tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post116911244747312786..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: VOLUNTEERS reviewsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169575217049075362007-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:002007-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:00Even 20+ years later, I still occasionally recall ...Even 20+ years later, I still occasionally recall and chuckle over two scenes/lines from Volunteers. One, where Hanks boards the plane and everyone is singing a church camp song (was it Michael row the boat ashore? or If I had a hammer? whatever), and he says "So this is hell." The other, when he says, "It's not that I can't help these people, it's just that I don't want to" -- a perfect inversion of the well-known cop-out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169493321113068412007-01-22T11:15:00.000-08:002007-01-22T11:15:00.000-08:00Man I miss John Candy.Man I miss John Candy.xoxoalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777972740112422472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169340156044834402007-01-20T16:42:00.000-08:002007-01-20T16:42:00.000-08:00They left out my favorite line of dialog, as Tom H...They left out my favorite line of dialog, as Tom Hanks is rescuing Rita Wilson: "I had visions of you stripped naked and chained to a wall! Imagine my disappointment."Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169289061911731152007-01-20T02:31:00.000-08:002007-01-20T02:31:00.000-08:00Looking at that vidgrab of Hanks, I just realized ...Looking at that vidgrab of Hanks, I just realized what it was that made him not believable as a future oscar-winner - clothing was never fitting Hanks the actor, it's like he was always a kid, given off-the-rack things from wardrobe intended for a "real" adult actor, and nothing ever fitted really. <BR/><BR/>He finally grew into the roles later, when they treated him seriously (F.Gump) with LOTS of costume/makeup changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169270299400687982007-01-19T21:18:00.000-08:002007-01-19T21:18:00.000-08:00Variety reviews weren't signed in those days?"Murp...<I>Variety</I> reviews weren't signed in those days?<BR/><BR/>"Murph"...funny!<BR/><BR/>RIP ArtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1169258020655948302007-01-19T17:53:00.000-08:002007-01-19T17:53:00.000-08:00Geez. Variety reviews still read like that today....Geez. Variety reviews still read like that today. Is there a school they force all their "journos" to go to... or is the writing a product of the first commercial computer released by NASA, The FilmReviewer 6GX?Murphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432663750378436035noreply@blogger.com