Cast Away FULL Reaction
Added 2022-05-17 18:58:24 +0000 UTCI've been watching a few Tom Hanks movies lately, and this might be my favorite. His performance is incredible here, and overall the maturity and commentary about life and love in this film was handled expertly. Highly recommend!
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I agree with you. I also don't think we were given any evidence that Kelly's husband was a good guy (or bad guy). We saw so little of him, and what we did see wasn't exactly fabulous. We know he tried to stop Kelly from seeing Chuck at the airport, and we know that Kelly seems to have put her career and dreams on hold to be the primary carer of the children (we gather this from Chuck's inquires). We can at least see that Kelly's husband doesn't seem to respect her feelings/needs too much. Chuck does, though, which is why he lets her go with no hard feelings. He knew she was struggling, that she loved him, but that she also needed to finally let him go and be with her family.
cs
2022-05-24 03:20:10 +0000 UTCI really loved this movie and always is such a cool experience to watch it with you. I cried my eyes out as Wilson slowly floated away. It moved me much more than the reunion with Kelly. I didn't really like Kelly's husband, but I totally agree that it wasn't fair to him. It was no one's fault, but the suffering was everyone's.
Sofía Reyes
2022-05-20 02:46:01 +0000 UTCI love your point about how the power of this film rests on our investment in Chuck and his journey. This is why I’ve said in the past that acting really is paramount for me. And as for Kelly and Chuck at the end…I can see how kissing in the rain scenes have been tainted by “The Notebook” 😂. In terms of “Cast Away”…I have strong opinions about that ending but I need some time to gather my thoughts. However, the key point for me is that Kelly never really “moved on.” She said people forced her to and so she did. If she truly moved on, she wouldn’t have all those old feelings resurface and she wouldn’t have felt the urge to kiss Chuck at all. I’ve never been in a position where my impulses overrode my judgement…YET. But until I’m in a intense situation like that myself, I really don’t want to judge. I like to think I’m a good person, but if I put myself in Kelly’s position I can’t say for sure that I wouldn’t be overcome with emotion either. They were truly in love and that is an important factor to consider. For me there is a difference between a moment of weakness and a full blown affair. That is why I personally have grace for Kelly because she still loved Chuck and their situation was complex. Her husband being a good guy doesn’t change that and being a “good guy” doesn’t mean he’s the right guy either. Of course it’s never nice to hurt another person, but that’s still an important distinction for me personally. I have a purist perspective on “true love” so I do have strong thoughts about this. But as I said, I need more time to think :) Also Chuck’s conversations with Wilson is pretty much how I talk to my negative thoughts daily. I promise I’m perfectly sane though haha. But in all seriousness, I do think that helped him because humans are built for human connection. However, Chuck never really lost Wilson in the end because he was just talking to his subconscious. He felt the loss because he projected a piece of himself/ imagination onto an external object. But that’s why I love my imagination. You can never lose it because you can’t lose you. I feel like imagination is what actually helped Chuck survive, moreso than logic and strategy. There is nothing impossible with our imagination - Anyway, great reaction as always, Thor! :)
Effie
2022-05-18 20:11:02 +0000 UTC
