Charlie Wilson

#1 prasantrin

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 11:51 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/10...tml?_r=1&hp

The only reason it caught my eye was because of the movie (which I've never seen because I hate Tom Hanks), but he seems like the kind of guy I'd have like to have met (not saying I'd have liked him, but I think he would have been interesting).

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 12:05 AM

Interesting guy. He would trigger any number of tripwires in today's political and social no-go zones, though.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 12:05 AM

I've never seen Forrest Gump & many others because I hate Tom Hanks, but Charlie Wilson's War was worth making an exception for.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 12:53 PM

QUOTE(ghostrider @ Feb 10 2010, 07:05 PM)

I've never seen Forrest Gump & many others because I hate Tom Hanks, but Charlie Wilson's War was worth making an exception for.

ditto. I avoided this movie because of my double aversion to Hanks and the braying moron, Julia Roberts, but both are acceptable in this one. Charlie was a character worthy of movie. He lived life well.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 01:58 PM

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Feb 11 2010, 07:53 AM)

QUOTE(ghostrider @ Feb 10 2010, 07:05 PM)

I've never seen Forrest Gump & many others because I hate Tom Hanks, but Charlie Wilson's War was worth making an exception for.

ditto. I avoided this movie because of my double aversion to Hanks and the braying moron, Julia Roberts, but both are acceptable in this one.

Yes.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 05:21 PM

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Feb 11 2010, 07:53 AM)

QUOTE(ghostrider @ Feb 10 2010, 07:05 PM)

I've never seen Forrest Gump & many others because I hate Tom Hanks, but Charlie Wilson's War was worth making an exception for.

the braying moron, Julia Roberts

No, no, the braying moron is Sandra Bullock.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 05:35 PM

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Feb 11 2010, 07:53 AM)

QUOTE(ghostrider @ Feb 10 2010, 07:05 PM)

I've never seen Forrest Gump & many others because I hate Tom Hanks, but Charlie Wilson's War was worth making an exception for.

I'd already forgot that Roberts was in the movie. I think that's a sign it was a good role for her.

Philip Seymour Hoffman made the whole thing click IMHO.

It was hard to avoid the feeling that somebody, somewhere, was missing the point. I couldn't even be sure that it wasn't me. - Douglas Adams

Please come visit my rock concert blog: Tantalized.