To See or Not To See

To see or not to see, that is the question. There has been the now infamous couch jumping on Oprah (which I had on tv at work and watched with a Congressman), the bitter battle with Brooke, and the scientology jokes and rumored brain washing. Just today in fact, I heard a $40 million pre-nup agreement has been arranged with Katie Holmes, she gets more if she has more children.

We all deal with Tom Cruise's antics in our own ways. One woman in our carpool is boycotting him, a California state delegate introduced a "Cruise bill" that will prohibit the sale of an ultrasound machine to anyone other than a licensed medical professional (if you will remember, he bought one for Katie), I changed his Top Ten, lifetime number 1 spot to a much less respectable "Emeritus Status."

But even so, my heart stopped when I saw a preview for M:I:3. All the memories of watching Mission Impossible for the first time came flooding back, bringing with it a wave of emotions. You see, for me, movie stars are a very personal experience and I have very emotional attachments to their careers. Their great mystique is only further solidified by the fact that the only "celebrity" I have ever met is John Peter Lewis. Most remembered, well only remembered, as JPL: a season 3 Americal Idol non-winner. It was so exciting, I blushed and didnt know what to say.

But now, he BUGS. I mean he REALLY BUGS. But I haven't been so excited to see a movie since War of the Worlds, and before that Collateral, and before that the Last Sammurai...I think you see the trend. So here is my question, can I despise the man and ADORE the film star? Can I keep the persona seperate from the movies? Because I just dont feel comfortable with having anyone else on my number one spot. He is THE one.

I love him. Well him Ethan Hunt, Jerry Maguire, Maverick, Joseph Donnelly, Cole Trickle... you get the point.