Huh... You know, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense... kinda... TFIOS is one of those books/movies that you can't really judge until you see it for yourself... and, as it turns out, given who wrote the original book alone, you bet your ass it's going to be a good movie... Plus, apparently, we have reached the point where saying the name "Tom Cruise" makes whatever's attatched to it not worth watching anyway... even if you did the same thing you would do with TFIOS and not judge it before you even see it firsthand... Not to [truly] defend "Tom Cruise" or anything, but it's kinda sad how we are doing the same thing we would do with a movie we would call "Twilight bait"[footnote]I don't know the actual lingo term...[/footnote], only this time we're calling it "Tom Cruise repellent"[footnote]I no has lingo cred...[/footnote]...
Regardless, I'm happy that a movie that based on a book by a really cool guy is doing so well in theaters... I kinda wished the Tom Cruise movie was, at least, in second place beating dark[er] Sleeping Beauty, but again, "Tom Cruise repellent" has worked its magic once again, I guess... Seriously, I know that some people hate really don't like Tom Cruise the person, but at least judge the movie by the character he, for example, portrays in the movie instead... It [still] baffles me when I hear people not want to watch a movie that, if only described the premise without name-dropping a single actor, they would have watched "if not for X actor playing in it"... I thought we were suppose to separate the character from the actor playing said character most of the time, anyway...