I don't get it (the wings, I mean)

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2001)

Spoiler alert, just in case.
I think I may have missed something in the way of symbolism for the ending, but then again, I see a lot of other people who liked it wonder about the ending too.
Misc. Thoughts: First, we start out with about a two-minute commercial for FedEx. Not bad in and of itself, since apparently it eventually has something to do with the plot. And I may have missed it (Dad said it was there), but I would have appreciated a line with when we were supposed to be - for example, "December 18, 1995" or along those lines. You only realize that the beginning isn't the present day when you see the older CNN logo and the dead crewman's 'gravestone' end with 1995. Seeing Chuck and Kelly at the end sparked more emotion than I've had for a movie in a long time. Also, Silvestri is great (he did Back to the Future, after all), but how does music in a small fraction of a 2:15 movie amount to an Oscar nomination? I'm confused. Finally: That 2:15 did fly by. I could not get myself to leave the theater.
What I did not understand was the whole wings thing. So this lady in Texas makes a LOT of sculptures with this design. Point? When Chuck first picked up the package, I thought the wings meant "rush delivery" or "overnight air" or something, a FedEx mark of some sort. When he didn't open it, I wondered "What is significant about this package?" He had no qualms about a "Dissolution of Marriage" paper. Holding on to that package, to me, made absolutely no sense. Why did this have to be delivered? What was so sacred? What about it made him paint that design on his sail? _Why did it save his life???_ I'm sure I'm missing something, but I certainly am unsure of what.
7.5/10 because the ending, specifically the last five minutes, sucked, and I'd like an explanation about the wings. Too many unanswered questions and ambiguities. I don't get it. I just don't get it.