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MichiganExile

May 23rd, 2017 at 9:44 PM ^

Newman also finally won best actor for his role in Color of Money despite having many better performances over the years. It was more like his lifetime achievement award. I kind of doubt Cruise will get the same treatment here. 

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UM Indy

May 24th, 2017 at 8:16 AM ^

Newman's best performance was in The Verdict, but he lost Best Actor to Ben Kingsley in Gandhi.  And that's tough to argue with.

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SeattleWolverine

May 24th, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^

Yeah I mean maybe. The thing is just that both The Hustler and Color of Money are pretty good movies even if the dialogue now feels dated. And you can set a people/pool hall movie in any era. What made Top Gun great was its unabashed 80s-ness, I don't even know how to describe that but it was as 80s as it gets. I'm not sure how that translates to this time. Could still be a good movie. But not the same. The fact i was a ~10 year old kid living my childhood during 80s when Top Gun came out may be making me very biased. 

NRK

May 23rd, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^

Yeah I'm gonna have to go with Darker Blue on this one..

I know you're going to say "it's just a movie" and "blah blab blah I actually did this stuff" but I mean, cmon man, you never leave your wingman. That's just obvious, like wearing bomber jackets in Southern California. Or being in a 4g inverted dive with a MiG-28. And playing volleyball.