The (very possibly) Talented Mr. Hanks

So I’ve had to do some thinking about somebody nobody else thinks about; Colin Hanks.
I was taken to task about tsk tsking Peter Jackson’s choice to cast Mr. Tom Hanks’ son.
After much thought, I guess I’ve sort of met the tsking halfway. Here was my reasoning.
First of all, I don’t know Colin Hanks from Adam. He could be a dick, or the nicest guy I’d ever care to meet. However, this doesn’t really have any bearing on weather or not he’ll be good in Jackson’s movie, so no point there.
Next, I didn’t see Orange County. I didn’t see his 6 or 7 other little movies where he’s cut his teeth. I’ve only seen him in BAND OF BROTHERS. There, he was an empty uniform; plenty of people could have done it much better, but it probably could have been done worse as well. So I haven’t seen piles of filmic evidence as to his suckitude.
Now for the only concession that’s important; Lots of really good directors have squeezed excellent performances out of what have been considered less-than-top-tier actors. Scorsese got a great performance out of Sharon Stone in CASINO. Everyone was surprised by Kim Basinger’s acting in LA CONFIDENTIAL, or Jamie Foxx in the over-touted RAY (apparently, Foxx is very good, the film is OK).
So this leaves me here…Hanks will probably be totally fine under the direction of Jackson. Heck, he might even be good.
Which brings me to the real beef. Fuck him. Fuck Colin Hanks in his legacy millionaire ass. Thousands of talented actors (not neutral, but talented) that have pissed away their life as waiters because they can’t break into a closed system. Fuck Colin Hanks for acting. Seriously. More deserving people are bringing him coffee. I don’t care if the “system” is made that way. The system didn’t make Tom Hanks’ kid take up acting.
Is some or all of this jealousy? Absolutely! I’d give Big’s right nut if my parents worked in the entertainment industry, that would make things a lot easier.
However, I hope I’d still be intellectually honest to know that I didn’t earn my position, I was born into it.