I thought he was a spot on Forest Gump.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

You know - quite frankly - I don't see why people think Tom Hanks is that great. I remember him when he first came on the scene in "Bosom Buddies". He was moderately amusing, but no more so than Peter Scolari was. He did some bit parts in Family Ties, and did that lousy D&D TV movie "Mazes & Monsters". He did nothing exceptional.
Then he went on to do crappy comedies like Money Pit, Dragnet, Bachelor Party, and Joe Vs. The Volcano. He wasn't very good in any of them. His acting in these shows was one-note. Swap Hanks in Splash with Hanks in Money Pit and there is no difference. He was servicable, but he wasn't that great.
But I think "Big" for some reason started making people think he was a good actor. In the 90s, studios were always trying to turn comedians into "serious" actors. Robin Williams tried it with Patch Adams and Good Morning Vietnam. Jim Carrey tried with "Truman Show", et al. With Hanks, it was A League of Thier Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Forest Gump, and Philadelphia. I see very little difference between "80's Hanks" and "90's Hanks". He isn't a better actor than he was way back in "Mazes & Monsters". He's still the same old one-note Tom Hanks. He just has a better movie. You could take a potted plant and stick it in Forest Gump and get the same result. Some of his performances like in Polar Express and Angels & Demons are cringe-worthy.
So I don't see why Tim Allen has to take the shot here. He's shown at least as much acting "ability" as Tom Hanks. Hanks just got lucky and happened to end up getting better roles and more credit than he deserves.

Forrest Gump may be a cliche now, but his performance in it was great. He was great in Philadelphia and The Green Mile as well. For pure strength of acting, I think you've got to go with Cast Away. Not many actors can carry a movie all by themselves with only a volleyball to interact with. If you want a role that really steps out of the norm, try The Ladykillers.

Hanks may not be one of those guys who completely transforms himself for a role, but I still think he's solid. Tim Allen has never acted, to my knowledge. He plays himself in all his roles.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

You know - quite frankly - I don't see why people think Tom Hanks is that great. I remember him when he first came on the scene in "Bosom Buddies". He was moderately amusing, but no more so than Peter Scolari was. He did some bit parts in Family Ties, and did that lousy D&D TV movie "Mazes & Monsters". He did nothing exceptional.
Then he went on to do crappy comedies like Money Pit, Dragnet, Bachelor Party, and Joe Vs. The Volcano. He wasn't very good in any of them. His acting in these shows was one-note. Swap Hanks in Splash with Hanks in Money Pit and there is no difference. He was servicable, but he wasn't that great.
But I think "Big" for some reason started making people think he was a good actor. In the 90s, studios were always trying to turn comedians into "serious" actors. Robin Williams tried it with Patch Adams and Good Morning Vietnam. Jim Carrey tried with "Truman Show", et al. With Hanks, it was A League of Thier Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Forest Gump, and Philadelphia. I see very little difference between "80's Hanks" and "90's Hanks". He isn't a better actor than he was way back in "Mazes & Monsters". He's still the same old one-note Tom Hanks. He just has a better movie. You could take a potted plant and stick it in Forest Gump and get the same result. Some of his performances like in Polar Express and Angels & Demons are cringe-worthy.
So I don't see why Tim Allen has to take the shot here. He's shown at least as much acting "ability" as Tom Hanks. Hanks just got lucky and happened to end up getting better roles and more credit than he deserves.


Also, Tim Allen's a crackhead.

You know - quite frankly - I don't see why people think Tom Hanks is that great. I remember him when he first came on the scene in "Bosom Buddies". He was moderately amusing, but no more so than Peter Scolari was. He did some bit parts in Family Ties, and did that lousy D&D TV movie "Mazes & Monsters". He did nothing exceptional.

Then he went on to do crappy comedies like Money Pit, Dragnet, Bachelor Party, and Joe Vs. The Volcano. He wasn't very good in any of them. His acting in these shows was one-note. Swap Hanks in Splash with Hanks in Money Pit and there is no difference. He was servicable, but he wasn't that great.

But I think "Big" for some reason started making people think he was a good actor. In the 90s, studios were always trying to turn comedians into "serious" actors. Robin Williams tried it with Patch Adams and Good Morning Vietnam. Jim Carrey tried with "Truman Show", et al. With Hanks, it was A League of Thier Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Forest Gump, and Philadelphia. I see very little difference between "80's Hanks" and "90's Hanks". He isn't a better actor than he was way back in "Mazes & Monsters". He's still the same old one-note Tom Hanks. He just has a better movie. You could take a potted plant and stick it in Forest Gump and get the same result. Some of his performances like in Polar Express and Angels & Demons are cringe-worthy.

So I don't see why Tim Allen has to take the shot here. He's shown at least as much acting "ability" as Tom Hanks. Hanks just got lucky and happened to end up getting better roles and more credit than he deserves.

wow there are some strange celebrity choices in there...

bud bundy? kid actor from forest gump? norm? theo?

and how come huey lewis just used the paul mcartney vocals?

I thought it would be good to record his words here to better chronicle his agenda:
(I apologize that there where some parts I simply could not make out, but this is as close as I could muster)

"I'm Basil Marceaux.com the repulbican candidate for governer.

I like to recall all permits and registration for guns

EVERYONECANCARRYGUNS YOU KILL SOMEONE Y'KNOW, YOU GET MURDERED, YOU GO JAIL.

And uh, I like to put ....plant grass or vegetation a-across the state 'r any vacant lot and sell it for gas, so we can use it, use it for our expensise.

Also I'm gonna remove all gold fringed flags (?) from the state and plant a real flag, with three stripes!

I also want to stop traffic stops. Set it up like the supreme court ruled in Roe (???) vs Iowa: Can't find evinence'n car, you can't look!

I wants you's alls to vote for Basil Marceaux (This time referring to himself not as a website).

I wants you to say pledgaleejance to a Repulicandom in the morning, when you come out.

And we all pray to God. Aye and say 'amen' ..and everyone.. Have a nice day (quoting a modern classic, Forest Gump. Well played).

And I see you all at the polls. Thank you, have a nice day." (again!)

[I'm convinced his whole campaign is an Alternate Reality Game, btw]

Hello, I'm Forest, Forest Gump

Like this!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Forest-Gump-in-one-minute-in-one-take

http://www.videosift.com/video/Kill-Bill-in-one-minute-in-one-take

>> ^MaxWilder:
Oh my god! It's amazing how much trouble some people will go through to give me one little chuckle.


Yup, but the Youtube video has had over 1 million views, that's a lot of little chuckles.

See also http://www.videosift.com/video/Forest-Gump-in-one-minute-in-one-take

Tags for this video have been changed from 'forest gump, condensed, reenactment' to 'forrest gump, condensed, reenactment' - edited by calvados

yeah, driving home after seeing it I was describing the film to a friend on the phone and realized it was basically Forest Gump but more depressing... a lot of moments where somebody tells Button a poetic and prophetic piece of advice to live your life by in 30 words or less, like people just do that all the time.

I would upvote dghandhi's comment twice if I could.
My family and I have a special thing with traditions...
Christmas is a "biggie".
My father was a Baptist missionary, so I grew up with him hating that Christmas was "pagan" and that my mother bought us tons of gifts and made exciting memories for us with "Santa Claus" anyway. (He never stopped her, just resented it...lesson learned. )
When my children were very little, and I had recently divorced my abusive husband, I decided that transparency in life with all people in all things was the key to my being happy, and I told them I was agnostic.
We didn't speak for two years. That included gifts, even for the grandchildren, when that had been a highlight of the years for so long.
We made up on the third christmas. I drove 2,000 miles to be with my family...partly because deeply engrained emotional connections are powerful, and partly because they had expressed an interest in accepting me.
That year, my father gave me a harp and we've been tight ever since. The gift expressed so much that words could never say, tied to so many concepts/dreams/attempts throughout the years growing up in his household that all was resolved with a thoughful outreach like that, and he knew it. There were tears. (Good ones!)
I now believe that all gifts should be that powerful, and that if none such possibility exists, any token of "hey I think you are a big enough part of my life to notice you at this busy time of the year" is good, even if it's a card. This year I sent plants to all the people who relentlesly send my family and children gifts despite my ignoring them every year with the exception of a "thank you" card afterwords.
I so sincerely enjoyed my childhood that I have made an attempt to make my children's equally as magic. I have made a santa event happen every year except this one, when they would rather me be honest with them and they appreciate me giving them the gifts more than an imaginary, detached man. They love me for doing that for them, much as I love my mother for doing that for me and my siblings.
All in all, I think christmas is a great excuse to make a memory, which most people need due to lack of motivation for making their own momentous events on a day-to-day basis.
Of course I hate commercialism. Of course I hate religions. That's other people's problems, though...I just take advantage of what I perceive as the best in everything for my own (and my children's) benefit.
It's all gooooooooood in the end, and "that's all I have to say about that", as Forest Gump would say.

I kept looking for parody on there somewhere because it's hard to believe this is real. I especially loved McCain & the cross...becuase Obama has probably gone to church more than him.

I think some people may be getting populism confused with communism and in turn confusing with socialism/fascism. I would say there has never been a national-level communist government in modern history. I see the "communist" governments like Cuba and Russia as little more than dictators that promised all kinds of fun stuff to get the people behind them and then skimped on the delivery. I think it's too hard for people to give up power once they have it. Or something like that...I'm basically two steps above Forest Gump, so don't dwell on my words too long.

Forest Gump quoting FTW!!! "thats all I have to say about that"