Tom Hanks in "Big"

[willywonka666]

I cannot believe I've never watched this! It's on Tvland right now and I was just thinking about how great Tom Hanks is in comedies and this role seems perfect-because he gets to play an adult child-something that would be really nice if adults could remember to try and keep that quality in life.

So what does everyone think of this movie?

[Phosphor Glow]

I absolutely love that movie. Seriously, it's pretty high up in my list of truly great flicks. It's just a blast to watch him do his thing there, and it made Tom Hanks one of my favourite actors. It's just...it's brilliant.

[A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto)]

I'm watching it now. It's only like my 2nd time actually watching this.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

I love it, I absolutely love it!

[acressl]

Willy, I can't believe that. Big was a huge movie when I was little. Good old fashioned family stuff too. Anytime anyone happens to get Heart And Soul stuck in their head, it's generally that movie's fault. Bank on it.

[Claw died]

I love the s*** outta this movie!

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

Big is great.

[willywonka666]

Apr 6, 2008 20:36:48 GMT -5 @acressl said:

Willy, I can't believe that. Big was a huge movie when I was little. Good old fashioned family stuff too. Anytime anyone happens to get Heart And Soul stuck in their head, it's generally that movie's fault. Bank on it.

It's one of those rare things that slipped. Most of the time my family and I watched movies with SNL stars and those related to SNL, but after "The man With one red shoe" I don't think my Dad watched another Tom Hanks film

[acressl]

Apr 6, 2008 20:49:43 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

Apr 6, 2008 20:36:48 GMT -5 @acressl said:

Willy, I can't believe that. Big was a huge movie when I was little. Good old fashioned family stuff too. Anytime anyone happens to get Heart And Soul stuck in their head, it's generally that movie's fault. Bank on it.

It's one of those rare things that slipped. Most of the time my family and I watched movies with SNL stars and those related to SNL, but after "The man With one red shoe" I don't think my Dad watched another Tom Hanks film

Your dad wrote off Tom Hanks? America's cinderella, Tom Hanks? That movie must suck. I've never seen it. Everyone in the free world has those movies they've not seen..
WHAT!!?
You've never seen _________!?
There's just too many of them. Me, I've stared into many an emotionless box in my day.

[Crappler El 0 M]

It is a great flick. It was the first film role for which Tom Hanks was nominated for an Academy Award, in case that trivia question is ever thrown at you (for some reason many people didn't think he was nominated for an Oscar until he won for Philadelphia).

[Kevin Hamilton]

I liked it, it actually has never been one of my favorites, but yeah Hanks definitely showed he had acting chops in this he'd really hone later on.

[willywonka666]

Apr 6, 2008 20:54:56 GMT -5 @acressl said:

Apr 6, 2008 20:49:43 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

It's one of those rare things that slipped. Most of the time my family and I watched movies with SNL stars and those related to SNL, but after "The man With one red shoe" I don't think my Dad watched another Tom Hanks film

Your dad wrote off Tom Hanks? America's cinderella, Tom Hanks? That movie must suck. I've never seen it. Everyone in the free world has those movies they've not seen..
WHAT!!?
You've never seen _________!?
There's just too many of them. Me, I've stared into many an emotionless box in my day.

We only saw like 5 minutes. I didn't understand why he thought it sucked either. I'm gonna buy Big on dvd pronto! And I'm gonna look in to what The man with one red shoe is about too

[Milkman Norm]

Great movie. I've always wondered though what happened to his red head friend. That kid shows up in Terminator 2 but I never saw him after that. To bad because he had the look of a new Danny Bonaduce. Come to think of that might not be a good thing. But seriously anyone what happened to that guy?

[>(straightedgepunk)<]

Big is definately a classic. It's amazing this movie escaped from you as it was pretty big (no pun intended) at the time. Great Tom Hanks flick. One of my favourite films of his.

[willywonka666]

I read about the alternate ending-Sounded great-can't believe it didn't test well.

Anyone got the special edition dvd? Whats on it?

[Annette]

I can barely remember anything about it besides a giant piano, but I do remember feeling good about it.

[Stu]

Big is generally considered a popular film. Unfortunately, it kinda gets overshadowed amongst Hank's other great movies, such as Forest Gump and Philadelphia.

[willywonka666]

Apr 6, 2008 21:16:03 GMT -5 Stu said:

Big is generally considered a popular film. Unfortunately, it kinda gets overshadowed amongst Hank's other great movies, such as Forest Gump and Philadelphia.

I've never been one to go for anything because it was popular, but God I love this film. I haven't seen Forest gump either, but I've truly never been interested. As for missing out on big the first time, it probably also had something to do with the fact that I was more into tv shows than movies at the time.

[erisi236]

Thanks to Big I learned that you can go from living in a sleazy hotel and having a dead end job to living the high life and being at the top of a huge corporation in the manner of weeks just by having no real job skills and acting like a kid.

[G✇JI☈A]

Apr 6, 2008 21:07:54 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

Great movie. I've always wondered though what happened to his red head friend. That kid shows up in Terminator 2 but I never saw him after that. To bad because he had the look of a new Danny Bonaduce. Come to think of that might not be a good thing. But seriously anyone what happened to that guy?

Jared Rushton

According to imdb he was not in Terminator 2. The only two things of note he did post Big was 'Honey I Shrunk The Kids' and 'Pet Sematary II' (In which his head explodes near the end).