No, she was really special, KH.

Cast Away felt touching and inspirational. Or at least felt like it was trying to be. And Hanks' character may not have been "not that bright," but he was slowly going insane, which is similar somehow.

And his character in Catch Me If You Can was TOTALLY "not that bright" at least in the sense that he spent most of the movie being made a fool of. And the scenes between him and Leo were incredibly "touching and inspirational" - generally, I think the Tom Hanks portions of that movie were very much formulaic for him.

Being a bad person, I haven't seen Philadelphia.

I definitely think he's a typecast actor, though. I've seen him in Sleepless in Seattle, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Cast Away, You Got Mail Catch Me If You Can, as well as bits of Big, and I feel like I know exactly what a Tom Hanks movie is going to contain from these films.

Tobey is totally going to grow up to be the same thing.

I disagree, Nova--I think it's very hard to figure out where an actor's career is going to go. No one would have pegged early light-comedy-goofy-looking Tom Hanks to become a huge movie star. On the other hand, Treat Williams was supposed to be the next big thing in the 90s. If you had asked anyone who saw "Hair" they would have told you he was going to be HUGE. Then he kinda disappeared until playing the lead in a pleasant TV show.

Ha! It is hard, I agree. In fact, I'm gonna "What Scrappy Said" my own argument.

Still, Tobey seems like he COULD be moving in the same direction. Peter Parker, played by Tobey, feels exactly like that kid in Cider House Rules. Not that the characters are the same, at all really, just that they FEEL the same somehow.

I didn't see Seabiscuit, but it didn't look all that different, honestly.

(Note: This Is Not A Problem. I adore Tobey.)

Watched Ned Kelly. Orlando does have more range than I might have thought. No idea if he'll be called on to use it ever again.

I suppose that depends on what scripts he chose.

I just watched Fairy Tale: A True Story for the first time since I saw it in the theatre. I had no idea that Mel Gibson has that un-credited role of the dad of one of the two little girls.

I suppose that depends on what scripts he chose.

And which ones he gets chosen for.

How was Ned Kelly, apart from Orlando, ita? I liked the book a lot.

It was okay, I guess. I didn't get the sense that this was a national icon's story happening. I'm a big sucker for "this is the soul of our country!" stories (nearly lost it during Once Upon A Time In Mexico, for instance). I got none of that here.

So disappointing. It was just a story of a guy.

Watched Ned Kelly. Orlando does have more range than I might have thought. No idea if he'll be called on to use it ever again.

Huh. So, Ned Kelly wasn't terrible. But is his boxing movie ever coming out?