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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 3775851, member: 93"] I've actually never seen [I]Top Gun[/I], [I]Days of Thunder[/I], any of the [I]Mission Impossible[/I] films or a dozen others like [I]Far and Away[/I] or [I]All the Right Moves.[/I] The first film I recall seeing him in was [I]Taps[/I], which I loved; as a freshman in high school it hit me at the right time. As a junior when [I]Risky Business[/I] came out, it could not have had more impact on me and my krewe. When my parents left for a three-week road trip that summer and the next and I had the house to myself, it was pretty obvious what example I was following then. As a law student I was totally absorbed in [I]The Firm[/I] as a book, and I thought the movie did a very good job of following it; and [I]A Few Good Men[/I] is one of my favorite legal movies of all time. Everyone focuses on the classic exchange with Nicholson but there are so many great little scenes and nuances that he executes so well. My favorite is the scene where he is holding the bat while walking past his closet when he gets the epiphany about Santiago's clothes still being in his closet. I've always thought that his role in [I]Rain Man[/I] was probably pretty close to how he is in real life. [I]Jerry McGuire[/I] is probably his most complete role and he really nailed it imo. His bit part in [I]Tropic Thunder[/I] was also a nice change and may be the best comparison to the rant that is the subject of the OP. [/QUOTE]