Greyhound. Tom Hanks takes on German U boats

[Parliament 14260]

He fought Germans in France, East Germans in the Cold War, Communists in Vietnam. A volcano, homophobia, Russians in Afganistan. And now he has to dodge German torpedoes in the North Atlantic. Can't this guy catch a break?

 

 

[RPM 26321]

I ain't gonna watch that crap.

Narrator: He definitely will.

[Pato del Muerto 52500]

Even moving to the suburbs didn’t help

[Guest Lobo]

Holy shit, this looks incredible.  Clear my schedule on 6/12, I’m taking my 91-year old submariner uncle to this movie 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

He tried dressing in drag, but that didn't work out too well either.

[RPM 26321]

Don't mention bonfires to Hanks. He hates bonfires.

[WBT 20576]

17 minutes ago, Parliament said:

 

He fought Germans in France, East Germans in the Cold War, Communists in Vietnam. A volcano, homophobia, Russians in Afganistan. And now he has to dodge German torpedoes in the North Atlantic. Can't this guy catch a break?

 

Won't someone think of the Somalis?

[Underdog 28654]

He fucked a fish, or half a fish. 

Edited March 5, 2020 by Underdog

[RPM 26321]

Just now, Underdog said:

He fucked a fish.  

and a volcano.

[Underdog 28654]

And pretty sure Wilson as well. 

[Pato del Muerto 52500]

8 minutes ago, Underdog said:

And pretty sure Wilson as well. 

Rita?

no...

————

on a greyhound bus, I’m traveling this morning 

Edited March 5, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

25 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Holy shit, this looks incredible.  Clear my schedule on 6/12, I’m taking my 91-year old submariner uncle to this movie 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

18 minutes ago, Underdog said:

He fucked a fish, or half a fish. 

Don't care. Had sex.

 

[Dr Fear 1268]

I really wish they would redo Sink the Bismarck!

Edited March 5, 2020 by Dr Fear

[4th&Five 41556]

Hope it's better than the first 2 he wrote.

[Post Oak 20214]

Tom Hanks 

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[Guest Lobo]

Which is fun because in that exact booth, he is with Liz Shue years later.  

[Underdog 28654]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Rita?

no...

————

on a greyhound bus, I’m traveling this morning 

Stay close, I'm sure I'll tee up another one for you. 

[F250 28777]

I saw the preview earlier today and yeah I am definitely ready to see this one.

When I was a kid, I remember talking to some of the older relatives who served in WWII and wondering which branch would have been worse to serve in during WWII. I figured being in the Navy during WWII would have been the last place I would want to be.

[Pato del Muerto 52500]

2 minutes ago, F250 said:

I saw the preview earlier today and yeah I am definitely ready to see this one.

When I was a kid, I remember talking to some of the older relatives who served in WWII and wondering which branch would have been worse to serve in during WWII. I figured being in the Navy during WWII would have been the last place I would want to be.

Navy ate shit. Marines ate shit at least in the pacific. Army ate shit for a while in France. Bombers ate shit. There wasn’t a good choice, except maybe non fighting role far back from the action. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

7 minutes ago, F250 said:

I saw the preview earlier today and yeah I am definitely ready to see this one.

When I was a kid, I remember talking to some of the older relatives who served in WWII and wondering which branch would have been worse to serve in during WWII. I figured being in the Navy during WWII would have been the last place I would want to be.

As opposed to being an island hopping Marine, or tank occupant ?

[F250 28777]

23 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

As opposed to being an island hopping Marine, or tank occupant ?

Yeah, definitely. The idea that your escape route was jumping into the ocean really freaked me out as a kid.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, F250 said:

Yeah, definitely. The idea that your escape route was jumping into the ocean really freaked me out as a kid.

Yeah they all had their bad moments.  My grandfather was on the Lex his brother in law was on the Yorktown.  They both had a few stories they'd tell, but not often.

[Hate 20108]

I still wish that Hanks would get of WWII and make a movie or series about Korea or Vietnam. Of course, I’ll still watch this.

[RPM 26321]

My Dad served on a subchaser in the Atlantic before getting transferred to the Pac. Never made any convoys, but said they had a kill off the coast of Virginia in '43. At least they counted it as one. All they found was an oil slick and some debris.

[FartingMonk 3606]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

I saw the preview earlier today and yeah I am definitely ready to see this one.

When I was a kid, I remember talking to some of the older relatives who served in WWII and wondering which branch would have been worse to serve in during WWII. I figured being in the Navy during WWII would have been the last place I would want to be.

25 percent of the submarine force during WW2 are still on eternal patrol

[atomheartbevo 89675]

7 hours ago, Lobo said:

Holy shit, this looks incredible.  Clear my schedule on 6/12, I’m taking my 91-year old submariner uncle to this movie 

7 hours ago, Angry Gorilla said:

[Guadaloopy 10972]

They need to make “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.”  But I am in on opening night for this one.  

[henrygandorf 29191]

11 hours ago, RPM said:

Don't mention bonfires to Hanks. He hates bonfires.

that’s just vanity. 

[RPM 26321]

Just noticed Hanks wrote this screenplay himself. Working on a double Oscar bid?

[Davis Lane 5584]

 

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

He also had AIDS once.  And was a running back for the Tide.

There's simply nothing this man can't do.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

14 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

He also had AIDS once.  And was a running back for the Tide.

There's simply nothing this man can't do.

Well he wasn't able to stop the mob from gunnning down his wife, and kid. So there's that.

[closetojumping 62737]

17 hours ago, RPM said:

Don't mention bonfires to Hanks. He hates bonfires.

So, somewhere between BotV and CastAway, you stopped watching movies, huh? 

[Hawndoh 2386]

The Burbs is his greatest movie. 

[Guest Lobo]

2 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Well he wasn't able to stop the mob from gunnning down his wife, and kid. So there's that.

Too soon man, too soon.  Bad form, their bodies aren't even cold yet.  

[Biff Tannen 45690]

Yes please.  Inject it directly into my veins.

[Underdog 28654]

32 minutes ago, Hawndoh said:

The Burbs is his greatest movie. 

Bachelor Party

[Don Johnson 4753]

11 hours ago, Hate said:

I still wish that Hanks would get of WWII and make a movie or series about Korea or Vietnam. Of course, I’ll still watch this.

[Guest Lobo]

Something changed that man in 1993.  I blame "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Philadelphia"...

He starts out as one of the top 5 comedic talents of the 1980s---Splash, Bachelor Party, Volunteers, The Money Pit, Big, Punchline, The 'Burbs, and Joe Versus the Volcano, etc.

And then 1993 happened and he got all sappy and serious.  Obviously he's a great actor with great range, but I feel like we got robbed of more great comedic roles after '93.  

But I guess if he hadn't gotten all serious, we wouldn't have gotten Band of Brothers, or Greyhound.  so I guess it's fair.  

[Don Johnson 4753]

18 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Bachelor Party

Gentlemen, start your boners

[TwiceHorn 31482]

12 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Navy ate shit. Marines ate shit at least in the pacific. Army ate shit for a while in France. Bombers ate shit. There wasn’t a good choice, except maybe non fighting role far back from the action. 

My Dad served on a destroyer from 1943 to 1945 in the PTO.

Pros:

Good food

Decent dry bed

Change clothes and shower regularly

Minimal hand-to-hand combat and up-close death

Cons:

Great Typhoon

Kamikazes

14-18" projectiles from enemy vessels (odds were slim, but just took one)

Torpedos (somewhat minimal in later war and destroyers small and fast)

No place to go/hide when the shit starts

The submarine service had a different set.

Edited March 6, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[NWBuck 8568]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Bachelor Party

[henrygandorf 29191]

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

He starts out as one of the top 5 comedic talents of the 1980s---Splash, Bachelor Party, Volunteers, The Money Pit, Big, Punchline, The 'Burbs, and Joe Versus the Volcano, etc.

he was also fucking hilarious in league of their own.  one of his best performances, imo.

[Guest Lobo]

He was the highlight of that movie, I was just going from 80’s films.  He’s certainly had plenty of funny roles since the 80’s but his run back then was insanely hilarious.  
 

You’re right though, the line of demarcation was somewhere between ‘nothing in common’ and ‘a league of their own’ where he fully revolves as an actor.  The role is so great because Hanks is only about 35 at the time but he plays the salty has-been with wit and adult angst so brilliantly. 

[tantric superman 4667]

Went on a tour of a Coast Guard ship this last weekend.  Had never really thought about their role in destroying U-Boats but it was an important one.

[tantric superman 4667]

[RPM 26321]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

he was also fucking hilarious in league of their own.  one of his best performances, imo.

Mr. Dugan?
Yeah?
Could you sign my baseball?
Sure. There.
"Avoid the clap. Jimmy Dugan."
That's good advice!

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

He was the highlight of that movie, I was just going from 80’s films.  He’s certainly had plenty of funny roles since the 80’s but his run back then was insanely hilarious.  

right.  i think that still counts (1992) because it's before his "more serious roles" in 1993 (sleepless, philadelphia).

also, whomever brought up nothing in common, that movie fucks.

[Don Johnson 4753]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

He was the highlight of that movie, I was just going from 80’s films.  He’s certainly had plenty of funny roles since the 80’s but his run back then was insanely hilarious.  
 

You’re right though, the line of demarcation was somewhere between ‘nothing in common’ and ‘a league of their own’ where he fully revolves as an actor.  The role is so great because Hanks is only about 35 at the time but he plays the salty has-been with wit and adult angst so brilliantly. 

Big was the turning point.  He was nominated for Best Actor for it and it showed he had dramatic chops.

I appreciate the range.  There aren't man of those guys who can start in comedy and shift to being successful in dramatic roles.   Robin Williams did very well.  Steve Martin kind of.  Carrey, Sandler and Ferrell could, but never really got the credit.