Review: Cast Away

By SKillBot on 2000-12-25 21:22:44

Cast Away (featuring Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland, Helen Hunt as Kelly Frears, and introducing Wilson the volleyball as itself) is the story of Federal Express' commitment to quality and the zany adventures of one volleyball with a madman deserted on a South Pacific island.?Although many families expect a touching Christmas movie, they may be somewhat disappointed by a more tragic tale of one man's struggle for survival.?


One very different aspect of this movie is the lack of character development (with the exception of the main character).?It's very direct in laying out the background and then jumping into the theme of the movie.?I rather enjoyed this as it left many of the characters open to the viewer's imagination, allowing better association with the main character and giving you something to think about as the theme was illustrated.?


More than just some wilderness survival movie, this shows a very tight contrast of how time is spent through a character that lives by the clock, then ends up alone with nothing but free time.?I know that many people found this to be pretty boring (I heard some snores in the theatre), but it's an excellent showcase of how important time really is.?Ironically enough, he starts out being obsessive about minutes to meet delivery schedules in the beginning, then cares about getting something done in time to meet a particular season in the end.?"Let us not commit the sin of turning our backs on time."



The ending is nice as it ties everything together and leaves the future of the story open to interpretation.?And it does that while filling in some details of a huge chunk of time on the island that was completely passed over.?


The cinematography was good, although nothing revolutionary.?My only complaint would be the lack of a good title sequence and the overly dramatic sounds made by the waves as he went through them.?The fact that it really was one big FedEx ad should probably bother me, but it doesn't since it worked into the story so well.?


It's one of those movies that has everything (action, adventure, sap, etc.), and it's a pretty nice story.?Although it didn't especially turn me on, I would still have to reccommend it.

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