On 7/21/2015 9:41 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 9:10:18 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>> We walked out of a Tom Hanks movie once, and that's saying a heck of a
>> lot since John and I both love him as an actor. It was a remake of an
>> old film, "The Ladykillers". The original wasn't exactly a great film
>> to begin with, but we figured Tom Hanks, okay. Seemed like every other
>> word was F***. All we could figure is he was under some sort of
>> contractual obligation. What other reason would there be for him to
>> star is such a spectacularly bad movie? We weren't the only ones who
>> walked out.
>>
>> Jill
>
> The Ladykillers was a remake of an old Alec Guinness film from
> the 1950s, one of several excellent comedies he did for Ealing
> Studios. Someone probably pitched it to Hanks as "Want to be
> in a remake of The Ladykillers, with Joel and Ethan Coen as
> writer/directors?" It probably sounded like a good idea at
> the time.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I'm sure it sounded like a good idea. IMHO, it wasn't.

I liked 'Raising Arizona' in the 1980's. When I watched it again 20
years later I thought, gee, I that was spectacularly bad. LOL

Jill