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Arfguy t1_j6lfdcs wrote

I love this movie. It's just that good. I actually do consider it extremely underrated. Of all the movies Tom Hanks gets credit for (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, etc), I don't think a lot of people consider this movie to be one of the bests of the 90s.

The 90s produced some of the greatest movies ever made, IMO. No one will ever say that Cast Away is as good as...say Shawshank Redemption. I will. I will say Cast Away is just as good as Shawshank Redemption.

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PastMiddleAge OP t1_j6lg7wy wrote

I’ll agree with you. Tom Hanks is great in Cast Away. He has the perfect nice, regular guy demeanor that nothing bad could ever happened to him. And when something bad does happen, he’s incredibly vulnerable but you can still really believe the strength that helps him push through to survive.

Also it’s not technically 90s. Came out December 2000! Had to check.

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Arfguy t1_j6lgb5f wrote

Damn. You're right. It did come out in 2000.

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PastMiddleAge OP t1_j6lglfz wrote

I guess it’s not as old as people think! Somebody else in this comment thread just said they saw a trailer for it in 1995. I don’t think so!

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Arfguy t1_j6lguwm wrote

Yeah...looking back on it, Hanks was on a roll. He made some amazing movies in the 90s and had collaborated with Robert Zemeckis a couple of times and I think I just blurred Forrest Gump and Cast Away.

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jl_theprofessor t1_j6m6atd wrote

He owned the 90s. You were always wondering what Tom Hanks would make next.

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05110909 t1_j6miwwt wrote

Cast Away didn't come out in the 90s though.

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Keudn883 t1_j6o0ybo wrote

Home Alone came out in 1990 but by all means is really an 80s movie. Decades tend to bleed over for a little while. I could make the argument that the 90s didn't really begin to identify itself until 93 or 94. And I could make the argument that the 90's officially ended in September of 2001.

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