DIB is being extreme (I'd never wish death on anybody.) but you're acting like someone's inherent value in all spheres is directly depended on whether or not they're a nice person.
As far as his personality goes, Cruise seems like he does of good things but I doubt that he'd be a great person to spend more than a few minutes with. He reminds me of this kid I used to know in grade school. He was always polite and upbeat and he was the smartest kid in the class but he had literally no sense of humor. You had to explain every joke to him. He always took himself and everything else far too seriously. I kind of imagine that that's what Cruise is like.
That doesn't make him a bad person, but you act like him being like that makes him some kind of incredible ubermensch. I like people with flaws, people who seem human. I suppose one of the things I like least about Tom Cruise is that he puts off this public persona that he's absolutely perfect in every way. In fact, that's why people have been trying to say he's gay for years. (I've never personally believed it.) They want to find something to make him seem normal, some big secret he's hiding.
I'm kind of annoyed that you act like being a good person makes you automatically better at everything. "OMG! Did you know that John Lennon used to be addicted to heroin and that he beat his girlfriend back in the fifties and was actually kind of a dick to people! I guess that makes his work totally invalid! *burns all Beatles and John Lennon albums*" The fact is that great artists quite often are dicks and drug addicts and weirdos and generally unhealthy people. That's what makes them great artists. And that's probably why I've never been impressed by any of Tom Cruise's performances. It's not like I can't separate his personal life from his work, this was far before any of that came out. Every movie I've seen him in, it's just seemed to me "Handsome Generic White Man saves the day!", "Handsome Generic White Man becomes samurai!", "Handsome Generic White Man exploits idiot savant brother!".
So sure, I respect that he gives to charity and whatnot (I'd do the same if I had as much money as he does, and if someone says they wouldn't than they're a selfish *******.) and that he treats his fans well but I'm not going to pretend that he's not a generic actor or that he believes in and fully supports a massive, destructive scam that masquerades as a religion.
And I demand some sort of financial payment from you for making me write more words about Tom Cruise than I would've thought necessary.
