Oare Tom Hanks chiar e talentat in toate?

Recenzie Tom Hanks – Caractere atipice.

Ignoranta de mine nu stia ca Tom Hanks scrie. Asa ca a trebuit sa indrept situatia ASAP. Cu multa neincredere in telentele lui scriitoricesti (adica, serios acum, esti actor talentat,  regizor si producator de film, ai castigat doua premii Oscar, esti numarul doi in topul celor mai bine platiti actori din lume, te-am vazut si in videoclipul de la Carly Rae Jepsen, e imposibil sa stii si sa scrii ) am inceput sa citesc cartea. Si, oh boy, ca bine am facut. Caracterele atipice nu m-au dezamagit.

Dar sa trecem la carte. Este o colectie de povestiri, mai scurte sau mai lungi, cateva dintre ele avand aceleasi personaje, aflate in diverse ipostaze. Printre ele sunt strecurate, de fiecare date, masinile de scris. Stilul e unul simplu, pe alocuri ironic, pe alocuri trist. Fara cuvinte pompoase, actiunea se petrece cursiv, nu te face sa te pierzi in detalii. Imi place ca aceasta carte nu are pretentia sa fie scrisa de urmatorul Charles Dickens ( cumva am gasit o asemanare intre aceste doua stiluri) ci se vrea a fi o carte de debut ce se arunca in gura leilor cu tot ce are ea mai bun.

Incercarea de a face o analogie intre filmele in care a jucat si povestirile din carte a iesit asa:

Trei saptamani epuizante – Forrest Gump

Ajunul Craciunului 1953 – Salvati soldatul Ryan

Excursie in orasul luminilor – Povestea jucariilor

Bun venit pe Marte – Olive Kitteridge ( de citit si cartea cu acelasi nume, de Elizabeth Strout)

O luna pe Greene Street– Mesaj pentru tine

Alan Bean plus patru – Apollo 13

Cine-i cine– Prinde-ma daca poti

Un weekend special – Expresul Polar

Acestea sunt cugetarile inimii mele– Atlasul norilor

Trecutul e important pentru noi– Nopti albe in Seattle

Ramaneti cu noi – Codul lui daVinci

Du-te sa-l vezi pe Costas – Naufragiatul

Steve Wong e perfect – Sully

Si, daca mai asteptam inca un an, se pare ca o sa il vedem jucandu-l pe Ove ( dragostea mea pentru Ove e declarata in gura mare, am citit cartea si am vazut si filmul, chiar daca a fost in suedeza)

Read and be happy 🙂

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Little ignorant me did not know that Tom Hanks writes. So I had to solve this problem ASAP. With a lot of mistrust in his writer skills (tI mean, seriously, you are a talented actor, director and film producer, you won two Academy Awards, you are number two in the list of the most paid actors in the world, I saw you in  Carly Rae Jensen’s music video, It’s impossible to also know how to write) I started reading the book. And, oh boy, it`s a good thing I did that. The Uncommon type did not disappointed me.

But let’s get to the book. It’s a collection of stories, shorter or longer, some of them having the same characters, in different situations. Among them are scattered, every time, the typewriters. The style is simple, sometimes ironic, sometimes sad. Without pretentious words, the action is running smoothly, it does not let you get lost in too many details. I like the fact that this book has no claim to be written by the next Charles Dickens (somehow I found a similarity between these two styles) but wants to be a debut books has throws itself in the lion’s mouth with everything she has to offer.

Trying to make an analogy between his movies and the stories in the book came it out like this:

Three exhausting weeks – Forrest Gump

Christmas Eve 1953 – Save Private Ryan

A junket in the City of lights – Toy story

Welcome to Mars – Olive Kitteridge (the book with the same name is written by Elizabeth Strout)

A month on Greene Street – You’ve got mail

Alan bean plus four – Apollo 13

At loose in the big apple – Catch me if you can

A special weekend – The Polar Express

These are the meditations of my heart – Clouds atlas

Back from back in time– Sleepless in Seattle

Stay with us – DaVinci’s Code

Go see Costas – Outcast

Steve Wong is perfect – Sully

And, if we wait for another year, it looks like we’re going to see him playing Ove (my love for Ove is already declared, I`ve read the book and I saw the movie, even though it was in Swedish)

Read and be happy 🙂