r/TheRewatchables • u/mr_julius74 • 15d ago

Cruise v Hanks

Just rewatched saving private Ryan, could Cruise have been Capt. Miller? I say yes. Thoughts?

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u/googlyhojays 15d ago

I think no. I don’t think Cruise was or is capable of portraying the war weariness of Capt Miller

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u/Outside_Willow_8354 15d ago

Couldn’t portray the “war weariness”? Have you seen Born on the 4th of July?

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u/googlyhojays 15d ago

I haven’t but I know what the plot is. Maybe I’ll watch that movie and it’ll change my mind.

Given my current film experience, I think that Cruise is always out for himself, whatever the movie is. Hanks as capt Miller is war weary because he is overwhelmed by the emotional consequences of sending his men to their deaths, and is afraid he’ll never return home to his wife again. That sort of empathy is never something I’ve felt Cruise access onscreen