Story was frustrating , dragged on a little too much

Rating: 6/10 (26 November 2001)

I first saw "Cast Away" last Wednesday (Nov. 21) and I expected, due to its reward winning reputation, that I would be pleasantly entertained and forfilled by this film. After completing the movie, I thought to myself, "Was it really that good?"
*spoiler*
"Cast Away" surprised me a little. The acting was questionable in some scenes and the special effects did not seem to par, due to some of the unimpressive CGI effects during the plane crash. I didn't find some of the scenes to be too interesting either. Let's face it, Tom Hanks talking to a volleyball is not exciting. Neither is him wondering around an island getting injured once and a while and then finally finding some dumb and unbelievable method to find his way to sea and become rescued.
The ending had its moments and was a twist that relieved the strain off my eyes from staring at a beach and water for an hour and fifteen minutes. I took the ending as a positive part of the movie and felt it forfilled my expectations.
*End of spoiler*
In the end, this movie on the whole can be seen as boring. I would not recommend this be shown to anyone with a short attention span, it might be bad for your health. Although I do have strong disgust for this film, I won't treat it that poorly, it has its ups and downs (mostly downs).
Rating = 6.0/10