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Post by millar70 on Dec 30, 2019 6:44:35 GMT
So there's always been one thing about Cast Away that bothered me when I first saw it, and still gets me today.
So this poor bastard has been stuck on a remote island for 4 years, eating nothing but coconuts, crabs, and fish.
The guy finally makes his way back to civilization and to celebrate his return, FedEx throws him a party. And what did they serve at this festive occasion? Crab and seafood.
The poor son of a bitch, they couldn't have served some steaks or ribs at this party? Maybe go Italian and order up some lasagnas or chicken parmigiana?
Shheesh.....the only thing worse would have been if Helen Hunt threw some fish sticks in the oven when he visited her.
Your thoughts?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 30, 2019 7:00:22 GMT
So there's always been one thing about Cast Away that bothered me when I first saw it, and still gets me today. So this poor bastard has been stuck on a remote island for 4 years, eating nothing but coconuts, crabs, and fish. The guy finally makes his way back to civilization and to celebrate his return, FedEx throws him a party. And what did they serve at this festive occasion? Crab and seafood. The poor son of a bitch, they couldn't have served some steaks or ribs at this party? Maybe go Italian and order up some lasagnas or chicken parmigiana? Shheesh.....the only thing worse would have been if Helen Hunt threw some fish sticks in the oven when he visited her. Your thoughts? You should have seen the after party where they went to the park for a game of volleyball.  |
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Post by Vits on Dec 30, 2019 10:09:01 GMT
Wasn't this done on purpose by the script writer?
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 30, 2019 12:00:58 GMT
I assumed there was an island theme showing Fed Ex was clueless about his experience and thus wild irony ensues.
It's Memphis, so to have fresh king crab legs catered would have been expensive and intentional.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 30, 2019 15:41:17 GMT
It’s almost certainly intended to highlight the cluelessness of his colleagues.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 30, 2019 17:19:25 GMT
If we are talking about small bothersome details in Cast Away, I have one: when Tom Hanks carves a message in the rock before leaving the island, he writes his wife's address without the country! He is in the middle of the Pacific ocean, he's an experienced international traveler, and he doesn't think it is important to include the country when writing an address? He thinks city and state will suffice?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 30, 2019 17:27:39 GMT
The thing that always bothered me is that the movie was supposed to take place in the present but they treat the Pacific like it's the 18th century. The days of Robinson Crusoe are over .Any island that big wouldn't have been isolated for four years. Someone would fly over, someone would sail by, someone would land there and see if there was something worthwhile.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 30, 2019 18:36:32 GMT
The thing that bothered me was how quiet and uncommunicative Wilson was with Hanks, just poor chemistry.
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Post by _ on Dec 30, 2019 18:41:12 GMT
something something Larry Crowne
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Post by ck100 on Dec 30, 2019 18:50:03 GMT
One thing I wish we could have seen is Hanks readjusting to life and learning how to do things again while recovering in the hospital after being found.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 30, 2019 19:06:38 GMT
The thing that always bothered me is that the movie was supposed to take place in the present but they treat the Pacific like it's the 18th century. The days of Robinson Crusoe are over .Any island that big wouldn't have been isolated for four years. Someone would fly over, someone would sail by, someone would land there and see if there was something worthwhile. You have more faith in search and rescue missions. I don’t think a person stranded on a remote island would be search for and they would presume to be dead. The plane was 200 miles off course and we have no real idea how far away the plane crashed in an area that could have thousands of these islands. I also don’t think transponders and whatnot were actually mandatory back then or at least were that long lasting. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 30, 2019 19:28:02 GMT
The thing that always bothered me is that the movie was supposed to take place in the present but they treat the Pacific like it's the 18th century. The days of Robinson Crusoe are over .Any island that big wouldn't have been isolated for four years. Someone would fly over, someone would sail by, someone would land there and see if there was something worthwhile. You have more faith in search and rescue missions. I don’t think a person stranded on a remote island would be search for and they would presume to be dead. The plane was 200 miles off course and we have no real idea how far away the plane crashed in an area that could have thousands of these islands. I also don’t think transponders and whatnot were actually mandatory back then or at least were that long lasting. I'm not saying search and rescue. Just some random people looking for pirate treasure, gold, pearls, good place to surf, good place to run around naked with his wife would have stumbled in that place in four years. A curious pilot or 20 would have seen it in the distance and flew over.
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Post by Prime etc. on Dec 30, 2019 19:34:02 GMT
The thing that bothered me was how quiet and uncommunicative Wilson was with Hanks, just poor chemistry. And there was a push to nominate Wilson for best supporting actor. I just don't see the acting was so great myself, but I'll admit showed a lot of buoyancy in the ocean farewell sequence.
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Post by _ on Dec 30, 2019 19:40:14 GMT
The thing that bothered me was how quiet and uncommunicative Wilson was with Hanks, just poor chemistry. And there was a push to nominate Wilson for best supporting actor. I just don't see the acting was so great myself, but I'll admit showed a lot of buoyancy in the ocean farewell sequence.
He wasn't a very well rounded character. They really inflated his importance.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 30, 2019 19:41:56 GMT
I asked my dentist about the tooth removal method
"No way …. don't be ridiculous", said he !
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 30, 2019 19:57:42 GMT
The thing that bothered me was how quiet and uncommunicative Wilson was with Hanks, just poor chemistry. And there was a push to nominate Wilson for best supporting actor. I just don't see the acting was so great myself, but I'll admit showed a lot of buoyancy in the ocean farewell sequence.
LOL, I forgot about that. Hey if Marissa Tomeis can win an Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny" I don't see why Wilson shouldn't either.
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Post by MCDemuth on Dec 30, 2019 20:18:29 GMT
I'm not saying search and rescue. Just some random people looking for pirate treasure, gold, pearls, good place to surf, good place to run around naked with his wife would have stumbled in that place in four years. A curious pilot or 20 would have seen it in the distance and flew over.
It seems that you didn't notice that this island was nowhere near the size of "Gilligan's Island" or the one seen on "LOST"... It was very small, and there was no place for anyone to "run around" on. Surfing would be questionable too... The surrounding waters might be good for surfing, but there weren't beaches to land on... Don't you remember Tom walking around the island on underwater rocks and cut his feet, because most of the island rose high out of the water? Anyone else going there they would still need a good camp site for their necessities for survival, and there wasn't one... and yet, Tom's character was barely able to "live" on the beach for a short time, which is why he then went and lived in a cave for the rest of his time there. Maybe there were planes that flew over ever once in a while... But, that doesn't mean they would have seen any indication of someone living there, especially if that man was asleep in his cave!... Most likely they didn't even fly low enough for Tom's Character to even signal them. Sadly, I think you are living in a fantasy here... Why don't YOU try to find a man down on some remote rocky island as you pass over it at 20,000 FT while going 400 MPH, and see how well you do to find him. It should have been clear to anyone who paid attention, that there was no place on this island to even build one small hut... So why would anyone want to go there? Treasure seekers?... It would cost them a fortune, just to get to this small remote island, and they probably wouldn't find anything if they went there anyway... Even if did find just one treasure chest, It would have to full of nothing but diamonds to make it worth their while just to go there. There's enough land on Howland Island & Nikumaroro island, two well known islands, to build several huts, and they both have long stretches of beach and land to "Run Around" on and to even Surf there... But when was the last time anyone went to either of them, other than expeditions teams such at TIGHAR, to do anything other than to do research about Amelia Earhart?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 30, 2019 20:20:50 GMT
I'm not saying search and rescue. Just some random people looking for pirate treasure, gold, pearls, good place to surf, good place to run around naked with his wife would have stumbled in that place in four years. A curious pilot or 20 would have seen it in the distance and flew over.
It seems that you didn't notice that this island was nowhere near the size of "Gilligan's Island" or the one seen on "LOST"... It was very small, and there was no place for anyone to "run around" on. Surfing would be questionable too... The surrounding waters might be good for surfing, but there weren't beaches to land on... Don't you remember Tom walking around the island on underwater rocks and cut his feet, because most of the island rose high out of the water? Anyone else going there they would still need a good camp site for their necessities for survival, and there wasn't one... and yet, Tom's character was barely able to "live" on the beach for a short time, which is why he then went and lived in a cave for the rest of his time there. Maybe there were planes that flew over ever once in a while... But, that doesn't mean they would have seen any indication of someone living there, especially if that man was asleep in his cave!... Most likely they didn't even fly low enough for Tom's Character to even signal them. Sadly, I think you are living in a fantasy here... Why don't YOU try to find a man down on some remote rocky island as you pass over it at 20,000 FT while going 400 MPH, and see how well you do to find him. It should have been clear to anyone who paid attention, that there was no place on this island to even build one small hut... So why would anyone want to go there? Treasure seekers?... It would cost them a fortune, just to get to this small remote island, and they probably wouldn't find anything if they went there anyway... Even if did find just one treasure chest, It would have to full of nothing but diamonds to make it worth their while just to go there. There's enough land on Howland Island & Nikumaroro island, two well known islands, to build several huts, and they both have long stretches of beach and land to "Run Around" on and to even Surf there... But when was the last time anyone went to either of them, other than expeditions teams such at TIGHAR, to do anything other than to do research about Amelia Earhart? I seen to have struck a nerve
Do you know that little two seater plane don't travel at 40,000 feet. Do you know that the sound of a plane would travel hundreds of miles across the flat ocean. Do you know that people would be curious abloun any island that isn't a coral atoll with an elevation of six inches or less?
I've know you for a while. Did you get this condescending attitude for Christmas?
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 30, 2019 20:37:20 GMT
You have more faith in search and rescue missions. I don’t think a person stranded on a remote island would be search for and they would presume to be dead. The plane was 200 miles off course and we have no real idea how far away the plane crashed in an area that could have thousands of these islands. I also don’t think transponders and whatnot were actually mandatory back then or at least were that long lasting. I'm not saying search and rescue. Just some random people looking for pirate treasure, gold, pearls, good place to surf, good place to run around naked with his wife would have stumbled in that place in four years. A curious pilot or 20 would have seen it in the distance and flew over.
I think there are more islands out there than treasure seekers. At best and I’m any given year there can’t be more than a hundred or so like that and most of them can find what they’re looking for in closer range of civilization. |
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Post by millar70 on Dec 30, 2019 21:42:19 GMT
The thing that bothered me was how quiet and uncommunicative Wilson was with Hanks, just poor chemistry. And there was a push to nominate Wilson for best supporting actor. I just don't see the acting was so great myself, but I'll admit showed a lot of buoyancy in the ocean farewell sequence.
Listen, we can laugh at Wilson all we want and critique his performance forever, but when he fell off the raft and floated away......damn it, I was crying too! That volleyball touched a nerve in all of us. 😟 |
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