Benedito Dias Rodrigues Provoking movie about press and heroes and the how this has a treatment by all kind of media to delivery to the public, could be better if they didn't have overdone some easy situations,maybe it don't filled the Hollywood's formula to making movies,so the product is damage since the beginning, somehow works and to a certain extent, another fantastic performance from Hoffman and Geena Daves too,remembering heroes don't give up!! Resume: First watch: 1995 / How many: 4 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.25

thesar-2 They were looking out for a hero…and had to settle.Later, I will discuss the magnitude of importance this review has for me, but for now, I searched for a 1992 movie I had seen, meant something to me and I haven't reviewed yet. Surprisingly, upon going through the IMDb list of 1992 films, I found over 40 great movies, but only about 10 I had previously reviewed. I couldn't believe how many GREAT movies to masterpieces were released during that year. And though I had stories for many of them as I recall where I saw them, with whom and how the films affected me, this one really stood out.I remember seeing this opening weekend, that first weekend of October 1992 and absolutely gushing over it. Insta 10/10 stars. I praised it to everyone and practically begged people to see it. But…that's where my memory of this movie ends. I don't ever remember seeing it again during the 23 years between then and now. Funny. Usually when I loved a movie this much, I would've seen it on repeat back then, or at very least, *gulp* add it to my vast VHS collection.So, I had to see it again, and hopefully relive that joy I remember back in early October 1992. Did it live up to my own hype? Did it hold up after over two decades? Eh, not really. But, still, it was a very good movie.I did find myself laughing out loud – it was a straight up comedy, though feel-good comedy. And as bad as the three main characters were – man, our title character was such a horrible "citizen," their turns at having a conscious were inspirational. Lifetime criminal Bernie is trying to balance being a "good" divorced dad to his son, hocking stolen goods and credit cards and attempting to stay out of prison when all of a sudden…a plane nearly drops on top of him. To put it very mildly, he reluctantly helps the people escape the tragic crash and even some trapped survivors. One of which, is Reporter Gale who makes it her mission to find the unknown hero who vanishes. A one-million-dollar reward draws out Bernie's bum friend to fake being the hero the Windy City needs.Those three, Bernie, Gale and the bum, John, all really turn the light- hearted comedy into something much better. All three have baggage and are technically bad people, but through the well-written script, signs of light shine through and it's a joy to see their bits of selflessness.Again, I didn't go all 10 stars with even more stars in my eyes this time around, but it's worth it to see it…even if just to see how many other stars showed up in minor roles. Maybe we all have a little bit of heroism in us, I'd like to take from this and hopefully believe in real life. ***Final thoughts: In truth, I don't recall the actual flight number from the movie, but I used that number for the special reason I chose this film. It's been my lucky number most of my life: 1516. And this is my 1,516th review. So, I had to make it special and count.Back in my day…ah-hem…not too long before the interwebs, we had in college: THE ELECTRONIC FORUM, or ef for short. This is where college students could electronically talk with each other and their teachers on the old, plain green screens. It was basic, of course, but came with many, many different "forums" from the serious to the fun to even the meet-your-match ones. When I signed up, that fall of 1992, right around the time this movie opened, I was the 1,516th user (it eventually went up to the 10s of thousands) and hence, that was my destination: ef1516.I've adopted that number for my life since – though, no, I don't use it as any of my PINs or passwords as that would be too easy for anyone who really knew me or my past. THAT was a long story on how I came to pick Hero as my 1,516th movie review. It was just perfect that I remember loving this movie at about the same time I claimed my lifelong lucky number.

beauzee directors/writers, watched too many Frank Capra pictures, when they concocted this awful adventure.Dustin Hoffman sleepwalks through this accountant-approved wonder, the mellowed out homeless guy, who casually saves a lot of lives, in the only good scene in the picture. SEE THE PICTURE.Chevy Chase, as the newsroom Director, who must keep an eye Hoffman and Garcia (they sit out on a high ledge, Garcia's suicide perch - he's the guy who took credit for Hoffman's heroicS) who is so bad....I can't go on...anyway, consider that his name does not appear in the movie credits.all due respect to the reviewer who called this thing a satire...but I'll call it a sad tire. (no such inspiration in the script).

parhat In the movie, after receiving an award, Gail Gayle mentions "Life is like an Onion, you peel away and the story becomes different, but when you peel everything away, everything is all a lie" as part of her News acceptance award speech. The speech represents the entire story that is like a modern day Aesop fable. Dustin Hoffman plays small time criminal who accidentally saved the life of 54 people when the plane crash landed in front of him, but someone else took the credit. Our life is basically conditioned to think that people should be given credit where credit is due, in real life, credit isn't given where credit is due. The other problem about events or historical events is that life is like an onion. When you peel them all away, nothing is really there. Things we view as hero may be not we think it is, because of our prejudices in what we view them as a perfect hero. A real hero may have none of that, we humans are full of gray areas, some we are good, some we are not so good. There's not such thing as 100% good guys and 100% bad guys. So if you have to watch this movie, what we know what we see, is not what we think it is. If you should die one day, become a spirit, you will realize that everything we hold dear and true, we're not even close. That's the Aesop of the movie. The best part of the movie is Dustin Hoffman's is at his finest, there's simply not enough screen time for him because he's just so interesting to watch. This is a highly underrated film and if you keep the idea mentioned here in perspective, you will enjoy the movie more. Just peel away your onions!