POLL- THE WEAKEST LINK: TOM HANKS FILMS - ROUND 4

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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,363
    Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    I think something often overlooked in Cast Away is that even if it isn't the best movie, it is still a movie with essentially 1 character that still manages to keep your attention the entire movie. Much like The Revenant. Not any actor can achieve that.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    darwinstheory said:
    I think something often overlooked in Cast Away is that even if it isn't the best movie, it is still a movie with essentially 1 character that still manages to keep your attention the entire movie. Much like The Revenant. Not any actor can achieve that.

    Great point. 
    As for which Hanks movie is "best", that's such a tough call, of course.  One of a number things that puts Castaway at or so near the top for me is the work Hanks out into preparing for the role, both physically and gaining survival knowledge and skills.  The extras on the DVD reveal a lot of that work.
    As does this:
    7 Of The Best Hollywood Body Transformations
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,426
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    brianlux said:
    darwinstheory said:
    I think something often overlooked in Cast Away is that even if it isn't the best movie, it is still a movie with essentially 1 character that still manages to keep your attention the entire movie. Much like The Revenant. Not any actor can achieve that.

    Great point. 
    As for which Hanks movie is "best", that's such a tough call, of course.  One of a number things that puts Castaway at or so near the top for me is the work Hanks out into preparing for the role, both physically and gaining survival knowledge and skills.  The extras on the DVD reveal a lot of that work.
    As does this:
    7 Of The Best Hollywood Body Transformations

    you dont even want to know what he did to prep for Philadelphia
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,385
    Cast Away (2000)
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    darwinstheory said:
    I think something often overlooked in Cast Away is that even if it isn't the best movie, it is still a movie with essentially 1 character that still manages to keep your attention the entire movie. Much like The Revenant. Not any actor can achieve that.

    Great point. 
    As for which Hanks movie is "best", that's such a tough call, of course.  One of a number things that puts Castaway at or so near the top for me is the work Hanks out into preparing for the role, both physically and gaining survival knowledge and skills.  The extras on the DVD reveal a lot of that work.
    As does this:
    7 Of The Best Hollywood Body Transformations

    you dont even want to know what he did to prep for Philadelphia
    I spit out my damn coffee, lol...
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Forrest Gump (1994) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) have been eliminated in Round 4.
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