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Summary: Did not deliver what I expected
Review: "Cast Away" is an interesting movie, I was not bored at all. It's an up-to-date Robinson Kruzo story, well performed. The problem ,in my money, is that it lacked the literal psychological twist I had expected to find, before I went to see it. What I mean in is that there was almost not a word from the man (Hanks) regarding his emotions, fears and All you can do is guess ,and wonder for yourself how he managed to survive alone four years. It's not enough for me, I could have done it at home . I think that the producers could have done more in effort to add more depth to the plot. The Wilson story is a nice one, but there must be more that a virtuoso player like Tom Hanks can deliver to his loyal audience.
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Summary: Cannot believe people liked this
Review: This is far and away the most overrated film I have seen in a very long time. If you've seen the trailer or tv spots for this, you've seen the film. NO surprises, NO twists, NO real plot, and BORING. I beleive Forest Gump was one of the finest films ever made, so I'm not a Hanks/Zemekis critic, but this film was just predictible and dull. Nuff said.
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Summary: zemeckis is king!
Review: this movie is incredibly directed, acted, and shot. it completely devowers the viewer into the world, giving them the feel of what it would be like to be stranded on an island. the effects and situations that tom's character must face are tragic but fun at the same time. the ending is great, it shows just enough of what you need to see and doesnt let you down in terms of cutting it off before telling what happens. i am so glad that i only saw one or two short previews of this movie because the extended one practically tells the whole story. thats extremely unfortunate for the people who havent seen it but its still great. go see this movie.
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Summary: Pretty excellent except it's kind of slow moving....
Review: CAST AWAY was a pretty good film, except that it seemed to take forever. The acting is excellent, of course - especially when you've got the talent-likes of Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt in the same movie. Although I don't agree with most of the people's reviews - I thought Tom Hanks played his role very well and seemed very realistic. Sure, he's famous - but aren't a lot of actors are? And Helen Hunt was great, too. But from the time Tom Hanks was left on the island really did seem to take forever. And who knows? This film does have a point and could be pretty useful...somebody could get stranded on an island all alone out in the middle of the ocean any day, and wouldn't it be helpful to know how to survive it by seeing this film? Anyway, CAST AWAY is a great film with excellent acting and some of the best special effects of the year. Still, my absolute favorite film and the film I think is the best movie of the year is ALMOST FAMOUS. Two totally different films but you'd like both and you should see both CAST AWAY and ALMOST FAMOUS. I totally recommend both films!
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Summary: Why watch this at all?
Review: I'm sure many of you saw the extended trailer at the movie theater. If not, go watch it online. Now that you've seen the entire movie, you don't need to buy it. The movie is alright, not what I consider Oscar material, but it is interesting to see what Tom Hanks looks like when he starves himself for a long time. But after watching the trailer, there's no point in seeing the movie!
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Summary: A So-So Film That Could Have Been Great
Review: "Castaway" is what I consider a flawed film. Sure,the moments on the island are wonderful, but it doesn't hide the factthat the plot and motivation of the movie is weak. Tom Hanks is goodin his role (but has he ever been bad in a movie in the last decade)but the other actors in the film are delegated to underdeveloped minorcharacters. They serve no more purpose than for them to just bethere. It surprises me that this film is so hailed as a cinematicexperience. The script is non-existent, the directing by RobertZemeckis, who has shown his extrodinary talent in other films, ismerely adequate, and an ending which strains credibility. Perhaps thefilm's main problem is that it glosses over the relationships that TomHanks's character has with the other characters with short,unsatisfactory bookends. For me, the film left me thinking there wasa greater film somewhere, but instead, I just saw a film that showedthe highlights.
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Summary: Great movie!!!
Review: Even though this is pg 13, i still think that Tom was so good in it Cast away. Mom and Dad liked it alot too. i reccomend this for people 10 and up.
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Summary: Where's the Best Picture Nom?
Review: Despite many previous reviews saying how boring this movie is, where I can see why people would think it is boring, I also couldn't disagree more! This is the perfect movie about someone stranded on an island. Excellent acting by everyone (Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt et al), excellent directing (Robert Zemeckis), excellent writing (William Broyles Jr.), and excellent scenery make for a perfect movie. It doesn't quite rank with Zemeckis' "Forrest Gump," but it is very close.
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Summary: Arrogance and an unlimited budget.
Review: But that's no surprise -- it's a Zemeckis picture! This is, after all, the guy who gave us *Forrest Gump* with all its dumbed-down philosophy -- opium for the masses. Zemeckis does it again, but this time it's not so much a philosophical treatise ("Don't Give Up Hope" seems to be the astoundingly original thought at work here) as it is a messy ladling, gravy-like, of self-importance over all the movie's particulars. The Amazon reviewer correctly observes that *Cast Away* is three movies in one . . . and that's two movies too many. We're given a 30-minute prelude (I'm not exaggerating) establishing that Tom Hanks works for Fed-Ex and has a fiancee. Why this takes a half-hour is beyond me -- only arrogance and an unlimited budget can explain it. Finally we get to the plane crash over the ocean. We know it's coming and have been waiting -- with increasing impatience -- for it. I must say that it's shot spectacularly, and is frankly the prime justification in my mind for giving *Cast Away* two stars instead of one. But here again, this sequence's very success can explained by, again, arrogance and an unlimited budget. Okey-doke; now to the "stranded-on-a-deserted-island" movie. We watch Tom Hanks spearing fish, building fires (I swear that FIFTEEN MINUTES of the film is spent on this alone), constructing a leafy hut, learning how to crack open a coconut, learning which crabs to eat, learning how to best use the assorted debris from the plane-crash which gradually beaches on the island, et cetera, et al. In a word: BORING. Especially when you consider that the guy's gonna get off the island anyway, the "big secret" having been revealed in the trailers that ran for what seemed like months before the film's release. Zemeckis assumes we'll put up with all this, and judging from the box receipts and the positive reviews, he assumes rightly. This is the unhappy result of arrogance and an unlimited budget. And finally, we get to Movie #3. Well, unlike Zemeckis, I actually don't want to spoil the resolution of the plot for you, hoping that you may have missed the all-revealing trailer. Needless to say, arrogance and an unlimited budget stretch things out much longer than necessary. Essentially, we have a 2 1/2-hour movie that shoud've been no longer than 1 hour and 45 minutes. Because of the self-importance dripping off every shot (and LENGTHENING every shot), *Cast Away* comes across every bit as pretentious as *Forrest Gump*, but with even less justification. I almost regret the 2-star review I gave Zemeckis' earlier 2000 effort, *What Lies Beneath* -- that movie was downright fast and fun compared to this one, which, if I may use a simile, is like Robinson Crusoe in cement boots walking on thick sand.
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Summary: Zemeckis+Hanks+Minimal Dilaogue=Brilliance!
Review: Ok, may'be the title is a little overstated, but out of almost every movie that I heard of this winter, I was looking forward to this one. Since I was 5, Robert Zemeckis has been one of my favorite directors, and Hanks has been steadily gaining on my popularity chart. This film will really put his acting skills to the benefit of all. Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland (break down that last name for the joke), a FedEx employee who demands precision and on the clock time delivery. Anything less to Chuck, and FedEx becomes the US Postal service. Even through all this, Chuck still tries to maintai his relationship with his Memphis, Tennessee girlfriend Kellie (Helen Hunt). Chuck completes his latest route, and just when it seems like Christmas and New Years will be a time of peace, Chuck is called in to supervise a flight to Asia. However, once over the Pacific, turbulance and more trouble causes a terrifying plane crash, of which Chuck soon finds himself "cast away" on an island. This wouldn't sound so bad, except that the waves coming in prevent Chuck from escaping, and there is no sign of life. Once on the island, Hanks gives us an incredible role, playing Chuck almost entirely through pantomime and body movement. Chuck does not feel the need to talk only if it is important. In other words, he is not the possibly gung ho survivor. Once realizing his fate, Chuck finds several FedEx packages washed up. Inside them he finds several items he uses to stay alive. To keep his sanity through loneliness, he takes a Volleyball, smears itn with blood fro a wound of his, and names it "Wilson." The interaction between Hanks and Wilson is great, with Hanks talking AND responding to Wilson. Robert Zemeckis keeps the camera on Hanks form teh minute the doors blow open on the plane, all through the island. We are the invisible man, walking next to Chuck on the island. Alan Silvestri's score plays well, considering there is one universal theme throughout the entire film. The theme ties everything together, and the minimal use of dialogue and music helps us beleive in chucks plight (we also hear what he hears, the waves, the wind, and such). The film is truly great, if you haven't seen it yeet, do so.
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