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Big on Reel 13
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"I got on my soapbox last week about Reel 13 Classics airing films from the 80's, so I'll spare you that this time and focus on the film itself. If BIG is considered to be a successful film and a "classic", it is so because of one reason – the charm and performance of Tom Hanks. Nothing else about the film is very resonant or appealing, but Hanks is good enough to almost hypnotize an audience to ignore or forget about its flaws.The film doesn't really get started until Hanks appears as a child who wakes up one morning as an adult (but with the mind of a child). You get the sense that director Penny Marshall knew this as well. She wastes no time getting the film to the change (the first act is only ten minutes long). There is very little exposition about the main character of Josh and his need to be "big" is flimsy, at best (my guess is that much of this was discarded in the editing room). Once Hanks is at the center of things, the film chooses to focus on him being funny and g ... "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Fantasy
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"As with Moonstruck's appearance on the romantic comedy list, I found myself charmed by many of the selections on the fantasy list, even where I may not have made the choice myself. I was particularly happy to see Groundhog Day (1993) on this Top 10, but, like a number of other films here, the more I thought about the idea of “fantasy”, the more I began to wonder if some weren't misplaced or mis-categorized. Groundhog Day, alongside Harvey (1950), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), may be fantasies, but they are more accurately described as “fables”, that is, as stories that are essentially about life lessons rather than the fantastic, though they may use fantasy elements to tell their stories. Where the three older films are concerned, there are questions that clearly can, and are, raised about what the protagonists have experienced or who they actually are. Is George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) actually v "
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If Saul Bass Designed the Star ...
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"Star Wars may have the most famous opening title sequence in film history, but in terms of influence it’s got nothing on the work of Saul Bass. He’s the brilliant graphic designer who gave us the animated credits for Hitchcock’s Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho and Scorsese’s Casino, Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence and Goodfellas and most of Otto Preminger’s work, including Exodus, Anatomy of a Murder and
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"Tom Hanks & a giant piano…good times. And am I the only guy that finds Elizabeth Perkins smokin’? "
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Lots of laughs
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"I watched this film again over the weekend as I stumbled upon it while channel surfing. I immediatly regained the joy I recieved the first time I watched it over ten years ago. Tom Hanks plays the part of a 13 year old boy as if there really is a kid trapped inside him and the film is constantly highlighted by scenes that allow Hanks to shine. I could not help but laugh out loud during the famous FAO Schwartz piano scene where Josh (Hanks) plays Chopsticks with his boss on the giant keyboard. Another scene that made me chuckle was the business formal where Josh chews on baby corn like it is a full husk and he nibbles off the mini kernels. I really enjoyed this film and it reminded me why I've always liked Tom Hanks so much. He is one of the most versitale and talented actors of our generation and I always look forward to seeing his next film. "
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