Forrest Gump 1994

The claim

43:20 – 47:44

… and that's annoying. But when Zemeckis does it, it's literally a song about the feeling that he's conveying in the movie. Yeah. I don't know. It's not great. Apex Mountain, Tom Hanks, Back to Back Oscars. I think you can make a case, yeah. Back to Back Oscars is insane. Apex Mountain? You really wanted this to be cast away. Is it not cast away? This is the most commercial movie he ever made. Okay. This won him a second Oscar and cemented him as the best actor. That best A-list actor, most bankable, marketable, whatever you want. I'm not saying he was the best actor, but I think how people felt after this came …

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I won't anymore. It's like those are not literal choices though. When Scorsese does it, he's like, he's using the same nine Stone songs and that's annoying. But when Zemeckis does it, it's literally a song about the feeling that he's conveying in the movie. Yeah. I don't know. It's not great. Apex Mountain, Tom Hanks, Back to Back Oscars. I think you can make a case, yeah. Back to Back Oscars is insane. Apex Mountain? You really wanted this to be cast away. Is it not cast away? This is the most commercial movie he ever made. Okay. This won him a second Oscar and cemented him as the best actor. That best A-list actor, most bankable, marketable, whatever you want. I'm not saying he was the best actor, but I think how people felt after this came out was like Tom Hanks is now the alpha dog in Hollywood. Whatever movie he wants to make, he can make. This makes me wonder what Apex Mountain means. Career Apex. In terms of his ability to open a movie and his movie starness. This is the best point of his career. You go with something else. Well, I don't know. I mean, I guess this is probably his most iconic performance. Absolutely. I'd rather have him in A League of Their Own. I think he's a lot funnier. But that's not an Apex. I know. He hadn't won an Oscar yet. You're right. You're right. Okay. All right. Gary Sinise. I don't know. He did 10 seasons of CSI New York. You sure we can top that? I don't know. I don't know what Gary Sinise is. I've never been a giant Gary Sinise fan, unfortunately. I think he's really good in this movie. He creeped me out in Ransom. He's really good in Ransom. I know. In a way that it made me just not like him, I really feel like he might be like that. Yeah. I mean, what was he in? It's one of those performances. He's in like the Green Mile. Yeah. He's in a lot of, not a ton of great Gary Sinise performances. This is definitely Apex Mountain. Zemeckis, yes. No, Back to the Future. Back to the Future 100 out of 100 times. Back to the Future, yes. Back to the Future. God, he did Back to the Future. I forgot that. Yeah. He also did Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which I love. He did What Lies Beneath, which is very underrated. Not in the Simmons house. He's good. He did all those weird. I totally forgot. I'm a dumbass. It's got to, I think for Zemeckis in particular, it's got to be Back to the Future. We almost have to edit out that I forgot that he did Back to the Future. Kevin, don't edit this. Robin Wright? I think it's her most complete performance. You know, she has the most to do. Like the Princess Bride, she's beautiful. But she's not really on screen that much. I think this is her career apex. Okay. But didn't win the Oscar. Michael T. Williamson, absolutely. He did have a good hoop show on Showtime that I enjoyed. Chris Ryan only wanted to be here for the Michael T. Williamson part so he could talk about his performance in Heat. Oh, he was good at Heat. Could Danny Trejo have been in this movie? Another category we have. Obviously, yes. I think we're looking at a younger Danny Trejo from, it's like Heat Range, still probably late 30s. Mm-hmm. I think Danny Trejo could have been Lieutenant Dan. I'm fine with it. That's not true. I'm fine with it. Him as Lieutenant Dan, he brings anger. He could have been like the drill sergeant in boot camp. Could have been a good drill sergeant. I love Danny Trejo. Okay. If he was Lieutenant Dan, it wouldn't happen. What about Force Mom? Danny Trejo is Sally Field's character. Would that have worked? No, I wouldn't like that one. Could have been the principal. No, I think Danny Trejo's in the military scenes, I think. Yeah, yeah. Mark Ruffalo Award for the best overacting. I think Sinise dials it up a couple times in this movie. There's a couple of Ruffalo scenes of this. Ruffalo's great in Spotlight. I mean, the joke is that Mark Ruffalo's a bad actor. It's just that one scene that they do, they do. Sinise, you could argue he dials it up a couple times. Him on the boat, really going for it in the hurricane. I enjoyed that stuff. I enjoyed it too, but. Eh, it's a little Ruffalo-y. He's literally screaming. It might actually be the precursor to the They Knew. He may have invented the They Knew by doing the, Y'all never sink this boat. Could have started it. You call this a storm?

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