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One thing I have noticed, that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, is how incredibly un-romantic recent Cruise productions are...Despite still trying to feature romantic elements.
I know recent interviews with McQ and Ferguson have tried to downplay the romance between Ethan and Elsa, but come on, their relationship feels like a robot wrote it. After an interesting dynamic in Rogue Nation, it just began to feel incredibly awkward and basic, and impressively un-sexy.
Now maybe it's just something McQ and Cruise aren't interested in, plus it could be to do with his age, but why bother in the first place then?
Just compare the romance of Top Gun to the one in Maverick. His and Penny's relationship in that is so incredibly sanitised and basic that I wonder why it's there (other than to prove that he definitely ISN'T gay.)
Maybe these films just move too fast to have a tender moment between anyone but I just didn't feel a thing when Ethan was crying over her. I feel like the only moment of actual affection between them was 20 minutes before she died. It feels cheap and cookie cutter.
Maybe its McQ, other writers don't seem so opposed to writing something actually engaging (such as MI3).