Cast Away Analysis

Overall, Castaway was a decent movie. There are two things that I would change with the movie. The first thing I would change would be the lack of dialogue, and the only reason this film was able to get a good rating with such little dialogue was due to the fact that Tom Hanks had the star role. I think that the movie would be better if we were able to see more of the movie where Chuck is talking with Wilson. We would also be able to see his struggle to keep his sanity, as he was stranded on an island for four years. Secondly, I believe that the majority of the people who watched this wanted the ending to be better. We are left with a cliffhanger as the viewer wonders if he will go after the truck to talk to the girl or start a new life going East, West, or South. This would tie the film together and act as some sort of closure.
Castaway is full of conflict and viewers see an array of it as it ranges from Man vs.
Man to Man vs. Technology. One of the first scenes the viewer sees is Chuck racing against the time restraint to deliver the packages, a classic example of Man vs. Society. Another Man vs Society example would be at the end of the movie Kelly was forced with the pressure of society telling her to move on even though she still loved Chuck. Furthermore, Chuck and Kelly get into a small altercation in which Kelly does not want Chuck to leave, an example of Man vs. Man. One of the most important examples of Man vs. Man in this movie has to be Chuck vs. Wilson. Wilson was an imaginary character that helped Chuck believe in himself as he tried to be rescued, but Wilson also made chuck doubt himself and become angry with himself, especially when Wilson floated away at
sea.
This leads into the next type of conflict Man vs. Nature. Chuck battled mother nature more than anything throughout the movie. For instance, Chuck battle the rain and choppy ocean, and the rain was symbolic for his struggles in life. In addition, he struggled to make it past the wave breakers and the wave flipped his raft causing him to be cut by coral. While all of this is transpiring Chuck is battling himself as he tries to maintain sanity, Man vs. Self, and he even thinks about committing suicide. While Chuck was presumed to be dead Kelly was distraught to the point that she stopped going to school and basically called it quits on her education. The last type of conflict that the viewer sees is Man vs. Technology. A prime example of this would be when the FedEx plane malfunctioned and crashed; causing the whole conflict of Chuck being stuck on a desolate island. Furthermore, Chuck’s struggle against primitive technology as he was unable to start a fire or break open a coconut. Overall, Castaway was packed with conflict.