Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Cast away- An ever-green movie

Alone on an island, away from civilisation and no hope to get back home, would you have survived in such a situation. Against all odds, Chuck Noland doesn't give up after being washed over on an uninhabited island and after four years of tedious work, finally gets back home. 'Cast away' is the story of a singular man who survived to tell his tale. 

Chuck Noland is a system analyst who travels around the world solving problems at FedEx depots. Owing to his frequent travels, he's not able to maintain his relationship with Kelly Frears, who is actually thinking of marrying him. During a Christmas celebration, he is called my his office and asked to go to Malaysia. The flight gets stuck in a storm and they crash land in the middle of the Pacific. Chuck saves himself on a lifeboat and is washed over on an island which he later finds out to be uninhabited. Struggling to survive for a few days, Chuck gets FedEx packages from the plane. One of the packages has a football, which then beacomes Chuck's only support and friend. As days turned to months, Chuck started adapting himself to the life of a stranded man. He spent four years on that island and then finally one of his inventions of escaping worked! Miraculously he does reach home after a long struggle and losing a friend on the way. 

This is one of the most inspirational movies ever made. Tom Hanks's acting is definitely commendable and he even got nominated for Best Actor in a leading role in the 73rd Academy Awards. This is a box office premier and will be one of the most cherished movies in the history of Hollywood.




2 comments:

  1. Nice review- Do ensure proper spelling, punctuation before publication. Also, in the 2nd para, the 1st few sentences are in present tense and the next few in the past- never change tense midway.

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    1. Hi Meenakshi Aunty. Glad you liked my blog! Many people have already pointed that out and I have tried to minimise it. I guess I should become a bit more precautious.

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