Tom Hanks

[groovethang]

Oct 20, 2017 22:15:15 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

I went through a phase when I was in middle school where I watched A League of Their Own at least once a week, so I could probably recite it from memory. The telegram scene guts me every time.

I also love Forrest Gump (I own it on Blu Ray) and think it gets a bad rap nowadays. Tom totally deserved that Oscar. I know the popular argument is that Morgan Freeman should've won (in my vision of a perfect world they would've tied) and that Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption are better and one of them should've won Best Picture but, as someone who loves all of them, I think they're all good in different ways. There's no need to tear down Forrest Gump. 1994 was a ridiculously good year for movies.

And according to my dad, who did two tours in Vietnam, the Vietnam War scenes are spot on. Particularly the rain.

And to try to wrap up this semi-drunken rambling (yay whiskey!) the scene at the end where Forrest is at Jenny's grave makes me cry like a baby every time.

tl;dr, Tom Hanks is a national treasure and Forrest Gump is an awesome movie.

A friend is renovating her house and as she was telling us about all of the unexpected repairs they are finding, I couldn’t help but think of The Money Pit. He really IS a national treasure.

[mrspickles]

Oct 20, 2017 23:31:44 GMT -4 groovethang said:

Oct 20, 2017 22:15:15 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

I went through a phase when I was in middle school where I watched A League of Their Own at least once a week, so I could probably recite it from memory. The telegram scene guts me every time.

I also love Forrest Gump (I own it on Blu Ray) and think it gets a bad rap nowadays. Tom totally deserved that Oscar. I know the popular argument is that Morgan Freeman should've won (in my vision of a perfect world they would've tied) and that Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption are better and one of them should've won Best Picture but, as someone who loves all of them, I think they're all good in different ways. There's no need to tear down Forrest Gump. 1994 was a ridiculously good year for movies.

And according to my dad, who did two tours in Vietnam, the Vietnam War scenes are spot on. Particularly the rain.

And to try to wrap up this semi-drunken rambling (yay whiskey!) the scene at the end where Forrest is at Jenny's grave makes me cry like a baby every time.

tl;dr, Tom Hanks is a national treasure and Forrest Gump is an awesome movie.

A friend is renovating her house and as she was telling us about all of the unexpected repairs they are finding, I couldn’t help but think of The Money Pit. He really IS a national treasure.

TWO WEEKS!

[ladyboy]

I hope, if Tom Hanks ever feels down, that he stumbles across this thread and learns how much people love him and his work. I have loved him since Bosom Buddies, had a phase of HanksFatigue in the 90s, and love him again. Him and his work. Tom! You're Amazing and We Need You In This World! Also, I have his book on hold at the library.

[Ladybug]

Oct 20, 2017 13:18:31 GMT -4 groovethang said:

Oct 20, 2017 12:14:38 GMT -4 scarlet said:

I love "Sleepless in Seattle." The scene where he's talking to "Dr. Marcia" about his late wife gets me every time ("I was just taking her hand to get out of a car and I knew. It was like magic.").

LOVE.

So many good parts in this movie. The looks on Tom Hanks’ and Victor Garbers’ faces when Rita Wilson is crying-talking about An Affair to Remember kills me every time.

And then they both get fake emotional talking about the Dirty Dozen. Hilarious.

Turner and Hooch is a good one also. Tom Hanks can have chemistry with a slobbery dog, that's how charming he is!

[luminosa]

Oct 21, 2017 10:39:14 GMT -4 Ladybug said:

Oct 20, 2017 13:18:31 GMT -4 groovethang said:

LOVE.

So many good parts in this movie. The looks on Tom Hanks’ and Victor Garbers’ faces when Rita Wilson is crying-talking about An Affair to Remember kills me every time.

And then they both get fake emotional talking about the Dirty Dozen. Hilarious.

Turner and Hooch is a good one also. Tom Hanks can have chemistry with a slobbery dog, that's how charming he is!

Also, I challenge any actor to have so much chemistry with a volleyball that I cry like a baby when said volleyball is lost at sea, like they were a real person. Because I did that with Tom. Lol.

You've Got Mail, he was great too. Ok so, I don't get star struck, but I might with him.

[Brookie]

Oct 21, 2017 19:48:07 GMT -4 @limetotes said:

I think I watched too many Tom Hanks movies back in the day, so I got sick of him seemingly being everywhere. But because of this thread, I'm going to catch up on some of his movies I've missed.

I just finished watched Cast Away and holy dinah that was a good movie. I cried several times, I won't lie. I am trying to come up with names of actors who could have pulled off that performance (the scene in Kelly's kitchen broke my heart), and I'm coming up empty. Hanks really did turn in a masterful performance (it wasn't schlocky or scenery-chewing like it definitely could have been.)

Only one. Wilson.

[LAX]

Oct 20, 2017 22:15:15 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

...the scene at the end where Forrest is at Jenny's grave makes me cry like a baby every time.

tl;dr, Tom Hanks is a national treasure and Forrest Gump is an awesome movie.

I'm the same when he's talking about Bubba's death. He's struggling to maintain his composure and "that's all I have to say about that" makes me tear up just thinking about it.

I was late to the Tom Hanks love, I wasn't really a fan until Forrest Gump. Now I just love him to pieces.

[Augustus]

I think it's funny how Tom Hanks isn't a pull for me to go watch a movie, but when I see all of his movies listed, I just think "Oh yeah, liked that movie. And that one. And that was a good one too. That one too. Damn, I rather like a lot of his movies."

He really is a very underrated actor. And playing the everyday man doesn't tend to get you lots of accolades, which is a real shame, seeing how enjoyable most of his performances have been.

[groovethang]

I do wonder, though, if Tom Hanks would have aged differently if he hadn't lost all of that weight for Philadelphia and then regained it. I wonder the same thing about Matthew McConaughey. Younger Tom Hanks seems soooo different to me than present-day Tom Hanks.

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Oct 22, 2017 12:29:16 GMT -4 groovethang said:

I do wonder, though, if Tom Hanks would have aged differently if he hadn't lost all of that weight for Philadelphia and then regained it. I wonder the same thing about Matthew McConaughey. Younger Tom Hanks seems soooo different to me than present-day Tom Hanks.

That’s a good point. He did the same again for Castaway, he gained some weight for the first part, then lost so much that he looked almost skeletal for the rest of it. Rapid weight gain and loss like that has got to be hard on the body.

Christian Bale has got to be worst example of this. He’s ballooned up and down so many times, I’ll be surprised if he ages well at all or lives to a ripe old age.