Wilson floating away…..
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ragusa11 — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 08:10 PM)
It is a very powerful scene.
I have turned it into a joke while Candle Pin bowling. Every time we go against my buddy Wilson's team and I always look at him and re-enact: "WILSON!!! I'm sorry Wilson. I'm sorry." -
goodvibe61 — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 04:36 PM)
For me, this is one of the great moments in the movies. It's staggering in its level of heartbreak. What else has to happen to Chuck in this film? At the same time, Wilson floating away does seem to emote some final stripping away of everything Hanks had before getting his second chance at life, a life he's probably going to live quite differently if/when he gets the chance.
The power of Hanks manifests here in this scene. He's performed a kind of magic trick on the audience; he's made you care about that damn volleyball. It meant the world to him, that and a photograph. Hanks is completely convincing. It's as powerful as anything you'll see.
One other film this moment reminds me of is the last time you see Charles Foster Kane say "Rosebud"; the scene in which Susan Alexander has left him, and he throws the temper tantrum, destroying all the stuff in their tent. Then he comes across the snowglobe, he picks it up, and says "Rosebud". You now have the story of his life, and you understand completely what he's saying, the complete and total loss of the life he would know, and that no money, no matter how much in the world, could replace his parents and their love. Rosebud, something he lost, that he had no opportunity to prevent from losing. In that case, Kane's childhood, his life. For Chuck, he lost everything he ever had. Losing Wilson, it's yet one more thing he loses. It kills me.
Great, evocative film.
