Chuck: I love you too, Kelly!
(Chuck opens the car door, and Kelly gets in, he turns to the other door and gets in too.)
Chuck: You have to go home!
Kelly: Yea!
(Chuck Noland) is Tom Hanks, (Kelly Frears) is Helen Hunt, and the scent is from the famous movie (Cast Away), which I never get bored of!. To cut a long story short, it's about a dedicated-to-work active man (Chuck), who often neglects his girl friend (Kelly), but on Christmas eve, he proposes marriage to her right before embarking on a large assignment. On the assignment, a plane crash strands Chuck on a remote island, and his fast-paced life is slowed to a crawl, as he is miles removed from any human contact. Forced to the new conditions, with very limited options, he lives on his distant island for about 4 years.
By their end, he makes himself a raft to ride, and let it be swept by the sea. After sailing for an unknown period of time, he is rescued by a passing ship, and finally returns home. Everyone celebrates Chuck's survival, and can't believe it in the same time. Chuck goes to Kelly's home, where he finds out that she got married to his dentist and had a child girl with him, after having Chuck's funeral!. When he's about setting off, the previous scent takes place. Chuck drives to his close friend's home, having an ice cup of beer in front of the hearth, holding tears in his eyes, he gives this monologue:
"I once lost all hope in return, I knew I lost Kelly, I knew I will die on that island, and I had no choice, except to choose when to die, and how. I tied a rope to a tree, at the top of a mountain, to hang myself. And.. I had to test it! You know me!. The plummet broke the tree limb, and my try failed.. I had power over nothing, not even my own death!. When that happened, it came this feeling like a warm blanket, that I had to live, to keep breathing. All my logic said I had no chance, I would never see this place again. But this logic proved it was wrong at the end, cause one day, the sun rose, and the tide brought me a sail, which carried me home. And here I am, talking to you, there's ice in my cup, and I lost her.. again."
A pause…
"And now, I know what I have to do, I have to keep breathing, cause tomorrow the sun will rise, and who knows what the tide may bring?."
I loved those two scents the most. One can hear life laughing in them!. Two people cry &hug in great life-long love, then he drives her to her husband and kid!. A person who passes a massive experience to lose his fast easy life and end up alone with no choices but how to die, comes home by a miracle, to lose his love again!. It's so unfair. Exactly!. I wouldn't be very impressed by the movie if it ended up by the usual fair ending: "and they lived happily ever after". The special about it, is showing how unfair life could be, which is true!, how rude, and how it gives no shit for us some times, and keeps giving one slap after another!. But eventually, we have to keep breathing!, cause the same wind which threw Chuck miles away from humanity, brought him a sail one morning, not a fairy did that, the same wind!. Life doesn't change, but some times it offers us little chances, which we could easily miss, and could more difficultly, make a "raft" out of it, so "wind" may carry us home!.
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Updates:
The parts of scenario I used in this post is from my own remembering, cause the script I found everywhere on the internet, was different in those parts from the movie I saw on the Egyptian TV (Nile Sat, to be specific), and I don't know how!. And about the synopsis, it's a mix of my own writing, and the plot synopsis here.
Thanks to Mostafa, for correcting me some parts, I didn't fully remember, and thanks to Soha, for reminding me to mention the external sources. :)
6 comments:
salamo 3aleeko
firstly: we all know that the best english movies are those of tom hanks
secondly: castaway is a aaaaaahhhh movie .. real aaaaahhh movie .. it is the removal of the scenes that doesnt play a role in adding emotional meaning to the movie .. rescuing him as an example .. he was lying down sleeping .. he woke up slowly .. the emotional need is how he discovered that a ship was nearby.. then the next scene he's back in america .. any other movie would pictured the rope they will throw to him .. the blanket they will fold around him .. the strong captin soothing him saying "mat7'afsh ybny inta 7'alas rage3 baladak america" .. all that wouldnt add any more feelings to the watcher .. the ultimately important thing we need to be touched about is the look on his face when he discovers the ship has finally came...
thirdly: aaaaaaaahhhh ... yalahwaaaaaay ... the scene where he cries out loud "i'm sorry wilson" aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
fourthly: it's not touching .. it is over touching .. over and above .. over and above and beyond touching .. the scene u r talking about .. "now i'm her and i lost her again"
fifthly: in the dialogue u mentioned there is a sentence u forgot to write it is very meaningful and has to do with the movie's message .. when he tried to hang himself and failed he said "i had power over nothing not even my own death" then he said "when that happened it came this feeling like a warm blanket .. that i have to live .. to keep breathing" and the rest thatu wrote .. i see that way: even if ur wishes didnt come true .. u r still breathing .. keep on breathing ..
:)
Hey!
I think the movie is good, not great to my taste. I'm not a big Robert Zemeckis fan and I believe that Tom Hanks is one of those actors whose performance is highly influenced by the director he works with.
Mostafa, I think it's rather simplistic to say that "we all know that the best english(-speaking) movies are those of tom hanks". Apart from the taste aspect - of course you have all the right to say you love Tom Hanks who's definitely a very good actor - but a movie is not about the actor: it's about the director first and foremost. Besides, I don't think it's wise to throw such a blanket phrase as "we all know...", coz I, for one, didn't know that!
Reham, one more thing, it's OK to use some phrases from another source, which is what you did in your synopsis, but it's also extremely important to refer to the source of these phrases or to show the readers that it's not you who wrote them by adding quotation marks. I know our educational system is not so interested in teaching us these things, but this is called plagiarism. I believe I don't have to clarify what I refer to in your post.
All the best!
ya soha
im just joking..bgad
i really like the guy's acting .. the most movies that captures my interest and match my taste where mainly those of that guy .. thats all ..
do u know how much i watched this movie? hell, i even watched in the cinema when it was in the egyptian theatres.. but u know what .. this is the first time to know that zemicks is the director .. perhaps i focus more on the actors and the movie itself .. unlike arab movies where i'm interested first with the writer and the director ..
yalla 7'eer
:)
مصطفى:
3lekom elsalam,
Thanx for the additions to the monologue, I knew I missed parts, it's my weak memory!. The shot of his rescue was v.good, I liked it much! :)
Soha:
I didn't know the director either, and I didn't watch too many movies for Tom Hanks to judge on his related-to-director acting, but I believe he can be a great actor, only if he doesn't waste time on small roles, and I don't mean "small" like assistant role, light movie, or some thing, I mean "adwar 3abita"!, I saw him in this movie, and in BIG, and I couldn't believe he made something like "You've got mail!", it was cool light movie, but I think he can show greater abilities in movies like this one.
I searched for the script everywhere, and I found a different one from that I watched (that on Egyptian TV), I don't know how!, but I'll add the link to the one I found, and refer that the source of those parts is my own remembering!
Thanks
Soha:
I updated the post, and referred to all the external sources I used. Thanks again :)
And that's fine with me :)
Thanks!
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