Ever since I criticized Tom Cruise’s thespian chops, Tom Cruise lovers everywhere have been getting in my face with Magnolia this and Rainman that. NO. I am not convinced yet and more damage has been done with Top Gun airing on cable TV this past weekend. There is this scene where he’s hanging out with Kelly McGillis. Otis Redding comes on the radio and all of a sudden he closes his eyes and makes this fake Tom Cruise-y emotional gas face and murmurs “This song….this song is magic.” It was so apparent that he was not feeling that song. But because he closes his eyes and whimpers that it’s “magic”, I am supposed to believe he likes Otis Redding? No, I believe he likes Steve Perry.

Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that Tom Cruise talking about music in his movies is terribly funny and I am going to compile a video of filmclips in Final Cut where he talks about music and I am going to post it on this site and hand it out to Tom Cruise fans. YOU WILL BE APPALLED. But you will also laugh. Trust me.