tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post8346876340389611496..comments2024-03-29T15:01:37.626+05:00Comments on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: REVIEW: SAVING MR BANKS (Hancock)Tom Shonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-35104331875708252272013-12-20T07:51:32.492+05:002013-12-20T07:51:32.492+05:00Thanks, Matt . I was taken by the same sentence . ...Thanks, Matt . I was taken by the same sentence . My reaction was wow . That's a mouthful that flows like a calm river . That same talent is found in his profiles of people . Tom makes you feel like an observer peeking over his shoulder listening and watching two people having a conversation. Love his work .Len Babbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-39807723221525156832013-12-13T23:13:06.118+05:002013-12-13T23:13:06.118+05:00Mr. Shone, there is no critic alive who writes bet...Mr. Shone, there is no critic alive who writes better about performances. To me, that ability separates true criticism from the lazy, "oscar-worthy" shorthand of most. Your monster sentence -- "There’s a cartoonist’s elegance of line to the way Hanks spins Disney in and out of rooms, as if blown in by his own East Wind, but also a miniaturist’s delight in uncovering the hucksterish glint beneath the bonhomie, whether handing out pre-signed autographs to fans or crouching down low to lock eyes with Travers, and impress upon her, in his beautiful low Kansas burr, why he and he alone is the man for her governess." may well be the best thing I've read all year. Matt Rosenblatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385028617501906338noreply@blogger.com