Wilson floating away…..
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gabby_bm — 12 years ago(May 11, 2013 06:43 PM)
As sad as it was, it was a real victory for him to let Wilson go for his chance to live. Somewhere, in the back of his mind, he knew that Wilson was his crutch and he had to face the final battle of wills on his own.
"Oh that's nice, sweetie" = Grandma's version of "cool story, bro"
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TVholic — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 08:13 PM)
his so-called friends not even bothering to find out what food he'd want for his comeback party.
That wasn't the impression I got. When he picked up the Alaskan king crab leg, all I saw was more of the mood he was projecting with everything else, that he had never realized how easy modern life was, with everything so easily available. Fire at the push of a lighter button. Light at the flick of a switch. Warm, soft beds. Ice cubes. Clean water from any tap or bottle. People didn't have to struggle just to survive.
He didn't want to go back to the island. Kelly didn't ditch him and he didn't blame her. He's not the kind of guy to expect her to wait for him forever. She had a life and a family now. The new Wilson, like everything else he had in the passenger seat, was a security blanket. He wasn't about to take his life or the lives of others for granted again, especially with all the death he had seen and the death of his co-worker's wife. He was a changed man compared with the time-obsessed workaholic at the beginning of the movie. Life had handed him a second chance, with reentry into society and now with Bettina. He wasn't going to let that pass him by. He was going places, but he was going prepared now. You missed the point of the movie, which was to point out how easy we actually have it, but also how fragile our modern lives can be and that we should live in the moment. -
moviefan098 — 10 years ago(September 27, 2015 05:03 AM)
saw this movie 3 times, once when i was 13, again when i was 19, then now when i'm 29. him losing wilson was sadder when i was a kid but him losing kelly is much worse when i'm an adult. it is probably one of the most bitter scenes i've ever seen.
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Hanz-Willhelm — 12 years ago(July 01, 2013 05:36 AM)
Not everyone responsds to things the same way, I for one didn't really care. I was worried he was going to let go of the raft and lose it. It didn't bother me because I thought the entire aspect of him talking to the volleyball was weird and it creeped me out a little. I could never relate to him talking to it so I never had a "bond" with that relationship. I can't say what I'd do in that situation but I'd be shocked if I started talking to a ball. I'd have opened the artist's box as well.
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movies789 — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 06:20 PM)
Spoiler-alert I think they totally overdid the Wilson bit. Contrary to what others have said, having a "Wilson" didn't "save" his sanity, it clearly lost it for him. They overdid it by having him become so over-the-top loopy over the volleyball, only to transition instantly back to his calm, stable, Tom Hanks self upon his rescue. I didn't buy it.