Wonderful simply wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2010)

after watching this movie once again after having watched this movie nearly a decade ago i was deeply moved by the whole plot and symbolism.
Few aspects that really caught my attention. Wilson. love. the package.
Wilson was one of the core aspects to this film. Spend enough time talking to a ball and eventually it becomes family. Though i personally feel that having Wilson in the picture really was one of the only ways for tom hanks to have a conversation in the movie. Nevertheless Wilson brought a whole new dynamic to the screen play. Nothing more to add but to say the scene where he lost Wilson in the sea was so amazing yet sad to the extent of losing someone close to you.
His love for her was obviously strong and touching. When reunited the two no longer had the space to be together anymore. The reality of the situation is yet again so sad. A woman who lost the love of her life has moved on, while the man had survived the almost impossible. Both are positive scenarios yet when the two unite again, you actually feel worse for the lady. i felt mixed emotions watching them two unite again.
As for the package that Tom did not open, to me that package represented hope. So long as the package is not opened there would still be hope, or at the very least purpose. the package symbolizes the unknown, we all know that the contents of that package may very well useful to someone surviving on an island. But to leave the package unopened means that there is at least a last resort. To open the package meant discarding hope to ever leave the island. In the end at the crossroads, the lady in the truck yet again represented hope, and whether or not Tom followed that lady, or took another road, that is up to interpretation. To me, he did not follow the lady, because the lady represented the package. Instead of opening the small package, i think he would rather embrace the bigger package which is life that is full of uncertainty, much like venturing into the sea when he was stuck on the island.
This movie is great seriously.