As we’ve noted, I often call upon my family to assist me in the creation of the MS-QOTD, because even my brain can’t always parse things into a coherent query, especially in these tempestuous times. Today, my daughter wanted me to ask whether ‘Top Gun’ was a better movie than ‘Jack Reacher,’ problematic for two reasons: First, the answer is yes, but ‘Top Gun’ still isn’t a particularly good movie, Val Kilmer aside. Still, it does give us a little something pop culturey to talk about in the Tom Cruise range, leading to today’s risky business query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) will always go for ‘Legend,’ but that choice may contain more than a little spillover from the wonder that is Tim Curry, asking: What’s the best Tom Cruise performance in his entire filmography?
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Not a huge fan, but Edge of Tomorrow is a good movie. Based on manga, in case you didn’t know.
Best performance? Magnolia, maybe, as it’s the most different from his standard character that he tends to play in everything.
(As far as “Legend” goes, to say that was his best performance would mean that I was able to stay awake long enough to take in his performance, and that would be a lie.)
Not sure about best performance but The Last Samurai was so much better than I expected it to be that I’ll give it to that one.