So I was struggling to find a last movie to do for Spielberg because I have seen so many by him. I found this one. Going into it I thought it was going to be terrible. I don't know why. Also, I had no idea what the plot of this was. I was really surprised. This might be one of my favorite ones by Spielberg now. There was just one thing that I couldn't get by. That was the fact that all events of the plot were so small scale. He never left the location. Never made a mega world impact like Indian Jones or Titin. He didn't save an entire town like Jaws. He didn't make a scientific discovery like E.T. He was just kind of there in a big airport and waiting. The movie was about him fighting the owner of the airport and falling in love. I don't know if I liked or disliked the fact that it wasn't big scale. It was different.
So the beginning of the movie was pretty slow to develop. I kind of liked that Tom Hanks didn't speak much. It seemed realistic. Also I think that the image of the movie was a little darker. And, I actually loved this movie right off the bat because there were no opening credits. This movie took so many turns. It was depressing one minuet when you saw him struggling to sleep, but then comedy when people were slipping left and right on the floor, and then romance when he is with the woman. it really kept me into it. If it weren't for that I would have lost interest. The ending is amazing. The peanut can ties everything up. So happy for him. I really liked it. So even though nothing big happened in this movie, I feel like it is still pretty good. Would definitely watch it again. 8/10
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The first hour and a half of this movie are immaculate. I don't know if I have seen a better movie. However, the last hour is terrible. It would probably be a perfect movie if it didn't have the ending. It just dragged on for way too long.
So my great aunt first told me about this movie but I had no expectations for it. That is the best way to go into a movie- not knowing anything about it. So in the beginning I was confused. The flashbacks and normal time got me very confused. However, that was a great hook- it got me into the movie. I really loved all of his cons and how he faked everything. It was very exciting and it kept suspense for the entire movie. However, when he becomes a doctor and meets the girl, the entire movie goes down hill form there. He just stops his adventure and the fact that he turned himself in to the police made me angry. I just spent 2.5 hours to see guy turn him self over in the end?? Come on Spielberg. Some scenes I liked were him faking being a teacher and a flight attendant, making the checks by hand in the hotel, pretending to be the secret service, escaping the plane by using the bathroom, and him running away from the divorce papers to start the entire plot of the movie. Some scenes that I did not like were both of the sex scenes, the engagement party, any scene involving the mom, and the check factory scene when he turns himself in. Overall this was a good movie that could have ended much better. 7.5/10 |
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