Cast Away

Pros: HANKS, WILSON, HUNT, Photography
Cons: None, unless it was too much Hanks, OR the plot.Possibly the Fire song

MY FIRST QUESTION, as the movie opens ... is Helen Hunt in every movie made this year? (or maybe just the ones I have seen lately) If so, she should have enough money to retire soon. But Helen Hunt's role is relatively small. This movie is ALL ABOUT...

Pros: Beautiful movie. A lot to think about when you watch it. Tom Hanks.
Cons: A little bit of a downer.

In my mind, Castaway has to be one of the best movies of the year, and possibly the decade. Also, in my mind, it's one of the most perfect movies Hollywood has put out in years. It reminds me of older movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Peter Brook's ...

Pros: A very stark and realistic look at being stranded on a desert Island
Cons: With some graphic scenes it may not be suitable for children.

Many years ago I read a book called Robinson Crusoe; it told the tale of a man stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. In various retells of the story he manages to meet local tribes, fight many wild animals and generally have a tough time...

Pros: Tom Hanks acting is the Pro!
Cons: The ending kinda left you hanging!

My husband and I celebrated our second anniversary last Tuesday. We had my mom watch our two boys and decided to go out on a date. We have this favorite dinner theater that we go to a lot. So We decided to catch the showing of this movie CAST...

Pros: More reality based than you'd expect
Cons: While decently made, it's not entertaining or gripping

The plot:
Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is an efficiency expert for Federal Express. Time means almost everything to him. He travels the world making sure Fed Ex offices deliver their packages on time regardless of the circumstances.

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Pros: Where do you want me to start......
Cons: None unless you nitpick

I Finally figured out what happened to the anniversary gift I sent my parents. I sent it last year and they never received it. Obviously the plane went down in the South Pacific and the sole survivor of the crash was forced to use the contents of the...

Pros: Touches on some profound ideas
Cons: Probably isn't aware that it touches on some profound ideas

Stranded on a Desert Island Quiz

1) Your plane crashes during a terrible storm in the Pacific and after a harrowing night of being buffeted by winds and nearly drowned in saltwater, you find yourself washed up on a beautiful white sandy beach....

Pros: Hanks, drama
Cons: ending

Yesterday I saw this movie with my family, since nothing else is open on Christmas. I was hoping for a thriller--the critics raved about Cast Away and all my Epinions friends had loved it too. But what about MY opinion! I had to see it to believe it....

Pros: Tom Hanks best performance- not the ending you expect
Cons: none

Robert Zemeckis, you are forgiven. If you had to make that awful "What Lies Beneath" in the middle of this film, it was worth it. This is your best film yet. And Alan Silvestri, the same goes for you. Your worst score was in that other film....

Pros: The second act is remarkable.
Cons: The rest of the movie isn’t.

I know, I know, this is the 10,000th Epinions review of Cast Away, and it is probably going to say the same things as all the others do. But look, I am the parent of young kids and so we get out to the movies maybe twice a year, and last night...

Pros: Good acting, great effects and very nice images.
Cons: Sponsoring takes up too much space. A little long, not enough psychological effects shown.

Pros: great acting, directing
Cons: the ending, Helen Hunt's southern accent

I finally convinced my husband to actually see a movie and last night we went to see Tom Hank’s new movie, “Cast Away.” I thought it was a good movie, but definitely not on the caliber of “Philadelphia” or “Forrest Gump”.

As I’m sure everyone...

Pros: Tom Hanks performance, the visuals
Cons: Corporate sellout, in sponsorship and in kowtowing to audience expectations

Welcome to the first unofficially corporate sponsored movie. Brought to you by Federal Express, CBS’s Survivor, and Kleenex brand tissues, Cast Away is a 2 and half hour commercial, featuring Tom Hanks as the greatest spokesperson in Madison Avenue...

Pros: Everything. a perfect film
Cons: not one bad thing

I enjoy Robert Zemekis's work. I enjoy Tom Hank's, too. Lately, however, being a fan of a director and an actor has usually led to disappointment as the movies have fallen flat. Well, for the first time in a while, I went to the movies with high...

Pros: Riveting one act play
Cons: Will make you think

Imagine finding yourself trapped in an island and you have totally no idea where you are in the world. I believe this is what drives people to watch this movie, apart from their fixation with Tom Hanks. As for me, I decided to catch this film on the big...