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What is your favorite Tom Hanks movie?
- Thread starter Bor Gullet
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Definitely Apollo 13 because I have such an interest in the subject, and probably the one I have watched the most times. Saving Private Ryan and Captain Phillips round out my top three.
Naw son it's Bonfire of the vanities that scene where he gets caught calling his mistress (Melanie Griffin)
Vintage Hanks
(Actually the movie is Terrible)
I really like Road to Perdition and That thing you do as movies I've watched many times
It'd take me too long to rewatch them all and decide properly, but today I feel like saying Captain Phillips. A subtle performance of a man heroically suppressing his rising terror before letting it out in one of the most cathartic scenes ever. Had me in tears!
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The Terminal.
And yes, Forrest Gump is probably the most successful movie with the most problematic message ever. Still baffles me how it won best picture that year.
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Cast Away and Forrest Gump with Saving Private Ryan close behind.
Cast Away is probably my favorite movie of all time.
Cast Away is probably my favorite movie of all time.
Can't think of one i like more than Forrest Gump.
Uh, can you tell us what you think the message was? Because i always got a "you can overcome adversity in life with a positive attitude and honest effort".
Uh, can you tell us what you think the message was? Because i always got a "you can overcome adversity in life with a positive attitude and honest effort".
-- Cast Away in my opinion is the best acting performance by Tom Hanks
-- Apollo 13 is probably my favorite movie starring Tom Hanks
-- A League of their Own is my favorite movie that has Tom Hanks in it
The dude's filmography is fucking loaded with great movies.
-- Apollo 13 is probably my favorite movie starring Tom Hanks
-- A League of their Own is my favorite movie that has Tom Hanks in it
The dude's filmography is fucking loaded with great movies.
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The blatant disregard for anyone who isn't Forest Gump.
1) The hippies were all a bunch of social deviants who shared all causes with each other (like the Black Panthers socialized with white hippies, anti-war co-mingled with whatever the hell Nazi boy was).
2) The best soldiers are socially dysfunctional (this may be part of the satire that people claim exists in the movie but it's not played as satire, it plays quite sincere).
3) Women are mothers or whores or both.
4) Those who follow blindly will lose their leader but the leader will still be a great man (again I suspect this may have been supposed to be satire but it's played straight).
5) Anyone with a more complex view of the world then can be summed up in a cliche is deserving of any punishment they receive.
A League Of Their Own is the most fun movie on the list, and the one I've probably seen the most times. Haven't seen The Post yet.
I mean the one I stop and watching anytime I see it on is That Thing You Do! But I love Toy Story, Money Pit, Big, Catch Me if You Can.
Glad to see multiple people mention Joe vs the Volcanoe. If I had to pick only one, that would be my vote. Fantastically weird movie.
Splash, Big, and the Money Pit are all vintage Hanks. Of his post-Philadelphia roles, I'd have to go with Cast Away or Catch me if You Can.
Wait, is anyone else realizing Tom Hanks is their favorite actor? Hell, I even like Sleepless in Seattle.
Splash, Big, and the Money Pit are all vintage Hanks. Of his post-Philadelphia roles, I'd have to go with Cast Away or Catch me if You Can.
Wait, is anyone else realizing Tom Hanks is their favorite actor? Hell, I even like Sleepless in Seattle.
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Catch Me if You Can followed by Forrest Gump.
I never really understood the appeal of Castaway and I think it's not fair that Cloud Atlas is not on that big ass list...
Well, at least someone mentioned it now.
I never really understood the appeal of Castaway and I think it's not fair that Cloud Atlas is not on that big ass list...
Well, at least someone mentioned it now.
catch me if you can because that film is so easily watchable. couple of other films that cross my mind are forrest gump and cast away.
Tough choice but I'd probably go with Saving Private Ryan.
Honorable mentions for: The Ladykillers (shamefully not in the OP nor in a reply yet), The Terminal, Captain Phillips, Forrest Gump, and Apollo 13.
Never actually watched Cast Away. I should do something about that.
Honorable mentions for: The Ladykillers (shamefully not in the OP nor in a reply yet), The Terminal, Captain Phillips, Forrest Gump, and Apollo 13.
Never actually watched Cast Away. I should do something about that.
