Because he’s a thoroughly convincing sociopathic sleazeball who doesn’t give a hoot about his rep and the flab. He looks nuts and acts logically … which is kind of scary.
Best scene: The Hoff being dangled upside down by our lad Cruise from a military transport plane and not being particularly bothered by it because he knows he’s too valuable to kill.
Scenes like this continue to contribute to the growing legend that is Hoffman and all discoveries that await new cinephiles.
He is still missed.
Wanderings and ... wonderings. 