3 Cheers in the Anti-Gump section. I disliked Gump mostly cause The Shawshank Redemption, a much better film, was denied the Oscar. Pulp Fiction is great too, I just knew the Academy wouldn't recognize it for anything more than the script. Film wise Q is a hack. Entertaining, but still a hack.
I've grown to accept that Tom Hanks is a good actor, even if Bachelor Party and Bosom Buddies was not his best work, but I could never get over my distaste for Gump. Gump made America feel comfortable with it's familar settings and soundtrack but that didn't make it well made film. It was commerical crap. Which is fine, but not at the Oscars.
3 Cheers in the Anti-Gump section. I disliked Gump mostly cause The Shawshank Redemption, a much better film, was denied the Oscar. Pulp Fiction is great too, I just knew the Academy wouldn't recognize it for anything more than the script. Film wise Q is a hack. Entertaining, but still a hack.
I've grown to accept that Tom Hanks is a good actor, even if Bachelor Party and Bosom Buddies was not his best work, but I could never get over my distaste for Gump. Gump made America feel comfortable with it's familar settings and soundtrack but that didn't make it well made film. It was commerical crap. Which is fine, but not at the Oscars.