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POLL- THE WEAKEST LINK: TOM HANKS FILMS - ROUND 3

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Now on the ROUND 3 of the 'WEAKEST LINK'. I decided to go with some of my favorite Tom Hanks films. Pick the film that you think is the WEAKEST LINK from the ones provided.  I do know he has been in MANY good movies, I just picked some of my favorite films to include in the list. Again, thanks to everyone who plays.

Now to the 3rd Round to determine the BEST of these TOM HANKS films.

You are going to pick the film that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) movie with the most votes. We will then move on to ROUND 4.

Big (1988)
A League of Their Own (1992) - Eliminated Round 2
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Eliminated Round 1
Philadelphia (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Road to Perdition (2002) - Eliminated Round 2
Cast Away (2000)
The Terminal (2004) - Eliminated Round 1

POLL- THE WEAKEST LINK: TOM HANKS FILMS - ROUND 3 32 votes

Big (1988)
25%
darwinstheorymcgruff10Ledbetterman10cutzmickeyratGern BlanstenSmallestOceansMeltdown99 8 votes
Philadelphia (1993)
9%
JimmyVHesCalledDyerbbiggs 3 votes
Forrest Gump (1994)
15%
hedonisterebuseeriepadavebrianluxF Me In The Brain 5 votes
Apollo 13 (1995)
21%
pjhawksGlowGirlBLACK35eddiecHobbes1ThoughtKnownPurple Fairy Tree 7 votes
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
15%
PoncierdankindPapOffSheGoes35Matts3221 5 votes
Cast Away (2000)
12%
GibsongoldrushJohnny Abruzzotempo_n_groove 4 votes
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,570
    Cast Away (2000)
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,403
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Tom Cruise?

    Oh wait you said openly


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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,570
    Cast Away (2000)
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Tom Cruise?

    Oh wait you said openly


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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,684
    edited September 2021
    Apollo 13 (1995)
    I'm choosing not by how good the movie is but Hanks' performance in it.  I thought he was just ok in Apollo 13 and the worse of him in the films left.
  • JojoRiceJojoRice Kennesaw, GA Posts: 4,398
    Think I might pass from here on out.  Too close to call for me.  
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  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    JojoRice said:
    Think I might pass from here on out.  Too close to call for me.  
    I was just thinking that! Never watched Philadelphia but I know it’s good and I love the rest. I’m out, it’s too hard
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,570
    Cast Away (2000)
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,600
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    So you mean an openly gay American movie star?

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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    F Me In The Brain said:
    So you mean an openly gay American movie star?

    Yeah, he must. I worked heavily in the theatre in the 1990s, and nearly every actor I worked with was gay, openly, in Florida!

    So he must mean movie star.

    Also, I'm not mad at anyone; I was just pointing something out.

    I mean, Sean Penn is a dick for so many other reasons, but I'm not mad at him.

    Both actors are good at their craft.

    I'll say that Penn is a little better, in my opinion. I don't know how to explain it well. But, to me, there's always a piece of Tom Hanks in any Tom Hanks performance, whereas I forget I'm even watching Sean Penn during his performances. He's better at becoming the role.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 41,998
    Big (1988)
    dankind said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    So you mean an openly gay American movie star?

    Yeah, he must. I worked heavily in the theatre in the 1990s, and nearly every actor I worked with was gay, openly, in Florida!

    So he must mean movie star.

    Also, I'm not mad at anyone; I was just pointing something out.

    I mean, Sean Penn is a dick for so many other reasons, but I'm not mad at him.

    Both actors are good at their craft.

    I'll say that Penn is a little better, in my opinion. I don't know how to explain it well. But, to me, there's always a piece of Tom Hanks in any Tom Hanks performance, whereas I forget I'm even watching Sean Penn during his performances. He's better at becoming the role.

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  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
    You're such a pain in the ass. Now I have to find an openly gay American movie star from 1993, because I know there has to be one. I know he's a piece of crap now, but what about Kevin Spacey?
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    He made Glengarry Glen Ross in 1992. That made him a little more high profile.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    Nathan Goddamn Lane, people!
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    edited September 2021
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    Harvey Motherfucking Fierstein!
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,770
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    I don't hate Forest Gump but I also don't get the love for it.  I will say though, I think it's one of (if not the) best performances by Gary Sinise.
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  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    Wasn't his lover Antonio Banderas in the movie? I don't think Harvey Motherfucking Fierstein could land Antonio Banderas.
  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    edited September 2021
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
    You're such a pain in the ass. Now I have to find an openly gay American movie star from 1993, because I know there has to be one. I know he's a piece of crap now, but what about Kevin Spacey?
    Rupert Everett (ok, English)
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    We'll just go with Nathan Lane. Antonio would hit that. Thank you, dankind.
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    JPPJ84 said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
    You're such a pain in the ass. Now I have to find an openly gay American movie star from 1993, because I know there has to be one. I know he's a piece of crap now, but what about Kevin Spacey?
    Rupert Everett (ok, English)
    Good choice! I forgot about Rupert.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Wasn't his lover Antonio Banderas in the movie? I don't think Harvey Motherfucking Fierstein could land Antonio Banderas.
    :lol:
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,600
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    hedonist said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Wasn't his lover Antonio Banderas in the movie? I don't think Harvey Motherfucking Fierstein could land Antonio Banderas.
    :lol:
    I also laughed at that!

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  • HobbesHobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,433
    Apollo 13 (1995)
    dankind said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    So you mean an openly gay American movie star?

    Yeah, he must. I worked heavily in the theatre in the 1990s, and nearly every actor I worked with was gay, openly, in Florida!

    So he must mean movie star.

    Also, I'm not mad at anyone; I was just pointing something out.

    I mean, Sean Penn is a dick for so many other reasons, but I'm not mad at him.

    Both actors are good at their craft.

    I'll say that Penn is a little better, in my opinion. I don't know how to explain it well. But, to me, there's always a piece of Tom Hanks in any Tom Hanks performance, whereas I forget I'm even watching Sean Penn during his performances. He's better at becoming the role.
    Filmmaker says, "I want Tom Hanks." They go get Tom Hanks. Filmmaker says, "I want Harvey Milk." They go get Sean Penn.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,570
    Cast Away (2000)
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
    You're such a pain in the ass. Now I have to find an openly gay American movie star from 1993, because I know there has to be one. I know he's a piece of crap now, but what about Kevin Spacey?
    lol, No on Spacey.  He is good but wouldn't have delivered it and didn't come out until the Me Too movement.

    WTF is Rupert Everett?
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,570
    Cast Away (2000)
    OffSheGoes35 said:

    Dolph Lundgren?
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    Can you imagine Philadelphia starring Dolph Lundgren?
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    The Boss singing in the background?
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,516
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    @dankind what openly gay actor could have been in Philadelphia in 1993?  I guess you're mad at Sean Penn for playing Harvey Milk then too?
    Sir Ian McKellen, of course 
    He would not have made this movie the big deal that it was.  I didn't even know he was acting back then?
    You're such a pain in the ass. Now I have to find an openly gay American movie star from 1993, because I know there has to be one. I know he's a piece of crap now, but what about Kevin Spacey?
    lol, No on Spacey.  He is good but wouldn't have delivered it and didn't come out until the Me Too movement.

    WTF is Rupert Everett?
    You win. I can't think of a suitable replacement for Tom Hanks. 
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    OffSheGoes35 said:

    God, I hate shots like that.

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