Great Movie.

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2000)

Might contain spoilers: Great Movie. Need more be said? Hopefully, this one will nail a few Oscars, since the competition is very light weight this year. In my opinion the best movie since Fight Club. A truly great story about the triumph of the human spirit.
This movie is seperated in to four acts. The first is the set-up, where Noland becomes a person to us, we know who he is and understand what his life is about. The second act is his first couple of months on the island, where he starts learning the key to survival with out modern tools or technology. The third act is him four years later where we find him the master of his domain, and his leaving on the raft. The fourth act is him when he returns home and finds things much different than they were before. We see that he feels like a Cast Away again because of what happens while he was gone.
The best part of the movie is Noland while he is on the Island. Without any musical score, we feel isolated on this small island. We get to see him show what it could be like to really be stranded. My two favorite parts are 1. where he finds the dead man and buries him and 2. When he writes on the rock if anyone ever shows up there again. Truly great moments.
If I ran the Oscars, I'd say: Best Picture and Best Actor. But it won't happen.
BTW: Wilson Rules.