For those who didn't get it

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2002)

It's sad -but not surprising- to hear people complaining that this movie is boring or long. This is a simple yet effective story about a man on a deserted island. In fact, this isn't even an island; it's a big rock.
Now I know that 90% of the audience expected some action on this island. You know maybe a huge bear, or a lion, or a tiger attacking Tom Hanks. Well as I said, it was a rock.
'Cast Away' is a move about a man staying alone on a rock for four year, helpless. So if you strip man from all the technology and society what do you have? Can this creature survive and exceed its limitations?
Zemeckis did a tremendous job, so did Hanks. The environment is suffocating and beautiful at the same time. Tom Hanks succeeds at making this character believable. You can feel the struggle inside, trying to stay sane with no one else to talk to.
This is a triumph of man and a lyrical projection of the power within.
Best movie of 2000.
10/10