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Summary: I like Tom Hanks but this movie was horrible!
Review: My wife and I watched this together and both have very different tastes in movies, we both agreed this was one of the most boring thoughtless movies ever made. I've seen triumphant dramas that had much more substance and a well conceived plot. This could have been written by a 11 year old. Just my opinion...
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Summary: Good Movie, not great
Review: It was a good movie, but there are tiny flaws that can be overlooked by Tom Hanks performance. I do agree with the Oscar for Best Actor Going to Russell Crowe, but that doesn't take away from the brilliant performance of Tom Hanks.
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Summary: Very good, original concept
Review: I was prepared to dislike this movie; ever since "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump," I've missed Tom Hanks: Comic Actor and never thought very much of Tom Hanks: Serious Actor. But the truth is, he holds the movie together, and it all comes off very well. I had heard friends complain that it was boring, etc, but that's certainly not my opinion. I thought it was very entertaining throughout, even if the ending was kind of a downer.
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Summary: To The World, I say
Review: Blah Blah Blah, Castaway is Great, Blah Blah Blah, Castaway is a flop. You can only be on one side or another. From the people I know that have seen it, they are spit like a bananna peel (or a coconut shell.) So, probably half of you will not like what I have to say, but, maybe I can tempt that half...to come to the right side. Castaway is a three part mystery about the American Experience, from an American that has both been thickly involved with daily life, and torn from it dramatically. I bought this dvd last night, so nah nah nah. I feel like the kid that is holding that last piece of candy, you kow, the one who grabs a good thing and runs with it. Castaway, was a fully envolved project that has a very good payoff. (Spoiler!)I understand film, and I understand plot. I know that this movie could have ended when the big boat drifted along side Noland's craft. But what about those people that he touched, what kind of effect did his life leave, and what things needed to change. He had to go back, so we could see the answers. And as for the ending, It is the main character saying, "I could do anything that I want. I am as bare as when I was on that Island, and I really haven't even left yet, but this time I can do whatever I want." And there is the mystery. He is still on the raft, and the boat is floating beside him, and he can do whatever his heart leads, on the crossroads of his life.
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Summary: Rescued too soon
Review: Not quite what I expected. Yes, the film wants to be about more than Robinson Crusoe, thus the emotional/relationship drama is given much more space than expected ... but that's not we went to see. Whether the symbolism of the title works on more than one level is clever, but the fact that it wasn't emphasized in the trailers seems to say that the producers knew that the moviegoing public wasn't too interested in that aspect either.The first half of the movie works, and we identify with Hanks' character, and begin to ask ourselves how we would have fared, and all the comforts we take for granted ... but before we can witness more of his transformation from hapless modern man to wizened hunter-gatherer, he is rescued. Then the second part of the movie begins ... but do we really care? Spectacular environmental effects, and sense of isolation and aloneness ... if only there were more.
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Summary: WHAT ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE ENDING?
Review: Movie: 4.5 Stars Sound: DD (4 Stars), DTS (5 Stars) DVD Extras 3.5 Stars I have read in various entertainment articles back when Cast Away first premiered in December of 2000, that Zemeckis's original ending had Hanks and Hunt ending up together at the end of the movie, but after careful thought and test screening, Zemeckis threw that ending away and reshot the ending that we know of today. Zemeckis thought that Hanks and Hunt becoming lovers again after all that time would not seem believable by the audience, so he changed it to reflect a more realistic ending of Hanks moving on with life. My question is, where is this "alternative ending"? Does it exist? If it does, isn't that why DVD's exist? To include those deleted shots and endings that we all crave! Therefore, without the alternative ending, the extras get 3.5 stars from me. Overall DVD, 4 Stars.
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Summary: Good movie
Review: Great one man movie. Tom Hanks does a great job, this must have been very had to do, just Tom and only Tom for most of the movie. Great adventure flick.
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Summary: It's survivor meets six days seven nights:
Review: This DVD has tons of features. It has two discs. It has trailers, tv spots and more. Tom hanks is a great actor. You never get bored of him. This is a must own DVD.
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Summary: Tedious, predictable, like a big screen saver.
Review: Tom Hanks saves this film. Quite a bit of the problem I had watching the DVD (I did not see it in theaters) is that the plot is so incredibly simple that it has been completely given away in even the simplest of commercials. I was hoping to see much 'more' in the movie, but felt like I was watching a very long rerun even though I had never seen it before. Helen Hunt is nothing special in this film, could have been anyone in that role. The actress in the truck at the end of the film showed more acting ability. Luckily, the kids were sound asleep and I had the time to kill. It was good, but I should have rented instead of bought. Several shots on the island were spectacular, but they were sandwiched between average shots. The themes were exactly what you expect. Don't live by the clock, live to your real priorities, don't give up, blah blah. Great messages, but was not executed well enough to be the foundation of a film. They seemed trite.
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Summary: Robinson Crusoe and Fedex
Review: I enjoyed this movie. Tom Hanks did a superb job as the gratification-delaying Chuck Noland, speeding towards his first ulcer (I could hardly recognize him). I thought the plane-crash scenes were first-rate and, of course, the parallel with old Robinson Crusoe were very apparent (after four years, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart!). The overly-generous use of the Federal Express name, premises and equipment meant that the movie had to tread awfully carefully (wouldn't Chuck open ALL the packages washed ashore?), still, FedEx ought to be commended for what it did allow. I thought "Wilson" (his volleyball "friend") was a bit silly, but who knows how any of us will react with no company for four years? What impressed me, though, was that this movie always remained credible. The treatment of the end phase, where Chuck is re-united with his girlfriend, Kelly, was believeable and sensitive. The finale was not as tidy as some might like but, hey, that's just the way things happen!
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