Cast Away

Pros: Interesting version of castaway phenomenon
Cons: Not much I haven't heard of previously

Inasmuch as there has been a great deal of marketing for this movie, my wife and I decided to see it at our closest theatre complex, which has stadium seating. Generally a Tom Hanks movie can be considered to be interesting, and this one was, although...

Pros: Very exciting, kept my attention
Cons: nothing much!

When I went to go see Cast Away, I had high expectations. I had wanted to see Cast Away since the summer and I really didn't want to be let down. Some of my friends were telling me that it turned into a sappy love story between Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt,...

Pros: Acting, directing, simplicity
Cons: Helen Hunt

I will be honest, I was curious about Tom Hanks having to lose fifty pounds while the production was on a one-year hiatus. When the movie ended, I had regained my respect for Robert Zemeckis, the director.

Cast Away is a very profound yet...

Pros: Cinematography, plane crash, plot
Cons: Ending

All things equal, Castaway does a superb job telling a story that would have otherwise been difficult to do. The "stranded on a deserted island" storyline is a popular one ever since Robinson Carusoe, Lord of the Flies, Blue Lagoon, etc. Hanks...

Pros: script, direction, locations, logic, Tom Hanks
Cons: halting exposition; very weak conclusion

In many ways, Cast Away reminds me very much of another very good Robert Zemeckis film, Contact. Both of them had endings that were somewhat disappointing (as one person I heard said it about Contact "I waited three hours to see the aliens and...

Pros: Great Special Effects, Award-winning Cast, Good Ideas
Cons: FedEx over used, Boring, Predictable

After seeing previews for the movie Cast Away, I decided I had to see it. The plot looked enticing and there was an award winning cast. While walking out of the theater after seeing Cast Away, I felt very disappointed. Read on to find out...

Pros: teaches survival techniques
Cons: not much dialogue

(Major spoilers!!!)
"Cast Away" is nothing like the hit TV show "Survivor" but a tale of Robinson Crusoe in love. The timing of the movie release and airing of the hit TV show may have given that implication but they are not the same. The main...

Pros: Tom Hanks, dialogues, direction, Tom Hanks, screenplay, Tom Hanks, cinematography, everything
Cons: none visible to to the naked eye

You sit there stoned, your eye balls glued to the silver screen, that takes you through 4 painstaking years of Chuck Noland's life on a deserted island in the South Pacific ocean, with coconuts, fish and rainwater for food, the sound of the waves for...

Pros: a great, great movie
Cons: lighting effects in lightning scenes are annoying

I usually stay away from writing about movies. It’s hard to write about a movie without giving away the plot… sure you can say if it was good or not, what you liked or disliked, etc, but I just can’t seem to get a good review out of a movie. I wrote...

Pros: Tom hanks does a good job, visual and sound effects
Cons: the ending kind of leaves a viewer confused

Yes, this story touches a little on the famous story written by Daniel Defoe called Robinson Crusoe who in a ship wreck got stuck on an island. Well, if you've already seen Cast Away or at least a preview of this movie, you night know what I am talking...

Pros: visually pleasing, refreshing end to movie
Cons: the movies' middle slows down

I don't remember how I got sucked into seeing this movie but it was well worth the $7.50 I paid to see it. The intro really got my attention. I'm a fan of POV's(point of view shots)that help to draw the viewer in as we follow the FedEx package from...

Pros: Tom Hanks is wonderful as always
Cons: Too long without any "real" dialog

I will start this review by saying that I'm a huge Tom Hanks fan. Heck, I even liked him in Boosom Buddies in the 80's. That being said let me now say that this movie was a bit disappointing to me.

Tom Hanks was amazing as usual. As a...

Pros: This movie is one of the best of the year
Cons: Not much, FexEx everywhere and Hunt's southern? accent

Any movie that can have you begin to develop an emotional attachment to a volleyball is at
least worth taking note of, right? Cast Away is the kind of movie that Hollywood is
Supposed to be making, and it hits on all...

Pros: Great crash sequence
Cons: Dull and generally pointless

CAST AWAY: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT

By Rod Hilton



FADE IN:

INT. MEMPHIS AIRPORT

TOM HANKS is saying goodbye to HELEN HUNT.

TOM...

Pros: Hanks is at his best
Cons: Seen the previews? A bit anti-climatic

If you have seen the previews for the film Cast Away, then you basically know the main storyline for the film. Personally, it made me quite angry that the people in charge of marketing for this movie felt the need to reveal so much of the plot. Had...