The Color of Garbage

Rating: 1/10 (24 July 2012)

I've actually had this movie for a LONG time, and just got around to watching it. Unfortunately, I'm just really sad now. Maybe even clinically depressed. What an awful, boring POS this was. I'm not going to write a deep and profound analytical thesis about Cruise or Newman, but they both pretty much sucked. The movie itself sucked.
The entire time, Cruise's character is doing his thing, whatever that is, and Newman comes along. His character is so overly dramatic, it completely destroys what could be a good movie and makes you want to punch yourself in the face. At every turn, he's angry about something, mad at Cruise for whatever, mad about this, mad about that...whatever is going on, it's not the right thing for Newman's character and this drags on and on and on until you realize it's the entire premise and will never end. Everything is so forced and unnatural, trying to go somewhere and never getting there. It's one of those things where Newman's character is trying to make something happen! Trying to get Cruise to be somebody! Trying to teach him something? Trying to make him realize something! Whatever. And it never happens. I just stopped watching it quite a while into it.
Now! That said, if you want to watch a GREAT pool, or just great movie in general, check out Poolhall Junkies! Now there's a pool movie...a freaking masterpiece! Unfortunately, I watched PHJ about 400 times before I succumbed to my curiosity and watched this absolute waste of time. Therein, obviously lies the problem. Watching a great, very intelligent, free flowing, clever and witty pool themed movie, then checking this out. Huge mistake.
I can't say enough how utterly stupid this movie was. The movie was bad. Newman was bad. Cruise was...well, OK....normal Cruise. Do yourself a favor if you haven't seen this, don't. Go experiment hitting yourself w/a spoon on your forehead over and over again. It's about the same thing.
That is all...