Another Great one from Zemeckis

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2000)

I Love his movies. They are filled with detail. Sometimes you don't realize until a day or two later how much detail is dropped into a Zemeckis film. It is in the details that his stories are really brought to life. At face value I would have given Cast Away a 5 of 10 as an average movie. Then I started rolling over it in my head and when I awoke from a realistic dream about that tiny island Tom Hanks was deserted on I knew it was more the first washes across you. You have to watch it more than once I decided. You HAVE to look for all the details. The religious symbolism. The Major Zemeckis theme throughout many of his films: Fate versus Free Will. The Man Vs. Nature. The Comedy is an average man's faults. These are the things a Bob Zemeckis film explores and makes you feel.
I loved this film. I give it a nomination for Best Director and I give it 50-50 odds of winning. I nominate it for Best Picture. It will be a close race with Almost Famous and The Grinch. Tom Hanks is definitely a nominee for Best Actor. He was simply REAL. There is no better performance this year. Maybe an equal, but no better performance. Amazing.
As I said, at first glance I didn't like it much. The ending was something I didn't like. After some time to re-think it through I think the ending is brilliant.
This is one of the three best films of 2000. Go see it for yourself.