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Offline Chino

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Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« on: September 18, 2012, 10:01:36 AM »
What is your favorite Tom Hanks character and why? I'm not saying best Tom Hanks movie, he doesn't necessarily need to be the focal point.

1) The Lady Killers: When I saw this movie in theaters, it was nothing that I expected it to be. The movie was actually really enjoyable and funny. Tom Hank's character, Professor G.H. Dorr, was probably my favorite roll he has done. It was so different than anything else he has done, and it was a pleasure watching him perform as that character. His accent and the way he spoke blew me away. The lines he had to say, were so fast, long, and complex at times, it must has been a real bitch remembering them all.

2) The Terminal : Tome Hank's playing Viktor Nivorksi was awesome. While the movie itself wasn't amazing, his character was spot on. I fell in love with a guy (no homo) who barely knew English but still managed to make me smile.

3) Catch Me if You Can : Carl Hanratty was excellent. While not the main character in the movie, he was big enough for me to consider this a kind-of Tom Hanks movie. Again, another character with a cool accent.

I don't know why I made this thread. I'm getting really side tracked today in the library and started thinking about Tom Hanks.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 10:11:17 AM »
Ray Peterson (The Burbs)

Josh Baskin (Big)

Oh and that mildly retarded southern guy he played. 
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 10:17:33 AM »
Quote from: Ryzee on September 18, 2012, 10:11:17 AM
Ray Peterson (The Burbs)

Josh Baskin (Big)

Oh and that mildly retarded southern guy he played.

THIS.

Although, I'm not as big on Forrest Gump as most people.   But The Burbs and Big are two of my favorites.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2012, 10:26:23 AM »
Don't really have a favorite role, but Tom Hanks is a notorious mean drunk.  Considering his image, that just really cracks me up.  Try to picture the guy acting like a drunken asshole.   :lol
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2012, 10:33:23 AM »
Quote from: El Barto on September 18, 2012, 10:26:23 AM
Don't really have a favorite role, but Tom Hanks is a notorious mean drunk.  Considering his image, that just really cracks me up.  Try to picture the guy acting like a drunken asshole.   :lol

I picture Bill Murray being waayyy worse. Shit. Imagine the two of them getting in a drunken bar fight?!  :metal :corn
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2012, 10:35:12 AM »
I think he's amazing as Woody in the Toy Story movies.  Sure, it's just a voice, but the character is all him.

Josh Baskin in Big.  An adult playing a kid trying to be an adult.  Great role, great job.

Viktor Navorski in The Terminal.  You completely forget it's Tom Hanks and just see Viktor after a while.

I really liked the character of Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code, even though he was basically just Tom Hanks with cool hair.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2012, 10:38:03 AM »
I forgot the prison guard character in the Green Mile. That was another really good one.
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2012, 10:49:37 AM »
Definitely Josh in Big, I've always loved the scene when he tries to eat the little baby corn as if it were an actual corn cob. His acting is really just excellent throughout the entire film though.  :tup
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2012, 11:13:36 AM »
While I loved him as Josh in Big and the guard inGreen Mile, my favorite role of his would have to be as Jimmy Doogan in A League of Their Own, just awesome.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2012, 11:17:48 AM »
Quote from: Chino on September 18, 2012, 10:38:03 AM
I forgot the prison guard character in the Green Mile. That was another really good one.

I came in to post Paul Edgecombe. Frank Darabont talked about how, when he was writing the script, Tom Hanks’ voice kept saying in his head “I’m Paul Edgecombe, I’m Paul Edgecombe.” I also remember some idiot saying it was just Tom Hanks with a lame southern drawl. If that is all you get out of this performance, you need to have your head checked.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2012, 12:11:08 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on September 18, 2012, 11:13:36 AM
While I loved him as Josh in Big and the guard inGreen Mile, my favorite role of his would have to be as Jimmy Doogan in A League of Their Own, just awesome.

Exactly.  "There's no crying in baseball!!!"
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2012, 12:16:54 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on September 18, 2012, 11:13:36 AM
While I loved him as Josh in Big and the guard inGreen Mile, my favorite role of his would have to be as Jimmy Doogan in A League of Their Own, just awesome.

COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE :facepalm:

Jimmy Doogan: "Anyone ever tell you that you look like a penis with a little hat on?"
Umpire : "I heard that! You're outta here Jimmy!"
Jimmy Doogan: "You misunderstood me, YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME!!!"

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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2012, 02:16:31 PM »
Just watched Apollo 13 again last night.  He did a pretty damn good job in it  :tup
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2012, 02:47:51 PM »
Quote from: Chino on September 18, 2012, 12:16:54 PM
Quote from: lonestar on September 18, 2012, 11:13:36 AM
While I loved him as Josh in Big and the guard inGreen Mile, my favorite role of his would have to be as Jimmy Doogan in A League of Their Own, just awesome.

COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE :facepalm:

Jimmy Doogan: "Anyone ever tell you that you look like a penis with a little hat on?"
Umpire : "I heard that! You're outta here Jimmy!"
Jimmy Doogan: "You misunderstood me, YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME!!!"

 :rollin

" C'mon, God knows we got a game today!!! " :rollin
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2012, 02:53:36 PM »
The Conductor in The Polar Express...  :neverusethis:
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2012, 08:38:41 PM »
Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump
Chuck Nolan - Cast Away
Woody - Toy Story flicks
Ray Peterson - The 'Burbs (the sardine scene alone makes the movie a classic and Hanks nails the performance as a whole)
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« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2012, 08:58:52 PM »
no votes for Mr. Hanks classic performance in "Mazes and Monsters" eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AOd6r6Qi8
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2012, 12:17:47 AM »
Quote from: lonestar on September 18, 2012, 11:13:36 AM
While I loved him as Josh in Big and the guard inGreen Mile, my favorite role of his would have to be as Jimmy Doogan in A League of Their Own, just awesome.

Hard to pick against this, although his more serious roles in The Green Mile, Forrest Gump and Philadelphia are tough to top.

This says it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAsNtmlQJU

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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2012, 07:48:51 AM »
I  :heart Tom Hanks. However, I can't think of anything that hasn't already been posted!
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2012, 12:28:49 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on September 19, 2012, 12:17:47 AM
This says it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAsNtmlQJU

 :lol :lol :lol :lol

There's SO many good scenes in that movie, and that's definitely one of them. :lol
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2012, 12:35:00 PM »
Quote from: DebraKadabra on September 19, 2012, 12:28:49 PM
Quote from: KevShmev on September 19, 2012, 12:17:47 AM
This says it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAsNtmlQJU

 :lol :lol :lol :lol

There's SO many good scenes in that movie, and that's definitely one of them. :lol

That is easily the funniest scene of that entire movie.

I liked when they were chasing him around the bus and Dorris is screaming "May! May! Don't use my bat! Use Marla's, it's heaver!"   :rollin
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« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2012, 12:42:31 PM »
The Forrest Gump voice is first heard in A League of Their Own, too.  The scene were Dottie surprisingly shows up for the last game of the World Series, where Jimmy thinks he is talking to the new catcher and then Dottie stands up and makes him aware that she is there, at one point Jimmy points out that the new catcher is doing "pretty good," the way he says that line is totally the Forrest Gump voice.
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Re: Favorite Tom Hanks Characters
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2012, 01:24:51 PM »
Quote from: Chino on September 19, 2012, 12:35:00 PM
I liked when they were chasing him around the bus and Dorris is screaming "May! May! Don't use my bat! Use Marla's, it's heaver!"   :rollin

Ha, I like that scene too! :rollin

Quote from: KevShmev on September 19, 2012, 12:42:31 PM
The Forrest Gump voice is first heard in A League of Their Own, too.  The scene were Dottie surprisingly shows up for the last game of the World Series, where Jimmy thinks he is talking to the new catcher and then Dottie stands up and makes him aware that she is there, at one point Jimmy points out that the new catcher is doing "pretty good," the way he says that line is totally the Forrest Gump voice.

Hm - I'll have to keep my ears open for that the next time I watch it. :tup
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