep in her eyes and says, "You and me, baby, can save this country. Now, if we only had some heroes and some planes."

(Queue the P-40 flyover)

You get the point from here.........

 

[Messy1]

I just think Tom Cruise is a joke as a actor. The only movie of his I can sit through anymore is The Last Samurai.

 

[mikewint]

give anyone (pretty much) a soapbox and they will use it, and the bigger the soapbox the more they spew from it. eventually they begin to believe their own words. if they are rich enough they can hire cheerleaders to tell them constantly how correct and special they are. other people then inflate the soapbox even bigger, no matter whether they react positively or negatively. it is difficult but the only way anoying people go away is if they are ignored

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I'm sure hollywood has already done the script.

Scene 1

Camera fly over a rice paddy, a straw village, two sanpan's, and a Uncle Chan's Chinese Food Emporium. (Fade to black)

(Fade in) Gen. Chennault (Tom Cruise) is seen standing with one foot hiked up on an oil drum, eating a sandwich in one hand, while weilding a sword in the other fighting off the horde of Japanese invaders. (Note: have Mr. Cruise wear his green Days of Thunder jacket)

Off camera, walking in through the grenade and bomb smoke is Chennault's love interest approaching him with a 70's porn star walk and lust in her eyes. (Note: Love interest to be played by Jane Fonda)

Japanese see her and fall to their knees in worship. Tom grabs her up, looks deep in her eyes and says, "You and me, baby, can save this country. Now, if we only had some heroes and some planes."

(Queue the P-40 flyover)

You get the point from here.........

Thanks that was great! And so true as well...

 

[renrich]

I get the impression many on this forum don't like Tom Cruise. I have seen "Top Gun" at least a dozen times and always enjoy it but having Tom Cruise playing Claire Chennault sounds ridiculous. Sam Sheppard would be perfect for that role. A movie about the AVG, done correctly, would be fun to see but I feel sure that the movie will abound in inaccuracies, including dogfights with Zeros, which never happened and the AVG always triumphing over overwhelming odds which I find highly suspect.

 

[N4521U]

wtf? why do people hate him?

It couldn't have been the way he went about filing for a divorce from Nichole Kidman could it!!
He's just a dirty rat!

 

[vikingBerserker]

He's fricked in the brains and the cult he's in has scrambled them more

 

[Col. Douglas P. King]

Sam Sheppard seems a very good choice to play the role of Claire Lee Chennault..

But IMHO, and only for the look, maybe Clint Eastwood would be a better choice?
Eastwood is tall, slim, and his face look like sculptured with an axe, exactly as Chennault was.

What do you think?

 

[muscogeemike]

I nominate Sam Elliott to play Chennault.
The AVG record speaks for itself - but unfortunately far too many people base their knowledge of these guys on the John Wayne Movie.
pbfoot - I agree about a Ploesti Movie, especially if it about the first mission in 1942.
proton45 - I have read that the AVG is still remembered in W. China.

"When in doubt, empty the magazine." Murphy's Law of Combat #5

 

[T Bolt]

I was curious about this Flying Tigers movie, did some searches and came up with this:
Tom Cruise Developing A Seperate FLYING TIGERS Movie | Rama's Screen

There are two movies:

Movie #1) John Woo's FLYING TIGERS. He wants to cast Liam Neeson as Clair Chennault, and it will be filmed in China with a budget of 90 Mil.

Movie #2) Tom Cruise's FLYING TIGERS. It sounds like Cruise wants to be one of the pilots. Isn't he a tad bit to old to play a fighter jock? The script is a rewritten version of one by Christopher McQuarrie who wrote the script for Valkyrie.. THAT went real well didn't it.

Given a choice, I'll go with John Woo

 

[Loiner]

I agree with most above about Tom Cruise's limited range of acting ability, but putting him in this role would give the film and the story of the Flying Tigers a real boost onto the world stage.

 

[N4521U]

wtf? why do people hate him?

It's not a hate thing. Perhaps Dismayed is more like it. Someone correct me. Here in Oz he made a remark to a casual TV interview about the soldiers in the Far East wars. Something like, "I can feel for them. I did movies about officers in war and can sympathise with them". He is just a blithering idiot, and one who should never open his mouth in public. his best role would be as a corpse! House of Wax remake would be good......

 

[BikerBabe]

What?
More Tom Cruise???
*breaks out in a highly allergic rash* ARGH!
Will someone please kick him out of whatever plane they're going to use in this movie?
Preferrably at high altitude and without a parachute!!!

 

[T Bolt]

It's not a hate thing. Perhaps Dismayed is more like it. Someone correct me. Here in Oz he made a remark to a casual TV interview about the soldiers in the Far East wars. Something like, "I can feel for them. I did movies about officers in war and can sympathise with them". He is just a blithering idiot, and one who should never open his mouth in public. his best role would be as a corpse! House of Wax remake would be good......

He would be great playing the Kevin Costner part in "The Big Chill"