wake up...this is nothing special

Rating: 4/10 (21 August 2001)

This movie is not good. Yes it has a great plane crash, but after the great suspense, Tom Hanks lives...damn. Wow... "I can't believe Tom Hanks was on the screen by himself for soooo long"...well I can't believe so many people watched this garbage for soooo long and actually enjoyed it.
From what I understand Hanks has wanted to do this movie for a while. If it meant that much to him he really should have waited untill something better came along from the Hollywood script dept. Yes he performed a great physical transformation for this movie, but others have done just as well and for much better movies (DeNiro, Raging Bull).
Tom Hanks has done a great job in some great movies...he now has to try to keep himself known as a great actor...he now has the power to wait untill the next 'gump' or 'private ryan' comes along. But Hanks answered our question when we asked "what do you do after playing a role that great in saving private ryan?" You sign yourself up for "You've Got Mail" that's what you do.
They should have stopped after Gump...if ever again I hear the names Zemeckis and Hanks in a trailer I'll run like hell.
If you're interested in seeing some of 2000's best stay away from this highly overrated film.
"I Have Made FIRE..." and now I will toss a copy of Cast Away into it...