The Terminal with Tom Hanks... - Democratic Underground

Heyo

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:19 PM
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The Terminal with Tom Hanks...

... it was a cute little movie.. watched it last night over some coffee and a slice of pie..

Tom Hanks does the accent so well..

... not necessarily an "epic" per se.. but a neat little movie to check out. I think it should be on out DVD pretty soon. I got a few chuckles out of it, and it's sort of heartwarming. Sad, and yet a bit feel-good at the same time.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

:dunce:

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ForrestGump

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:22 PM
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1. Haven;t seen it, but it sounds good. Still, I think that the

true story that inspired it is a lot more interesting and would have made a more compelling plot.

Getting sorta sick of how Hollywood, even the better guys there, consistently seems to believe that Americans won't watch or like the film unless it's transmogrified into happening on American soil or focused on Americans in place of the people actually involved {the steaming pile of crap known as U-571 being one of the more recent worst examples of the latter). Of course, I suspect that they're right...

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Heyo

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:31 PM
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7. The Terminal

Is (based on) a true story?

:shrug:

I didn't know. Quite interesting.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:47 PM
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11. The real story is kind of sad.

Edited on Wed Nov-24-04 09:52 PM by ocelot

A refugee from Iran arrived in Paris without a passport in 1988. He couldn't leave the airport without papers and couldn't go anywhere else, so he's been living at CDG ever since. After a long time he finally got permission to leave the airport, but he's sort of gone crazy and now refuses to leave. He keeps his stuff in a pile around him and people give him food, kind of like a homeless guy under a bridge. Not a happy-happy kind of thing like the movie. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0621/p11s02-almo.html

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ForrestGump

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:48 PM
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12. Yep. This page has a pretty good summary:

http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.htm

When I first read of this poor dude's predicament, I thought it'd make a great movie. I wish they hadn't 'adapted' it, in some ways, but I'd still love to see the film if it's as good as it sounds.

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dddem

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:23 PM
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2. Thanks for sharing.

I love Tom Hanks. I've been in love with him since "Bosom Buddies" with Peter Scolari. Cause I know you wanted that information from me. Happy Thanksgiving!

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rfranklin

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:25 PM
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4. That show made me gay!

All that crossdressing you know.

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dddem

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:27 PM
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5. Well, keep that to yourself!

I spend all my time going around saying God made people gay!

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Heyo

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:30 PM
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6. Of course.

:toast:

Yeah, he really does an excellent job on the accent in The Terminal...top notch... I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to imitate it around the house since last night.

:dunce:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:24 PM
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3. It was better than I thought it was going to be. I watched a DVD someone

gave me that was recorded very badly...so I will watch it again for realsies. :hi:

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Heyo

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:33 PM
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8. Yeah, that sucks..

Watching a movie of bad quality... I managed to burn the Terminal to VCD and it came out realy good, about VHS quality, sound a bit low, but no hiss when I turned it up to compansate, so clean video, clean audio.

...and some delicious coffee and a piece of (mmmmmmmmmmmm) pie.

Heyo

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Beaverhausen

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:36 PM
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9. I too enjoyed it far more than I thought I would

just a sweet story but when you delve deeper...I saw it a while ago in the theatre so I forget. But I remember finding a good meaning to the film.

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Heyo

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Wed Nov-24-04 09:38 PM
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10. I really enjoyed how everybody was rooting for him....

... and I realy grew to hate that head security guy. I almost jerked a tear when he agreed to leave to keep his friends from getting fired/in trouble.

I also like how everyone go to know him and was rooting for him.

Great lighthearted story. I like a story like that, one that's not too "heavy" like a lot of them are and you can just mellow out and enjoy it.

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