Cast Away (2000)

I watched this film years ago and the imagery is seared into my memory. The movie is pretty long but worth every minute. Hanks transforms his body in this film to match the situation of his role. It is very challenging for a single person to keep an audience engaged over the duration of the majority of a film, especially a long one. Hanks pulled it off and he makes it seem so effortless.Hanks carried this film on his back, up a mountain, through a blizzard while being struck by lightening. That is just how awesome he is in this film. The writing is flawless. The location is perfect. You gotta love the other star in this film, Wilson. Wilson had attitude and played his role well. Wilson took no guff and gave as good as he got. Bravo!Hanks acting was so on the mark throughout this film, even if you didn't speak English and subtitles were not available, you'd still get the gist of every scene because Hanks was just that good. My Braven Review Quiz Spoilers: b, a, a, c

It was really hard for me to sit through this, constantly getting frustrated that he wouldn't open one of the boxes.

Let's not pretend this isn't an excellent movie, because it surely is. I'm just a little too young to appreciate it fully. If you have never seen this movie then you should surely watch it.

I've seen it a half-dozen times, and always love it for the sense of adventure it stirs within me at the thought of being stranded on an island like this and having to survive (even though in reality, I probably wouldn't last more than a month). But upon watching it again recently, a couple things struck me that I think are a bit off.Firstly, I don't think his woman would have moved on from him and gotten married and had a kid. If she was so in love with him as is depicted in the beginning, and if he was, as she says in their final hug after the reunion "the love of her life" and she had always been in love with him and always would and, again as she says, "I always knew you were alive, even when they told me to give up and move on, I still knew." then four years is not long enough for him to be gone for her to move so completely on with her life. She might have dated, but I don't believe she would do this for at least a couple years, and she might have needed to find a guy to have sex with - but maybe not - but I do not believe that she would get married and have a kid - not in only four years.The second thing that struck me as being off was the entire sequence involving the "hanging tree" at the top of the cliff. Watching these scenes, I started thinking about the practical reality of this supposed scenario and realized that it was probably impossible. Firstly, given the closeness of the dead tree to the cliff's edge, I doubt anyone could tie a rope to it, then carry or lift such a heavy "test trunk" and throw it off the cliff without losing their balance and falling over the edge. But let's say that part was doable, okay, but when Chuck goes back up there to retrieve that extra 30 feet of rope, there is NO WAY he could go back up there and to such a precarious perch, reach out for that rope - stretching his hand like he did to actually grab the rope - and then haul that "test trunk" back up one-handed on that cliff edge. He'd fall for sure. Of course, in the movie, they cut out just how in the hell after getting a hand on the rope he manages to then get himself, the rope and the trunk into a position where he can haul it. They cut from his hand precariously grabbing the rope to him standing with both feet firmly planted and both hands hauling the rope up. But what did he do in between those moments? Use magic super powers?The final thing that bothers me is all the nonsense with FedEx deliveries in the beginning - boring - but luckily, able to be sped through using the trusty fast-forward or skip buttons.Otherwise, still a great movie.