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What is your favorite Tom Hanks movie?
- Thread starter Bor Gullet
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Oh my god, The Burbs easily. I grew up watching that movie, it was such perfect family fare (for the most part), and my brother and I still quote it ad nauseam. I even had to make my boyfriend watch it so he could understand the references.
Cast Away
Fuck that movie gets me every time at the end. The emotions on display are so bittersweet, tragic, heartbreaking and hopeful. That monologue at the end that Hanks delivers is some of his best work by far:
"We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
Just, take all my tears, man. Fucking take them.
I actually think the film is Zemeckis' masterpiece. Dude peaked with that film.
Fuck that movie gets me every time at the end. The emotions on display are so bittersweet, tragic, heartbreaking and hopeful. That monologue at the end that Hanks delivers is some of his best work by far:
"We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
Just, take all my tears, man. Fucking take them.
I actually think the film is Zemeckis' masterpiece. Dude peaked with that film.
so which type of fan are you if you like cast away? listed in both categories :P
My girlfriend made me watch the Burbs a few weeks ago. It's great. The kind of family friendly movie with great actors that doesn't get made really anymore.
Same goes for Turner and Hooch. (the movie that made we rescue a Mastiff breed, here we are 6 years later)
This scene would have been great if he didn't sound so fucking goofy when he spoke. When he says okay, the line about his family and thank you, it sounds so fucking bad.
It's great as it is. Nothing goofy about it. It's a man on the verge of breaking down and his slurred speech reflects that.
Apollo 13 is my favourite film starring Tom Hanks. It might not be his best movie, but it's my most cherished film of his.
This is tough to answer. I don't think I could even nail down a top ten. Gun to my head I would have to say Apollo 13. I have seen it countless times, and the reentry scene still manages to be tense.
Charlie Wilson's War and Road to Perdition are his most underrated.
Sully might be his most underrated performance.
Charlie Wilson's War and Road to Perdition are his most underrated.
Sully might be his most underrated performance.
The one I go to the most... The Burbs.
Just saw a few days ago that a Shout Select Blu-ray is coming out in a few months. Really excited for that.
Just saw a few days ago that a Shout Select Blu-ray is coming out in a few months. Really excited for that.
I just finished watching Cast Away. I hadn't seen it since it first hit VHS and my Mom rented it for me. I think my parents went to see it when it came out.
I feel pretty similarly now to how I did then: It's a good movie, but it's not GREAT. It's not up there with some of his best.
Something is missing. Maybe not enough time spent on the island, maybe just not enough development there. But it was a big talking point at the time because of the subject and, of course, Wilson, not to mention Hanks himself.
I feel pretty similarly now to how I did then: It's a good movie, but it's not GREAT. It's not up there with some of his best.
Something is missing. Maybe not enough time spent on the island, maybe just not enough development there. But it was a big talking point at the time because of the subject and, of course, Wilson, not to mention Hanks himself.
Forrest Gump is a mainstay for myself, personally, but I am very partial to The Road To Perdition. Catch Me If You Can is fantastic, but I firmly consider that a DiCaprio film, another great actor.
Castaway bored to fuck out of me. Wilson should have been the Swiss Army Man. That would have been magical.
Castaway bored to fuck out of me. Wilson should have been the Swiss Army Man. That would have been magical.
Toy Story, Big, Catch me If You Can and Forrest Gump. I mean, he's great in everything.
Also, growing up, Woody informed my sense of humor and, really, my whole damn personality. So I have a fond attachment to that character.
Also, growing up, Woody informed my sense of humor and, really, my whole damn personality. So I have a fond attachment to that character.
Catch Me if You Can is a really underappreciated movie. People don't talk about it enough, nor did they when it came out. I didn't see it until I bought it on DVD, maybe even used, but was very impressed with it.