A surprise, then a letdown

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2000)

Before I saw this film, I thought to myself that they could not possibly make an interesting movie with the majority of the movie being himself alone. After seeing it, the film proved me wrong. Cast Away was powerful far beyond my expectations of it.
However, I enjoyed it because I set low expectations for it. The movie does have a lot of letdowns which I will focus on, instead of the predictable plot that the film somehow turns interesting.
First is the movie's intentional way of not using any music during Tom Hanks' whole stay at the island. Although I am aware that the producers meant for this to symbolize the loneliness of being stranded, I feel that the lack of music played a bigger role in reducing the passion and interest of the film.
Second, (and THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER), I was very disappointed at the end, because the lone unopened package during his stay was left unopened. Tom Hanks delivered the package and just left. Now, the film sort of developed in a way as if to say that the package held some very valuable contents, so I had been eagerly awaiting to see what was inside. I know it was his job to deliver the package, but a much better way of ending the film is to deliver it and then see the person open it.
In the end, this is still a worthwhile film.