Stinks like a guy who hasn't bathed in 4 years

Rating: 1/10 (12 January 2005)

Zemeckis is the purveyor of some pretty stinky cheese. This movie wasn't as bad as Forrest Gump (there ahould be a 0 for films like this) but it's close. While Forrest Gump is a testament to how ridiculous the Academy Awards are, Castaway is a monolith marking the turning point where feature films become just a vehicle for product placement. Like the Daniel Defoe novel it was based on (the first novel in the English language) it is a homage to capitalism. The Puritan ideals of Robinson Crusoe, where man's worth in the world is determined by his wealth, is modernized in Castaway and gives us a glimpse of the worthlessness of American values and the films made there. This movie is horrible. The values it expresses are horrible but thank Satan it is not another Forrest Gump. A solid 1 out of 10.