Best movie ever!

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Let's me tell you about a film i watched and be impressed the most, it is the Hero from 1992. The image quality from that time was not so vivid and some plots are clichéd. But overall, the film is funny and toughing at the same time. The main character of the movie is a misery criminal called Bernie with continuously bad lucks. He fail to be a role model father, lived in the modest apartment, and drove a rusted car. In a dull night, when a plane crashed and fired immediately in front of him, Bernie decided to risk his life to save the passengers. But there were twists and turns, which made the audience rated it as a genius product. One of the victims was a famous TV reporter. She and her station called him as the "Angel of flight 104" and offered one million dollar for an interview since they only know him by a 10 size shoe which have been left behind. Hundreds of people claimed, but there was one man made people believe in by the other shoe. Which he received from Bernie as a thank you gift for the lift. The film conveyed a humanity message: what exactly contribute to heroism. While keeping the smart, surprised funny. That is the movie I would keep recommending for friends and colleges.

I decided to watch Hero because I love Dustin Hoffman. I actually almost picked this up a few times while I was after the Jet Li movie of the same name. I am certainly glad I watched this. This is one of the most underrated comedies of the decade. After all, this is a satire. It reminded me of Wag the Dog which is also a satire starring Dustin Hoffman that was released a few years afar this. One thing Hero does better is sell its believability and accuracy.Dustin Hoffman's role of lowlife Bernard LaPlante reminds me of many people I grew up with-- all the way down to his core. He is a mean, dumb, hated loser who just wants money and spending time with his kid. One rainy night, his car breaks down and he witnesses a plane crash yards away from him. He pops the door open and reluctantly saves everybody just before the plane explodes (the plane had 54 passengers). It is funny the way he does it because since he doesn't want to save anybody. He did the right thing, but was it really in his nature? He loses one of his hundred dollar shoes in the event and gives the other to a bum (Andy Garcia) the next day. Bernie wants to keep a low-profile and not attract much attention because of all his felonies and criminal ties.Geena Davis plays a reporter who is always in search of a good story and happens to be on the plane. Nobody gets a good looks at Hoffman, so a search for a lowlife with the other shoe begins. Bernie is in jail due to stolen goods and Garcia claims to be the hero as he is a lowlife who has the shoe. The movie is nice and fun up until this point, but Garcia stepping up to the plate is where it really starts to sizzle. Garcia is awarded one million dollars and becomes a nationwide sensation, renowned hero and inspiration to millions. Garcia is humble and uses the money for good, but Hoffman--who is the actually hero of the crash--would have kept it all for himself. So the viewer must decide who is more worthy. The publicity the Davis starts is exactly how the media works and people are manipulated. That is how it is similar to Wag the Dog. The first component that makes this movie great is Dustin Hoffman. He is one of the best actors in film history and his role as a complete loser is both funny and heartrending. That is hard to do. He is also the protagonist and changes the least out of the three leads. In every movie there is chemistry, and Hoffman slightly changes but still stays to to your average thug from the ghetto. It is rare that a character stays the same throughout a movie but is still great. I did touch base on how the media is affective, but the big picture and moral is what makes a hero. Bernie LaPlante is a hero because he saved people from a plane crash. Andy Garcia is a hero because he is a selfless inspiration. This feel-good dramedy is one of the most underrated movies of the decade. I highly recommend it.

Interesting little movie this is. On the top it doesn't seem to be that much, but when one begins to look deeper one sees that this movie is very scathing of the media and the way they turn people into celebrities, even though they did nothing to deserve it. The major theme of this movie is that of appearance and reality - what is real, and if television says it does that mean that it is true? And are those heroes we see on television really heroes or are they just foolish people who were damn lucky? Bernie Le-Plant (Dustin Hoffman) is the typical everyday cretin. He has just been convicted of receiving stolen goods and he is to be sentenced in six days. During the trial he steals a heap of money off of his lawyer, who is only a court-appointed lawyer that he does not like, and then goes off to make himself look good in the eyes of society by seeing his son. While going to get his son, a plane crashes in front of him, and because he cannot drive over the bridge as there is a burning plane in the way, he rather reluctantly goes and opens the door, after removing his $100 shoes. After letting the people out, a kid asks him to find his dad, so rather reluctantly Bernie goes into the plane and saves those trapped in there, but there is no Fletcher, as he has already escaped. While rescuing a journalist, he decides to steal her purse. The twist evolves when he loses one shoe and gives the other to a vagrant, John Bubba (Andy Garcia), who lives out of a truck. Bubba is a nice and honest guy, but when the television station offers a million dollars to the person who rescued the people from the plane, Bubba cannot resist and takes the shoe and claims the prize. Unlike Cinderella, Bubba is not the real princess, yet he turns out to be the most deserving one. Now that they have their hero, the media sets about turning him into a god. Everybody loves him and literally hangs of every word he says. Everybody by the real hero, Bernie Le-Plant. The thing is that Le-Plant is not the hero type - Bubba visits hospitals and give people hope, while Le-Plant just simply wanders around stealing credit-cards and landing up in jail. Though Bubba is not the real hero, he conforms to the people's idea of a hero and thus finds himself trapped in the role. He tries to get out by trying to speak the truth but nobody really wants to listen to him - he is the hero and nothing is going to change their minds about it. The most interesting aspect of the movie occurs at the climax where Bubba is standing on the ledge of a building wanting to jump off. He is fed up with living a lie and Le-Plant is haunting his dreams. He knows Le-Plant is the real hero and the guilt of his lie is tearing him apart. Le-Plant gets out onto the ledge to save Bubba, and they begin to talk, but as they talk, the media slowly begin to twist things around - what began as Bubba wanting to jump and Le-Plant talking him down, becomes Le-Plant wanting to jump and Bubba saving him. Bubba is the hero figure and the media want to milk it for as much as they can. By the time they are back into the building, everybody has forgotten that it was actually Bubba out on the ledge originally wanting to jump. The movie shows us a very cold and indifferent side of the media. The quote about suicidees is not trying to talk them down - that does not make a good news story - but not catching them least they pull you over as well. The journalist comes slowly to see this side of the media as the person whom she has come close to - Bubba - is now the target of the media's sensationalism. Her cameraman still does not understand, and simply wants to see somebody making a red mark on the ground. As the news stations buzz with activity at the action occurring on the skyscraper - the talk is not about bringing them down, but digging up information regarding the people on the ledge. When another station discovers who Bernie Le-Plant is and slowly manipulates the story around to suit them, the executive has a fit as they did not get the information first. As what was said in Wag the Dog, a movie with a similar theme, if it is said on television then it must be true - one cannot contradict a story that has been developed by another station, unless the contradiction reveals even more sensational evidence.

Excruciating comedy has Dustin Hoffman playing a con man and pickpocket in New York City who is already in all kinds of legal trouble when his car stalls on a bridge overlooking a river where an airliner has just crash landed; he reluctantly helps the passengers out of the plane and then disappears. Later, a TV newswoman, who happened to be on the ill-fated flight, turns the story around to reflect on the mysterious hero, causing worldwide interest. Intriguing concept for a comedy-drama, but this one is never sure what it wants to be (or what tempo the scenes should be set at). At certain moments, it's a rapid-fired, "Front Page"-styled satire, other times it's a mushy piece littered with brash or kooky characters, none of whom seem credible. In a running, irritating gag, Hoffman's character isn't able to get his side of the story out--he's constantly thwarted by people who won't listen, don't care, or don't believe him. However the biggest joke is, he's such an ill-mannered, disreputable lout, he doesn't deserve any recognition! Geena Davis has some brief moments where her innate charm comes through without effort, and the supporting cast is full of wonderful characters actors; however, no one here merits much interest. You know a picture's in trouble when there are only two decent people on hand: a non-mouthy teenager and Tom Arnold as a bartender. *1/2 from ****