absolutely terrible

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2006)

I seriously cannot believe people like this movie. It was, what, three hours, of Tom Hanks running around in a beard talking to himself and a volleyball? I'm not one to knock Tom Hanks-God knows he's a wonderful actor. The man could make the phonebook seem interesting-just not for three hours. Yuck. His talent was squandered on this movie. *HERE BE SPOILERS* So, was the point of the whole thing at the end about what the tide is going to bring? Because it could have been done in a shorter amount of time. The whole movie was just completely depressing-his girl, the only thing that basically kept him alive, turns out to be married and has a kid. And I can't help but think if the schmucks had looked harder for him, or if the plastic thing had floated up sooner, the poor guy could have been spared so much more. Yes, yes, he wouldn't have "learned," but truthfully what did he learn? That his girl wouldn't wait for him, that he wasn't there for his friends, that he could make fire? Yay. Go to Boy Scout camp to play "roughing it"-don't get stuck on an island for four years. With a sick tooth and an ugly volleyball.