Surviving alone requires not only tools, but also great courage. When Chuck ran to the silhouette of the person rushing on the beach, what was waiting for him was a cold corpse. Even Robinson was accompanied by Friday. Doomed to live on a desert island and survive alone.
Chuck made use of all available resources. In order to survive, he drank the dirty fresh water accumulated on the fallen leaves and collected the dew with the shell of the empty coconut. Although in vain, he rushed into the sea to spear fish again and again.
Before he knew it, he gradually changed.
Until one night, the lights on the distant sea ignited his hope of getting out of the predicament.
"Does he want to get out of the predicament?" Gene asked subconsciously.
"Definitely not, I guess this is another turning point." The girl who answered the question this time was the previous girl.
Although Chuck lit his only flashlight and kept shouting ‘’, it had no effect.
In order to return to a human society, he decided to give it a go, solemnly put away Kelly’s pocket watch, Chuck paddled a life raft, and desperately chased after him. However, when facing the nature and facing the waves, the personal strength is small. Yes, even if he didn't give up, even if he tried his best, he still couldn't surpass the mountain-like waves.
The waves overturned the life raft, and the waves pushed Chuck into the bottom of the sea, hitting the coral reef heavily. The blood rising at this moment caused countless people to cover their mouths.
"He's so brave!"
"He is so pathetic!"
Everyone has different feelings and experiences.
High winds, heavy rains, leg injuries, toothaches, diarrhea caused by coconut milk, etc., all tortured Chuck, Kelly's pocket watch and photos became his only comfort and hope. In order to survive, he had to put his idea on the mail headers he picked up.
A few cassettes are of no use for the time being.
divorse agreement? Will people living on deserted islands be useful? Throw aside in disgust.
The volleyball marked with the ‘Wilson’ brand seems to be useless.
A pair of skates, the ice skates on the soles are sharp enough, this should work.
There is also a ladies' veil dress, which can be put aside.
The last e-mail, with eye-catching wings painted on it, maybe this unique pair of wings, Chuck hesitated. In the end, the email was not opened, but rather solemnly closed.
"What do you think will be there?" The girl next to Gene looked at him, Gene shook his head and motioned to continue watching the movie.
Using these existing tools, Chuck has improved his living conditions. The laces of skates can bandage wounds, the sharp ice skates can easily cut coconuts, and the veils are used as fishing nets.
Chuck caught the fish and ate one raw. Immediately understand that you are facing a new problem-fire and cooked food!
There are a lot of crabs on the beaches of the island, and Chuck can catch them without even spending a lot of effort, but there is no fire!
Drilling wood for fire is the oldest method. It has become the only way for Chuck, but it is easy in theory, but difficult to do!
day! night! day! Fire, no...
"God. Please help him..."
Looking at the persevering man and the protagonist who was tortured by survival, many people prayed.
As if hearing the call of the audience. The man on the screen found the right way. He rubbed the wooden trough with a sharpened stick.
"Should it be successful now?" This is the thought of many viewers.
However, the facts are always contrary to wishes. In the crisp sound, the wooden stick broke. This time the injured was replaced by Chuck’s hand. He yelled in pain, beating everything around him to vent, and finally he covered it with With a **** hand, he picked up the'Wilson' volleyball and threw it out forcefully.
People can't be angered endlessly. Quiet Chuck, what he has to face is to survive in the wild, and starting a fire is just the beginning. After venting his anger, he must always face reality.
He picked up a volleyball with a bright red palm print on it. What did he wipe with his hand? It was the volleyball's stomata. The fingerprints of the fingers really looked like hair. The volleyball pattern underneath did indeed look like a mouth. He drew his right eye on the volleyball, looked at it, and drew his left eye and mouth.
This is a very simple shot, but it brings an unusual feeling to the audience. A guy who was full of anger just now calmed down quickly. The smiling face on the volleyball can reflect his mentality at this time.
‘Wilson’! The most important supporting role of the film was born.
Chuck tried to make fire again. Whenever he was tired and wanted to give up, he would look back at Wilson, and then continue to work hard.
"You don't happen to have a match, do you?"
How inspiring it is to be optimistic. This is the first time Chuck has spoken to volleyball, and volleyball has become a turning point in the story, and the protagonist has completely accepted the reality!
After repeated failures, the life-saving fire was finally ignited, and the seed of human civilization was burning.
"!"
It was not just Chuck who yelled this sentence, but also the countless audience in the theater.
"Opening coconuts and cooking food on fire are not considered fresh, but Ryan's excellent acting skills have brought a completely different effect." Old Gene was like a professional film critic at this moment.
"Also, with a few lines and simple expressions, he brought to life a supporting actor who can't speak." Gene added.
"That's right! That's right!" The girl next to her nodded in agreement.
With fire, you can eat cooked food, should Chuck relax?
No, when he finally had the grilled crabs and even had time to savor it, the toothache that tortured him from the beginning of the film recurred. There is no dentist here!
Chuck, who was tortured by a toothache, was so painful that he had to do it himself, and the ice skates came in handy again...
"Is he crazy?"
This is not a tough guy action movie, this is a life story.
Four years have passed. Volleyball Wilson is the only thing with a name on the island except Chuck himself. It only proves that Chuck is still Chuck. However, people are social animals after all and have lost the social value system. Chuck, once wanted to climb the cliff and hang himself, but he persisted in living, in this world, on this isolated desert island!
The photo of his fiancée in his pocket watch became his hope of survival, and Volleyball Wilson became his only friend. Four years was enough to change too much. Chuck became a master fisherman.
Wilson is old and broken, but he is more like a supporting role. The hair of the five-finger symbol has become the ‘hair’ of hay, and he has become the protagonist’s inseparable partner.
"God, is this Ryan?"
When the Tarzan-like protagonist appeared in the picture, the sensation caused in the theater can be imagined.
However, with the previous life on the deserted island as a foreshadowing, most of the audience quickly calmed down, even think about it. After living on a desert island for four years, even if the real Jack Dawson comes, he will become like this.
A messy beard, hair comparable to a bird's nest, eating raw fish, and the only person who can talk is a shabby volleyball. This is what Chuck is now.
The impatience in the past, the workaholic was completely gone.
A floating metal plate gave Chuck another hope of leaving the deserted island, and he made the trees into a raft. The ropes and video tapes woven from bark are tightly locked, carefully calculating the time of the monsoon, and preparing the necessary supplies.
The metal plate is the only sail!
"We still have time!" He kept saying these words to his companions.
When the monsoon came, Chuck left his last words on the rock.
"Chuck Nolan has been here for 1,500 days. I have fled to the sea, tell Kelly Faith in Memphis, I love her!"
With Wilson, with the package that has never been opened. With all hope, Chuck pushed off the raft and rushed into the sea. Rushing to human society, to a lover who has never forgotten.
Chuck didn't hesitate to hesitate. When welcoming the last and biggest wave on the coast, the metal sail opened. The wings on the sail were so bright that it could not be blocked by strong winds and waves.
"What does this pair of wings that run through the movie represent?" Gene said to himself.
If Ryan heard him, he would only tell him that a hundred people have a hundred Hamlet in their hearts. Smart screenwriters and directors will always only say half or even one third in the movie, and the rest of the audience can understand by themselves.
When they successfully passed the huge wave, Chuck laughed and said to his partner, "We made it, Wilson!"
Facing the deserted island where he lived for 1,500 days, he must have complicated feelings, right? Is it hatred or gratitude? 1500 days of life was abandoned, and he gradually faded away.
Chuck didn't want to stay on the island and wait for death, but the sea was ruthless, storms, and waves washed away most of his energy. Wilson, the only partner who had been with him for four years, sank to the bottom of the sea and left forever he.
"I'm sorry, Wilson! I'm sorry, Wilson!"
How can people who have not experienced that kind of loneliness or that kind of pain understand this kind of pain?
Looking at the crying man lying on the raft, thinking about the supporting actor without lines and expressions, I don't know why, many people including Gene, their eyes are so moist.
A supporting role named Wilson gave them an indelible impression, and the reason for this was all because of the superb performance of the man lying on the raft.
Chuck was lucky. He was rescued by a passing cargo ship and returned to human society. Then the FedEx publicity time came.
This time, it was not just the FedEx logo and employees, but even the founder himself.
Chuck saw Kelly, who had never forgotten, and his lover had married a dentist and returned to human society. He had a different feeling, and his temperament had changed.
The food here is everywhere, and the fire can be ignited automatically by just pressing...
In the end, Chuck still didn't hold back and went to Kelly's house.
Perhaps the dialogue between Chuck and Kelly will attract a lot of people's associations, but the point here is that Chuck let go. Kelly chose responsibility, chose family, and returned to her husband and daughter.
"Why didn't Kelly choose Chuck?"
Hearing the question from the girl next to him, Gene asked, "Do you think Kylie should choose Chuck?"
After hesitating for a while, the girl finally shook her head.
Whether when Ryan wrote the script, or when Robert Zemeckis was shooting and editing, there was enough conjecture left in the details.
For example, Chuck wanted to find the owner of Wing Mail, but met Mrs. Peterson, and finally stayed at a crossroads in his life.
There is also this email, what exactly is in it, and the movie didn't explain it in the end.
Clever film shooting methods always leave enough room for the audience to imagine, and let them associate or supplement some things. (To be continued...) ()