Good, except for the publicity

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2000)

== this is meant for people who saw the movie = Overall, I would say I enjoyed this movie. It's been a while since a 2h30 film didn't seem long and I didn't complain about the chair.. since The Green Mile actually, but that's another story.
It's a good movie, but yes, it could have been better. Before I went to see this movie, I was pretty sure it would be a movie to make money out of the "Survivor" wave, but it's a little different than I tought. But I would have liked to see more of the life on the island instead of the beginning and the end.. his suicide attempt for instance, and more... That movie should have been 3 hours, it would have been worth it.
Many people didn't see the package on the raft, well, look again, it's used as a pillow and with a lot of videotape around it, it's there all the way...

But again, why didn't he open it? That's another part of the very annoying publicity in this movie, the reason why this package saved his life is because it gave him a REASON to live.. this package and his fiancee, he kept this package because he wanted to deliver it, and the photo of his fiancee also. I don't see another reason.
But again, I was a little sick of seeing overuse of publicity in this movie.. FedEx, Dr Pepper, Wilson, come on.. we are paying to go see those movies, cut the prices if you want to add publicity in the movie, this way we'll agree. This is enough to keep me using UPS as a courier service...!
Seriously, I found that part of the movie very annoying.. having a fake company would've been better.
But besides that, that was a good movie, but I would have liked to see more from it.. I found it too short, even for a 2h30 movie...
My 2 cents, enjoy!