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Helen Hunt , Liam Neeson , Bill Paxton and Patrick Swayze in Next Of Kin . I think this is right up your alley . Only re-actor I've ever heard use anthropomorphize ! Gotta love ya 🥇
Great reaction, Jen, enjoyable as always. I highly recommend the 1995 film 'Apollo 13' with Tom Hanks for you to react to, for some reason I thought that you'd already reacted to it, obviously not, sorry I would have recommended it sooner otherwise.
One of Tom Hanks best movies and performances, the fact that he was able to make us feel sad and cry for a volleyball just shows you how great of an actor he is.
I can't help but notice that you seem to love and remark on the musical scores in these films in a way that almost no one else does, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that! One of the reasons I adore movies from the 80s through to the mid-2000s so much was that they had such rich, thematic orchestral scores, so it's amazing to finally see someone else watching an incredible scene and noticing the score the same way I do :)
The director made the choice to have zero score his entire time on the island, to increase the feeling of isolation. You never really notice it, until he leaves and it comes back. Awesome idea from the director.
Wilson should have gotten the best supporting actor award. Wilson never said a word but was able to evoke such emotional responses from Chuck Noland (and the viewers), especially there towards the end when he drifted way with the current...😉😊
The director's commentary notes that the ending, with him standing in the middle of the crossroads, was deliberate symbolism that for the first time, he finally had a truly free choice of what to do with the rest of his life.
You have to see Apollo 13, another fundamental film by Tom Hanks. And not only that, it is a very good disaster movie, based on a real event that kept the world in suspense.
When I first saw this, I didn't like the ending -- I wanted to know what came next! -- but I've come to realize that the ending presented is the right one. Standing at the crossroads and knowing where each leads, our protagonist has finally regained the power to make a choice in his life, and _that's_ what's important. It would be wrong for the screenwriter or director to usurp his newly recovered ability to direct his own life.
My wife and I took a class where we learned to make a friction fire. It is all technique and ... after much effort, we did it. It tapped into something deeply primal and was hugely satisfying.
My older brother was a boy scout, and was very good at fire by friction. Handily got his fire crafter badge. Bow, block of wood, spindle, some other piece of wood and a little tinder, he had a fire going in short order.
JEN: "A FedEx commercial during Super Bowl XXXVII parodied the final scene of the film, in which Chuck Noland returns a package to its sender. In this version, the woman answers the door, and when Noland asks what was in the box, the woman replies: 'Just a satellite phone, GPS locator, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds. Just silly stuff.' "
Absolutely one of the BEST Movies that Tom Hanks has ever made...it's so Brilliantly done, Brutally Honest and Emotional too!💔👍 Fun-Fact-of-the-day: they stopped Filming this Movie for a whole year, during which Hanks dedicated himself to losing weight and growing his hair long!
Check out Tom Hanks in : SULLY based on the amazing True story of a plane ✈️ that had its engines taken out by a bird strike and how Sully was able to land in the Hudson River safely, with no loss of life!!!They say they don’t think anyone else would’ve been capable of doing it but Sully!! So well done!! Tom does it again!!👍
I love Tom Hanks' line "I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?" When people think that hope is supposed to be a promise or eve a probability, they give up and crumble when faced with the kind of steep odds reality will often slap them with.
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, work out and grow out his beard for his time spent on the deserted island. 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 Bettina Wings. Inside the opening scene package, among other things, were her divorce papers. 7. When he's talking to his friend and says, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me. 8.Tom Hanks is the GOAT of my lifetime. I'm 62 years old. FWIW: Dit dit dit Dah dah dah Dit dit dit = SOS
The first time I saw this movie, I had to keep reminding myself it wasn't a horror movie. (He wasn't going to get attacked by a shark, there wasn't something living in the cave) Now it's like a comfort/asmr movie for me. It's so quiet.
Hanks' is good in everything. I loved The Terminal. Also, don't miss his early films, Splash, Turner & Hooch, Big, and the rom-coms, You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle.
Like The Shawshank Redemption, this is a movie where the main character goes through a long ordeal but comes out on the other side of it appreciatiive of having survived - and that things can get better. I try to think of this perspective whenever I get down and feel like it will never end.
Glad you noticed that there is not orchestral score at all during the entire time he's stranded on the island - over 45 minutes of screen time - which is almost unheard of in movies
Knowing your loveable, gregarious personality... you definitely have to see Robert Zemeckis... Who Framed Roger Rabbit? You will LOVE this film... I guarantee it.
I dont think her husband was trying to prevent Kelly from seeing Jack. He was just trying to protect the woman he loves from being unhappy. The prospect of seeing Jack again was making her cry, so he was trying to “fix” that. He might have been wrong, but I think his motives were pure.
One thing you have to realize in watching Tom Hanks movies. Never travel with Tom Hanks!! Greyhound Apollo 13, Cast Away, captain Phillips, Sully, Joe vs the Volcano. I am sure I am missing a couple…
Tom Hanks gave a great performance in this Iconic movie. It puts you right in the story. You can see what it is like being stranded on a island with almost no hope of rescue. It is a tearjerker and it hits pretty hard. If you like drama and a riveting story this one is for you!
When Tom Hanks was filming this movie, little could he have known that he would later star in another plane-crash-on-water movie, but one in which the outcome is far different.
Jen, THE BURBS is a Tom Hanks must see! I do love the performance in this one! We are social creatures, so the solitude of this film is frightening! Thanks again Jen, great pic and reaction! Here as always...Eric 😊
@@tomhoffman4330 Tom, hope is a good thing...there's always hope my friend. My situation was dire. I thought things through, took action, and now my(our) outlook is quite promising. Have faith my friend, try to stay positive. Always here if you want to talk. I my Have figured out how exchange info ( Facebook, or a mailing address) I'll speak more later about it.
@@e.d.2096 Oh I'll be fine, You know Me...have just been really down lately. My Mom and I have both been sick, on-and-off-again. I'm not sleeping well, I'm easily bored...lonely...and definitely feeling "Old" too, more than ever. (LOL)
I feel the same about flying. I will always drive, regardless of distance, unless it's an emergency. I hate flying. I can't breathe. I can't think. I want off.
Zemeckis joked that the "mystery package" contained a solar-powered, waterproof satellite phone, and if Chuck had opened it, he would have been rescued immediately.
This is where I’m most in awe - where at the end of movie the reactor(s) can just give a whole page thought about what they saw. And, there’s not a break in the thought…incredible!
JEN: "Modriki Island (also called Monuriki Island), [was] the filming site for the movie 'Cast Away.' Modriki Island is located in the Mamanuca Island group, located just off the main island of Fiji."
Him losing Kelly again is heartbreaking. That theme that plays is the movies main score. It invokes loneliness and a sense of being marooned. Time is....by nature cruel. Because it keeps moving. He learns you cant control time. Love is enduring and forever. The theme also invokes love. Love is timeless. This movie is honestly hard to watch because of what we as humans take for granted is actually the saddest part of our lives. Time is always moving forward. Hug longer. Dont wait for another time, because time waits for no one.
So fun to hear somebody mentioned mad about you for Helen Hunt instead of just her movie roles, I loved her from that as well! If I remember correctly Tom Hanks lost so much weight for this role that people thought it was dangerous and they were very worried about him.
A great film. The joke has always been that there was a satellite phone with a battery in the package he never opened. In the 2003 Super Bowl FedEx had a commercial where he delivered the package, and the woman lists off what was in it, a phone, GPS, water purifier, a fishing pole and some seeds.
JEN: "I mean they're called coconut crabs for a reason, why wouldn't they be near the coconuts. Fun fact: coconut crabs exert a force of 3300 newtons, compared to that of a human at 300 newtons . This is around 740 lbs. of force for the crab."
A couple of years ago, in the middle of the night, I just decided to go find that crossroads from the end of the movie, drove up that road, saw that house.. Didn't realize it at the time, but parked my Jeep in almost the exact same spot when I came back up. I've always loved the way that movie ends, with him standing at the crossroad, deciding where this new life is going to take him..
I had the good fortune to watch this movie in the theaters completely blind. I never saw a trailer for it or anything. It was an amazing and life changing experience to say the least. Makes you think of your whole life in a different way and try to appreciate and not take things for granted.
I remember a friends house watching this and tom hanks lost wilson. Friends dad walks in with a beer in one hand and watches from the doorway. Just says "getting a little emotional about the ball there" and leaves. cracks me up to this day.
Yes! A fellow "Mad About You" fan!!! Most reactors see Helen Hunt and say, "Oh, it's that gal from "Twister"." You're the first to mention "Mad About You" so thank you for that! Love this movie and you gave a great reaction to it. You said you need to watch "Forrest Gump" (highly recommended), but I'd also check out 2 of Tom Hanks' romantic comedies: "Sleepless In Seattle" and "You've Got Mail".
12:13 You can definitely drink coconut water (coconut milk is the liquid pressed from the coconut flesh; coconut water is naturally inside the coconut itself). In fact coconut water is packaged and sold in many supermarkets and convenience stores and is quite delicious and refreshing, especially when it’s refrigerated. It’s high in potassium and is a natural thirst quencher. Definitely give it a try!
Coconut _is_ a natural laxative though so in the end you are losing more than you put in, at the very least getting the bare minimum out of it. Edit: as someone pointed out, this is if it's your only diet or a significant portion of it. Being a laxative it will take with it anything else you eat.
Very emotional. For Chuck, when the plane went down, his life continued, thinking of getting back to Kelly. Four years later, she moved on and her life changed because she thought Chuck had died. Then to hear he was alive, knowing they could never be together must have been difficult for both of them.
Great reaction Jen. The fact that you're scared of flying AND open water really does amp up that beginning. I was always a fan of reading books like The Hatchet and Robinson Crusoe when I was younger, so I went to see this one in the theater when it came out and I was in middle school. Came out very happy with my decision. A great movie, emotional roller coaster and a "happy?" ending. Side note : Yes, you can in fact make fire like that. Simply put, you rub two sticks together with proper air access to create Punk (smoldering wood dust), and dump that punk into tinder. Apply air till flame forms, then add kindling and steadily build your fire up. I have this image of you showing up for your next flight in full survival gear w/ goggles and a snorkel XD Good luck with that.
Think about that twist of fate at the end. If he isn't so dedicated to his job and doesn't have that source of pride to stay alive and deliver it, he never gets to that fork in the road and meet the owner of the package. Then he heads back to ask her for coffee and finds love in America's best attraction -- a cowgirl (though I'm not sure his commute time to work from that ranch is going to be fun!). Fate is funny sometimes.
It's totally true what you said about losing someone you love that much. My first wife was my High School sweetheart, who I married. To this day, I know she was the love of my life. When She died, just under 3 years after we had gotten married, I knew I would never find anyone like that again. I am now on my third marriage, though I dearly loved the 2nd and current wives, nothing has ever compared to that first. Once you found the one, that is it, I am sure of that now. I feel Helen Hunt's character's pain, but having to endure that kind of loss twice would be far too much to handle. Didn't mean to be a downer, but felt I needed to chime in on that. This is one of my favorite films and clearly one of Tom Hanks' best. Love your reactions, please keep it up.
@@jenmurrayxo Thank you, wasn't fishing for sympathy, just giving an example. It was 35 years ago and, though I still think back once in a while, I am past it mostly and have a great marriage now with wife number 3 (last one)...just wanted to let you know that was a spot on assessment, but some things I think you just aren't ever supposed to really get over.
I caught the "Mad About You" reference. I loved that show. I have a celebrity crush on Helen Hunt because of that show. I also loved Paul Reiser's character in that show. (Although Carter Burke is a very different story.
28:35 - That’s how I’ve always interpreted it. I think Kelly’s new husband knows how much they loved each other and he low key felt a little threatened. That shot of her pacing back and forth from the car I take to mean she actually wanted to see him, but he was trying to smoothly talk her out of it.
Can't remember if any questions were asked as I watched this on patreon but if they were my answer is as you know always YES 🙂 shout out to Helen Hunt she was only in the movie for a small amount but awesome acting on her part 👌
This really was a great movie Jen!The angel girl in the truck at the end was Lari White she was a very famous country singer with some big hits,sadly she died from cancer at only 52!
Great Tom Hanks film. Master class in the 'show not tell' screenplay. Also, I have watched this a number of times, but I never noticed before, that the shot of Tom, @10:44 in your vid, seems to show the place where he attempt to self terminate, and then his cry of 'help' maybe echo his later desperation? Also, Tom Hanks is always enjoying a good peeing scene in all of his movies. Peace All.
When you can captivate me for almost entire film by yourself you're a genius. Even when Tom Hanks plays a "local idiot" in Forrest Gump he's absolutely brilliant.
If you look closely, the wind direction plays a role in the story. It blows towards the open sea 4 years later (it didn't when he tried the first time and got washed back on the island). And when he's at the literal crossroads, it blows towards the woman after she stopped to give him pointers. So you can safely assume his next direction was following her. 😁
THANK YOU for pointing out how insensitive the catering for his welcome home party was. Almost nobody seems to notice this! If I was in charge of planning a party for someone who had been stuck on an island for four years, I'd make a menu with cheeseburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, etc. I would not allow any seafood within a mile of that gathering.
Great reaction! I still think that the plane crash scene is one of, if not the most terrifying realistic experiences I've seen in a movie. The pitch black ocean really set the vibe in the theater. Cast Away is one of my favorite films ever. I love how such a simple concept can also be interpreted as much deeper than just survival. At its core, the movie is about time. Like mother nature, time is unforgiving. Like you said, Chuck is a born problem solver. But he lives his life by attempting to control time. He schedules everything in his life. He reprimands his employees for not being on time. The first thing he does after being given a pocket watch for Christmas is set the time to correspond with the photo. So when Chuck is thrown out of his scheduled world (cast away from it, even!) he is abruptly shown that time is not on his side. He has "power over nothing." So Chuck stops thinking about time as an asset, but instead as a gift. The longer he can survive with what time he can afford is a step closer to what he wants the most, which is to see his loved ones again. But time is unforgiving. Time doesn't wait for anybody, including the dead. So when he miraculously gets what he wants and is put back into his old world of constructed time, he sees that time moves forward without him. Kelly has moved on, it was the right thing to do. Opportunity was lost to time, and instead of grieving for lost time as the old Chuck might have done, he appreciates what Kelly's company meant to him on that island and moves forward, with time as an ally, not his enemy. He has finally stopped trying to control time, making the best of what time he knows he has left. Honestly, there's so much to say about this film, I could go on and on about how well-written every single scene is and how all of it conveys exactly what it needs to about the underlying themes. Cast Away is such a fantastic example of intense spiritualism contained within what can easily just be viewed as an entertaining survivalist movie with a tragic love story thread. I'm always so happy to see there are people still watching it for the first time, as I feel it is BY FAR Tom Hanks' most underrated role (the commitment to the body transformation alone is never really talked about enough) and I think this is Robert Zemeckis' most slept-on film compared to his previous hits like Back to the Future and Forest Gump. If you're looking for another well-made thriller starring Tom Hanks and the open ocean, I would recommend you check out Captain Phillips! Based on a true story, with some great performances.
Excellent analysis of the film and so well expressed. I totally agree with you about the plane crash itself. For a movie that wasn't about that,it was easily the most realistic (IMO),and as you say, terrifying airplane crashes ever captured on celluloid. I saw this in a decent cinema with good sound and you really got caught up in that crash completely. Terrific film,and one I've not seen many reactors watch. Their loss.
Other than Marvel's Avengers Endgame, this was the only other movie where I've held back tears at the end when he reconnects with his gf. I remember this movie was very popular at release. One of my fav.
I felt emotional too, when he lost Wilson and had to give up trying to get him back. Tom Hanks did lose a ton of weight for the role. While the film was on a break, for him to lose weight, he was in production with Steven Spielberg on Band of Brothers. There’s behind-the-scenes footage of him with his very long hair as Band was filming. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen that HBO mini-series, it’s excellent. Loved your reaction, as always. Peace …
This is such a good modern take on what it would be like to be marooned, completely alone with no modern comforts or communication. It has so many harrowing and challenging aspects, the worst being the DIY dentistry, I just can't watch that moment with the skate, you know what I mean by now! There is a lot going on in the course of his journey to salvation but, for me, the real kicker comes in when he finally gets home, he's been away for so long, everyone else including his fiancé has moved on, he is literally out of time and place. This film conveys that so well and the little moments of him flicking the lighter on at the banquet, boy could he have used one of those on the island! A very timely film that should make everyone realise the value of the things we have that make our lives so easy and how very precious the people we love are. Go and grab someone close to you now and tell them how much you appreciate/love them, value each moment of life, you never know what may be around the corner.
I love this movie. Saw it in the theater when it came out, and the crash was terrifying in the theater. It's definitely one of the best Tom Hanks movies!
"Castaway" tears me to pieces at the end! So much sad crap happens to Chuck, the moment he leaves that island, and even after he gets back to civilization. The only real hope you get for him, after he is rescued, is right before the credits drop, when he meets that package lady, who painted the angel wings. She clearly was hitting on him, when he asked her for directions. And he seemed to realize the good thing that had fallen into his lap, when he looks back toward her house. It was destiny, really. I'm crying right now just thinking about it. And that music... UGH! Excuse me, I gotta go blow my nose...
I too live in the middle of nowhere. Sorta. Can almost see one neighbor's house from our farm. But we are 12 minutes from two different breweries. So, all is well.
I’ve had a nightmare where the cockpit window is just the ground getting closer and closer. I can’t imagine actually crashing like that, especially in the ocean
As much as we wanted him and Helen Hunt to get back together, I’m glad it didn’t happen in the movie. They could never go back and another director would have screwed it up by having them reunite. Their lives could never go back to the way they were
Robert Zemeckis also directed Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994) which can be argued as one of the greatest movies ever made. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is another fun Zemeckis film. You’ve already reacted to his Back to the Future movies. Great Director!!!
"Fearless" starring Jeff Bridges. It is the mother of all plane crash movies. But the movie is so fantastic I don't think you can avoid it. Put it on the list!
The idea for the Volleyball came from when the writer actually lived on a desert island to get inspiration for the film. He became so bored that he really did start talking to a volleyball that washed up on shore. Also, Wilson has his own IMDB page.
The fireplace one-shot at the end gets me. I have to concentrate to not hear Forrest Gump. Don't listen to it with your eyes closed...you will never hear it correctly again.
23:40 There was an add based on this movie. This guy is rescued after four years stranded on an island. He delivers the package, just as he does in them movie, but the woman is home. He asks hew what was in the package. She says, "Nothing really. Just a GPS, a satellite phone, water proof matches and a solar battery charger.
Love this movie so much. The screenwriter tried living alone on a beach for a few days for inspiration, and that's where he came up with the idea for Wilson because it was the loneliness that really got to him. Zemeckis was on a great run of films at this time, others are mentioning "What Lies Beneath" and it's a very fun twisty-turny-scary movie with great performances; and he also made the wonderful "Contact" which is a lovely, hopeful film about communicating with aliens in the vein of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Tom Hanks is good in so, so many movies, but for a change of pace I'd highly recommend "That Thing You Do!," which he wrote and directed and is a really fun, charming musical about a 60's pop band having overnight success.
They filmed Cast Away in 2 parts with about a year inbetween so Hanks could lose weight and grow out his beard. What Lies Beneath is what Zemeckis filmed inbetween those 2 parts so he could keep the same film crew together.
20:18 When I first watched this i could never understand how he could bring himself to knock out his tooth with an ice skate and a rock, then I got a toothache............I get it now, if you've never had it it's almost impossible to describe how painful it is, it had to be the WORST pain imaginable and even now i can't even describe it, it's one of those things you have to experience to understand but i wouldn't wish for anyone to have that pain.
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Helen Hunt's Best-Movie-Ever is "Twister" ('96); if Jen hasn't seen that one yet, then She seriously needs to...👍
Helen Hunt , Liam Neeson , Bill Paxton and Patrick Swayze in Next Of Kin . I think this is right up your alley .
Only re-actor I've ever heard use anthropomorphize ! Gotta love ya 🥇
Put on your list of upcoming Tom Hanks movies: Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Road To Perdition, Philadelphia and Captain Phillips, some of Tom's best.
Great reaction, Jen, enjoyable as always.
I highly recommend the 1995 film 'Apollo 13' with Tom Hanks for you to react to, for some reason I thought that you'd already reacted to it, obviously not, sorry I would have recommended it sooner otherwise.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Excellent Suggestion, and I'll "Second" it!
One of Tom Hanks best movies and performances, the fact that he was able to make us feel sad and cry for a volleyball just shows you how great of an actor he is.
Not to mention the physical transformation!
And how great Mr. Zemeckis is as a director.
Wilson should've won best supporting actor/ball, lol
Well, you've got to give some credit to the volleyball.
@@mattallen2801reports of Wilson's death were inflated
I love that the whale was with him for the journey, almost taking care of him, even waking him when the cargo ship goes by ⛴🌊💦🐳
Yeah that always strikes me and I never hear anybody say anything about it so I'm glad you noticed that too!
When Robert Zemeckis was asked what was in the one unopened box that he saved, he joked that it was a waterproof, fully charged satellite phone 😅
I love the last scene because he is literally standing at the crossroads. You never know what the tide will roll in? ❤
Not your traditional "happy Hollywood ending", yet it feels fitting and beautiful. 😭
I can't help but notice that you seem to love and remark on the musical scores in these films in a way that almost no one else does, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that! One of the reasons I adore movies from the 80s through to the mid-2000s so much was that they had such rich, thematic orchestral scores, so it's amazing to finally see someone else watching an incredible scene and noticing the score the same way I do :)
Alan Silvestri is a giant among giants
The director made the choice to have zero score his entire time on the island, to increase the feeling of isolation. You never really notice it, until he leaves and it comes back. Awesome idea from the director.
She noticed the second the music came back..
@@callmeshaggy5166 yeah, most people do.... that's what I said?
Wilson should have gotten the best supporting actor award. Wilson never said a word but was able to evoke such emotional responses from Chuck Noland (and the viewers), especially there towards the end when he drifted way with the current...😉😊
You'd never think that a man having a breakdown over a volleyball could be so heartbreaking... But you'd be wrong! 💔🏐😭
Wilson I'm sorry!!!!
😭😭😭😭
The director's commentary notes that the ending, with him standing in the middle of the crossroads, was deliberate symbolism that for the first time, he finally had a truly free choice of what to do with the rest of his life.
Only Tom Hanks can make us cry over a dang volleyball
Imagine if it had been a football, people would have needed therapy
You have to see Apollo 13, another fundamental film by Tom Hanks. And not only that, it is a very good disaster movie, based on a real event that kept the world in suspense.
I did cry when Wilson was gone. I'm not embarrassed about. There are very few actors like Tom Hanks. I feel privileged to have seen many of his movies
When I first saw this, I didn't like the ending -- I wanted to know what came next! -- but I've come to realize that the ending presented is the right one. Standing at the crossroads and knowing where each leads, our protagonist has finally regained the power to make a choice in his life, and _that's_ what's important. It would be wrong for the screenwriter or director to usurp his newly recovered ability to direct his own life.
My wife and I took a class where we learned to make a friction fire. It is all technique and ... after much effort, we did it. It tapped into something deeply primal and was hugely satisfying.
My older brother was a boy scout, and was very good at fire by friction. Handily got his fire crafter badge. Bow, block of wood, spindle, some other piece of wood and a little tinder, he had a fire going in short order.
I learned that in Boy Scouts, and again in the Army.
JEN: "A FedEx commercial during Super Bowl XXXVII parodied the final scene of the film, in which Chuck Noland returns a package to its sender. In this version, the woman answers the door, and when Noland asks what was in the box, the woman replies: 'Just a satellite phone, GPS locator, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds. Just silly stuff.' "
Absolutely one of the BEST Movies that Tom Hanks has ever made...it's so Brilliantly done, Brutally Honest and Emotional too!💔👍 Fun-Fact-of-the-day: they stopped Filming this Movie for a whole year, during which Hanks dedicated himself to losing weight and growing his hair long!
I keep telling everyone that's what I'm doing. ;)
And during that break, the director made a little underrated thriller called What Lies Beneath.
Check out Tom Hanks in :
SULLY
based on the amazing True story of a plane ✈️ that had its engines taken out by a bird strike and how Sully was able to land in the Hudson River safely, with no loss of life!!!They say they don’t think anyone else would’ve been capable of doing it but Sully!!
So well done!!
Tom does it again!!👍
I love Tom Hanks' line "I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?" When people think that hope is supposed to be a promise or eve a probability, they give up and crumble when faced with the kind of steep odds reality will often slap them with.
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, work out and grow out his beard for his time spent on the deserted island.
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 Bettina Wings. Inside the opening scene package, among other things, were her divorce papers.
7. When he's talking to his friend and says, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me.
8.Tom Hanks is the GOAT of my lifetime. I'm 62 years old.
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the fact they made him start the friction fire himself just to make his acting that much more real. absolute masterpiece
The way you slung "anthropomorphize" so casually into that sentence was a thing of beauty.
The first time I saw this movie, I had to keep reminding myself it wasn't a horror movie. (He wasn't going to get attacked by a shark, there wasn't something living in the cave)
Now it's like a comfort/asmr movie for me. It's so quiet.
Hanks' is good in everything. I loved The Terminal. Also, don't miss his early films, Splash, Turner & Hooch, Big, and the rom-coms, You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle.
Like The Shawshank Redemption, this is a movie where the main character goes through a long ordeal but comes out on the other side of it appreciatiive of having survived - and that things can get better. I try to think of this perspective whenever I get down and feel like it will never end.
Glad you noticed that there is not orchestral score at all during the entire time he's stranded on the island - over 45 minutes of screen time - which is almost unheard of in movies
WILSON!!!
I'M SORRY, WILSON!!
Hanks goes so deep, and just wilson gets immortalized in cinema history
One of my favorites Tom Hanks movie. This is one of those movies where the Director makes the audience create the ending. 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is a roller coaster of emotions. I laughed and cried. Thanks again for another great reaction. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸.
Knowing your loveable, gregarious personality... you definitely have to see Robert Zemeckis... Who Framed Roger Rabbit? You will LOVE this film... I guarantee it.
I dont think her husband was trying to prevent Kelly from seeing Jack. He was just trying to protect the woman he loves from being unhappy. The prospect of seeing Jack again was making her cry, so he was trying to “fix” that. He might have been wrong, but I think his motives were pure.
One thing you have to realize in watching Tom Hanks movies. Never travel with Tom Hanks!! Greyhound Apollo 13, Cast Away, captain Phillips, Sully, Joe vs the Volcano. I am sure I am missing a couple…
Tom Hanks gave a great performance in this Iconic movie. It puts you right in the story. You can see what it is like being stranded on a island with almost no hope of rescue. It is a tearjerker and it hits pretty hard. If you like drama and a riveting story this one is for you!
"Splash" is an early Tom Hanks movie that is very enjoyable Jen, and as a bonus you get to see more of John Candy! 🍭😂
When Tom Hanks was filming this movie, little could he have known that he would later star in another plane-crash-on-water movie, but one in which the outcome is far different.
Jen, THE BURBS is a Tom Hanks must see! I do love the performance in this one! We are social creatures, so the solitude of this film is frightening! Thanks again Jen, great pic and reaction! Here as always...Eric 😊
I'll Happily "Second" any Reactions to "The 'Burbs," My Mom & I both Love that Movie!! 👋 Hi Eric...
@@tomhoffman4330 Hey Tom. 👋 or is it Wilson today? 🤔
@@e.d.2096 Could go either way, My Friend. The way My Life has been going, feels like I'm stuck on an island all to Myself too.
@@tomhoffman4330 Tom, hope is a good thing...there's always hope my friend. My situation was dire. I thought things through, took action, and now my(our) outlook is quite promising. Have faith my friend, try to stay positive. Always here if you want to talk. I my Have figured out how exchange info ( Facebook, or a mailing address) I'll speak more later about it.
@@e.d.2096 Oh I'll be fine, You know Me...have just been really down lately. My Mom and I have both been sick, on-and-off-again. I'm not sleeping well, I'm easily bored...lonely...and definitely feeling "Old" too, more than ever. (LOL)
I feel the same about flying. I will always drive, regardless of distance, unless it's an emergency. I hate flying. I can't breathe. I can't think. I want off.
Zemeckis joked that the "mystery package" contained a solar-powered, waterproof satellite phone, and if Chuck had opened it, he would have been rescued immediately.
This is where I’m most in awe - where at the end of movie the reactor(s) can just give a whole page thought about what they saw. And, there’s not a break in the thought…incredible!
JEN: "Modriki Island (also called Monuriki Island), [was] the filming site for the movie 'Cast Away.' Modriki Island is located in the Mamanuca Island group, located just off the main island of Fiji."
Him losing Kelly again is heartbreaking. That theme that plays is the movies main score. It invokes loneliness and a sense of being marooned.
Time is....by nature cruel. Because it keeps moving. He learns you cant control time. Love is enduring and forever. The theme also invokes love. Love is timeless.
This movie is honestly hard to watch because of what we as humans take for granted is actually the saddest part of our lives. Time is always moving forward. Hug longer. Dont wait for another time, because time waits for no one.
Yeah, this is definitely a tearjerker. If anybody can make you cry over a volleyball, it's Tom Hanks.
So fun to hear somebody mentioned mad about you for Helen Hunt instead of just her movie roles, I loved her from that as well!
If I remember correctly Tom Hanks lost so much weight for this role that people thought it was dangerous and they were very worried about him.
A great film. The joke has always been that there was a satellite phone with a battery in the package he never opened. In the 2003 Super Bowl FedEx had a commercial where he delivered the package, and the woman lists off what was in it, a phone, GPS, water purifier, a fishing pole and some seeds.
JEN: "I mean they're called coconut crabs for a reason, why wouldn't they be near the coconuts. Fun fact: coconut crabs exert a force of 3300 newtons, compared to that of a human at 300 newtons . This is around 740 lbs. of force for the crab."
While Tom Hanks really lost all weight for the 4 year jump, Robert Zemekis made another movie “What Lies Beneath”
A couple of years ago, in the middle of the night, I just decided to go find that crossroads from the end of the movie, drove up that road, saw that house.. Didn't realize it at the time, but parked my Jeep in almost the exact same spot when I came back up. I've always loved the way that movie ends, with him standing at the crossroad, deciding where this new life is going to take him..
Hanks is a cinematic treasure of our age.
The audience went nuts when that light appeared on the horizon.
I had the good fortune to watch this movie in the theaters completely blind. I never saw a trailer for it or anything. It was an amazing and life changing experience to say the least. Makes you think of your whole life in a different way and try to appreciate and not take things for granted.
The scene where Chuck is on the raft and drops the oars and gives up is my favorite scene in this movie. It's SO powerful to me.
Great reactions from Jen, for this very powerful movie starring the incredible Tom Hanks.
Anthropomorphize is the best word any reactor has ever used. 🏆
I remember a friends house watching this and tom hanks lost wilson. Friends dad walks in with a beer in one hand and watches from the doorway. Just says "getting a little emotional about the ball there" and leaves. cracks me up to this day.
Yes! A fellow "Mad About You" fan!!! Most reactors see Helen Hunt and say, "Oh, it's that gal from "Twister"." You're the first to mention "Mad About You" so thank you for that!
Love this movie and you gave a great reaction to it. You said you need to watch "Forrest Gump" (highly recommended), but I'd also check out 2 of Tom Hanks' romantic comedies: "Sleepless In Seattle" and "You've Got Mail".
It wasn't what I expected either. For which I'm happy because this was much better.
12:13 You can definitely drink coconut water (coconut milk is the liquid pressed from the coconut flesh; coconut water is naturally inside the coconut itself). In fact coconut water is packaged and sold in many supermarkets and convenience stores and is quite delicious and refreshing, especially when it’s refrigerated. It’s high in potassium and is a natural thirst quencher. Definitely give it a try!
You can drink the coconut milk but I wouldn't want it to be the ONLY thing that I had to drink.
Coconut _is_ a natural laxative though so in the end you are losing more than you put in, at the very least getting the bare minimum out of it.
Edit: as someone pointed out, this is if it's your only diet or a significant portion of it. Being a laxative it will take with it anything else you eat.
@@callmeshaggy5166 And compared to cow milk it tastes terrible in comparison. I'm sure when Chuck got back he drank a big glass of cow milk.
Very emotional. For Chuck, when the plane went down, his life continued, thinking of getting back to Kelly. Four years later, she moved on and her life changed because she thought Chuck had died. Then to hear he was alive, knowing they could never be together must have been difficult for both of them.
Great reaction Jen. The fact that you're scared of flying AND open water really does amp up that beginning.
I was always a fan of reading books like The Hatchet and Robinson Crusoe when I was younger, so I went to see this one in the theater when it came out and I was in middle school. Came out very happy with my decision. A great movie, emotional roller coaster and a "happy?" ending.
Side note : Yes, you can in fact make fire like that. Simply put, you rub two sticks together with proper air access to create Punk (smoldering wood dust), and dump that punk into tinder. Apply air till flame forms, then add kindling and steadily build your fire up. I have this image of you showing up for your next flight in full survival gear w/ goggles and a snorkel XD
Good luck with that.
Think about that twist of fate at the end. If he isn't so dedicated to his job and doesn't have that source of pride to stay alive and deliver it, he never gets to that fork in the road and meet the owner of the package. Then he heads back to ask her for coffee and finds love in America's best attraction -- a cowgirl (though I'm not sure his commute time to work from that ranch is going to be fun!). Fate is funny sometimes.
It's totally true what you said about losing someone you love that much.
My first wife was my High School sweetheart, who I married.
To this day, I know she was the love of my life.
When She died, just under 3 years after we had gotten married, I knew I would never find anyone like that again.
I am now on my third marriage, though I dearly loved the 2nd and current wives, nothing has ever compared to that first.
Once you found the one, that is it, I am sure of that now.
I feel Helen Hunt's character's pain, but having to endure that kind of loss twice would be far too much to handle.
Didn't mean to be a downer, but felt I needed to chime in on that.
This is one of my favorite films and clearly one of Tom Hanks' best.
Love your reactions, please keep it up.
Sorry for your loss 🌹
@@jenmurrayxo Thank you, wasn't fishing for sympathy, just giving an example. It was 35 years ago and, though I still think back once in a while, I am past it mostly and have a great marriage now with wife number 3 (last one)...just wanted to let you know that was a spot on assessment, but some things I think you just aren't ever supposed to really get over.
I caught the "Mad About You" reference. I loved that show. I have a celebrity crush on Helen Hunt because of that show. I also loved Paul Reiser's character in that show. (Although Carter Burke is a very different story.
28:35 - That’s how I’ve always interpreted it. I think Kelly’s new husband knows how much they loved each other and he low key felt a little threatened. That shot of her pacing back and forth from the car I take to mean she actually wanted to see him, but he was trying to smoothly talk her out of it.
Can't remember if any questions were asked as I watched this on patreon but if they were my answer is as you know always YES 🙂 shout out to Helen Hunt she was only in the movie for a small amount but awesome acting on her part 👌
This really was a great movie Jen!The angel girl in the truck at the end was Lari White she was a very famous country singer with some big hits,sadly she died from cancer at only 52!
Great Tom Hanks film. Master class in the 'show not tell' screenplay. Also, I have watched this a number of times, but I never noticed before, that the shot of Tom, @10:44 in your vid, seems to show the place where he attempt to self terminate, and then his cry of 'help' maybe echo his later desperation? Also, Tom Hanks is always enjoying a good peeing scene in all of his movies. Peace All.
When you can captivate me for almost entire film by yourself you're a genius. Even when Tom Hanks plays a "local idiot" in Forrest Gump he's absolutely brilliant.
The Forrest Gump novels are great.😂😂 I laughed and laughed.
If you look closely, the wind direction plays a role in the story. It blows towards the open sea 4 years later (it didn't when he tried the first time and got washed back on the island). And when he's at the literal crossroads, it blows towards the woman after she stopped to give him pointers. So you can safely assume his next direction was following her. 😁
THANK YOU for pointing out how insensitive the catering for his welcome home party was. Almost nobody seems to notice this! If I was in charge of planning a party for someone who had been stuck on an island for four years, I'd make a menu with cheeseburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, etc. I would not allow any seafood within a mile of that gathering.
Knowing of & loving Mad About You makes you more awesome
Great reaction! I still think that the plane crash scene is one of, if not the most terrifying realistic experiences I've seen in a movie. The pitch black ocean really set the vibe in the theater. Cast Away is one of my favorite films ever. I love how such a simple concept can also be interpreted as much deeper than just survival. At its core, the movie is about time. Like mother nature, time is unforgiving. Like you said, Chuck is a born problem solver. But he lives his life by attempting to control time. He schedules everything in his life. He reprimands his employees for not being on time. The first thing he does after being given a pocket watch for Christmas is set the time to correspond with the photo. So when Chuck is thrown out of his scheduled world (cast away from it, even!) he is abruptly shown that time is not on his side. He has "power over nothing." So Chuck stops thinking about time as an asset, but instead as a gift. The longer he can survive with what time he can afford is a step closer to what he wants the most, which is to see his loved ones again.
But time is unforgiving. Time doesn't wait for anybody, including the dead. So when he miraculously gets what he wants and is put back into his old world of constructed time, he sees that time moves forward without him. Kelly has moved on, it was the right thing to do. Opportunity was lost to time, and instead of grieving for lost time as the old Chuck might have done, he appreciates what Kelly's company meant to him on that island and moves forward, with time as an ally, not his enemy. He has finally stopped trying to control time, making the best of what time he knows he has left.
Honestly, there's so much to say about this film, I could go on and on about how well-written every single scene is and how all of it conveys exactly what it needs to about the underlying themes. Cast Away is such a fantastic example of intense spiritualism contained within what can easily just be viewed as an entertaining survivalist movie with a tragic love story thread. I'm always so happy to see there are people still watching it for the first time, as I feel it is BY FAR Tom Hanks' most underrated role (the commitment to the body transformation alone is never really talked about enough) and I think this is Robert Zemeckis' most slept-on film compared to his previous hits like Back to the Future and Forest Gump.
If you're looking for another well-made thriller starring Tom Hanks and the open ocean, I would recommend you check out Captain Phillips! Based on a true story, with some great performances.
Excellent analysis of the film and so well expressed. I totally agree with you about the plane crash itself. For a movie that wasn't about that,it was easily the most realistic (IMO),and as you say, terrifying airplane crashes ever captured on celluloid. I saw this in a decent cinema with good sound and you really got caught up in that crash completely. Terrific film,and one I've not seen many reactors watch. Their loss.
Other than Marvel's Avengers Endgame, this was the only other movie where I've held back tears at the end when he reconnects with his gf. I remember this movie was very popular at release. One of my fav.
Same composer too!
Wilson is Tom Hanks' manifestation of his will to survive! He would've gone mad, or died, without "someone" to talk to :)
For an earlier Tom Hanks movie where he has trouble with an island - Joe Vs The Volcano, with bonus Meg Ryan.
I've recommended this before. I think she would like it. Keep trying.
I felt emotional too, when he lost Wilson and had to give up trying to get him back. Tom Hanks did lose a ton of weight for the role. While the film was on a break, for him to lose weight, he was in production with Steven Spielberg on Band of Brothers. There’s behind-the-scenes footage of him with his very long hair as Band was filming. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen that HBO mini-series, it’s excellent. Loved your reaction, as always. Peace …
This is such a good modern take on what it would be like to be marooned, completely alone with no modern comforts or communication. It has so many harrowing and challenging aspects, the worst being the DIY dentistry, I just can't watch that moment with the skate, you know what I mean by now! There is a lot going on in the course of his journey to salvation but, for me, the real kicker comes in when he finally gets home, he's been away for so long, everyone else including his fiancé has moved on, he is literally out of time and place. This film conveys that so well and the little moments of him flicking the lighter on at the banquet, boy could he have used one of those on the island! A very timely film that should make everyone realise the value of the things we have that make our lives so easy and how very precious the people we love are. Go and grab someone close to you now and tell them how much you appreciate/love them, value each moment of life, you never know what may be around the corner.
I love this movie. Saw it in the theater when it came out, and the crash was terrifying in the theater. It's definitely one of the best Tom Hanks movies!
"Castaway" tears me to pieces at the end! So much sad crap happens to Chuck, the moment he leaves that island, and even after he gets back to civilization. The only real hope you get for him, after he is rescued, is right before the credits drop, when he meets that package lady, who painted the angel wings. She clearly was hitting on him, when he asked her for directions. And he seemed to realize the good thing that had fallen into his lap, when he looks back toward her house. It was destiny, really.
I'm crying right now just thinking about it. And that music... UGH! Excuse me, I gotta go blow my nose...
No matter how many times I’ve rewatched this movie it causes me to cry. Can’t say enough about Tom Hanks.
"I am sorry, Wilson" ...one of the most emotional scenes in cinematography.
I too live in the middle of nowhere. Sorta. Can almost see one neighbor's house from our farm. But we are 12 minutes from two different breweries. So, all is well.
I’ve had a nightmare where the cockpit window is just the ground getting closer and closer. I can’t imagine actually crashing like that, especially in the ocean
Jenny just one word Wilson!!!
I loved how this movie ended. He was at a crossroad in his life, his choices had been laid out for him and he was literally standing in a crossroad.
As much as we wanted him and Helen Hunt to get back together, I’m glad it didn’t happen in the movie. They could never go back and another director would have screwed it up by having them reunite. Their lives could never go back to the way they were
Robert Zemeckis also directed Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994) which can be argued as one of the greatest movies ever made. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is another fun Zemeckis film. You’ve already reacted to his Back to the Future movies. Great Director!!!
A fairly unknown Tom Hanks movie is "That Thing You Do", really cute movie of the late 50's to early 60's era dream of becoming a rock star.
Cannot up vote this enough
"Fearless" starring Jeff Bridges. It is the mother of all plane crash movies. But the movie is so fantastic I don't think you can avoid it. Put it on the list!
Yes - good call, 'Fearless' (1993) is a very good serious drama about PTSD and grief/loss. Directed by Peter Weir (Master and Commander, Witness).
Hard to top "Alive"
Timeless classic from "Captain" Tom Hanks! Helen Hunt also a great performance!
The idea for the Volleyball came from when the writer actually lived on a desert island to get inspiration for the film. He became so bored that he really did start talking to a volleyball that washed up on shore. Also, Wilson has his own IMDB page.
Poor Chuck, he lost the love of his life, because he was stranded on an island for years. Definitely one of Tom Hanks' most captivating performances.
I wonder if Kelly got married but didn't have a kid what her decision of who to be with after Chuck returned would've been.
This movie along W/ Road To Perdition and A Man Called Otto are some of my fav Tom Hanks movies.
Wilson deserved an oscar for his performance.
Fantastic ending! Didn’t wrap everything up nicely with a bow. Teases only possibilities - keeps you thinking
I love the way you actually react instead of act…like so many other “reactors” do.
The fireplace one-shot at the end gets me. I have to concentrate to not hear Forrest Gump.
Don't listen to it with your eyes closed...you will never hear it correctly again.
23:40 There was an add based on this movie.
This guy is rescued after four years stranded on an island. He delivers the package, just as he does in them movie, but the woman is home. He asks hew what was in the package. She says, "Nothing really. Just a GPS, a satellite phone, water proof matches and a solar battery charger.
Love this movie so much. The screenwriter tried living alone on a beach for a few days for inspiration, and that's where he came up with the idea for Wilson because it was the loneliness that really got to him. Zemeckis was on a great run of films at this time, others are mentioning "What Lies Beneath" and it's a very fun twisty-turny-scary movie with great performances; and he also made the wonderful "Contact" which is a lovely, hopeful film about communicating with aliens in the vein of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Tom Hanks is good in so, so many movies, but for a change of pace I'd highly recommend "That Thing You Do!," which he wrote and directed and is a really fun, charming musical about a 60's pop band having overnight success.
They filmed Cast Away in 2 parts with about a year inbetween so Hanks could lose weight and grow out his beard. What Lies Beneath is what Zemeckis filmed inbetween those 2 parts so he could keep the same film crew together.
20:18 When I first watched this i could never understand how he could bring himself to knock out his tooth with an ice skate and a rock, then I got a toothache............I get it now, if you've never had it it's almost impossible to describe how painful it is, it had to be the WORST pain imaginable and even now i can't even describe it, it's one of those things you have to experience to understand but i wouldn't wish for anyone to have that pain.