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worth every pennyReview created: 04/04/08
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I love this movie. It is funny, sweet romantic and the best part it resembles the music industry in the early years. I reccomend it to anyone who has a soft spot for fun music.
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That Thing You Do! (2007, DVDReview created: 04/04/08
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It's no problem to write an opinion on; "That Thing You Do", I have only five words to describe this product; GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. Do you get my point?
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Great MovieI had seen the movie many times and desided to purchance it.The music is great and it takes you back to the 50's and 60's.Enjoyed it very much and all the extras that came with it.There is nothing i could say bad about it and would recommend it to everyone.
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That thing you doI saw the movie on HBO originally and was so taken in by its snappy beat and fluidity of plot that I decided I had to have it in my personal library. This is one movie that will transport you back to the sixties. Two thumbs up
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The Good and The Bad3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
First, let me say that I LOVE this movie! I saw That Thing You Do the day it opened in theaters and thought it was great. I considered it a home run for Tom Hanks as a first time writer and director. He had said he wanted people to leave the show feeling like they'd had a nice breath of fresh air from Hollywood. And, that's EXACTLY how I felt about it.
There were a few plot questions I had, though. For example, did Mr. White INTENTIONALLY orchestrate the breakup of the Wonders (the band formerly known as the One-ders)? And, if so, why? What about the Jimmy and Faye relationship? Did he break them up on purpose, too? (That "Careful Girls, He's Engaged!" comment didn't appear on the Hollywood Television Showcase by itself.) Maybe he saw the potential for a much better romance between Faye and Guy Patterson.
So, when I found out there would be an extended cut of this wonderful movie released on DVD, I really looked forward to finding out the answers to these and other questions.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Instead of answering the questions, the extended version takes the opportunity to undermine much of what I love about the story. There are suggestions of sex throughout... Guy making out with Tina at his apartment (in the original, Tina WAS an almost Stepford-esque, social climbing, dumb blond - but she wasn't a slut and we could assume that Guy was too much of a gentleman to take that kind of advantage of her even if she had been), T.B. Player actually taking one of the Chantrellines into his hotel bed (in the original, we see only good clean fun between them, eating cotton candy and enjoying the rides on the county fair midway - sexualizing this character only cheapens him) and there is even a scene in which the suggestion is made that Mr. White may be gay (a tuxedo clad Hanks is seen getting into a flashy red convertible on his way to what appears to be a date with Howie Long - but not before Howie gives Guy Patterson a long, lustful look of his own).
There are a few nice additions... extended scenes with Guy and Faye and a few with Guy and his musical idol, Del Paxton. But, overall, I thought the story was NOT well served by the additional material.
Thankfully, the producers of this set were smart enough to include the original theatrical cut of the movie with the new extended version. So, you can safely replace your old copy with the new one. The benefits of this are some really cool featurettes on the second disk and a crisper, higher quality picture on the film you already know and love on disk one.
There were a few plot questions I had, though. For example, did Mr. White INTENTIONALLY orchestrate the breakup of the Wonders (the band formerly known as the One-ders)? And, if so, why? What about the Jimmy and Faye relationship? Did he break them up on purpose, too? (That "Careful Girls, He's Engaged!" comment didn't appear on the Hollywood Television Showcase by itself.) Maybe he saw the potential for a much better romance between Faye and Guy Patterson.
So, when I found out there would be an extended cut of this wonderful movie released on DVD, I really looked forward to finding out the answers to these and other questions.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Instead of answering the questions, the extended version takes the opportunity to undermine much of what I love about the story. There are suggestions of sex throughout... Guy making out with Tina at his apartment (in the original, Tina WAS an almost Stepford-esque, social climbing, dumb blond - but she wasn't a slut and we could assume that Guy was too much of a gentleman to take that kind of advantage of her even if she had been), T.B. Player actually taking one of the Chantrellines into his hotel bed (in the original, we see only good clean fun between them, eating cotton candy and enjoying the rides on the county fair midway - sexualizing this character only cheapens him) and there is even a scene in which the suggestion is made that Mr. White may be gay (a tuxedo clad Hanks is seen getting into a flashy red convertible on his way to what appears to be a date with Howie Long - but not before Howie gives Guy Patterson a long, lustful look of his own).
There are a few nice additions... extended scenes with Guy and Faye and a few with Guy and his musical idol, Del Paxton. But, overall, I thought the story was NOT well served by the additional material.
Thankfully, the producers of this set were smart enough to include the original theatrical cut of the movie with the new extended version. So, you can safely replace your old copy with the new one. The benefits of this are some really cool featurettes on the second disk and a crisper, higher quality picture on the film you already know and love on disk one.
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"Don't Mess With Me! I'm From Erie, Pennsylvania!"Review created: 02/05/04
by: bilbopooh -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
innocent fun, great music, ERIE!
innocent fun, great music, ERIE!
Cons:
underrated
underrated
I was browsing through the cast page of a Lord of the Rings website recently and was disappointed to discover that whoever compiled the list of film credits for each actor neglected to mention Elijah Wood s role as Huck Finn, the character with which I always identified him prior to LotR. Now he is most widely recognized for portraying one of the greatest characters in British literature, but I would have thought one of the greatest characters in American literature would have been worth mentioning as well. My disillusionment was further exacerbated when my scanning of Liv Tyler s bio...
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Let's Hear It For One Hit Wonders!Review created: 02/07/07
by: donkee -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Great movie, wonderful acting, lovable characters, fantastic music...
Great movie, wonderful acting, lovable characters, fantastic music...
Cons:
...not exactly thought provoking, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
...not exactly thought provoking, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Ah, the 60's; the age of hippies, JFK, and great pop music. Even though I was born nearly three decades after the 60's ended, I'm able to get a glimpse at one of the best of the times in music with Tom Hank's film, That Thing You Do!.. The film, released in 1996, marks Hank's directorial debut, and went on to be nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. The movie tells the story of a fictional rock band created in 1964, though it all begins with four friends from Erie, Pennsylvania, who have the hopes of becoming a successful band. There's Jimmy Mattingly (Jonathon Schaech), the.
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Lots of harmless fun!Review created: 10/15/01
by: HawgWyld -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Sentimental and entertaining look at rock n' roll in the early 1960s
Sentimental and entertaining look at rock n' roll in the early 1960s
Cons:
You'd better love the title song -- it plays over and over through the movie
You'd better love the title song -- it plays over and over through the movie
This is one of those movies that I just have to watch at least a couple of times a year. Indeed, my old VHS tape of this has been run through the mill, but it still holds up just fine. I initially saw this in the theater and just had to buy the thing when it was released on video. This 1996 release was directed by Tom Hanks, who also played the part of Mr. White -- a kind of producer/agent type for the mythical Play-Tone record label. Our story starts out with a local band (called the Oneders initially, but switched to the Wonders later on so as to avoid confusion) that talked Guy Patterson ..
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That Thing You Do: A Pop Back to Pops PastReview created: 02/20/01
by: naphtalia -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
light, nostalgic and sweet
light, nostalgic and sweet
Cons:
the song gets a big grating by the end
the song gets a big grating by the end
Last night our local cable station ran a "Tom Hanks Marathon." This marathon consisted of Forrest Gump, Punchline (reviewed at http://www.epinions.com/conten
Review ID: 10000000003731379
"Hey, that's O-ned_ers..."Review created: 05/30/07
by: dustyjazz -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Happy, upbeat, fun flick suitable for all.
Happy, upbeat, fun flick suitable for all.
Cons:
I can't think of a thing.
I can't think of a thing.
Having been born at the beginning of the 1960's and as the baby of the family trailing my "youngest" brother by 11 years I heard lots of the Mamas
Review ID: 10000000003658769
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