Ive had the script for CAST AWAY for quite a while now. I never reviewed it because I was asked not to. The person who handed it to me intoned, "Fox is being very secretive about this movie." I let the script sit and never gave it a second thought. Then two days ago I caught the trailer for the film and was a little shocked to see that they blatantly give away the entire movie. The ending of the movie is so explicitly ruined the thought process must have been: We have Hanks -- we have Zemeckis -- who cares? More on this trailer in a moment. But now to the script...
The studio may have had high hopes for this film. But I didn't
. The last Zemeckis-Hanks extravaganza was FORREST GUMP. A film I felt didn't
work. But since so many love it I wont get into the why. Zemeckis is an extremely talented director (he can work that Steadicam like a Kubrick incarnate). But when working with Hanks the person who crafted the swoops and dives of CONTACT seems to be smothered. I was right about......
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