Tom Hanks Hustle: Cast Away

When you think of classic Tom Hanks dramas it would be hard to think that any other film other than Cast Away. 

This is the story of Chuck Noland. He is a time squandering gentleman who has his whole life planned out to the very last second. However, all of that changes on one fateful night on a FedEx plane back home. His plane, along with a shipment of FedEx deliveries, crashes into the ocean. He is the lone survivor and ends up spending the next four years on this island alone.

Let's face it. If you haven't seen this film you have a least heard it's most famous line "WILSON". I mean after you find out it's a volleyball that he talking to you can't help but think all volleyballs are Wilson. 

I actually got the chance to watch this film for the first time last year. It was not at all what I was expecting. I was thinking that is was going to be much more intense that it was. Don't get me wrong this is an intense movie but not the heart pounding thriller I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be him fighting off wild animals and other things and it was not that at all. 

The movie was truly about isolation. I thought it was so intriguing! Especially when you see how obsessed with time Chuck is. He tries everything to keep every aspect in his life in proper timing and order. Now he is stuck in a place where time does not really matter. It's just a state of being. That don't mean he doesn't try to use time. Instead of controlling it he learns to work with it. I think that is a lesson that we all need. 

This movie is very serious but it's not without it's funny moments. They aren't funny in a obviously hilarious way it's more of a "if I made it this far in that same situation I would totally be doing that" kind of way. I think my favorite part of the movie would have to be when he finally makes fire and he gets very excited about it and starts acting slightly crazy from the excitement of it all.

I think that this is a movie that everyone should see once but maybe when you are older and life starts to get complicated. You will either realize that we really don't have much time in our lives as a whole and we need to really focus on what is really important. Then again you could watch it and totally hate the film and realize that you wasted three hours of your life. Still hitting home the lesson that we need to focus on what is really important.