Cocktail: Tom Cruise's 80s Classic Revisited
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In 1988 Tom Cruise was arguably the biggest star in the world .Top Gun had come out in 1986 and wound up being the top grossing movie of the year. It wasn't only a hit - it was a cultural phenomenon and Cruise became a rare kind of movie star. He was a sex symbol for the ladies but the guys liked him to. Speaking personally, having been born in 1981, I vividly remember owning the VHS tape of Top Gun and playing it on a loop. Cruise was my first concept of a movie star and to kids like me he was like a cool Big Brother type figure. He was the guy we all wanted to be with him riding motorcycles, rocking awesome hair and an attitude which was never too threatening, while blasting awesome 80s rock music and having the girls go crazy for him. He was the man and if any movie ever cemented his big screen stardom it was 1988's Cocktail which starred Cruise as the world's second coolest bartender (after Sam Malone on Cheers of course).
In this episode of Tom Cruise Revisited, which is edited by Jeremy Hamley, and written and edited by me - Chris Bumbray - we take a look at this 1988 cult classic.
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Cruise was wearing some very flashy silk shirts in this one. Especially when he’s tending bar in Jamaica. Pair those shirts with some tight, white pants and you’ve got a Tom Cruise hit! Don’t forget to unbutton the top four buttons of the shirt, of course!
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@@JoBloOriginals hey, if you got it, flaunt it. Most of us wish we had it.
Tom Cruise is one of the best movie star and actor of our generation and decade, especially for those who grew up in the 80s and 90s and those who grew up with the Mission Impossible movies.
Preach, I grew up with the Mission Impossible movies, they were the best!
Schwarzenegger and Sly are way better imo.
@@oonmm but not everlasting. This man is still making money at the box office whereas sly and arnold could pull off money consistently until mid 2000s.
@@atwunz Sure, but we are talking about the 80:s and 90:s. :)
Tom Cruise is the biggest star of last 40 years / the biggest of modern cinema
His longevity at A -List is phenomenon and his catalog has so many culture impact
I remember seeing this at a young age. Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown tossing bottles was so cool that I tried doing that with water bottles. Elizabeth Shue in her swimsuit was definitely something.
One of my favorite cruise performances. He and bryan brown were a great duo. "Coughlin 's law : Bury the dead, they stink up the joint. "
Coughlin’s law: once you can see the color of their panties you know you have talent.
I loved this film! Bryan Brown was brilliant in it.
Terrific!
He steals every scene that he's in.
Cocktail is one of those movies I'll watch again and again whenever I come across it on cable. I've always just kinda liked it.
That’s how I feel. I can’t say why I do, but I do.
I’m a bartender because of this movie. It’s not what it’s like in real life but it’s still a fun gig with good money.
My brother in law is a carpenter and built the furniture for the boat scene in this movie. He took me to the movie set in Toronto and got to see other sets from different movies. There wasn't anyone in the building at the time but thought it was pretty cool seeing how small movie sets were especially a courtroom set I saw there being the size of a livingroom
Wowww
i love this movie !! .. i even have a Cocktail and Dreams T Shirt ..
cocktail $50 bar bet.......the best !!......could watch this movie at any time !.....i have the blu-ray !!!
Man, Elisabeth Shue was something else, back in the 80s! 😍
Yes. Before she hit the wall with lightspeed.
1988 was 90s.
The 80s ended in 1986.
@@keyshawnbess572 I have to disagree 80s didn't start until 82 and ended 91-92 with the grunge thing
Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s Last Movie Star
Directors & writers have to carry the load these days.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz Not at all! Directors and writers are just as much, if not more so, on the decline today.
Keanu Reeves perhaps?
@@tonydann-nb7ce Maybe, but I don’t even count Cruise anymore after the failure of the most recent Mission: Impossible entry.
I fondly remember warching this with my mom after it started making its rounds on HBO. It's a bit all over the place, sure. But, it was pretry cool to see Cruise doing something like bartending and making it relatively interesting.
They could have made it less cheesy & more witty, but I’d rather have this than nothing.
I was a flair bartender in Manchester, UK in the late 90`s and sat through a charity drive where a bunch of us watched this film for 24 hours straight...if I ever hear "Do you know how to make a Red Eye?" it immediately kicks off my PTSD...🤣🤣🤣
Despite the movie not being that good, The Beach Boys’ tie in song, Kokomo, is great
I can’t believe that song came from this movie lol
The whole soundtrack is pretty good.
random trivia: Kokomo is actually a cover; John Phillips is the writer and recorded the original version, although the Beach Boys added the new chorus for this soundtrack.
I remember seeing this film when I was younger, and all I could really remember was Elisabeth Shue, Tom Cruise and Kokomo by the Beach Boys.
One of my all-time favorites!
Remember seeing this movie in the theater, and thinking it was "okay," and that all the flipping of bottles when making the cocktails was pretty cool. But the one scene that really stood out was the Tom Cruise crying scene, that gave the movie a bit of gravitas, and elevate it from pure schlock to fairly good.
Love that one.Despite many of my friends saying his best film in the 80's is "Top Gun", this and "Risky Business" are my favorites of this era.And still keep the original VHS.
I’m always shocked when I see the ratings of Risky Business higher than Cocktail. I never felt like Tom really got into character in Risky Business. Cocktail has a lot more charisma imo.
Great review! This film is fun, includes a good plot, great actors, and full of good lessons I’m surprised there’s so many bad reviews about it.. so I’m glad you paint in a good light and I agree and think is a great movie!
LMAOOOOO to this day there are some people who think Kokomo is a real place. That song is great tho. I didn’t realize “Don’t Worry Be Happy” was also on the soundtrack. That song was EVERYWHERE. 😭😭
I seen this for the first time around Christmas And after viewing it I can say it’s definitely one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies just because of how cool he is. You hit the nail on the head, I work in sales and after watching this movie I would jokingly tell my employees “I’m like Tom Cruise in cocktail in this bitch”
The thing about Cruise is that he may be the most confident actor ever.
@@JoBloOriginals Couldn’t have said it better myself. I was on a huge Tom Cruise kick for the last year, whenever I’d stumble across the film as I never seen a head watch it. I had never seen “The Firm” until this year and was Bingeing the mission impossible franchise
Really enjoyed the movie soundtrack 🎶👌👌👌
I'm not ashamed to say it but I absolutely love cocktail.. Tom cruise is brilliant in it the chemistry between elisabeth shue and Tom cruise is electric my favourite Tom cruise movie along with top gun..
I love this mid 80s time period of tom cruise movies this is where his characters ooze so much confidence the smile alone 😍
Top gun ✈️
The color of money 🎱
Cocktail 🍹
Rain man 🃏
What’s interesting is this is one of my favorite Tom Cruise movies & my #1 is Knight & Day which also got terrible ratings. It all comes down to charisma. I love the first Top Gun movie too slightly more than TG Maverick, which scored below a 7 on IMDb.
I went to bartender school because of this movie.
A lot of us did :(
Wow. The comparison to “Shampoo” (strictly as a star vehicle) is actually pretty accurate. Never thought about that before. Although yeah, “Shampoo” is clearly the superior film.
Love this movie! Even now my brother and I quote it.
We used to work making hard candy at a small candy business in my home city. For a while we were doing Sundays at the small store in the city center only for that to stop and be moved to another store. However a few months after that a sales girl was working there, shop closed and counting the till when there's a knock at the glass and there's Tom Cruise smiling at her. Together with Kate Holmes and a young Suri wanting to buy some candy. Apparently he was super nice and polite and she of course got a photo with them. My bro and I still agree that if we were working that day we would've opened the door and said "Byran Flanagan!" lol
This video is as good as a Red Eye on a Sunday morning.
Better than a microwaved slice of pizza for breakfast. Lol
I've hidden this for years. I've watched this movie way more than an adult male should have, and still do occasionally, although now its in the background if I'm working on stuff. My wife loves it (thankfully) so I could hide my shame when she said she wanted to watch it again. So I rolled my eyes and said fine, when in secret, I was thankful we did. So this video, to me, is a great one.
This movie has a lot of charm & charisma. Not sure why it’s hated on so much. If it played in theaters today it’d be the best thing showing imo. Just watched Guardians of Galaxy 3 & man what I would have given to see Cocktail in theaters instead…
I had the hugest crush on Elizabeth Shue during the 80's.
Love me some Cocktail.
I think F/X 2 needs a best movie you never saw, it’s underrated.
Thanks for pointing out Cruise's hair length incontinuity. I always caught that lol
I wish we could get a full movie with only the original takes.
The Perfect bar Master. Good movie. 4:14
I loved it back then, I was exactly the right age back then for this movie.
I think they could an interesting sequel with this one, with their childrens
Despite being somewhat with mixed Continuity errors Cocktail 🍹 is still reasonably enjoyable. Although his other movie of 1988 Rain Man was much better both critically and financially.
One of the few Mr Cruise movie I like
Wow. This is a weird throwback. I never watched the film, but I remember my mom used to play the cassette tape soundtrack from this film in the car.
She got from a Yard Sale, and I didn't know back then that I was listening to a film soundtrack and that the person on the cover was Tom Cruise... then again, I was five when I saw the cassette in the car. So I guess that's why I forgot for so long. Cool video.
As a kid I had the soundtrack to Top Gun, Cocktail, Dirty Dancing and Pulp fiction. Soundtracks in movies are just not as iconic these days.
and Footloose?
Your comment about being 7 and making juice box cocktails had me dying, did the same thing.
My sister and grandma love this movie. Grandma even built her own bar :) my sister wants to manage her own bar :D
80s soundtracks still are the best.
Always thought (and still do) that Elisabeth Shue was really hot! She was amazing in leaving Las Vegas.
superb!
Thank you!
Great review! 👏🏼🎬
Apparently, the original script was really good, but got changed when Tom Cruise was cast. Had that script been used, maybe the movie would have turned out better
What was it about
@@G-TV_TheOneManArmy I don’t know. I’m guessing it’s the same story, just executed differently
2:48 is that a carebear in the top right of the screen? Haha i love the 80s!
I remember begridgingly watching this movie. The premise didn't interest me at all, but I wound up really liking it. It was very well done. And yes, Tom Cruise was an integral part of its success.
Never trust a woman named after an inanimate object....what great timeless advice from Mr Bryan brown
Classic wasn't the word we were thinking.
2 words
Coughlans Law
'He would never appear in something as thinly conceived or plotted again.' Hard cut to 1990 and Days Of Thunder.
Do the Color Of Money next!
Did it last month! Check the playlist - one of the best Cruise movies.
Not A really Bad Movie! It was Good✊👊 I like Tom cruise and Elizabeth Shue 😊👌👍🍁♈🍁
Love the soundtrack
One of Cruise's lesser good Movies, but because of Elisabeth Shue it's worth the Watch
Cocktails & dreams
He is unique ❤no one can be liker heures is ❤❤❤❤
"Can ya make me a Redeye?"
Floogelbinders lol the plastic tip of shoe laces
apparently that's factually incorrect...
@@thedys70 your absolutely correct lol just a line in a semi good movie
Thinly written but sooo entertaining!
It’s odd how I could prefer this movie over some other really well made movies. Charisma is underrated today.
They should release a 2 disc special edition with the original cut of the film
for sure; would love to see the darker toned edit.
Does that footage even exist? Did they actually go through with the entire original script?
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz that's a question for the studio and the director. Some studios keep all the film elements, some destroy them. For instance, Waterworld (1995) had 40 minutes of extra footage restored for its 2019 release.
Hes one of best film.
'cruise would play Brian Flanagan' insert audio by any chance? 🤣
Movie is fine.... but the third act becomes such totally different movie. Maybe if Tom Cruise dealing with the bartending business rather than Average Love Story could have been better
*The coolest men of the 80s? l beg you pardon, but I was born in 1989.*
I saw this movie in rehab. The 80’s were a little fucked up.
If it's any consolation bro, the 90s weren't exactly a laff a minute either....
@@thedys70 I was blacked out for most of the 90’s. Something about OJ killing a bunch of people? What a dick….
@@matthewdavis6118 Yes, that was a big scandal years before the internet arrived and made everything a scandal...
I watched cocktail again recently and it was WAAAAAAYYYY shittier than I remember haha
*- We get it you want to %#%% Tom Cruise. You might be able to what l hear, if you can keep a secret.*
1st third of the Film, I love it. Brian and Doug's rise to success is so much fun.
2nd third of the Film, it's fine. The story slows a bit, but otherwise is solid.
Last third of the Film, I hate it.
Understandable - he needed a comeuppance rather than just have all his dreams come true. Needed to be a cost.
I don’t consider 1987 1988 or 1989 as part of the 80s.
To me the 80s were from 1981-1986.
Far as I’m concerned cocktail is a 90s movie.
I loved this movie (still do)...and it cemented my love for Elizabeth Shue...but some a dialogue is a bit off in some parts...not sure if it was written that way or if the actors just weren't given enough time to invest in the characters or improvise much... For example there's a part where Tom and Shue were arguing in her apartment and he asks her "why did you ask me here,you wanted me to see where you lived or something" and all she does is look at him and say "Hhmmhuh"....like wtf kinda response was that in the heat of an argument?lol...did they really just write that ? ...not sure what happened there or in some other parts with the dialogue....but I still enjoy this movie and watch it at least once a year...
It's for sure flawed but fun
I like it that way. It makes her more mysterious & it’s refreshing not having her give the typical response. Keep us guessing.
WTF cocktail? It inspired me to become a bartender myself, without telling me it was the hardest job you will ever work, spent 16 years wasting my life on it, I should be able to sue Tom Cruise
I think everyone who grew up with this movie wanted to bar tend. Between this and Cheers the 80s was a good time to be a bartender. As Brown says in the movie, "the aristocrat of the working class."
The movie isn't that good, but can't help to watch it whenever it's on.
It does have one of the worst lines in all cinema: "Champaign. Perfume going in, sewage coming out"
Look, I personally think Tom Cruise is a lunatic. But I have never, never seen him in a movie performance that I did not like!!!!
He's still the biggest star in the world. Except for the Avatar cartoon characters no one else in Hollywood had a bigger hit movie last year or for several years prior. Cocktail is a chick movie and it had its fun moments, but the plot went too dark after what they did to Brian Brown's character, and the segue from that to the rest of the movie is silly. Also, the ending is just too sappy.
We all love Tom Cruise, but Cocktail was an absolute bunch of arse. The only movie I've ever walked out on. I wasn't offended. Unless boredom is offensive.
@@matthewdaley746 He was quick to ditch this disposable fluff soon after, that's for sure.
Is there a more overrated decade than the 80s? Possibly the 90s were more overrated.
Both decades are beloved for some weird reason they had their fair share of awful movies though.
The 70s will forever be the golden era.
This movie is very bad compared to his other works like Top Gun. 3:28 - :30 Makes me think of Danny DeVito's character in Ruthless People. Tom Cruise or not, his character, as a whole, makes no sense unlike the DeVito one.
@@matthewdaley746 I was thinking if the characters were more likable and understanding, I'd say yes to it. Again, looking at comparing 3:28 - :30 to Ruthless People.
Anyone agree?
I cant like this movie on principal. It’s just too shallow, sold on Cruise. Shue was honestly the sweetest bit of this movie and without her the cheesiness of the plot would have been even more un-sellable.
When you contrast a fluff movie like this with say something like in the company of men with eckhart.. he just blows cruise out of every thing he’s ever been in (charm-wise) except maybe rain main.. a personal favorite .
Cruise is an unlike-able personality to me mainly because he plays the same guy in every movie. Same timing, same expressions and same emotional range.
And his straightness is so over-exaggerated like when a teenager cries out boobs because he wants to have it be known he’s cool and straight, that its gay af. His eyes tell the whole story. They are vapid with no desire for what he tries so hard to show desire for. I know this because i know the reflection i see in a womans eyes when they see my desire for them. Theres nothing as such in a woman’s eye playing opposite this closeted gayman.
This should have been about Kelly Lynch. Not that no talent Cruise.
@@matthewdaley746 true! She was super hot at that time.
Classic???? This movie is terrible. The book it's based on is 1000 times better.
Sorry, but this was one guy who didn't like him at all. I absolutely despised early Tom Cruise and Cocktail is one of the worst movies ever made. It was only his turn on Mission Impossible that changed my opinion on the guy, but his early films are all s***
Sorry Bill, you might be in the minority here sir...
I was dragged to the cinema by the kindergarten girls, lol. As an 8 year old it was great! But those girls that worked there really wanted to see Cruise.
Now I'm having memories.
I had a huge crush on Brian Brown when I was a kid. He was so manly!
Elisabeth shue was so❤
Wow. The comparison to “Shampoo” (strictly as a star vehicle) is actually pretty accurate. Never thought about that before. Although yeah, “Shampoo” is clearly the superior film.