There’s something drearily familiar about the Tom Cruise movie promotion cycle, isn’t there? It’s like Tom knows that by monging about on top of a chair, his profile will get an enormous boost.
Because that’s exactly what has happened. Ten short months after Tom Cruise struck upon a unique way of getting people to see his movies – basically by whooping like a sugar-overloaded toddler and then spazzing all over a sofa while gurgling monomaniacally about Katie Holmes – Tom Cruise has repeated the trick exactly, this time in front of a crowd from Yahoo!
The way that Tom Cruise (DVDs) promoted War Of The Worlds will go down in
history as one of the most fiercely batshit derango marketing tactics in all of history.
It was a masterclass in how to repel people – from the Oprah couch-leaping to the Katie Holmes Eiffel Tower proposal to the vocal rejection of psychiatric drugs to the water-squirting incident – except it worked; War Of The Worlds was Tom Cruise’s most successful movie to date. Sure, all this earned Tom Cruise the title of Most Irritating Hollywood Star and the Razzies pretty much made up a new award especially for him, but money talks, as they say.
So now, even though Tom Cruise sacked the publicist
that apparently let him flounce around like a big mental, his Mission: Impossible
III promotion seems to be headed in the same direction. Tom Cruise was the guest of honour at an Influential
Speakers event at the Yahoo headquarters on Tuesday when he – you
guessed it – jumped around on a chair telling everyone how much he loved Katie Holmes. Oh, and arm-wrestled with Yahoo bigwigs for a while.
And then the icing on the cake: Tom Cruise brought Katie Holmes
onstage to over-dramatically kiss her and rub her belly.
Because Tom loves Kate, no matter what Life & Style Magazine says.
The best news of all, of course, is that Mission: Impossible III isn’t even out until May. That’s over a month of demented Tom Cruise behaviour to keep a close eye on. We can’t wait.
Read more:
Tom Cruise Chair-Hops Once More at Event – ABC
[story by Stuart Heritage]
The ShitHammer says
Tom… Tom, come out of the closet. Please, Tom…. come out of the closet.
Xema Gold says
To suggest that Tom Cruise used Katie Holmes to “promote” War of the Worlds is ridiculous.
It’s like saying Elmo uses Sesame Street to look cute.
Tom Cruise is a mega star. Part of the reason he is such is that he has tremendous focus and drive. He pous all that he is into a role, and gives 110%. Most, if not all, of his movies were worldwide blockbuster hits, and many of his movies have become synonymous with Western culture, in every corner of the globe.Anyone NOT recognize Top Gun, Risky Business, Mission Impossible when they see it – seriously?
Personally, I’ll forever be grateful to him for his wonderful remakes of Mission Impossible, a show that I used to watch as a child and love. He re-made them with respect, something that cannot he said for some of the silly remakes out there. Hello…Bewitched, Dukes of Hazzard…need I go on?
All of you who’ve jumped on the bandwagon to criticize Tom Cruise need a reality check. He’s a mega star, and worthy of it. You are not and not; Jealousy does not look good on you. ‘Nuff said.
cat says
whatever. he’s still an idiot.
Jo says
That ‘jealousy’ jibe is what dumb people say! Please find something good to say if you’re going to defend Tom Cruise because he needs some intelligent backing up.
He’s clearly out of touch with his fans and the cinema going public. He thinks his stunts are making him popular. Sigh, he’s just so wrong.
He’s also a hideous over-actor who utterly trashed Abre Los Ojos and turned it into Vanilla Sky. Ugh yuck.
But the Natal remarks were just the last straw!
He’s had his day. He’s finished. Let it go Tom!
Oh and I’m a 22 yr old Female, are you going to tell me I’m jealous of a 44 year old man?
madeofsquares says
..stop bickering, all this can be settled with one word: scientology..
mother of xenu says
Tom Cruise only chooses action movies. Vanilla Sky tanked. He just can’t do character roles and pump out nearly the same amount of money his ACTION movies get. He’s smart to capitalize solely on ACTION movies, though he will never win an Academy Award. He’s good at stunts, but he is not a character performer. Thus, he is not the greatest movie star of all time.
Jason says
Vanilla Sky didn’t tank, it made over $100 million.
Jerry Macguire wasn’t an action movie either, but it too was a hit.
He’s worked with the best directors of all time. Show me an actor who has worked with this many great directors.
Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorcese, Crowe, De Palma, Pollack, the list goes on.
Plus he’s worked with Hoffman, Nicholson, Newman, Hackman, Hopkins…
He’s a bit crazy, but hey, it makes the world even more interesting.