Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
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juliana - Feb 18, 2005 6:08:12 am PST #8838 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
msbelle - Feb 18, 2005 6:08:57 am PST #8839 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
P.M. Marc - Feb 18, 2005 6:10:24 am PST #8840 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
I think I have more dislike for Hanks than for Travolta, because he's taken more seriously by reviewers, and also because the annoying movies he stars in tend to be on the radar longer than Travoltas.
Also, I like Welcome Back Kotter better than Bosom Buddies.
P.M. Marc - Feb 18, 2005 6:12:54 am PST #8841 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
I think you've hit the nail on the head as to what bugs me about him.
I do like his comedies, in which he had just enough sincerity to give things heart, and just enough snark and smarm to keep it real.
Jessica - Feb 18, 2005 6:14:19 am PST #8842 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Have I found anyone who shares my acute dislike of Tom Hanks? Who speaks for me on post-comedy Hanks?
I'll join you in the Hanks-hater corner. All of his recent performances have been tooth-grindingly irritating for me.
Steph L. - Feb 18, 2005 6:18:46 am PST #8843 of 10002
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I'm not crazy about post-comedy Hanks.
His turn in Dragnet, though, was comedy GOLD.
It's almost like comedy!Hanks and post-comedy!Hanks are two different actors, like Hobbit!Dom and Lost!Dom.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 18, 2005 6:20:58 am PST #8844 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I liked him back in the Bosom Buddies/Bachelor Party/Big days, but I've hated him in every screen appearance since Forrest Gump.
Maybe he should only work on projects that start with a B?
DXMachina - Feb 18, 2005 6:23:03 am PST #8845 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I'll go stand by myself in the liking Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Julia Roberts corner.
Polter-Cow - Feb 18, 2005 6:23:43 am PST #8846 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
stands with DX
There. (I don't really have strong feelings for or against Meg Ryan, really. Haven't seen her in a whole lot.)
Scrappy - Feb 18, 2005 6:24:07 am PST #8847 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Wait, you think Travolta is smug onscreen, yet you like The ROCK? Now, I like both of them, but I think they have the same "check me out" vibe.