{"id":6930,"date":"2013-08-26T20:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T00:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2013-08-26T20:30:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T00:30:32","slug":"tom-hanks-double-header-circa-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6930","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks Double-Header (circa 1993)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On to the next set of reviews: two opposing genres made in 1993 that seemed designed as a quiet farewell to fans accustomed to Tom Hanks\u2019 light \/ goofy comedic style, and an intro to his Serious Side.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sleepless in Seattle<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] is a good riff on an older classic weepie, the 1957 Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr tear-jerker An Affair to Remember<\/a><\/strong>, and the years have been quite kind to the film, proving its DNA was packed together tightly in spite of writer \/ director Nora Ephron\u2019s sister Delia swooping in for vital dialogue rewrites. Hanks is a widower with a kid ambitious to get his dad a new mom, and Meg Ryan the girl who must decide whether to marry an allergic nice guy or go for the more buoyant nice guy.<\/p>\n

The film has a few moments of genuine sentimentality that augers the preposterous acceptance of a child wholly fine with replacing a dead parent with a new one. This may sound cynical, but whether it\u2019s the kid of a widower or divorced dad, there\u2019s little reality in accepting a foreign entity into a shattered family unit so soon after a shakeup<\/em>. Time and a few other things help in the healing, but nothing happens so fast and efficiently as in the movies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Philadelphia<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] gave Hanks a deserved Oscar win for his engrossing performance, but I\u2019d argue part of his win comes from his eyes, which director Jonathan Demme exploits so well with huge close-ups. They eyes don\u2019t lie, and Hanks is wholly convincing as a man on the right path, even though he may never see the end result.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also pointed out any pertinent differences between the older Sony DVD editions and the Twilight Time Blu-ray editions which are well-stocked with extras.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I\u2019ll upload a set of soundtrack reviews to animated series. These were intended to be tied to a pair of composer podcasts, but since my voice is shot, I can\u2019t record the intros \/ outros, and have to squeeze in some rest so this bug is identified, classified as an alien entity, and eradicated by the good bugs. That\u2019s at least what I hope happens.<\/p>\n

Man, I want a juicy steak with Greek potatoes and spinach salad & feta garnish\u2026 but I\u2019m stuck with oatmeal. Again.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviews of Twilight Time’s pretty Blu-ray editions of Tom Hanks’ double-header, circa 1993: Philadelphia and Sleepless in Seattle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2172,2180,2169,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1NM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}