Waves keeping us in

Rating: Null/10 (7 February 2001)

What a storm. This little man in a yellow inflatable adrift on a giant wave one thousand miles from anywhere. On a tiny island trapped in by waves. Keeping company with a ball. With no hope. Hopelessly Distressed. But not so distressing as returning to a world in which you no longer belong. Grey walls, hard floors, technology, fine food and drink. How meaningless and prison like the real world seemed by comparison to the existentially terrifying little island. Isn't that strange? Tom Hanks is a very good actor, and of course the film could have explored much more interesting perameters than the ones it did, but, I enjoyed it, and I didn't cringe very much at all. Still one can wonder what Tom Hanks would have created as an actor if the film had been made without the typical three act, two turning points framework that failed so blatantly here. There was scope for something completely new and different. Still, an interesting film none the less.