Cast Away

Pros: Great telling of a non-conventional story
Cons: A little slow moving at times

Like most people, I went to see this movie based on the Tom Hanks\Robert Zemekis marquee alone. The trailer did not prove especially tantalizing and there wasn't a great deal of pre-release publicity about the film. All I knew was "FedEx guy turns...

Pros: excellent cinematography, great performance by Tom hanks
Cons: a little too predictable

I have not written an epinions movie review in at least three months. The reason being that I am the type of person that needs to be inspired to write about a movie. I have to be either genuinely touched and moved by excellent film making or...

Pros: Well done script, highly realistic and profound movie, nice and long
Cons: very graphics and not recommended for the tykes, my popcorn felt mushy

A great holiday movie would be a tough thing to come by should you go to the local cinemaplex oh...say, now! This is on of those years that the movie industry both cherishes and detests. This is a year where there are numerous movies passing the $100...

Pros: Chuck comes to understand that his former outlook on life has cost him the things that are most important.
Cons: Several exclamatory uses of God's name, a few mild profanities and one s-word. is served at dinner and prior to a flight.

Tom Hanks is the only reason to see this movie and he doesn't disappoint.

Tom Hanks play a FedEx executive who becomes stranded on a deserted island. We first meet Chuck, a FedEx efficiency expert, in Moscow where slacking operations require...

Pros: Tom Hanks is excellent and makes the whole scenario believable.
Cons: The final scenes left you pining for that fairie tale ending.

You go to the movie pretty much knowing what is going to happen, but its a lot more fulfilling once you are sitting there watching. You feel the frustration he feels, the longing to be home with his woman, that he feels and the anger he feels as the time...

Pros: Hank's tremendous acting depth, minimalist directing, excellent ending
Cons: Product Placement, lack of chemistry between Hanks/Hunt.

Tom Hanks has had a spotty career. Even though he had streak starting with Philadelphia and Sleepless in Seattle, it is still funny watching his early stuff like "Mazes and Monsters" and "He knows your alone"

He is the...

Pros: Nice photograph
Cons: Not much more than nice photograph

Cast Away has a nice photograph, and that is all. In fact shooting nice scenes is not a big accomplishment, I would say they haven't done more than they should, specially considering budget, resources and Spielberg 's back up. Perfect Storm does a much...

Pros: Well-crafted crash scene
Cons: Quality of crash scene made director think he could direct the rest

Let me state at the beginning that, unlike my wife, I am not in the "I really hate Tom Hanks" club. Nor am I like my father-in-law, who said there were two things wrong with Castaway: "Tom" and "Hanks".

That said, I also have to let you know...

Pros: good story line, the ending, Hanks
Cons: movie drags a bit in the beginning

I had gone to this movie with my best pal (and her boy-friend), so I was desperate the movie should be interesting enough to blot out the sounds next to me. I had previously seen ‘Turner and Hooch’ on Star Movies, and I loved Hanks in it. Though, the...

Pros: if you're a Tom Hanks fan you'll love it, unfortunately...I don't
Cons: boring, no plot, 2 and a half hours of Survivor

Cast Away has gotten much praise from professional critics and Epinion's users alike, and I don't seem to understand why. I sat in that theater for two and a half hours watching Cast Away while I could have just watched the preview and seen the entire...

Pros: Poetically performed and visually mastered
Cons: Some people “won’t get it” which sucks for them cause they’re missing out.

"Well that was a waste of two hours"—this is the first thing I had to hear after watching this brilliant movie. It was from a lady sitting behind me, and it was a big disappointment. If I was a little gutsier I might have said something like: "It sucks...

Pros: camera work, realism
Cons: dragging, events off the island

I went to Cast Away somewhat knowing what to expect: a man stranded on an island alone, trying to survive battling the elements and being away from the rest of society.

It's a good story with Tom Hanks doing a good job as the survivor of a...

Pros: Hanks, survival
Cons: beginning and ending lag, not enough time

oooh those rushed meals to make a 7 o'clock movie, talk about heartburn...none to say I spent the first 30 minutes of the movie keeping an eye on the nearest exits, finding myself so little engrossed until the awesome moment when the plane was going
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Pros: DVD almost as impressive as Fight Club and Se7en ones.
Cons: Could have been more commentary tracks.

The Cast Away DVD comes on 2 discs and is quite a package. The majority of DVD fans will tell you that Fight Club is the hands-down best DVD product on the market. A lot of people will also say Se7en on DVD is an equally impressive packaging. Cast Away...

Pros: The emotional rollercoaster this film takes you on.
Cons: Wish it was longer

Tom Hanks has had the incredible luck as of late to be cast in some of the most amazing and lasting roles one could ever dream of playing in a career. Last year, when he starred in Saving Private Ryan, another film was out at the same time dealing with...