A common theme in a lot of movies, and in life really: duality. In this case privation vs. excess. It’s much easier to choose when you don’t have a choice. So, though off the island, his life wasn’t necessarily easier.
On a more fundamental level, it was about what people do when out of their habitat.
Maybe it’s just a gimmick, trying to start a meme. Like Stan Lee appearing in several Marvel movies.
It’s funny because it’s true.
That’s like me. I can’t bring myself to watch things that involve crashing aircraft. It’s why I never watched “Lost.” Although, given what I’ve heard around here about how that ended, I might have dodged a bullet with that attitude.
He wasn’t buying a new “Wilson”. He was going around replacing all the things he used.
Really not hard to fix, and FedEx indicated he’d never have to work again. So, he has years of pay coming, a pension, good credit, his house is still half his (his ex-wife will have to buy him out) and so forth. By no means has he been “zeroed”. He is alone, sure, but maybe…
I thought Wilson’s acting was very well-rounded. That said, he obviously borrowed a lot from Tom Hank’s acting style- you could really see Hank’s handprint.
Eh. For the first year, guestimate noon every day and mark the wall. Second year, do the same. Normalize your 700-point curve. By the third year, your normalized curve should be getting pretty close to spot-on, even though you were completely guessing on noon every day. We see Chuck in year four. Presumably, he’s had enough time to get his analemma pretty spot-on.
Give your characters enough free time and they can work their way out of any plot hole.
Cicero – what did you find unbelievable about the movie?
When ya gotta go…
There are plenty more examples.
Indeed. I had to point out to a friend while watching this that in those last scenes in the car, he had surrounded himself with all the things that were essential to his survival on the island, but which were all serious challenges in acquiring. Water, fire, food and Wilson. What was once scarce and precious is now commonplace and easily acquired, but yet, he still feels a need to have a supply close at hand.
Watched Cast Away again last night after reading this thread. Caught me emotionally as strongly as the first time I watched it years ago.
The ‘Wilson floating away’ scene was tough, but what really got me was the scene in the rain outside Kelly’s house when she said “You’re the love of my life.” Also, when they were both in his car and he was preparing to drive off and she said “Chuck?” and he responded “…you have to go home” and slowly turned back into her driveway. And the scene near the end of the movie when he was talking to his former coworker explaining how during his four years on the island he knew he’d probably never get back to Kelly but the thought of her kept him going, and now he’s home and he’s “lost her all over again.” Man, I was weeping like a baby.
I need to watch this agian now, this thread has been an eductaion. I now know what and analemma is (kind of ) and I want to count how many time Tom Hanks pees on screen.
I’m trying to imagine the media sensation he would become. All of the networks would be competing for that first big interview with him. He would have gotten invitations to appear on all of the evening talk shows. He’d be invited to throw out the opening pitch at baseball games. And, as you mentioned, there would be book proposals. Someone would offer to fly him back to the island so he could show the TV audience where he lived and how he survived. Today, he’d probably inspire a reality competition program. Eventually the general public would get sick of seeing him on camera.
I wonder if he’d retreat to a solo existence. Would he have trouble adjusting to life among others after four years all alone?
I thought he had the analog watch Kelly gave him. I thought I saw it in the cave. I also thought she was his fiancee, not wife. I could be wrong, but that’s what I remember.
Dewey Finn, I think you’ve got a sequel there. 
He did have the watch Kelly gave him in the cave. And you are correct, Kelly was his fiancee, not yet his wife. He gave her the ring right before boarding the fateful flight.
i was surprised by how i felt for Hank’s loss of Wilson. i didn’t realise just how much i’d been drawn into a movie carried by a single person. yeah, Hanks did a remarkable job. i should watch it again. i wonder what other details there are besides the coconuts.