Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Cast Away

I love this movie. I have to watch it whenever it's on. It was tonight - I even dealt with the commercials. "Cast Away..." From the rat race, then from the island, then from Wilson, then from his former life entirely (besides the Cherokee), and finally, to a new life. Choosing to risk almost certain death in his escape from the island he emerges capable of withstanding the ultimate heartbreak, and is prepared to forge on.

To keep breathing. It's just not an acceptable way to live. We aren't built for it. Something eventually pushes us out to sea to risk everything, even whales. Maybe we're all drifting, with just a speck of hope driving us.

I put this one right up there next to Groundhog Day.

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