I agree with other commenters. I think he was so loyal to his work he wouldn't think of opening the packages until he was absolutely desperate. And one special package he set aside to have some hope of his old life and his own future -- to at least deliver that one package. In an interview Tom Hanks said he'd choose to follow the girl in the truck. I would too. :-)
@@Mr.Ekshin In the script there's just salsa in the package but that never made it into the movie. The survival stuff was just a joke and not actually canon.
As far as why he wasn't opening the packages earlier, I think he was being a respectful FedEx employee by not opening other people's/customer's packages.
He's not just FedEx he's their quality engineer & trainer. It's pretty much his life. & at first he's still expecting to get rescued so salvaging them is still a priority for him, he's not fully in survival mode yet.
When Pandora opened her box and let loose all evil into the world, she closed it before the last thing could escape. That thing was hope. That's what the package he never opens represents. Hope. Hope to one day get back to civilization.
Whales are known to help guide boats that are adrift in the ocean in real life. There are many many reported cases of this. Some are on video. And I can say from first hand experience that dolphins love to swim with boats just for fun. Im a HUGE advocate for oceanlife health and happiness. Whales and dolphins are to be protected at all costs. They are mans best friend in the ocean.
The open ocean is actually quite clear, usually. When I lived in Hawaii, even the water close to shore was incredibly clear, most of the time. Deep water isn't murky like it might be closer to shore. They filmed the first part of the movie and then took a year off so Tom Hanks could lose a ton of weight, grow out his hair and beard, to film the rest of the film.
Forgive her she is from the UK. I was born and raised in the South Pacific(Hawaii being one of the Islands i lived for awhile) and I live in the UK now. There are many factors but a main one is when the ocean temperature is colder more algae floats around in the water making it murky and in warmer oceans there is less algae making it clearer.
@@Silky808 Basically 100% of anyone wouldn't know that stuff. It isn't that she needs to be "forgiven" because "she is from the UK" and doesn't know that obscure stuff.
@@aceldamia9114 of course not a lot of people know that fact, that’s why I said it. I mean forgive her ignorance, she doesn’t know that the South Pacific ocean is clear like it is portrayed in the movie, because the ocean around Great Britain is murky.
@@aceldamia9114 - Just to be a contrarian. After my wife and I went to Fiji for the first time, we'd mention to people that it pretty much ruined swimming in HI.
The ending was perfect. Not everything is all rainbows. It was a bittersweet ending for him and his ex gf. Life moves on, he's alive and breathing. His last speech at the end was remarkable because he realized how blessed he was. And as he said, you never know what the tide may bring in. A new day welcomes new opportunities.
This movie is my example to people WHY films are necessary. We as an audience, cried over a VOLLEYBALL!! But the performance by Tom Hanks, the direction of the scene, and the score all working together to create a moment, where we are sobbing over a ball. POWER OF CINEMA
Actually, I was aboard a ship in the Indian Ocean, around about the equator, and you could see clearly the entire ship under the water. We watched the screws spinning around and around, pushing us along. Amazing.
That sweater he's wearing: that style was big in the early 80s; half the people I knew had one. A variety of colour schemes, though. Mine: blue bands on off-white.
A bit of a story behind the filming of this movie. You would imagine that the second half of the movie would be filmed first. Logically, Hanks could trim down, and lose weight before the start of filming. You can get out of shape a lot quicker for the second half of filming the first half of the story..However, Hanks wanted to film it sequentially, the way the story is written. Robert Zemeckis (who also directed him in Forrest Gump) was in a bit of a pickle. What would he do with the crew if Hanks had to take off a year to transform himself?..He didn't want to lose his film crew in that time..What he did was sign on to film another movie ("What Lies Beneath", w/Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer) which enabled him to keep his crew working, and gave Hanks the time he needed to trim down..From what I understand it's never been done before..I guess if you're Tom Hanks you can do that sort of thing.
In the 1-year break between filming, director Robert Zemeckis directed an entire other film, What Lies Beneath. He even used the same crew for both movies to ensure they would be available when filming resumed, and so they would have steady work in between.
The way I see it is that Wilson is himself. He's talking to himself the whole time. And when Wilson "died" is when the man that was created in that island in those 4 years died with him.
12:33 - There was a joke in a commercial back then about this package where they revealed it contained a satellite phone. 28:23 - This is a genius ending because the director left the ending to the viewers. We get to decide what Chuck is going to do, Zemeckis gave us both options: One half of the screen chuck is looking at the lady driving away with a subtle smile on his face, the other half we see the open road in the opposite direction. Personally I think that this situation in real life would resolve with Kelly divorcing after some time and going back with Chuck.
Speaking of other films with singular performances, you may enjoy the movie "Locke" starring Tom Hardy. Without spoiling anything, the entire movie takes place in his car by himself. We hear other characters as he talks on his phone, but he's the only actor we see in the entire movie. Premise sounds boring, but it's very tense.
Many people miss the woman at the end was married to the guy we saw in the scene in Russia where he was cheating on her with another woman.In the end when he delivers the package you can see the name of the husband has been removed from the sign over the entry to the driveway signaling she is single now.It seems it was fate.
Hey Liiv, The package saved his life because it helped keep hope alive. The contents of the box didn't save him, but the wings symbol motivated him to keep going. -------- The package gave him hope that he would return to civilization. -------- I was similar to Chuck watching the photo everyday for 4 years. In BTS clips, the director joked in an interview that the package contained a satellite phone.
I love watching you cry at the same times I cried. In an interview Tom Hanks said he knew what he would do at the end. He said he would have followed the girl in the truck.
5 years on the Island and they feed him seafood at the banquet..... 😂 As for the ending, it doesn't matter if you're on a desert island or in the middle of America you can still be all alone...imo
1. It's a good thing he wasn't strapped in that plane. He would have died. 2. Can you imagine how much back pay this guy is going to get? He's not a rank and file worker either. He's an executive. 3. From IMDB: To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus 4. Extremely resourceful 5. In a recent interview Hanks says that Chuck went back to Belinda (the Winged lady). Inside the first package was her divorce papers. 6. The speech that includes, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me. 7. Wilson was Chuck's connectivity to sanity. That's why he kept talking to him. 8. Tom Hanks= "The Green Mile". You WILL cry. 😭
LOL I just laughed so hard when she said "motion in the ocean.." "Cause tomorrow the sun will rise and who knows what the tide will bring." Its sad, but also so inspirational...
You wouldn't think one guy on an island could be that entertaining. Tom Hanks really killed it in that role. And to this day, you will still find "Wiillllsoooonnn!" references in other shows and movies. Always love your reactions. Thank you once again for sharing.
Those words with that message in these moments of my life are very valuable, since my mother recently passed away and my father also years ago. Now I have to keep breathing and live day by day.
Beautifully delightful and heartbreaking reaction, thank you!!! Man, when Chuck talks to his friend and explains how he lost Kelly all over again rips me up!!! And your accent is lovely. Usually I cannot understand English accents🙂🙂🙂
an epic movie. And don't worry, we all shed some tears for the loss of Wilson. But, it was sort of like Wilson knew it was time for him to go, Chuck didn't need him anymore, he was going home.
Thanks so much for reacting to this movie! One of my favorites of all time. One thing that goes unnoticed by some people, the movie isn't named Castaway...it's Cast Away. Many people have that feeling of being left behind, alone in their little world, cast away from society, perhaps during the loss of a relationship or whatever. This movie is ultimately about hope and endurance, do NOT give up. Who knows what the tide might bring. The area of the crossroads at the end of the movie is right where I grew up in the panhandle of Texas, near Canadian TX. It's such a wonderful choice to shoot that scene A literal crossroads where one can choose any direction to head out with no landmark to judge by. You do a great job, love your reactions. One other quick thing, "Wilson" was the result of the writer purposefully stranding himself on an island for a couple of weeks alone to see what it would feel like. There really was a Wilson, he adopted the volleyball as a companion and wrote him into the script. I love that.1
I remember watching this in the theater back in 2000. As bad as he wanted off that island, after 5 years it would actually be hard to leave. When we was in the military and would deploy overseas, we missed home and I missed my wife. But, when it came time to rotate back, it’s a wierd feeling, even after Only 5-6 months. Once we get into a routine,it’s hard to break. I don’t know how to describe it. It only last for a little while and by the time the wheel are up and your in the air, you can’t wait to get home. He was in that island for 5 years. When he looks back, the music isn’t triumphant, it’s sad, like it he’s happy to have escaped, but sad and maybe scared. The running theory back then was that the package he refused to open contained a solar powered satellite phone.
I always thought it was divorce papers. Inside the box is no satellite phone, no seeds, no GPS, or water purifying system. Instead, the box contains two jars of homemade green salsa and a letter. Chuck studies the letter, which reads, “You said our life was a prison.
Well great movie :) i think that in pacific ocean water is pretty clear ngl :) but of course they filmed this probably in studio somewhere :D and according to one gossip director Zemeckis once said that in the unopened FedEx package was watertight solar powered satelite phone 😂
I were talking about movies where it's basically 1 person most of the time, it reminded me of another movie. It's called All is Lost with Robert Redford. I usually wouldn't watch something like this but at the time, I think I was trying to watch movies I had that I hadn't seen, and it came up somewhat quickly starting with an A and all. Anyway, might be worth checking out if your intrigued by this sort of film
This is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time, mainly as a comfort film, something I could always lay back and enjoy. There was a point where I couldn't fall asleep unless I had this movie on and I probably watched it 100s of times when I was a teen. I know the movie line by line, which is pretty easy when most of the movie has almost no dialogue. I'm saying all this because despite all of that, no matter how much I love this movie and appreciate it's message, I fucking HATE the fact that we'll never know WHAT'S IN THE DAMN PACKAGE
I love this movie. And I think it’s a great ending. The sign of the angel wings, which seemed to give him hope all along. To me it’s obvious that he follows the girl in the truck, and that it was meant to be. That’s a smile on his face as the film fades out.
Hi Liv. Great review...This distress in your face for him was timeless as it was for most of us also. Not sure if you noticed but the whales scenes, they sprayed him several times to wake him or save him as they must have realized he shouldn't be there. Like they were looking out for him. Thanks again.
The ending scene between Kelly and Chuck is heartbreaking.💦 Love has always been a double edged sword. If not wielded responsibly someone will always get hurt. Kelly realized that the injury had already occurred, however not intentional. But she did the responsible thing. She knew to sheath the sword for the greater good. No further injury required. I'm talking about her husband and child and perhaps in the long run her conscience. Great reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is called a “virtuoso “ film, meaning that the large majority of the lines are by one actor. Cyrano de Bergerac is another example. It is really sad but … Great reaction.
This movie has everything. And especially it is heartbreaking. Stunning performance as always from Mr. Hanks. Also I really really like when you give us your thoughts after the movie. It is as important to me as the reaction. So thank you, that was wholesome. :)
HEy Liiv, I'm so glad you realized when Tom Hanks lands on the island and has to open the coconut. You basically in 10 minutes get a history of man evolving to use tools to concur his environment. It took cavemen about 3-4 thousand years to do what Tom Hanks accomplishes. This development of using tools is what set humans on course to become the Apex species on earth over the next one hundred thousand years.
Hey Liiv, CAstway shows we all need that human connection with another living creature. And when that is absent we invent one in our imagination. People in the wilderness reach out to wild animals and make them pets for companions. Tom Hanks only had Wilson. So when Wilson floats away, it's like a gut punch we feel his desperation, such a clever way to tap into the human psyche
great movie, great reactin as always Liv. I see you are a Tom Hanks fan. If you never saw Forrest Gump I would recommend to do a reaction on that next. Also an underrated movie with Tom Hanks - The Terminal
I love Tom Hanks and this is some of his finest work. I very much enjoyed your reaction to it, Liv. SO much feels to be had. Looking forward to whatever reactions you have in store for us!
1. It's a good thing he wasn't strapped in that plane. He would have died. 2. Can you imagine how much back pay this guy is going to get? He's not a rank and file worker either. He's an executive. 3. To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus 4. Talk about using realistic tactics to survive. 5. Wilson is exactly what he needed to maintain sanity. 6. In a recent interview Hanks says that Chuck went back to Belinda Wings. Inside the opening scene package were her divorce papers. 7. The speech where he starts with, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me. 8.Tom Hanks is the best actor of my lifetime. I'm 61 years old. If you want a serious movie The GOAT to first time/share do "The Green Mile". You WILL cry. I promise.
Certainly the film has a few plot issues, which we can forgive, but the timeline with Kelly always bothered me. We know that Chuck is missing for four years. We also know that Kelly is married and has child, over a year old, when he returns. If we assume that she didn't get pregnant until after she was married to Dr. Lovett then she had to have married him within two years of Chuck's disappearance. That seems very quick to lose the "love of your life", search for him exhaustively, decide to move on and meet someone new. I can see her being with someone else, or even being engaged, but already being married and having a family seemed rushed. Just my two pennies.
only 6 minutes into the reaction i am already starting to write my comment just because it is very early in the morning and i love your accent it is giving me great feelings of joy. lets continue watching haha the reaction is cut so short i also see Appolo 13 is just 25 minutes for a 3 hour movie. send me a hug and i will join your patreon haha
Nice reaction! Yes, this movie was very sad, but at the same time very "uplifting". After 20 twenty years of thought, I think the ending is very good and positive. 😉
Awesome reaction Liiv!! If you wanna check out some more light hearted Tom Hanks films, 'The Burbs' is great (could be a good one for halloween season) and 'The Money Pit'
I agree with other commenters. I think he was so loyal to his work he wouldn't think of opening the packages until he was absolutely desperate. And one special package he set aside to have some hope of his old life and his own future -- to at least deliver that one package.
In an interview Tom Hanks said he'd choose to follow the girl in the truck. I would too. :-)
Inside the package was a case of Bic lighters, a flare gun, a satellite phone, a water filter, a tarp, and a large bowie knife.
@@Mr.Ekshin In the script there's just salsa in the package but that never made it into the movie. The survival stuff was just a joke and not actually canon.
@@JTidiotboy - Of course it's a joke.... at least it WAS a joke until you ruined it by trying to explain it. You must be a real hit at parties.
As far as why he wasn't opening the packages earlier, I think he was being a respectful FedEx employee by not opening other people's/customer's packages.
Yes as far as he knows he might still be able to deliver them.
Which is stupid. This is survival.
@@StinkyGreenBud you call it stupid I call it dedication.
@@poluticon Can't fault you for that thought. Go FedEx!
He's not just FedEx he's their quality engineer & trainer. It's pretty much his life. & at first he's still expecting to get rescued so salvaging them is still a priority for him, he's not fully in survival mode yet.
I used to work for Fed-Ex a few years ago, every building site i delivered to all i'd hear from the scaffolding was WILSON
When Pandora opened her box and let loose all evil into the world, she closed it before the last thing could escape. That thing was hope.
That's what the package he never opens represents. Hope.
Hope to one day get back to civilization.
Nah, the package had a case of Bic lighters, a flare gun, a satellite phone, a water filter, a tarp, and a large bowie knife.
@@Mr.Ekshin + some face masks
The unopened package is his last connection to the outside world. He tells himself he can bring it with him & finally deliver it.
Whales are known to help guide boats that are adrift in the ocean in real life. There are many many reported cases of this. Some are on video. And I can say from first hand experience that dolphins love to swim with boats just for fun. Im a HUGE advocate for oceanlife health and happiness. Whales and dolphins are to be protected at all costs. They are mans best friend in the ocean.
The open ocean is actually quite clear, usually. When I lived in Hawaii, even the water close to shore was incredibly clear, most of the time. Deep water isn't murky like it might be closer to shore. They filmed the first part of the movie and then took a year off so Tom Hanks could lose a ton of weight, grow out his hair and beard, to film the rest of the film.
Forgive her she is from the UK. I was born and raised in the South Pacific(Hawaii being one of the Islands i lived for awhile) and I live in the UK now. There are many factors but a main one is when the ocean temperature is colder more algae floats around in the water making it murky and in warmer oceans there is less algae making it clearer.
Comparing anything to Hawai'ian water isn't really a fair comparison.
@@Silky808 Basically 100% of anyone wouldn't know that stuff. It isn't that she needs to be "forgiven" because "she is from the UK" and doesn't know that obscure stuff.
@@aceldamia9114 of course not a lot of people know that fact, that’s why I said it. I mean forgive her ignorance, she doesn’t know that the South Pacific ocean is clear like it is portrayed in the movie, because the ocean around Great Britain is murky.
@@aceldamia9114 - Just to be a contrarian. After my wife and I went to Fiji for the first time, we'd mention to people that it pretty much ruined swimming in HI.
"WILSON!!! I'M SORRY, WILSON!!"
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIILSON!!!!! :(
@@liivreacts😭😭😭😭
The ending was perfect. Not everything is all rainbows. It was a bittersweet ending for him and his ex gf. Life moves on, he's alive and breathing. His last speech at the end was remarkable because he realized how blessed he was. And as he said, you never know what the tide may bring in. A new day welcomes new opportunities.
Every time I go to the dentist I think of chuck in the cave with the skate
4:04 Although that scene was shot in a studio, the water in the middle of an ocean really is that clear.
I love the speech at the end. It’s about hope.
I was in a park in Florida full of Palm trees and we heard the coconuts falling every few minutes it seemed.
This movie is my example to people WHY films are necessary. We as an audience, cried over a VOLLEYBALL!! But the performance by Tom Hanks, the direction of the scene, and the score all working together to create a moment, where we are sobbing over a ball. POWER OF CINEMA
In real life those planes would fly so high it's above the weather. At least 37000 feet. Well over storm clouds
Actually, I was aboard a ship in the Indian Ocean, around about the equator, and you could see clearly the entire ship under the water. We watched the screws spinning around and around, pushing us along. Amazing.
That sweater he's wearing: that style was big in the early 80s; half the people I knew had one. A variety of colour schemes, though. Mine: blue bands on off-white.
A bit of a story behind the filming of this movie. You would imagine that the second half of the movie would be filmed first. Logically, Hanks could trim down, and lose weight before the start of filming. You can get out of shape a lot quicker for the second half of filming the first half of the story..However, Hanks wanted to film it sequentially, the way the story is written. Robert Zemeckis (who also directed him in Forrest Gump) was in a bit of a pickle. What would he do with the crew if Hanks had to take off a year to transform himself?..He didn't want to lose his film crew in that time..What he did was sign on to film another movie ("What Lies Beneath", w/Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer) which enabled him to keep his crew working, and gave Hanks the time he needed to trim down..From what I understand it's never been done before..I guess if you're Tom Hanks you can do that sort of thing.
"what happened to Wilson?"
He grew hair.
Hey Liiv, i love watching movies with you!!! see you next time!!!!
In the 1-year break between filming, director Robert Zemeckis directed an entire other film, What Lies Beneath. He even used the same crew for both movies to ensure they would be available when filming resumed, and so they would have steady work in between.
It's been a running joke that the unopened package contained a satellite phone and batteries that would have gotten him off the island within a week.
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@@staytrue5307aren't we a bit anal? Is this your mission on the internet?
It’s been a couple of month. I miss your movie reactions. Your so good at it.
The way I see it is that Wilson is himself. He's talking to himself the whole time. And when Wilson "died" is when the man that was created in that island in those 4 years died with him.
When you can be practically alone on screen for over an hour and be entertaining. You are Legendary Tom Hanks
12:33 - There was a joke in a commercial back then about this package where they revealed it contained a satellite phone.
28:23 - This is a genius ending because the director left the ending to the viewers. We get to decide what Chuck is going to do, Zemeckis gave us both options: One half of the screen chuck is looking at the lady driving away with a subtle smile on his face, the other half we see the open road in the opposite direction. Personally I think that this situation in real life would resolve with Kelly divorcing after some time and going back with Chuck.
Spencer Tracy in ... The old man and the sea.
Tom Hardy in... Locke
Both incredible films.
That light on the horizon: the audience went wild.
Speaking of other films with singular performances, you may enjoy the movie "Locke" starring Tom Hardy. Without spoiling anything, the entire movie takes place in his car by himself. We hear other characters as he talks on his phone, but he's the only actor we see in the entire movie.
Premise sounds boring, but it's very tense.
Many people miss the woman at the end was married to the guy we saw in the scene in Russia where he was cheating on her with another woman.In the end when he delivers the package you can see the name of the husband has been removed from the sign over the entry to the driveway signaling she is single now.It seems it was fate.
Only someone as skilled as Tom Hanks can make you feel that way about a fucking 🏐!
My only issue is that on the island he got very tanned but then once he gets rescued the tan suddenly disappears.
Hey Liiv, The package saved his life because it helped keep hope alive. The contents of the box didn't save him, but the wings symbol motivated him to keep going. -------- The package gave him hope that he would return to civilization. -------- I was similar to Chuck watching the photo everyday for 4 years. In BTS clips, the director joked in an interview that the package contained a satellite phone.
That was also a Super Bowl commercial 😂
I've always thought an alternate ending would be him opening that package at the Fedex party only to find a fully charged satellite phone inside.
I love watching you cry at the same times I cried. In an interview Tom Hanks said he knew what he would do at the end. He said he would have followed the girl in the truck.
5 years on the Island and they feed him seafood at the banquet..... 😂
As for the ending, it doesn't matter if you're on a desert island or in the middle of America you can still be all alone...imo
Yeah, that powerful monologue, that will do it ! You feel it.
I liked that half open ending; it's like you say: I think which way he's gonna go.
1. It's a good thing he wasn't strapped in that plane. He would have died.
2. Can you imagine how much back pay this guy is going to get? He's not a rank and file worker either. He's an executive.
3. From IMDB: To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus
4. Extremely resourceful
5. In a recent interview Hanks says that Chuck went back to Belinda (the Winged lady). Inside the first package was her divorce papers.
6. The speech that includes, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me.
7. Wilson was Chuck's connectivity to sanity. That's why he kept talking to him.
8. Tom Hanks= "The Green Mile". You WILL cry. 😭
WIlson floating off is still one of the saddest scenes in movies for me.
LOL I just laughed so hard when she said "motion in the ocean.."
"Cause tomorrow the sun will rise and who knows what the tide will bring." Its sad, but also so inspirational...
I love this movie. Anybody who had to go through some solitary struggle to get back to where you wanted to be can relate to it.
You wouldn't think one guy on an island could be that entertaining. Tom Hanks really killed it in that role. And to this day, you will still find "Wiillllsoooonnn!" references in other shows and movies. Always love your reactions. Thank you once again for sharing.
love the soundtrack too. alan silvestri
Those words with that message in these moments of my life are very valuable, since my mother recently passed away and my father also years ago. Now I have to keep breathing and live day by day.
FIRE! 🔥
You should check out "Buried" with Ryan Reynolds. He is the only person in the movie and it was very intense.
love this movie. gives you perspective on life. how much we take for granted
Beautifully delightful and heartbreaking reaction, thank you!!! Man, when Chuck talks to his friend and explains how he lost Kelly all over again rips me up!!! And your accent is lovely. Usually I cannot understand English accents🙂🙂🙂
an epic movie. And don't worry, we all shed some tears for the loss of Wilson. But, it was sort of like Wilson knew it was time for him to go, Chuck didn't need him anymore, he was going home.
Thanks so much for reacting to this movie! One of my favorites of all time. One thing that goes unnoticed by some people, the movie isn't named Castaway...it's Cast Away. Many people have that feeling of being left behind, alone in their little world, cast away from society, perhaps during the loss of a relationship or whatever. This movie is ultimately about hope and endurance, do NOT give up. Who knows what the tide might bring. The area of the crossroads at the end of the movie is right where I grew up in the panhandle of Texas, near Canadian TX. It's such a wonderful choice to shoot that scene A literal crossroads where one can choose any direction to head out with no landmark to judge by. You do a great job, love your reactions.
One other quick thing, "Wilson" was the result of the writer purposefully stranding himself on an island for a couple of weeks alone to see what it would feel like. There really was a Wilson, he adopted the volleyball as a companion and wrote him into the script. I love that.1
I remember watching this in the theater back in 2000. As bad as he wanted off that island, after 5 years it would actually be hard to leave. When we was in the military and would deploy overseas, we missed home and I missed my wife. But, when it came time to rotate back, it’s a wierd feeling, even after
Only 5-6 months. Once we get into a routine,it’s hard to break. I don’t know how to describe it. It only last for a little while and by the time the wheel are up and your in the air, you can’t wait to get home. He was in that island for 5 years. When he looks back, the music isn’t triumphant, it’s sad, like it he’s happy to have escaped, but sad and maybe scared.
The running theory back then was that the package he refused to open contained a solar powered satellite phone.
I always thought it was divorce papers.
Inside the box is no satellite phone, no seeds, no GPS, or water purifying system. Instead, the box contains two jars of homemade green salsa and a letter. Chuck studies the letter, which reads, “You said our life was a prison.
Well great movie :) i think that in pacific ocean water is pretty clear ngl :) but of course they filmed this probably in studio somewhere :D and according to one gossip director Zemeckis once said that in the unopened FedEx package was watertight solar powered satelite phone 😂
The sad part about the movie is the woman at the end with the wings she died a few years back...
Lari White.
I were talking about movies where it's basically 1 person most of the time, it reminded me of another movie. It's called All is Lost with Robert Redford. I usually wouldn't watch something like this but at the time, I think I was trying to watch movies I had that I hadn't seen, and it came up somewhat quickly starting with an A and all. Anyway, might be worth checking out if your intrigued by this sort of film
This is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time, mainly as a comfort film, something I could always lay back and enjoy. There was a point where I couldn't fall asleep unless I had this movie on and I probably watched it 100s of times when I was a teen. I know the movie line by line, which is pretty easy when most of the movie has almost no dialogue. I'm saying all this because despite all of that, no matter how much I love this movie and appreciate it's message, I fucking HATE the fact that we'll never know WHAT'S IN THE DAMN PACKAGE
Clearly it was a solar powered mobile satellite phone.
I love this movie. And I think it’s a great ending. The sign of the angel wings, which seemed to give him hope all along. To me it’s obvious that he follows the girl in the truck, and that it was meant to be. That’s a smile on his face as the film fades out.
This is a masterpiece. Hank's best performance ever. Top of his game.
Hi Liv. Great review...This distress in your face for him was timeless as it was for most of us also. Not sure if you noticed but the whales scenes, they sprayed him several times to wake him or save him as they must have realized he shouldn't be there. Like they were looking out for him. Thanks again.
Chuck had two reasons to go on Kelly, and the package he didn’t open but delivered. He lost Kelly but look what the tide brought in.
Great reacting Liv! Tom Hanks in his prime was a joy to watch! Also, Wilson should've won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
The ending scene between Kelly and Chuck is heartbreaking.💦 Love has always been a double edged sword. If not wielded responsibly someone will always get hurt. Kelly realized that the injury had already occurred, however not intentional. But she did the responsible thing. She knew to sheath the sword for the greater good. No further injury required. I'm talking about her husband and child and perhaps in the long run her conscience.
Great reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Love your reaction to this film. It was exactly the same with brother in his wife. She was begging to open the packages from the get go.
This is called a “virtuoso “ film, meaning that the large majority of the lines are by one actor. Cyrano de Bergerac is another example. It is really sad but … Great reaction.
"It wouldn't be this clear". You need to take a trip to the ocean. It is absolutely that clear.
Thank you for your fun reaction.
Nice reaction! 11:02 He was resisting opening them because he's the ultimate professional, he was hoping they could still be delivered.
I will confirm that it was just you who was worried about the packages not being opened yet at the level that you were worried about it.
That’s rule 1 - never, ever open the packages
You are quickly rising up my list of favorite reactors. The last 10 movie reactions you have done have been absolute bangers. Thanks, and keep it up!
my too i just love her accent 😆
He ended up being with the "mystery woman" that might end up being his "fate"!
It's definitely a bittersweet movie. I felt the same after that touching scene after he realized he lost Kelly again.
This movie has everything. And especially it is heartbreaking. Stunning performance as always from Mr. Hanks.
Also I really really like when you give us your thoughts after the movie. It is as important to me as the reaction. So thank you, that was wholesome. :)
HEy Liiv, I'm so glad you realized when Tom Hanks lands on the island and has to open the coconut. You basically in 10 minutes get a history of man evolving to use tools to concur his environment. It took cavemen about 3-4 thousand years to do what Tom Hanks accomplishes. This development of using tools is what set humans on course to become the Apex species on earth over the next one hundred thousand years.
The joke was that it was a satellite phone with extra batteries and GPS positioning in the package he didn’t open.
It's an amazing movie but they deff tried to keep it realistic as much as possible
Hey Liiv, CAstway shows we all need that human connection with another living creature. And when that is absent we invent one in our imagination. People in the wilderness reach out to wild animals and make them pets for companions. Tom Hanks only had Wilson. So when Wilson floats away, it's like a gut punch we feel his desperation, such a clever way to tap into the human psyche
great movie, great reactin as always Liv. I see you are a Tom Hanks fan. If you never saw Forrest Gump I would recommend to do a reaction on that next. Also an underrated movie with Tom Hanks - The Terminal
I love Tom Hanks and this is some of his finest work. I very much enjoyed your reaction to it, Liv. SO much feels to be had. Looking forward to whatever reactions you have in store for us!
The ocean is that clear
Man the only film to make you upset over a fucking vollyball. RIP Wilson.
You asked about the tooth, and now you know! 😂
Tom hanks is a legend
haha.. I was thinking the same thing about the money! But it's never mentioned.
If you want to see a man alone on an island for a period of time but in a lighter vein, you might want to watch "Father Goose" starring Cary Grant.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
1. It's a good thing he wasn't strapped in that plane. He would have died.
2. Can you imagine how much back pay this guy is going to get? He's not a rank and file worker either. He's an executive.
3. To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus
4. Talk about using realistic tactics to survive.
5. Wilson is exactly what he needed to maintain sanity.
6. In a recent interview Hanks says that Chuck went back to Belinda Wings. Inside the opening scene package were her divorce papers.
7. The speech where he starts with, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me.
8.Tom Hanks is the best actor of my lifetime. I'm 61 years old. If you want a serious movie The GOAT to first time/share do "The Green Mile". You WILL cry. I promise.
Zemeckis said in an interview
That a lighter and a satellite phone was in the package he didn't open...
Ha
this girl wont stop talking
Certainly the film has a few plot issues, which we can forgive, but the timeline with Kelly always bothered me. We know that Chuck is missing for four years. We also know that Kelly is married and has child, over a year old, when he returns. If we assume that she didn't get pregnant until after she was married to Dr. Lovett then she had to have married him within two years of Chuck's disappearance. That seems very quick to lose the "love of your life", search for him exhaustively, decide to move on and meet someone new. I can see her being with someone else, or even being engaged, but already being married and having a family seemed rushed. Just my two pennies.
This is based on a true story.
only 6 minutes into the reaction i am already starting to write my comment just because it is very early in the morning and i love your accent it is giving me great feelings of joy. lets continue watching haha the reaction is cut so short i also see Appolo 13 is just 25 minutes for a 3 hour movie. send me a hug and i will join your patreon haha
Oh yea, I got to eat some tears ahahahahaha oh yes 😆
Please watch Snatch 😊
Lovin ur reacts
Why did it jump to 4 years, well the movie just may have been a bit to long otherwise:)
Kelly did the right thing.
Obligations to other people are more important than your feelings.
I like your reactions..you have a new follower.🌹😉. We all wanted Wilson to be saved too 😞
in the original script, the package was divorce papers. Kind a campy. I'm glad they left it a mystery.
The terrible irony of the contents of the package is that it was a satellite phone the wings lady was sending to her x husband.
"Maybe they can help push him!" "Is the whales going to bring Wilson back?"
I think you've been watching too many cartoons.
Nice reaction!
Yes, this movie was very sad, but at the same time very "uplifting".
After 20 twenty years of thought, I think the ending is very good and positive. 😉
Awesome reaction Liiv!! If you wanna check out some more light hearted Tom Hanks films, 'The Burbs' is great (could be a good one for halloween season) and 'The Money Pit'