Wilson floating away…..
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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.
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patimarsters1934 — 12 years ago(December 12, 2013 11:59 PM)
I loved this film and Chucks 'relationship' with Wilson. I watch Castaway every time it screens. Tom Hanks is brilliant in his role. Although the film gets a little slow after his rescue, I always enjoy it from beginning to end.
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rochelle-rochelle — 12 years ago(March 05, 2014 02:36 PM)
I completely agree with OP!! Only Tom Hanks could humanize a freakin' volleyball making us cry as Wilson floats away from him. How was Wilson not nominated for an Oscar?!! And when it happens, I'm like, okay, maybe he can get off the raft and get Wilson and get back on the raft. I'm like, OH NO! when we all realize it can't be done and he loses Wilson. That is one of the toughest scenes for me to watch. Helen Hunt? Whatever. Yawn. But Wilson!!!!!!!!!
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 12 years ago(March 13, 2014 04:11 PM)
LOL. Every time I see Chuck lying on that raft, crying, bawling his eyes out, so weak, so frail, so tortured by everything that's happened to him I can't help but burst into tears over his loss either. It's Wilson. There really are no words to describe how powerful that connection must have been and how hard losing that connection might be.
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FreeBronson28 — 11 years ago(April 17, 2014 05:08 PM)
Yes, the first time I seen the film I was around eight years old and I couldn't help but cry when he had to leave Wilson in fear of losing the raft. Even now I still find the scene difficult despite knowing the outcome, that's just the power of the legendary Tom Hanks' acting I guess.
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sheldor-31-414451 — 11 years ago(November 10, 2014 12:57 PM)
I remember when I first saw it at the Cinema and when Wilson dropped off into the water I sort of smiled a little and half heartedly thought 'oh no he's lost him' but then it suddently got really real when he couldn't get to him and I was amazed at how powerful that scene really was.
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ElizaB27 — 10 years ago(June 16, 2015 11:17 PM)
My 6-year-old son saw that scene for the first time two weeks ago and cried and cried and cried. He couldn't get over that scene. Even after the movie was over, he kept asking me if he got another volleyball and painted another face on it.
The scene was utterly heartbreaking.
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greenleafie — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 04:09 AM)
Just to take a hard line, Wilson was lost, because of Chuck's carelessness. He didn't secure him (it) to the raft well enough. So I have to wonder, did he weep for the loss of the volley ball, or for his own shortcoming, his own failure?
I think this is a story about a man coming to terms with his own limitations. In his old life, Chuck was more or less a success, due to his station within a hierarchy, but when forced to face life alone, he learned he could not really make it. Had he stayed on the island, how long could he have survived? How long could "Wilson" keep him from going insane, before he would have to invent a new, more elaborate fantasy, to keep himself grounded? And leaving the island meant, he could survive, but only with the help of others. At the end of the movie, when he looks into the camera, I think the question in Chuck's mind must be, "Can I forgive myself, for not being perfect?"