A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, before the damned thing was released, there was actually some buzz about it because it was the first time since ‘Forrest Gump’ that Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks were working together. Eventually, this time again, Hanks would be nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award. Eventually, it was rather well received by the critics, even though it didn’t become such a huge phenomenon like ‘Forrest Gump’. Anyway, even though I don’t think it was really amazing, I still liked the damned thing, more than ‘Forrest Gump’ as a matter of fact. Basically, the story was divided in 4 chapters (before the plane crash, the survival on the island, the escape on a raft and the return home) and all these chapters worked fairly well, thanks to a really solid performance by Tom Hanks. Above all, the whole time that Tom Hanks sat alone on this island, only with this volleyball to talk to, was pretty impressive. On the other hand, the 2nd time around I watched this flick, I was thinking that there was slightly too much focus on ‘Wilson’. Basically, even if it have might seemed like a great way to show the psychological turmoil of the main character, it was eventually more a trick to make sure that Hanks didn’t spend more than half of the movie without saying a word. Furthermore, I’m still not sure about the constant usage of FedEx. Indeed, on one hand, it was nice to see a movie character with a real job and, thanks to the FedEx packages, the main character had some nice stuff to improve his difficult situation. However, on the other hand, it was just weird and hardly appropriate to see all these FedEx logos constantly through the whole duration, even on a freaking desert island. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing really ground-breaking, it was still pretty damned entertaining and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.