Cruise-ing

I caught some of Tom Cruise's interview with Oprah Winfrey this weekend.  The interviewed reeked of damage control.  Last time Tommy talked to Oprah we were treated the infamous "couch incident" which was when we got to see that Cruise was a touch crazy.  After spraying some angry comments at Brooke Shields and Matt Lauer, Tom's public perception went from "a little crazy" to "full on bat guano crazy".  This change in the public perception affected Tom's movies since Mission: Impossible III brought in a lot less money than originally predicted.  With Cruise's next big budget movie, Valkyrie coming out soon, I'm thinking that the producers want to hedge their bets and maximize their box office revenue.  So after a call to Oprah, Tom is treated with an image makeover.  He gets to look approachable by being comfortable in his own home.  He gets to set the record straight about his crazy comments last time around.  (Funny how he was so passionate about what he originally said at the time he said them)  After the interview, he looks like a family man thats just trying to make a living to provide for his kids who lives down the street...in his multi million dollar estate.

Although Tom came closer to this side of normal on the "crazy" spectrum, I still think he has a screw loose.  I did not see this interview as a redemption, I saw it as protecting an investment in an upcoming movie.  My hat's off to him if he can pull off getting America to like him again.