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[Barrister]

What's Big? Can't seem to remember it.

Opposite of 17 Again.  Little kid wishes he was big, turns into Tom Hanks.

Famous scene of him dancing on a giant keyboard in some toystore.

[CountDeMoney]

Even when I was a kid, when Forrest Gump first came out, I hated it and him.

It's to Sheila's credit that we forget how young he actually is, but it's also why he can't appreciate Tom Hanks like our generation can, who grew up watching Bosom Buddies, one of the top five sitcoms of all time.

[Sheilbh]

Is there anything rational about it, or do they just rub you the wrong way?

I don't think there is anything rational about it.  I think I can justify my anti-Nicholas Cage stance but the Tom Hanks thing is a very personal response.  I can't stand him or almost any of his films.

[Habsburg]

Tom Hanks had weird hair in that Leonard Di Caprio movie thingy.

What was that Opie mans thinking? 

[Habsburg]

OMG!!!  +

[Grey Fox]

What's Big? Can't seem to remember it.

Opposite of 17 Again.  Little kid wishes he was big, turns into Tom Hanks.

Famous scene of him dancing on a giant keyboard in some toystore.

Oh I remember that.

[vinraith]

I think Big and the Toy Story films are Tom Hanks' only impressive movies.  The rest is a very large trough.

Private Ryan was a good war movie, a genre we don't see much of anymore.

He was also instrumental in making both Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon, two of the best miniseries ever made.

[katmai]

Adding Shaun to list along with fahdiz of people kicked in cajones for unreasonable Hanks hate.

[grumbler]

Adding Shaun to list along with fahdiz of people kicked in cajones for unreasonable Hanks hate.

Though you have to admit that he has been phoning it in for the last ten years, since The Green Mile.

Even in SPR, his role could have been filled just as well by just about anyone.  The Terminal was the only thing I think he even tried to act in, of the last few movies i have seen from him, and even there he didn't shine like he used to.  Ladykillers sucked mostly because he sucked.  Da Vinci Code was just okay and so was he.  Charie Wilson's War was practically written for him, and he was just okay.

I certainly don't hate him or his acting, but I just think he has lost the fire.  Maybe he has just done it all and doesn't care any more.

[Korea]

Arang - korean horror film and kind of lame

You fluent in Korean, or did you watch it subbed/dubbed?

Subbed. I wish I were fluent in Korean.

[garbon]

Adding Shaun to list along with fahdiz of people kicked in cajones for unreasonable Hanks hate.

Sign me up for the same reason.

[Jaron]

Tom Hanks hasn't made a good movie since BIG. Even in that Castaway shit, Wilson had more depth as a character!

[Admiral Yi]

Tom Hanks plays the perfect Joe Everyguy.  If he's cast in a part other than that, like The Da Vinci Code, his lack of range shows.

He was perfect in Castaway, absolutely believable as a mid level manager for Federal Express that's out of his depth.  The only problem was that the movie sucked.

[katmai]

Adding Shaun to list along with fahdiz of people kicked in cajones for unreasonable Hanks hate.

Though you have to admit that he has been phoning it in for the last ten years, since The Green Mile.

I will agree with that.

[The Larch]

Adding Shaun to list along with fahdiz of people kicked in cajones for unreasonable Hanks hate.

It's "cojones", shame on you. Anglos can butcher the Spanish language, but you really have no excuse. 



And even though I'm neutral regarding Tom Hanks, I totally despise Forrest Gump.