Cast Away Movie Review

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Madalyn Millea Professor Cain 19 November 2010 Cast Away “Movies can and do have tremendous influence on shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood,” once quoted the legendary Walt Disney. Movies are an influential entity in our culture. Film was a way of taking the audience on an emotional roller coaster ride through the genres of horror, drama, and science fiction. Movies have allowed an alternative world where we can break through the possibilities of everyday life. The motion picture has been affecting society for over a century, and will continue to impact us and future generations. In the movie Castaway “Tom Hanks plays an every-man, cast into disaster, struggling for survival in a fight against a slow slip into madness and a struggle to find a reason to live” (NYtimes). Castaway is the epitome of the excitement a film can give an audience, with each new scene comes another unanticipated event that leaves the viewer wanting more. Each dramatic affair is interwoven with a deeper meaning on the struggles of life, that even in the toughest of circumstances to never give up hope. The film opens with Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) being “ripped out of his hasty life in a plane crash” to find himself alone on the shores of a deserted island. Unsure of what his new surroundings may be, he is intrigued about what this island has to offer. Just like many tough situations life withholds, Chuck quickly feels scared because there is no signs of life around him and that he will never be rescued. However, Chuck finds strength and hope in his situation. Through that hope he is able to fend for himself by making his own food, creating his own shelter. Although Chuck experiences this on a much more amplified level, people experience these types of things everyday. It is extremely difficult for people to
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