A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

[Xprimentyl]

Fred Rogers was indeed an amazing human being and is well deserving of a theatrical homage, but this homage just feels? off? Don?t get me wrong, if anybody could pull off Mister Rogers, it?s Tom Hanks, but I can?t shake the feeling that such a huge name portraying such a notoriously modest man is somewhat? disingenuous? Ostentatious? i.e.: Is this a film a labor of love for and about Fred Rogers or a movie starring Tom Hanks?

I?m probably just being overly sensitive and cynical; it does indeed look like it will be a fine and worthy film, but I cringe at the thought of the criticisms it?s going to attract given Hanks? name and Fred Rogers? saintliness. The woman in the trailer says it best at about the 50 second mark: ?Please don?t ruin my childhood.?

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

I can not watch this.

I mean this because I literally tear up every time I think of Mr. Rogers. As I do now. I have never been more serious about anything in my entire decade of being on this site than when I say this man is my literal Hero. Any time I want to lose my cool, I think about him and trying to make him proud. I actually think about the world sometimes and feel so depressed that we let Mr. Rogers down by ending up like this.

I can not watch this because I will be blubbering in the theaters.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I always found Mr. Rogers to be really creepy. That overly friendly, soft-spoken manner and the slow deliberate movements...give me the shivers.
Like I know he was a good guy, but also how many children did he eat?

 

[Batou667]

I'm evidently the only person in the world who has never heard of Mr Rogers.

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

I always found Mr. Rogers to be really creepy. That overly friendly, soft-spoken manner and the slow deliberate movements...give me the shivers.
Like I know he was a good guy, but also how many children did he eat?

That's actually the subversive thing about him; he really was what he portrayed. No dark secrets behind the smile.

 

[Squilookle]

Isn't this the guy that won the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny?

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

Isn't this the guy that won the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny?

Yep, that's the one. He wasn't really a thing in the UK, we didn't get his show, so unfortunately this whole movie is probably going to get a pass from me

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

I always found Mr. Rogers to be really creepy. That overly friendly, soft-spoken manner and the slow deliberate movements...give me the shivers.
Like I know he was a good guy, but also how many children did he eat?

You're not alone. He scared me too. I always wondered "how many bodies did he have buried beneath that train set?" He came across to me as the guy in the van asking "You want some candy little girl?" Trying to trick you into getting closer...

I wasn't afraid of clowns or tarantulas but I was scared of Mr. Rogers. Go figure.

 

[Agema]

Never heard of Fred Rogers. Clearly whatever he did didn't cross the Atlantic.

This is, however, exactly the sort of sappy stuff I expect from Tom Hanks (and slightly hold him in contempt for).

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Well that was nauseatingly wholesome.




[small][sub][sub][sub]I'll probably watch it anyway.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/small]




[small][sub][sub][sub][sub]...who?[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/small]

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

Never heard of Fred Rogers. Clearly whatever he did didn't cross the Atlantic.

This is, however, exactly the sort of sappy stuff I expect from Tom Hanks (and slightly hold him in contempt for).

Yeah same boat. People seem to worship this guy like he's some kind of saint. And by all accounts that faith has not ever been misplaced but I have no idea who this man is or what he represents.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Is there a point to this other than Tom Hanks "blessing" a famous historical figure with his performance? Didn't we already get a documentary on Fred Rogers that many people praised? Why do this? I guess Tom Hanks wants to get another Oscar.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Is there a point to this other than Tom Hanks "blessing" a famous historical figure with his performance? Didn't we already get a documentary on Fred Rogers that many people praised? Why do this? I guess Tom Hanks wants to get another Oscar.

He likely could care less about any awards at this point and is just fulfilling his life long dream of being Mr. Rogers and getting to play with the train set.

 

[Xprimentyl]

For those curious, Fred Rogers hosted a children?s program called ?Mister Roger?s Neigborhood.? It was a very simple show hosted from the titular character?s home in which he had a trolley that journeyed to a land of make believe, a place inhabited by rudimentary puppets. The show was very sweet,

nauseatingly wholesome.

Yes, that too. Fred would address the screen like he was talking to each and every child individually. He would often have guests visit his home or take field trips to various places throughout the neighborhood. He taught nothing but love, inclusion, encouraged children to use their imaginations and ensured every one of us that we were special in our own way.

One of the most moving things I learned about him: early on in his show (late ?60s, early ?70s,) he introduced one of (if not the) first black recurring character in a children?s program with police officer Clemmons. At a time when racial tensions were overtly high in the US, Officer Clemmons visited Mr. Rogers and they sat in good company with their feet in a wading pool as friends and equals, teaching children of a pre-civil rights and a segregation parents that race meant nothing and that kindness was everything.

And the rub? It was not an act. Fred Rogers was indeed the very man he portrayed on the show, one of the nicest, most honest and decent people to have ever walked the earth. I can?t say enough about the guy. I guess he?s not as world-renown as I feel he should be, but the impact he had on the lives of so many of us in the US for over 30 years is undeniable. I read the ?creepy? comments of some in here, and I get it; it?s what we do in this day and age, kill kindness with cynicism, but Fred Rogers would have smiled through that too.

I can not watch this.

I mean this because I literally tear up every time I think of Mr. Rogers. As I do now. I have never been more serious about anything in my entire decade of being on this site than when I say this man is my literal Hero. Any time I want to lose my cool, I think about him and trying to make him proud. I actually think about the world sometimes and feel so depressed that we let Mr. Rogers down by ending up like this.

I can not watch this because I will be blubbering in the theaters.

I get it. I really do.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Oh man, I haven't seen Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in years... I feel like I have to see this now...

And I know it doesn't feel realistic that a genuine person like Mister Rogers could ever exist... but c'mon, can we please not over think everything and just enjoy it?

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

For those curious, Fred Rogers hosted a children's program called "Mister Roger's Neigborhood." It was a very simple show hosted from the titular character's home in which he had a trolley that journeyed to a land of make believe, a place inhabited by rudimentary puppets. The show was very sweet,

Yes, that too. Fred would address the screen like he was talking to each and every child individually. He would often have guests visit his home or take field trips to various places throughout the neighborhood. He taught nothing but love, inclusion, encouraged children to use their imaginations and ensured every one of us that we were special in our own way.

One of the most moving things I learned about him: early on in his show (late '60s, early '70s,) he introduced one of (if not the) first black recurring character in a children's program with police officer Clemmons. At a time when racial tensions were overtly high in the US, Officer Clemmons visited Mr. Rogers and they sat in good company with their feet in a wading pool as friends and equals, teaching children of a pre-civil rights and a segregation parents that race meant nothing and that kindness was everything.

And the rub? It was not an act. Fred Rogers was indeed the very man he portrayed on the show, one of the nicest, most honest and decent people to have ever walked the earth. I can't say enough about the guy. I guess he's not as world-renown as I feel he should be, but the impact he had on the lives of so many of us in the US for over 30 years is undeniable. I read the "creepy" comments of some in here, and I get it; it's what we do in this day and age, kill kindness with cynicism, but Fred Rogers would have smiled through that too.

Aw, that's good to hear he made it through untainted while being such an influence for many within an intensely divided culture. I suppose the concept of high-profile children's entertainer over here in this drizzly land of despair has been overall less positive, whether they're accidentally boiling their coked up girlfriend in the bath then later hanging themselves in a train station, Jimmy Saville or just turning into Russel Brand...kinda makes people wary of the pure saintly character. So I can understand trepidation from certain angles. Surely he must have some flaw somewhere though? Like forgetting to put the lid back on toothpaste sometimes? Leaving his toenail clippings in disagreeable places? Refuses to take out the trash on Sundays due to an irrational fear of steam-raccoons?

 

[SupahEwok]

For those curious, Fred Rogers hosted a children's program called "Mister Roger's Neigborhood." It was a very simple show hosted from the titular character's home in which he had a trolley that journeyed to a land of make believe, a place inhabited by rudimentary puppets. The show was very sweet,

Yes, that too. Fred would address the screen like he was talking to each and every child individually. He would often have guests visit his home or take field trips to various places throughout the neighborhood. He taught nothing but love, inclusion, encouraged children to use their imaginations and ensured every one of us that we were special in our own way.

One of the most moving things I learned about him: early on in his show (late '60s, early '70s,) he introduced one of (if not the) first black recurring character in a children's program with police officer Clemmons. At a time when racial tensions were overtly high in the US, Officer Clemmons visited Mr. Rogers and they sat in good company with their feet in a wading pool as friends and equals, teaching children of a pre-civil rights and a segregation parents that race meant nothing and that kindness was everything.

And the rub? It was not an act. Fred Rogers was indeed the very man he portrayed on the show, one of the nicest, most honest and decent people to have ever walked the earth. I can't say enough about the guy. I guess he's not as world-renown as I feel he should be, but the impact he had on the lives of so many of us in the US for over 30 years is undeniable. I read the "creepy" comments of some in here, and I get it; it's what we do in this day and age, kill kindness with cynicism, but Fred Rogers would have smiled through that too.

Aw, that's good to hear he made it through untainted while being such an influence for many within an intensely divided culture. I suppose the concept of high-profile children's entertainer over here in this drizzly land of despair has been overall less positive, whether they're accidentally boiling their coked up girlfriend in the bath then later hanging themselves in a train station, Jimmy Saville or just turning into Russel Brand...kinda makes people wary of the pure saintly character. So I can understand trepidation from certain angles. Surely he must have some flaw somewhere though? Like forgetting to put the lid back on toothpaste sometimes? Leaving his toenail clippings in disagreeable places? Refuses to take out the trash on Sundays due to an irrational fear of steam-raccoons?

There would be big money in destroying Fred Rogers' reputation with some dirt. Especially with the documentary and now this movie going. And the man worked in television for decades, leaving plenty of trail to comb over for crumbs.

And yet nobody's ever found any.

 

[SupahEwok]

I can not watch this.

I mean this because I literally tear up every time I think of Mr. Rogers. As I do now. I have never been more serious about anything in my entire decade of being on this site than when I say this man is my literal Hero. Any time I want to lose my cool, I think about him and trying to make him proud. I actually think about the world sometimes and feel so depressed that we let Mr. Rogers down by ending up like this.

When you're feeling dark like that, it's important to remember that we actually can't let Mr. Rogers down. He spent a very long time telling us he liked us just the way we were.

World's heading to dark places, but remember that he began broadcasting in the 60's. Civil rights, Vietnam, the Cold War. World was in dark places then too. That's when he began his message.

I wondered for a little bit how much a good man like Mr. Rogers matters, with this country taking the direction its been going in for the past while. Mr. Rogers may have been an exceptionally good human being, but what is a good man worth in the face of all that is happening? But then I turned it around. What would we be like if we hadn't had Mr. Rogers? A lot of people got on by without him, and a lot of people didn't get on by without him... but I believe that a lot of people who did have him were moved to a better path than they would have otherwise if they hadn't had him.

It's important, in our trials and tribulations, for us all to keep a little bit of Mr. Rogers in our thoughts.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Oh man, I haven't seen Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in years... I feel like I have to see this now...

And I know it doesn't feel realistic that a genuine person like Mister Rogers could ever exist... but c'mon, can we please not over think everything and just enjoy it?

I?m right there with you; I think this trailer shows what could be an incredible perspective on the life of a man that touched so many childhoods (yeah, cynics; I lobbed that one to ya?) and eventually adulthoods, I?m just concerned that Fred Rogers might be overshadowed by Tom Hanks? star power: will people want to see it to learn more about the real Fred Rogers or will they flock to the theaters to see how well Tom Hanks portrays Fred Rogers? I really hope it?s the former because Fred Rogers deserves to be the keynote draw of this film; he lived an incredibly commendable life with the modesty of a monk and deserves copious amounts of recognition. (I am fully aware how ironic that is and stand by it in full sincerity.) I suppose either way, if it?s done as well as it appears to have been in the trailer, the motives of the audience won?t matter if Fred Rogers is given this new life, particularly at a time in our nation when we need him the most.

*Snerps*

Aw, that's good to hear he made it through untainted while being such an influence for many within an intensely divided culture. I suppose the concept of high-profile children's entertainer over here in this drizzly land of despair has been overall less positive, whether they're accidentally boiling their coked up girlfriend in the bath then later hanging themselves in a train station, Jimmy Saville or just turning into Russel Brand...kinda makes people wary of the pure saintly character. So I can understand trepidation from certain angles. Surely he must have some flaw somewhere though? Like forgetting to put the lid back on toothpaste sometimes? Leaving his toenail clippings in disagreeable places? Refuses to take out the trash on Sundays due to an irrational fear of steam-raccoons?

There would be big money in destroying Fred Rogers' reputation with some dirt. Especially with the documentary and now this movie going. And the man worked in television for decades, leaving plenty of trail to comb over for crumbs.

And yet nobody's ever found any.

I tend to lean towards Mr. Rogers being a legit candidate for sainthood, but a few years ago, I?d have probably said the same thing about Bill Cosby. I?m holding out hope for Fred Rogers, though; he could stab my parents to death in front of me, hand me the blood-soaked knife along with a signed confession that he did it, and I?d still need more evidence before I?d believe it.

I can not watch this.

I mean this because I literally tear up every time I think of Mr. Rogers. As I do now. I have never been more serious about anything in my entire decade of being on this site than when I say this man is my literal Hero. Any time I want to lose my cool, I think about him and trying to make him proud. I actually think about the world sometimes and feel so depressed that we let Mr. Rogers down by ending up like this.

When you're feeling dark like that, it's important to remember that we actually can't let Mr. Rogers down. He spent a very long time telling us he liked us just the way we were.

World's heading to dark places, but remember that he began broadcasting in the 60's. Civil rights, Vietnam, the Cold War. World was in dark places then too. That's when he began his message.

I wondered for a little bit how much a good man like Mr. Rogers matters, with this country taking the direction its been going in for the past while. Mr. Rogers may have been an exceptionally good human being, but what is a good man worth in the face of all that is happening? But then I turned it around. What would we be like if we hadn't had Mr. Rogers? A lot of people got on by without him, and a lot of people didn't get on by without him... but I believe that a lot of people who did have him were moved to a better path than they would have otherwise if they hadn't had him.

It's important, in our trials and tribulations, for us all to keep a little bit of Mr. Rogers in our thoughts.

^THIS. Thank you.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I tend to lean towards Mr. Rogers being a legit candidate for sainthood, but a few years ago, I?d have probably said the same thing about Bill Cosby.

Big difference between Rogers and Cosby, though. Both got praised, but there's been accusations and evidence against Cosby for many years, people just didn't want to know and didn't make a fuss about them. If you dug deep enough, even before it started making the headlines, you'd find things about Cosby many wanted to bury again.

Nobody seems to be saying that about Rogers (beyond the "He was a sniper in Vietnam or Korea but not really" thing).

I?m holding out hope for Fred Rogers, though; he could stab my parents to death in front of me, hand me the blood-soaked knife along with a signed confession that he did it, and I?d still need more evidence before I?d believe it.

Hey, I just thought of a great "controversial" twist ending to the movie...