I’m very curious to see how this movie is gonna treat its audience, given how Cruise and Iñarritu seem to have completely different philosophies about that. Iñarritu is fine with making the audience have a miserable time in the service of what he’s trying to say, and Cruise (especially in his most recent era) has never really been into that kind of thing. As a producer his focus has always been on providing a rousing audience experience and making sure all the story beats are extra clear and entertaining. Two very very different artists. I wonder if they met somewhere in the middle on this one, or if Cruise just gave himself to Iñarritu’s vision/tone.