Cast Away

1.) In the begging of the Cast Away Tom Hanks character Chuck Nolan is a clean cut Fed Ex employee who wears the most god awful wool sweater I have ever seen. He is in love with and on the verge of marrying his girlfriend.When Chucks plane crash lands his appearance slowly transforms into the appearance you would find in a hunter gatherer civilization. His hair and beard grow to great lengths, he shreds his clothes and only wears a piece of it over his private and his skin is tanned. Chucks appearance adapts to his surrounding. One that he is so eager to escape as he spends the whole time on the island trying to get off and back home to his girlfriend. Wilson, Chucks best friend is a volleyball with Chucks bloody red hand print on it. Chuck goes to lengths to make him appear like a human he gives Wilson a face and hair.

2.) The idea that his girlfriend Kelly is still out there missing him, waiting for him to return home to her keeps Chuck alive. The coccunt, fish, fire and shelter keep him physically alive. He also makes tools from the items in unopened Fed Ex boxes that have washed to shore.

3.) Chuck Needed Wilson, other wise Chuck would have gone insane. He need some form of companionship (even a fabricated and non human one)

4.) I would not want to leave the island, at first I would think about nothing else but getting home. Getting to sleep in my warm bed, taking a hot shower, eating my moms homemade lasagna. But after a period of time (years or decades) I would realize I have changed and if I have changed them so have the times themselves. I would not be able to function or relate to society anymore. Its like when a man spends a long enough time in prison he knows no other way of life so he goes out and commits a crime just to go back. Therefore when I got home and realized things have changed I would simply look for a way back to the island.

5.) The film is believable, Chuck surviving the plane crash and surviving being stranded on a deserted island is a believable premise, the probability of surviving those two things is low but possible. Also where Chuck is and where they think Chuck crash landed is miles apart so they cant find him that is why he is never rescued. Although in this day and age the probability of no one sighting him from sea or air is much greater. Even Chuck getting himself off the island is believable, it was almost impossible but remember the word possible is in impossible. Chuck simply seems to be a man who has many fortunes in the most unfortunate situations. Chuck is that rare one percent chance of something being possible, he is the "what if", the "it could happen to you".  

6.) I give Cast Away 2 thumbs up! The movie captures the reality of what it is like to live a life of solitude. The movie runs for 2 and a half hours most of which is on the island with only Tom Hanks.Tom Hanks performance of the solitary man is believable and entertaining. The story itself makes you question "What would I do" therefore you put yourself on the island with Hanks and you constantly try to find a way to survive and a way off of the island. Robert Zemeckis long, wide and high angled shots makes the movie visually entertaining he covers a depth with the camera that seems to never end. He places you on the island and covers all the angles of it as well as the escape in the water which give you as an audience member the feeling of Hanks characters reality.