Just Alright.

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2001)

I was very excited to see this movie. I cursed people at BlockBuster for getting the last copy, and I harassed the clerks there by phone and in person. I expected an amazing movie, one which would leave me satisfied and content. And while I didn't hate this movie, I was left very disappointed, and not at all content.
This movie was a Tom Hanks movie. And, I don't mean he was the leading man, I mean, if you don't like Tom Hanks (my boyfriend doesn't), don't see this movie.
Tom Hanks is an amazing actor, and he shows it in this film. A very many scenes took place without dialogue, and he carries it off by displaying his feelings in facial expression and body language. This part of the film impressed me greatly. However, the plotline once Hanks is saved from the island really left something to be desired. Without giving too much away, I will say that the story seemed to become very tense and not at all what most of the viewers I've spoken to wanted from it. A movie of this magnitude should carry with it a great ending. An ending which makes the whole of the movie make sense, and injects the whole project with meaning and resolve. Instead, I felt the ending to this was weak. I kept saying to myself, "Don't fade to black, don't fade to black". It faded to black.
I just think it could have been done better.