CastAway
TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Feb-Aug 2002:
CastAway
Enb | Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 09:13 pm     Good flic. Great plane crash scene! I was stressed and tense throughout the whole thing! Was it a love story or a story of survival? Maybe they are both the same thing? I must say though, seeing previews which showed him creating fire, floating on his raft and talking with his girlfriend after being rescued ruined it for me. I think a lot of the movie is just seeing what happens next and the previews spoiled that! |
Gail | Sunday, January 14, 2001 - 07:04 am     I saw this movie yesterday and really enjoyed it. Liked "Wilson" - thought that was cute. Plane crash scene was well done. Wish there had been one other package with something useful for him. I really like how everything was a struggle for him. Like opening a coconut, starting a fire, etc. Nothing came easy for him - he had to work for everything, including making a rope. I think the meeting with girlfriend after was handled well. Good resolution. Interesting ending. |
Enb | Sunday, January 14, 2001 - 10:56 am     I never figured out why he didn't strip the clothes (especially the belt) from the dead pilot? Do you recall what exactly was in the package that he never opened? I'm pretty sure they mentioned it right at the beginning...I think the welder girl mentioned it to the Fedex delivery guy...any idea? A piece of art? |
Gail | Sunday, January 14, 2001 - 11:56 am     I know Neil - i would have taken at least the tie and belt. I am thinking the package was some kind of metal art. I dont recall them ever mentioning what was in package. |
Enbwife | Monday, January 15, 2001 - 03:49 pm     I cried my eyes out when he lost Wilson during the sail away!!! Then I cried even harder when his girlfriend said he was the love of her life.... OMG! I bawled!!!!! Loved this movie! Sorry for those that haven't seen it yet - GO SEE IT!!! Tom Hanks will win an award for sure on this one. He was great! |
Ketchuplover | Monday, June 25, 2001 - 07:35 pm     He should've won the award |
Flint | Sunday, May 26, 2002 - 06:52 pm     Saw it on DVD, wasn't that impressed. Sure parts of it were ok, but it was too long, much too long. I actually fell asleep during part of it, I found it that boring. The idea of wilson was interesting, the lengths we go to, seemingly insane ones, to preserve our sanity. The ending was interesting, being at a crossroads, but I found it very unsatisfying. It would have been better if they took more at a look at him getting back into life than being alone on the idland I suppose. Overall though, it was a yawner. |
Sia | Sunday, May 26, 2002 - 08:40 pm     CastAway has become one of my favorite films, actually. Hubby and I saw this in December 2000 when it came out in the theatres and we just loved it. I bawled my eyes out! I will agree, ALL movie trailers now reveal far too much about the movie plot, so I will NOT watch trailers at all. (I saw an interview last month with someone involved in the production of the "Spiderman" movie in which he stated flat-out, "The trailer is like a mini-movie; its purpose is to get potential viewers interested enough to go to the theatre to see the film." (paraphrased) Well, they give away entirely too much. I hope that trend will swing back the other way. We only go to the movie theatre once per year, so Spiderman was it for us for 2002. My kids, hubby & I all liked it.) As for "CastAway," which I purchased this past Christmas on DVD, I don't think the contents of the package from the lady welder are ever revealed to the viewer. Chuck tells Bettina that the package "saved his life." I felt like he held onto that one package, keeping it unopened because it was the last remaining thing (besides himself) of the shipment on the FedEx plane that ditched. It was like he had to complete the run and deliver that package. Somebody help me here, though: She sent a package to her (cheating) husband in Moscow at the beginning of the film, and didn't the husband send one back to her in Texas? I could understand that the packages sent from the lady welder would have her wings emblem on them, but how would her husband have FedEx envelopes with her emblem on them? FedEx supplies you with a shipping envelope at the time of pick-up, or else you pick one up on your own at a FedEx shipping center. So was the package Tom Hanks' character Chuck Nolan found on the beach coming TO or FROM the lady welder in Texas? Please, this has driven me nuts for a year and a half! Somebody explain this to me. My least-favorite part of the film had to be Wilson. When Hanks kicked the ball out of the cave and went scrambling after Wilson, I clocked out momentarily and had flashbacks of "Poltergeist," with everyone wandering around for half the film calling, "Carol Ann, Carol Ann, Carol Ann!!" I thought Wilson helped Chuck maintain his sanity, but it seemed more than a bit odd for him to have conversations with a volley ball. Yet, when Wilson was lost at sea, I cried! I was so afraid that Chuck would drown trying to save Wilson. At the end of the film, I was rooting for Chuck and Kelly to get back together, but yet I realized that it wouldn't be right. She was married, had a child, and had moved on with her life. I really think the appropriate resolution of their relationship was reached, but the very ending of the film was a bit ambiguous. I was left with the impression that Chuck had reached a crossroads; he'd concluded his mission by seeing Kelly, getting closure with her, and then by delivering the package to the lady welder's house. He was left standing at the crossroads, trying to decide what to do with the rest of his life. I'm sure he could go anywhere, move to any city with a FedEx office and work--if he would even want to stay with the company. (Imagine the back-pay, holiday pay, and OVERTIME he should have accrued!) I was afraid that he was going to follow the welder/Bettina and get involved with her, but I felt that would have made his relationship with Kelly seem trivial if he could just move on so easily. Chuck didn't know what to expect when he got back to the States, although he'd had four weeks in which to try to contact Kelly but didn't--probably because his friend told him that she was married. The special features on this DVD re. the making of the film are just wonderful. Fascinating stuff, but almost a let-down to find out how little of the scenes are real shots; so many of them utilize CG background or other components. Amazing what can be done with computers these days! I recommend CastAway. If you don't want to commit to buying it, borrow it on DVD from the library; I think you'll like it. It is also appropriate for all ages. There are only two or three swear-words in the entire film, and there is no nudity or s@x in the film. My kids found it interesting. |
Cinnamongirl | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 12:24 pm     Found this ..... A little Easter egg on the Cast Away DVD explains whats in the box. You can find it by going to the second disk, to the gallery, then highlight "Raft Escape", then press left on the controller and you should see a picture of the wings appear. Press enter and voila! A little sound byte of Zemeckis sayin what was in the box! __________________ |
Angelnikki | Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 04:36 pm     what was in the box?? i dont have a dvd player |
Webkitty | Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 04:37 pm     a little easter egg?????? I don't have a dvd either. What's in the box? |
Cinnamongirl | Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 12:45 pm     I have no clue if this is true or not, found it on same website as my last post, here goes... Okay, this isn't word for word, but the sound clip is of Zemeckis at some fuction for the USC Film School, and someone asked what exactly what was in the box, and he said it was a solar powered, water-proof, Satallite phone. Not really anything special, but pretty humorous. |
Angelnikki | Friday, June 07, 2002 - 06:22 pm     oh my god!!!! just think if he had opened the box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he wouldnt have been on the island for that freakin long LOL that is too funny |
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