Transitions in Cast Away

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2017)

I watch this film a lot. It's one of my favorite films of all time. It's a fun film to watch with others and analyze. Every scene can be discussed.It's also a film that the entire family can enjoy that is NOT animated or full of "fluff." I watched it with the grand-kids and they loved it.
The story pulls one in to the point so that a person can feel the remoteness of the island and the respect for the friendship Noland forges with Wilson. It's not a silly volleyball but a representation of a friend, like the friend who washed up on the island beach.
My view of the film is that it is all about transitions. From Moscow to Tennessee, to the brink of death, to a remote island, to the dark Pacific, to hopelessness when the paddles are finally to the ocean, to the whale who seems to bring a smidgen of hope.
I can't picture any actor but Tom Hanks in the lead either.