Smart and breathtaking!

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2004)

Wow what an amazing movie. Wow what amazing acting. Robert Zemeckis is definately (still) one of my favourite directors. The script is extremely smart (except some little things) and well-written. Cinematography is awesome, so are the special effects. Well, in some places you see how Tom was copied onto the background (eg. ship going by the raft). The three scenes that amazed me most are the airplane crashdown (I sat there and held my breath!), the first time Tom climb up the big rock and looks down and the scene where he meets Helen again.
This movie's simply excellent. A class of its own in its genre. Worth watching and watching over again even just for Hanks' acting.
My ratings: acting 10/10 (tom hanks!), story 9/10, directing 9/10, cinematography 9/10, special effects 7.5/10, drama 7/10.
My overall rating: 9/10 - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES PERFECT ACTING!