Reviewing the product, not the movie
Added 11/21/2009
I'm a big, big fan of this movie, so I was excited to get the blu-ray version, thinking it would be beautiful given the subject and location of the film.
Sadly, this is a blu-ray in technical format only. The transfer looks WORSE than the DVD version I have. That's right, worse. Skip this and wait for some "remastered" (and probably more expensive version).
Again, love the movie, loath the blu-ray transfer.
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Something very weird about this movie...
Added 11/20/2009
Did anybody else notice something strange about this movie? I've been in the kinds of places where most of the scenes of Castaway are set. Tropical islands, beaches, coral reefs. There are always birds, birds, birds everywhere. I don't remember a single bird in the entire movie. Not a gull; not a tern; not a sanderling. In fact no wildlife at all other than some kind of silly lizard and a porpoise. Did they not want to pay off the animal rights loonies or what?
I did enjoy the movie. Much better than average.
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A Classic Movie, must see!
Added 10/8/2009
This is one of my favorite movies of all times.
It's so sad, but so beautiful.
Those who hasn't seen it, definitely should! Or you're missing out!
I bought it just so others can watch it. It's just so sad but so good.
Tom Hanks just really shows you how good of an actor he is, it's not like he's trying too hard to be good too, he just makes you believe that this really is happening.
All the time and work put into this film, so worth it.
Go watch it!
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Tom Hanks is Tom Hanks in a Nice Film
Added 10/2/2009
I don't belittle the film by saying it is nice. It is a nice, a good, nice, film as few can make better than the talented Tom Hanks, Now, I am not saying that Tom Hanks is personally a nice guy, I don't know him. I am saying that as John Wayne, with a big assist from John Ford, created John Wayne who played John Wayne roles superbly, so Tom Hanks has created Tom Hanks, the character who can play a variety of nice guys in diverse situations.The film has been described in detail so I am left with, happily, simply the task of voicing my opinion that one comes away from the film knowing that a star has, with the help of Helen Hunt with not much to do but doing that very well, wrought his spell once more and left me, at any rate, with a good feeling as I got up out of my chair to take the DVD out of the machine and put it into its case to contribute to our resident's library with the assurance that other old timers will get the same pleasure out of it as I did.
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A Tom Hanks classic folks!
Added 7/12/2009
If you like Tom Hanks in any of his movies, this one is a definite to have in your dvd collection. One of his better roles, up there with 'Forrest Gump'.
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Reviewing the product, not the movie
Added 11/21/2009
I'm a big, big fan of this movie, so I was excited to get the blu-ray version, thinking it would be beautiful given the subject and location of the film.
Sadly, this is a blu-ray in technical format only. The transfer looks WORSE than the DVD version I have. That's right, worse. Skip this and wait for some "remastered" (and probably more expensive version).
Again, love the movie, loath the blu-ray transfer.
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Something very weird about this movie...
Added 11/20/2009
Did anybody else notice something strange about this movie? I've been in the kinds of places where most of the scenes of Castaway are set. Tropical islands, beaches, coral reefs. There are always birds, birds, birds everywhere. I don't remember a single bird in the entire movie. Not a gull; not a tern; not a sanderling. In fact no wildlife at all other than some kind of silly lizard and a porpoise. Did they not want to pay off the animal rights loonies or what?
I did enjoy the movie. Much better than average.
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A Classic Movie, must see!
Added 10/8/2009
This is one of my favorite movies of all times.
It's so sad, but so beautiful.
Those who hasn't seen it, definitely should! Or you're missing out!
I bought it just so others can watch it. It's just so sad but so good.
Tom Hanks just really shows you how good of an actor he is, it's not like he's trying too hard to be good too, he just makes you believe that this really is happening.
All the time and work put into this film, so worth it.
Go watch it!
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