Comments on: Hanks vs. Gutt

By: Tom Hanks Slips Up On Live Tv

Tom Hanks Slips Up On Live Tv — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:16:58 +0000

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:08:06 +0000

Turner and Hooch is a role tat most actors could not play. Anyone can play a dumb guy who goes through history, including Gutt.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:01:30 +0000

The ‘Burbs is a GREAT movies! I’m stunned at how this never gets discussed. I watch this movie at least 2-3 times a month.

My favorite Hanks movie!

By: Mauichuck

Mauichuck — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:33:23 +0000

What, a discussion of Tom Hanks movie career and no mention, in forty-some odd posts, of Saving Private Ryan? I can think of 3 or 4 other actors who wouldda been better in that role.

Hanks is just a little too Alan Alda-ish for my tastes – but he’s still been in some pretty good flicks. And, oh yeah, what about Cast Away? Kinda like that flick too.

And Joe, here’s another Cleveland-centric factoid. Hanks’ early career include a three year stint at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland. He would often go to the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium and watch the Kuiper/Manning/Ekersley era Tribe play second division ball. It appears he’s something of an officianado of bad Cleveland baseball – another plus.

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:46 +0000

I love YouTube… you may want to watch the whole Hanks interview in Parts 3 and 4 of the same show, but the Shafts are here in Part 5:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RhIh90HVY50

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:53:21 +0000

Forgot to mention, “Sleepless In Seattle” is a heaping pile of dung as far as I’m concerned, and it also commits the crime of obscuring viewer’s memories of “When Harry Met Sally”, a similar and vastly superior film. That said, the scene in “Sleepless” where Hanks leads a few male friends in a weepy recalling of the end of “The Dirty Dozen” is priceless. Doesn’t make the rest of this dreck worth sitting through, but taken by itself, it is a great scene.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:50:38 +0000

Another great Hollywood profile. Hanks’ career U-turn is truly epic, probably unrivaled in the history of film.

Another terrific Frank Marshall bit part of the same ilk you mentioned was in “Soapdish”, a reasonably amusing movie with a very amusing cast.

I think folks are a little hard on “Joe Vs. The Volcano”. It has a couple good moments, and any movie with Abe Vigoda as an aboriginal chief can’t be all bad. Meg was a total hottie in that flick, too.

By: Doctor Tom

Doctor Tom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:23:44 +0000

You underestimate the acting contributions of Hector Elizondo. Perhaps gruff but loving was exactly what those roles called for and he was the actor to deliver it.

To me, his role as hotel concierge is the definitive “gentleman” in every sense of the word.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:09:38 +0000

The Slappy White story on Letterman is one of the greatest stories ever told. “You’re bendin the shafts.” Has become the punch line to just about every joke my friends and I tell. It’s enough to get Hanks elected to the hall of fame.

Steve Guttenberg never told a story like that.

By: Butch

Butch — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:16:36 +0000

I must’ve seen Turner & Hooch at the right (or wrong) time because I think it’s pretty funny.

“Why he didn’t even break the skin! That dog LOVES you!”

It’s a great satire of the cop-buddy movies of the 1980s.

That said, it’s not like Tom Hanks writes or directs these movies. He just acts. Why blame him if he’s in a stinker of a movie? Especially in his early career, when he needed the work.

It’s like saying, “If Mark Teahen played in Fenway Park, he’d hit .320 with 50 doubles. He’s an idiot for playing in Kansas City.” Wait… Why blame Teahen?