Fabulous

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

I have just got back from holiday in the U.S.A. where I seen The Terminal. What a FABULOUS movie.
I would like to say before I start waffling that I have read a good part of the posts regarding this movie and I disagree with the vast majority of the negative ones.
I went to the theatre not expecting too much (after all what can happen in an airport?) but was VERY pleasantly surprised.
Tom Hanks was BRILLIANT (as always) Catherine Zeta Jones was BEAUTIFUL (as always) and the rest of the cast was GREAT!
So what if some parts where not very believable? So what if the authorities would have arrested Viktor and put him in jail at the outset? So what if this is the most unbelievable story ever? Movies are SUPPOSED to take us away from REALITY and to take us to a fantasy world where we can forget our troubles for just a couple of hours.
IT'S A MOVIE!!! for God's sake.
I personally was transported to another place. I was transfixed by Viktor's plight. I was on the edge of my seat when he might have got the girl and I almost cried when he didn't. I was horrified at the lengths that the airport official would go to in order to stop Viktor from entering New York!
The sets where good, the acting was good, the comedy was good, the story was good and overall the movie was GOOD!
If you are thinking of seeing this movie then DO NOT analyze it, DO NOT take everything that is said in this thread to heart and DO NOT believe the sad people who prefer reality to fantasy.