Johann
08-05-2009, 09:29 AM
I saw this film in the theatre in Edmonton with a good friend when it came out in 2000 and it was great.
It was great then, and it's great now. Why?
At Dundas Square last night they played it for free, with a huge screen and impressive sound system. Ever since early July they've been playing ADRENALINE RUSH! movies every Tuesday night. Next Tuesday will be Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR.
Then, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ends the series. I hope to be there for them- I only found out about CAST AWAY by walking by the square.
Tom Hanks' acting is really remarkable. I think people don't pay too much attention to his skills, they just seem to rest on the idea that he's a "good actor and good guy". Seeing as I already knew the story to Cast Away, I focused on Tom's acting, which is quite formidable.
It's been said before, but to act with nothing but a volleyball as your co-star for the majority of the running time, that's pretty hard to do convincingly. But because we're all so familiar with Tom Hanks, we are engaged in his predicament on the island from the time he arrives to the incredible sequence of events "4 Years Later" after he gruesomely smashed his mouth with an ice skate to rid himself of tooth pain.
He threw himself into this role completely.
It's totally believable, his situation.
It's not hard to imagine a man talking to a volleyball (or a coconut or the rain gods for that matter) when you might be facing the end of your days stranded on an island where nobody knows you're there. GREAT STORY this film has. Robert Zemeckis and Hanks worked in perfect tandem to pull this movie off.
The editing is something I noticed.
It's very sharp, to the point.
The audience has no illusions about the story/situation.
We are immersed in the plight of Tom's stranded Fed-Ex man.
There was sporadic and heavy rainfall last night too, which put you in the movie as well. Having mists of water hitting your face while watching Tom on his raft made it seem like we were really with him. How you see a film without question affects your experience/opinion of it. Great film with a stellar acting job by Tom Hanks. He should've gotten another Oscar for his "Chuck Noland".
I know this film isn't watched too much anymore by people but I just wanted to post about the very enjoyable evening I had last night.
It was great then, and it's great now. Why?
At Dundas Square last night they played it for free, with a huge screen and impressive sound system. Ever since early July they've been playing ADRENALINE RUSH! movies every Tuesday night. Next Tuesday will be Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR.
Then, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ends the series. I hope to be there for them- I only found out about CAST AWAY by walking by the square.
Tom Hanks' acting is really remarkable. I think people don't pay too much attention to his skills, they just seem to rest on the idea that he's a "good actor and good guy". Seeing as I already knew the story to Cast Away, I focused on Tom's acting, which is quite formidable.
It's been said before, but to act with nothing but a volleyball as your co-star for the majority of the running time, that's pretty hard to do convincingly. But because we're all so familiar with Tom Hanks, we are engaged in his predicament on the island from the time he arrives to the incredible sequence of events "4 Years Later" after he gruesomely smashed his mouth with an ice skate to rid himself of tooth pain.
He threw himself into this role completely.
It's totally believable, his situation.
It's not hard to imagine a man talking to a volleyball (or a coconut or the rain gods for that matter) when you might be facing the end of your days stranded on an island where nobody knows you're there. GREAT STORY this film has. Robert Zemeckis and Hanks worked in perfect tandem to pull this movie off.
The editing is something I noticed.
It's very sharp, to the point.
The audience has no illusions about the story/situation.
We are immersed in the plight of Tom's stranded Fed-Ex man.
There was sporadic and heavy rainfall last night too, which put you in the movie as well. Having mists of water hitting your face while watching Tom on his raft made it seem like we were really with him. How you see a film without question affects your experience/opinion of it. Great film with a stellar acting job by Tom Hanks. He should've gotten another Oscar for his "Chuck Noland".
I know this film isn't watched too much anymore by people but I just wanted to post about the very enjoyable evening I had last night.