I Love You, Tom Cruise

You know what pisses me off? The public has forgotten what an incredible actor Tom Cruise is. All they see is his Scientology loving and couch jumping insanity. This is an actor who was once the most bankable actor in Hollywood who delivered some of the most committed performances of his generation.

Tom Cruise does his own stunts.

Tom Cruise is insane.

In a disposable action movie, like his latest, Mission Impossible 4, Tom Cruise is seen climbing up the tallest building in the world. For realz.

This is a scene that has been used to sell the film repeatedly and yet people are still repulsed by his mere presence. Resigned; they are willing to overlook him because they heard the IMAX sequences are awesome?

Something went wrong in his career. Knight & Day seemed to be the point when people went out of their way to avoid him because he never looked more out of a place in a genre that he used to dominate.

Mission Impossible 4 did earn millions at the box office but I feel like the draw card is the franchise NOT the talent of its star.

Find me another who can move brilliantly from romantic lead (Jerry Maguire) to action hero (Minority Report) from character actor (Magnolia) to funny cameo (Tropic Thunder) from a complex character study (Born on the Fourth of July) to good guy (A Few Good Men) and bad guy (Collateral).

I challenge you.