well, Tom Cruise would certainly seem to be keen on this method acting business, going on this image of him from the upcoming film Tropic Thunder!! the mind boggles at what his character is supposed to be or do, but clearly not much action in this action-comedy affair, planned for 2008.the details that i know is that the film is something about a bunch of actors making a war film all of a sudden have to become "real" soldiers to fight in some conflict or other. how funny that can be is anyone's guess, but it would certainly appear to be billed as a comedy.
on the plus side, as well as the talented Mr Cruise, the film features perpetual favourites of mine in the form of Steve Coogan and Robert Downey jnr. that would usually be enough reason for me to wish to see the film as soon as possible. however, there is one major problem.
the film also, sadly, appears to feature one Jack Black. i appreciate that he was one of the voices in the film Shark Tale, which James holds very dear, but there is no getting around the fact that Jack Black is a talentless waste of space who has ruined many otherwise possibly fine films.it was not always bad news when Black was involved - his supporting role in High Fidelity was excellent. but when they give him the lead he makes a mess of it by just shouting a lot and looking like a beaten puppy.
going on the quality involved, i may be persuaded to overlook the fact that Jack Black is in it, but then again as and when i see the film, i can see it being the case right now that i am just going to get annoyed by him.
be excellent to everyone other than Jack Black................
