Tom Cruise On Letterman (Not Literally)

Last night. It was pretty kinky. Okay, that's just gross. Tom Cruise was a guest on the Letterman show and I was hoping for entertainment, because Tom is a bit on the goofy (wacky kind) side now. He was there to promote not the 1st, not the 2nd, but the 3rd Mission: Impossible film. Sequels, that can mean only one thing, summer is almost here.

But, anyway, back to Tom. He didn't jump on any couches. He didn't talk Scientology. Dave didn't ask him about it or the "silent birth." All they talked about were their kids pretty much and Tom gives very short answers, has a serious tone to his voice, a serious expression on his face, and yet gives answers like he was a cast member of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Actually, if you add all those elements together, it makes his appearance slightly amusing.

Dave asked if the whole process (birth) was easy and Tom's answer? "Yeah, it was easy." That was it. And yeah Tom, it was easy for you. You weren't the one pushing a newborn out your hole! Letterman commented on Katie Holmes being good looking and Cruise responded with, "Yeah, she's good looking." Then, you got a lot of, "It was awesome" or "It was unbelievable." Tom did use the word "increment," so I was pretty impressed by that. Perhaps someone had it written on the cue card for him. Dave then asked about a particular scene in the new film and if it actually happened. Tom's response? Come on, take a guess. "Yeah, it was real." That's it.

You know, for an action star, paid mucho buckos to entertain the country, Tommy isn't too entertaining a person when you actually sit down and talk to (listen to, in our case) the guy. Even when the guy is serious, he's not very engaging. If it was up to him, he'd probably call for a twenty question true-false interview. Twenty words and then he'd be up and out.

It's too bad, because, I enjoy most of his films. I wasn't a big fan of the second Mission: Impossible, but "Minority Report," "Vanilla Sky," "Collateral," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Magnolia," amongst others, I thought were quality films. I've learned to just appreciate celebrities for their talents, because some of them aren't so entertaining and engaging away from the screen.