Big (1988)

God I love this movie.

Could you imagine this movie with anyone other than Hanks? Harrison Ford and Robert De Niro turned down the role. Could you imagine "Big" starring Robert De Niro? Man, would that be one ugly kid.

Besides Tom Hanks making this role his bitch, the screenwriter did a great job with some of the small details. For instance, making Josh 13 years old was perfect. He's young enough to still be interested in toys, but old enough to want to bang chicks...what a great age...

Here's another great moment. Question: If you were 13 and magically turned into an adult, what's the first thing you would do?

Answer: You would check to see how big your dick was. Guys, deny that's what you would do! You can't. The first thing any guy would do is to check out his big, hairy schlong.

My favorite part of the movie is right after Josh bangs Susan (Did anyone else find that part a little too creepy to ignore? It's a grown woman molesting a 13 year old boy!), Josh gets off the elevator and he's in a really good mood and he starts doing all these "adult" things like drinking coffee and shit. Basically, he's decided that he's going to remain "Big" because it means he gets to have sex...and who can blame him.

But THEN, Susan wants to talk about their relationship and Josh decides, "Fuck this! I'm going back to being a kid!" Is that not perfect? Is that not the Catch-22 that every guy faces early in adulthood?

You spend your entire adolescence dreaming about being old enough to have sex with girls and then when you finally are old enough to bang chicks, you realize that in addition to the sex you also have to put up with all the serious relationship talks and other bullshit and you desperately wish to turn back the clock and go back to playing with your Ninja Turtles and jerking off in your closet to Victoria's Secret catalogs...but it's too late to turn back. Oh, the cruelty of the hands of time...

Anyways, great movie that continues to make me laugh to this day.

I wonder what would happen if they remade this movie today with a girl protagonist? Oh, wait...it would be called "13 going on 30" and it would suck dick. Query answered.

Why it's awesome: Totally realistic presentation of what a kid would do if he was actually turned into an adult by a creepy fortune teller quarter machine (like using your locker combo for your social security number).

Best Quote:
Susan: Well, I like you and I want to spend the night...
Josh: You mean sleep over?
Susan: Well...yeah...
Josh: OK...but I get to be on top.