Tom Hanks has never made a bad film. And he can do comedy and heart-felt roles so well.

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role in this movie. While Denzel was very good in this movie he didn’t come close to Tom’s portrayal as Andrew.

​@@bellabanayou respond to everyone giving Denzel praise. Are you OK? Lol

I agree.

Same, Best time for movies and video games

I agree

Yep, and way too much CGI nonsense taking centre stage, instead of acting and writing talent, in today's 'blockbusters'

I especially hate wide pan shots on these new cameras. Everything is a blur, your eyes don't get a chance to focus

But I do hope one day it will lose relevance, and we'll watch it wondering "I don't get it, why was he fired ?" and we'll have to fact check to see if, really, once upon a time, people were so stupidly biaised.

Was he unvaccinated?

Reality check-"so yeah bro as long as you don't stick your weiner in a hairy man ass you'll be alright" Huh, weird. Seems pretty easy to follow

@@tsuba666to think just a year or so ago people were fired for a experimental rushed vaccine. It will never lose relevancy

@@ScottPutnamART Joe Rogan? Is that you or just one of your listeners who believe every lie you tell?

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role in this movie, he was brilliant. I find that while Denzel is a very good actor he tends to play the same type of roles whereas Tom is more versatile.

Hmmm except it doesn't establish that he was ever fired for his condition

💯 I agree with you

Yes

But the movie helped us all grow so much. I know I treat ppl better because this movie was so emotional. Epic acting. The movie meant something. It had a reason/purpose.

did you get the convid shot tho....didn't you just do the same effing thing for the last 4 years..

Sorry for the loss of your friend...and the anguish all affected were forced to endure..I think this film opened alot of eyes .and, hopefully, hearts.

People were deliberately programmed that way by the system. So much is orchestrated in this world, because Fear is an energy of value to those that consume it as food. Once you realise this, you see a recurring pattern over the years, where an alleged threat is thrust into prominence, and various highly profitable solutions - usually involving some more loss of real freedom - are dangled like a carrot, while the stick may or may not be visible. It is a "game" they play, and which Humanity allows to continue, because to begin to consider what could be behind such deliberate cruelty is beyond the courage of most people. Yet over recent years, thery are showing us Who They Really Are - and some people - not enough yet - are Waking Up. To Wake Up is to Walk The Path of Evolution, address fears one by one, and become more loving, while living in a primitive fear-based world. (C) Zen 21:56 24 MAY 2024 / Thanks for sparking some creative writing! I hope that in the meantime you have found meaning. Best wishes, Zen /

My friend died alone in the hospital. His family disowned him. We had just gone home because we had a business trip next morning, and they wouldn't allow his partner in with him because the disowning parents had put up a fuss. Horrible. People need to know so they don't forget.

Deepest condolences to both of you for the loss of loved ones and them being treated that way. 🖤🕯️🖤

What ppl don’t understand about anything they soon turn to negativity

Yes, let's all indulge in hyperbole.

I didn't know she was Paul's wife wow

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@mikedavis8008 i guess every single asian that looks like they're 30 when they're 50 also have hair plugs and plastic surgery, the more you know

You really should look at the Antonio photos . He's changed a lot!!

Denzel was damn handsome when he was younger. He still a very good looking man ❤

@@wintersolstice4793 Ok? Good to know?

Good actors Always Great Movies

Why?

You’re weird

Thank god God gave us aids so they could make this movie.

Couldn't agree more!!!

great agreed.

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You’re right this movie is awesome. We love you guys as boomers spent our lives putting together a forgery proof inheritance plan. The health industry will be installing it with a legacy protection plan. We spent all our lives to make sure our kids forget their inheritance is without the fighting in a collaboration with professionals from all around the world. The legal profession were elevated south, and distinguish themselves among the Piers around the first of the year.

That’s what won him his first Oscar

@@justicejakober5506DW…ridiculous…

Everyone's

This was back when Tom Hanks was actually trying to act instead of basically playing Tom Hanks in every role.

I personally believe Hank's acting is beyond anyone else in this movie. Denzel has also had great acting in his career.

Oh gee not 90's music

@@ilkr03 I said it. I'll stand on it. 🤣

90ies music was definitely not good :)

@@hungabastahdeluxe3751 90s music was phenomenal.

An era of outrageous excess and hatefulness towards suffering at the same time.

Only if he plays a foul crooked cop

@@markbones1921 ha ha........ha ha...................my man!

Im not so sure. Denzil is always just Denzil.. He has never played a complex character I didnt think this performance was anything more than decent

May never forgive Mary s for this role.

​@@johnflynn5044 Clearly you've never seen "Malcolm X."

Don't forget Neil Young 's great composition for the ending scene

​@@mizzury54A lot of people do forget that. 😮❤

@@mizzury54is it on Spotify?

I watched it 7 + years ago. I cried & Atilla emotional when watching it now

This is a fantastic, heart breaking film. Definitely recommend!

And the Band Played On is an amazing film, with Matthew Modine and an all-star cast. Really informative, about the beginning of the HIV-AIDS crisis and the fight to get money for research to the CDC. And yes, that final song makes me cry every time.

For me, Sophie' s Choice and Shindler's list. ( the little girl in the red coat). I could only watch these two movies once.

According to the film, the partners had no clue he was gay or had AIDS. They found out when they got served a lawsuit. So in reality, he was actually fired due to his poor work performance. Not some kind of discrimination.

​@@chaddlindsay9909You need to watch the film again.

At the beginning of the film they had the one guy in the firm seeing spots resembling lesions on his face. The next act features a case including paperwork that mysteriously disappears for almost 24 hours, only to come back up in the last hour unexplained miraculously. Beckett was an exceptional lawyer which is why they promoted him. So why would they fire him so suddenly for an unexplained mistake after seemingly getting along with all of the partners so well in addition to his skill? This clip also hints fairly strongly at this being the reason with the partner stating that “Andy kept bending the rules” referring to the “OLD and new Testament”: old almost certainly referring to Leviticus, where there is a passage stating a man shall not lie with another man. Also, a senior lawyer quoting the Bible as the rule book on the law? Filled with contradictions

@@chaddlindsay9909 Wrong. His partners CLAIM they had no clue was gay. It's pointed out in court that that's BS.

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Despite playing a villainous character of sorts, his performance was second to none.

What do you think was causing this whole episode? Obviously his breathing was laborered, which is obvious by how he coughed after showing his lesions in the previous scene, but what caused him to start hallucinating like he did? They don't seem to be linked.

@@thecowboy9698 I don't know... I mean it's a nice creepy touch but I couldn't tell you if it has any basis on medicine. Best I can do is guess hypoxia, his brain not getting enough oxygen or something like that.

@@thecowboy9698​​⁠​⁠people with AIDS have all sorts of susceptibilities…fungal infections, viral infections, the list goes on. including dissemination to the brain, so he was probably at that stage.

He knew what Denziel was trying to get at and allowed him to do so. The judge was aware of what probably needed to happen in this lawsuit and wasn't going to hamstring the plaintiff for decorum sake. Good judges are like that, they know and realize when an attorney is going down a path asking particular questions and allow things that normally wouldn't be allowed, and know when to reign in attorneys that ramble and do nothing but commit character assassination. Unfortunately, the latter is running rampant in the US justice system since judges allow DAs to get convictions on character assassination alone instead of presenting a case of the crime committed.

I like him, he knew how serious this was

Possibly because he is a ‘straight’ actor playing the part of a gay character which could have been given to a gay actor

@@RTG1031 Are you being serious about such a topic, as gay actors playing straight characters has almost been a meme since time immemorial? What matters is how well they can pretend to be someone they are not, which is what every single actor has done forever. If you do not think he portrayed his character in the film well, then that is a different matter entirely.

@@philipdawes2661 Like a great actor once said: "So, I most be a seriel killer, bc I play one realy good? Have anyone know the mening of the word "acting"? This is THE HOLE POINT. PLay somebody perfectly, who is NOT YOU. That is that the talent that is why we go and watch. If one thing I learned in 40 years, there is always a new low point. The question is, you care about it or not.

@@mr.chapel4179 100% behind you on that.

@@philipdawes2661 I did not say that I agreed with it. Just giving the explanation that. Tom Hanks has given since then as I think that we all know what the point of acting is. The problem with writing comments is that you can't always detect the tone as easily as you can when you are speaking to a person

So technically it’s your all time 3rd favorite movie of all time, ever

@@mclohan smart a**!

It's a movie I've seen only twice. My uncle died of AIDS in 1992, it's too raw even now for me to sit and watch. I'll probably watch it one more time in the near future.

Denzel deserved an award, too. Great movie

No he doesn't. For the past twenty-five years Tom Hanks has done nothing but play himself in virtually every role.

he was quite a singer back in his younger days... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKqIkrSqlt-vip8.html

The opposing attorney is also a great actress, Mary Steenburgen.

Mr Kruger from Seinfeld. RIP

Gotta love 😂that: Says the "construct" "dominant culture" TYPE, "bigotry. ' Don't that be@t all 🙄 You people are shameless in your mass labeling. As if you all are qualified to say who is "bigoted" as you pick n choose your pet-issue of the decade.

And when Andrew passed away at the end I knew he completed what he needed to do, and he could go in peace, knowing that he brought REAL change

But even still the entire time you can tell she’s talking through her teeth. There’s an uneasy and uncomfortable feeling when she talks and at first you think it’s just cause she’s being this annoying bitchy character, but when she mutters “I hate this case” you realize it’s just cause she at no point in this trial believes what she’s saying, she just has no choice but to say itb

@@boppityboopy114 agree

That's Mary Steenburgen. Remarkable career (two of my favorites: Parenthood and Back to the Future III). Married to Ted Danson.

People tend react negatively to what they are unaware of and what they are programmed to fear.

The terror at the start was that we didn't KNOW how it could be transmitted. Thankfully we do now