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It's Road to Perdition for me.
Just epic. Paul Newman is just sublime too.
Show some conviction, not a top three.
Just one, your fave Tom Hanks film.
Big
Apollo 13
Philadelphia all day long
Road To Perdition is a fantastic film and I'd say Hanks best role as it's so different to his usual type of role. He played the part fantastically. Special mention to the soundtrack from Thomas Newman which is one of my all time favourites. Bizarrely it's a film that almost seems to be forgotten. Rarely hear it mentioned nowadays.
Catch Me If You Can is up there too. I've also got a very soft spot for Dragnet😂
Turner and Hooch
It was that or Saving Private Ryan, or Castaway for me. But Road to Perdition swings it.
As above but Saving Private Ryan was hailed by people who actually landed on Dday as being pretty true to what it was really like.
Big. Although is a bit creepy now watching as an adult. But this seems to be standard when watching 80's films.
Big
Saving Private Ryan - the only one of his films I can actually watch. Awful actor.
Saving Private Ryan for the affinity I have when he tells Tom Sizemore to "shut the hell up" as he questions his plans.
I empathise with some of the nobs at work.
Big
He is responsible for one of the worst films I've ever watched, Joe Versus The Volcano. I get angry just thinking about it
SPR and The Money Pit. And Splash. And Castaway. Apollo 13 was awesome, as was Big. And Forrest Gump.
Money Pit.
EDIT: **** 3 minutes 😂
The burbs, absolutely the pinnacle of his career
Saving Private Ryan – the only one of his films I can actually watch. Awful actor.
He's not awful, he's mediocre. If you see his name on a billboard, you know it's a safe choice. It won't be a great movie, but it won't be terrible. Any competent actor could play his roles, but he's a safe choice for producers and directors.
Contrast that with Nic Cage. His movies tend to be either brilliant or utterly heinous, not much in between, never boring like Tom Hanks. When you decide to watch a Nic Cage movie, you are always taking a gamble.
Edit. I forgot about Green Mile. Utterly awful movie. I saw it in Hong Kong on a stopover. Every time I've been back to Hong Kong, I've remembered that and wondered if I can go and demand my money back on that movie ticket.
Never understood the hatred for The Green Mile. Is it the religious connotations?
Hanks is a throwback actor. Feels like someone from the old Hollywood system. A modern day James Stewart, Cary Grant etc where he essentially plays the same character in every film.
Yes, I often get Forrest Gump and Captain Miller mixed up. 🙂
Never understood the hatred for The Green Mile. Is it the religious connotations?
Everything about it sucked.
Just one, your fave Tom Hanks film.
Miracle on the Hudson.
Miracle on the Hudson.
Nah. Plot is too unbelievable.
The Polar Express
Surely toy story…
Tom hanks without actually having to watch Tom hanks
Surely toy story…
Tom hanks without actually having to watch Tom hanks
True, he was a bit wooden though.
True, he was a bit wooden though.
I never really got what all the buzz was about.
Animation wise it changed the game, light years ahead of the competition.
Captain Phillips.
Still not seen Forest Gump. Really struggle with serious/emotional Hollywood films just feel fake and manipulative.
Bridge of Spies
Still not seen Forest Gump.
Don't. It's lame.
Toy Story. Could anyone else really do justice to Woody?
I had to look up a list of his films to see if I’d actually seen one of his and as a result Toy story narrowly beats Catch me if you can, being the only two I’ve watched.
Never understood the hatred for The Green Mile. Is it the religious connotations?
The awful racism? That swings it for most people I know.
Apollo 13 is not a terrible movie
Bachelor Party.
Rather liked the recent Elvis film, not necessarily because of Hanks’ performance but thought it was just a good piece of cinema.
Bachelor Party.
Yep, he should have retired right there and then.
Bachelor Party
Yep, the pinnacle of his career, it’s been downhill ever since. 😂
Splash. Absolutely an underrated classic.
Everything about it sucked.
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Castaway for me. Even if it is a two-hour DHL ad. And that one with Dicaprio. Philadelphia too I guess.
Dammit! Just reread the brief. Ok, Castaway cos I love the Robinson Crusoe vibe. Do I win five pounds?
Splash.
Don't compare him to Cary Grant tho FFS.
Philadelphia. Followed by miracle on the Hudson. Both had something to say.
I love Tom Hanks and his acting.
Big is probably my favourite as I was 12 when it came out. Road to Perdition is excellent. Apollo 13 and That Thing You Do are both amazing too.