TOM HANKS

i'd probably vote "big" if i hadn't only seen it when i was 10, so i'm gonna vote for SPR

Big is good, if a little soft and fuzzy. I love the scene when he tries caviar at the company party.

"catch me if you can" would be another worthy winner imo

I watched Philadelphia on AMC last night. First time I'd seen it in a while, but I think he won the Oscar for the scene when he left Denzel's office the first time and just stood there looking at his surroundings.

voted the 'burbs

Is voting for Toy Story cheating?

I voted A League Of Their Own, but could have gone w/several others.

Anyone else seen the deleted scenes for That Thing You Do!, in which his character is inexplicably revealed to be gay?

Gotta go with Joe Versus the Volcano.

Where's that thread about movies you know you have seen, but remember nothing about? Road to Perdition is definitely one of those movies for me. I remember... it was raining. For two solid hours.

i think somebody pointed out on ilx that he stole steve guttenberg's career. brilliant insight imho.

I don't know what to say to that except: rong.

his character in League is probably my favorite

He's actually pretty good in Nothing in Common and Punchline (lol at Sally Field as a stand-up comedian).

i enjoyed parts of catch me if you can but not the parts involving tom hanks. going with splash.

there's like one line reading in Da Vinci Code, I think when talking to the intercom outside ian mckellen's house, where the old Tom Hanks shines through and it just makes the rest of the movie more depressing than it already was.

Bachelor Party is his only watchable film imho

shoulda stayed in a dress Tom

I don't know if you guys would believe how many times, as a child, I tried to reenact the wacky way he stumbles down the stairs of his front porch in "The 'Burbs." I guess I hadn't seen a lot of slapstick, because that movie was like the ultimate in physical comedy for me.

I still think it's a fun movie. I could watch it pretty much any time.

I guess I hadn't seen a lot of slapstick, because that movie was like the ultimate in physical comedy for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yil2jWQ5Oqg

we need more money pit type shit in comedies, imo

I haven't seen The 'Burbs in many years, but I remember liking it. I wonder how cheap it is on dvd.

Also I thought

I want to kill
ev-ry-one
Satan is good
Satan is our pal

was comedy gold, though my parents were v v v distressed every time my siblings & I chanted it together.

bruce dern is awesome in that movie

why isn't the tina fey steve carrell movie a money pit remake. i want to see them in the money pit.

His total break at the end of that Money Pit scene is hilarious.

my mom was a huge fan of tom hanks up through you got mail (after which she started calling him "president tom hanks"), so I'm embarrassingly familiar with all of his '80s shit and really miss that amiable snark he was able to pull off.

da croupier, the Hanks Money Pit was already a remake of the Cary Grant Money Pit. A Carrell remake would then be a re-remake.

that's not illegal! but yeah, that's right, and that Ice Cube movie Are We There Yet? was a blandings remake too. i just want to see more comedians do double-takes at crazy shit, Ice Cube doesn't count.

someone should vote for mazes & monsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AOd6r6Qi8

sorry, the blandings remake was Are We Done Yet?

Thinking back, I should've voted Bachelor Party. My friends and I watched that shit like a thousand times on Cinemax when were 15.

Best as a light comedian. Of the 11 starring vehicles I've seen, Big leads followed by Catch, Pvt Ryan and Splash.

It's selling him short, no? He comes off a moderately intelligent dude who boasts a healthy amount of self-parody and, not far beneath the surface, a real nastiness. He can play William Holden parts if someone still wrote them and George Clooney stopped accepting them.

*comes off as

Thinking back, I should've voted Bachelor Party. My friends and I watched that shit like a thousand times on Cinemax when were 15.

ding ding ding ding ^^^^^^^^^^^^ otm

I see the wheels turning too much, esp in something like Charlie Wilson or Philadelphia.

its been a pretty awful decade for him huh

^^^^ otm

I think I would keep Road To Perdition and scrap everything else.

I'd keep Cast Away, Catch and, maybe, The Terminal. I don't really like Perdition that much.

tom hanks is the kind of guy who could use a quintin-tarintino type project to remake him.

Into what -- Tom Hanks?

like the way QT remade/reintroduced john travolta.

i think hanks could be a good tough guy, actually. haven't seen RTP, i guess he played one there?

He was a reluctant/reformed tough guy in Perdition (and Jude Law was his ultra creepy adversary). I think. I haven't seen it in a long time.

road to perdition is ghastly

ppl are too hard on him for his cornball green mile type shit. a year or two ago i watched forest gump while i was stuck in a hotel room, and i gotta say - it wasnt half bad. i probably just liked it because it was so offensive and because jenny reminded me of this crazy girl i was involved with at the time, but still it had a great comic performance by hanks - i liked him a lot in CWW too, he was probably the only reason that movie worked

d'oh forgot about hoffman - disregard that last statement

Which of these should I rent? Haven't seen: He Knows You're Alone, Mazes and Monsters, The Man With One Red Shoe, Volunteers, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Nothing in Common, Punchline, The 'Burbs, Joe Versus the Volcano, The Bonfire of the Vanities (do I dare?), The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons

Love: Bachelor Party, Splash, Apollo 13 (despite Ron Howard cheesiness), That Thing You Do! (though it putters out), Cast Away

Like: Turner and Hooch, Philadelphia, A League of Their Own

Eh: The Money Pit, Big (original Freaky Friday still beats all on this premise), Catch Me if You Can, Charlie Wilson's War, The Ladykillers

Dislike: Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, The Terminal, The Great Buck Howard

Hate: Dragnet, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Road to Perdition

I'd go with The 'Burbs and/or Joe Versus the Volcano. Maybe even Punchline, which is often awkward but never awful.

I don't know what to say to that except: rong.

Steve Guttenberg was the original choice for the lead in "Big". He turned it down and it ended up going to Tom Hanks. That film grossly raised Hanks' profile and led to his other high profile work, where Guttenberg accidentally ghettoized himself into the Police Academy movies.

wtf dragnet is so good

xp to pete

Guttenberg had a other outs in things like Cocoon and Three Men & a Baby, but once the '90s came around, there was no interest from either studios or the public. I don't think Hanks "stole" his career, but he stepped into it and didn't let go.

Pete if you want to galvanize your dislike for hanks/the world in general, you can't go wrong with joe versus the volcano

hell yes

Now a grandfather.

thats nice but i was hoping it was this son:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_psMU63b7I

Now a grandfather.

Whoopee. Been reading a lot of Hollywood trade rags lately or something? Because seriously, who the fuck cares?

Eh, getting over being sick, reading random news. Sluggish day, no more.

It's a sign that a lot of people are getting old.

I mean, Tom Hanks has a grandbaby. Time sure flies man...

That it does.

No offense, Ned.

Myself, I have a niece that's almost old enough to understand what's happening when I take my cock out. My innocence is truly behind me.

Uh.

Oh come on. The ol' "Uncle Molesty" joke is a standard. Like "Night and Day" or "Anything Goes".

ladies and gentleman... it's KENAN!

"what, racist jokes have been around forever? whaddya want from me?"

That's not fair.

Not fair at all.

Well, I figured you were doing the "lol I would make this joke" joke, but jesus.

The cool thing to do would be to pretend that it doesn't amuse the hell out of me that some people are actually shocked and offended, but I can't quite take it to that second level.

You know I just rib u cos I <3, K.

"The world has gone mad today/and good's bad today/ and black's white today/and day's night today"...

ladies and gentleman... it's KENAN!

I hope my butthole accidentally throws up on you while you're licking it.

http://bsaidso.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/facepalm_picard2.jpg?w=360&h=240

I <3 you too, Trayce.

Hehehe.

PS u do know that when I do my US trip I am hittin' up Chicago rite.

Hanks on Univision. Doesn't really speak any Spanish, but he seems to be having a great time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeOG5tN-Hu8

La Roberts really looks like a velociraptor about to chomp his head off on that Larry Crowne poster.

And it seems the critics fully endorse such an action.

haha morbius, i cant unsee that image now

Larry Crowne looks like one of his 80s comedies, kinda weird

with jowls

Fucking hell Larry Crowne is shit.

It was an amazingly dumb movie. BUT: scooters.
http://2strokebuzz.com/2011/06/29/larry-crowne-scooterist

Hanks & crew really reached out to the scootering community of the U.S., handing out swag & inviting scooter clubs to opening night, hiring Genuine Scooter Co. (makers of my Buddy!) as consultants. So I kind of had to see it, esp. when I hung out w/my parents and I'd burned all my movie-picking cred on making them watch Tree of Life. They wanted to watch scooter rom-com, it ended up being fun enough. TBH I think about it much more often than Tree of Life but it's due to desire for a community college scooter gang.

Also it features Bryan Cranston as a floundering sci-fi author who spends most of his time outraging Julia by drinking out of highball glasses and looking at PG-13 google image search of decolletage.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2012/10/19/tom-hanks-drops-f-bomb-on-good-morning-america/1643669/

Where's that thread about movies you know you have seen, but remember nothing about? Road to Perdition is definitely one of those movies for me. I remember...it was raining. For two solid hours.

― moisture is the essence of wetness (kenan), Tuesday, March 2, 2010

I can definitely see where someone would be bored by Road to Perdition; it's a Solemnly Middlebrow Prestige Film, and I'm usually bored by them too (e.g., J. Edgar--mostly I just avoid them). But I'm glad I finally watched it. It was a nice break from the year-end stuff I've been catching up on. I liked Hanks--I've never seen him like this before, and I found him credible. Newman, in his last non-TV role, goes out honorably. Ditto Conrad Hall.

i couldnt stand it when it came out, but i'd probably go easier on it today

The 'Burbs is underrated

I love that Mazes & Monsters got one more vote than The Green Mile or The Terminal.

“Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are set to star in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’ production of Henry IV,” reports Ariana Brockington for Variety. “Hanks will play the comedic role of Sir John Falstaff. The twenty-four performances will run between June 5 and July 1.”

https://deadline.com/2018/06/tom-hanks-takes-over-during-medical-emergency-captivates-theater-crowd-1202411787/

The 'Burbs is underrated

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yeah this movie rules. saw this for the first time last year, really captures that 80s-magical-stuff-in-suburbia feel that permeates so many films of the era

that ad-libbing is pretty funny

Tom Hanks, the rare actor who makes a good Falstaff but could probably do a good Lear as well.

Have pulled a lot from JvtV over the years. Love that film so much. One thing - I swear I saw a scene where Lloyd Bridges, visiting Joe, smashes his cane into the wall, then pulls an electrical cord out (making the recurring lightning/karma bolt shape). It's not on my DVD cut, though the scene still has the damaged wall. Haven't watched my Blu-ray version yet, so maybe it's included there.

I just saw He Knows You're Alone ... sadly, Hanks' character isn't one of the slasher victims

the NYT Arts lead story/interview last Sunday was titled TOM HANKS IS A WARM HUG

i read it and duly suffered for it

(the author's regular shtick is making whatever emotional breakdown she's undergoing part of the article; i have lived too long)

I prefer to think of him as a human slanket, myself.

(the author's regular shtick is making whatever emotional breakdown she's undergoing part of the article; i have lived too long)

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, November 22, 2019 9:11 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i can't stand her writing. it's an unpopular opinion

i can see kneejerk wokesters worshipping her

The last several years' worth of revelations about various public figures has left such a taint that I'm pretty much just counting down the days until the bomb drops that Tom 'NICEST GUY IN THE UNIVERSE' Hanks is in reality Tom 'MOST DEPRAVED NECROPHILIC CANNIBAL IN KNOWN HISTORY' Hanks.

That's basically my fear anytime I see a thread about any dude bumped for some reason I don't know about.