How about the classic Hanks/Ryan film, Joe versus the Volcano ? I love that one.

Love that.

There are so many exceptions. Costner is great in Bull Durham. Carrey is very good in Eternal Sunshine.

Loved Mel in Year of Living Dangerously and Mad Max and Road Warrior.

Michael Douglas was excellent in Wonderboys.

Really liked Sandra Bullock in Speed and even Demolition Man.

I've got no problems with Meg Ryan at all. Especially liked her in Addicted to Love.

I liked a lot of Tom Hanks early movies, and his appearances on Letterman. Chris Rock said Hanks could've been the best stand-up of his generation if that's the career path he'd taken. I don't know about that, but I've got to give some credence to that assessment. Hanks was very very funny in his Letterman appearances. Very quick. Incredible timing.

Bull Durham= Beautifully written, great characters throughout, kick-ass female character who doesn not punished for expressing her sexuality, nice mixture of poetry and reality, terrific dialogue, truly brings us into the world of baseball and makes us see what these folk love about it.

What do people see in Bull Durham, exactly?

Can't tell ya. You and I are of one mind re: this movie. DF wanted to watch it the other night, and I couldn't say no. Two hours never crawled by so slowly in my life.

Two hours never crawled by so slowly in my life.

You are DEAD TO ME. Here, take your Dirty Dancing tape and go sit in the corner.

Catherine Zeta-Jones annoys me. Nothing I can put my finger on but she's annoys me all the same.

To be fair, that was before "Dude, where's my car?" was released.

Heh -- fair point.

Granted, Bull Durham is not The Apple.

Well, nothing is better than The Apple. That one's in a category all its own.

Two hours never crawled by so slowly in my life.

My feelings exactly. I never once cared about how much sex or baseball any of these people were having.

I dislike her a lot--but then I adored her in Chicago.

That was defineitely a case of a good surprise,

I love the fact that all of David's Mel Gibson movie loves came out before I was out of junior high. I think there should be a statue of limitations for giving people a pass.

CZJ falls into the "reads her own press" category for me. Kinda like Sharon Stone. I don't care if she's a genius, and effortless with the style. I hate that it seems to be just on the tip of her tongue all the time.

I can't remember the last time I saw a Stone movie without the explicit intent of hating on her.

I'm on hold with Blue Cross about a prescription benefit, hoping that the fact that the hold music has gone silent doesn't mean that I've been disconnected again -- I think they're having trouble with their phone system. Sigh.