OK, but with a script by JG Ballard it could´ve been great

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2001)

Quite interesting and engaging despite som cliched moments. The psychology of Hanks character is quite shallow and traditional, I wanted to know more, about his thoughts and dreams beyond merely wanting to return to civilization. I wish the script could have been written by JG Ballard. The plane crash is spectacular, as is some of the panoramas of the island, and I like Zemeckis restrained use of music. I think there´s no score for nearly 90 min, which is really nice in a Hollywood movie. But when it does surface, it is of course the same romantic nonsense we´ve heard a million times before. Despite that, the ending was better than I expected and it has a quite nice epilogue.