Throw away: How did he change from a fat man to a muscular man?

Random talk on film and television: spending the rest of my life on a desert island

This is an old film starring Tom Hanks, which was released in 2000.

The year 2000 is indeed a distant past. At that time, mobile phones had just emerged, and pagers had not completely declined. I was still stuck in my hometown town, unable to make a living, and I didn't know what the Internet was. Of course, I didn't even know there was Tom Hanks in this world. Not to mention the courier brother who is running all over the world now. At that time, the postal brother unified the rivers and lakes and delivered it to your door? That's impossible. I take the parcel list to the post office to pick it up myself, and sometimes I have to look at the glances of the staff. Now I feel like a lifetime ago.

Anyway, Tom plays a system engineer of FedEx, running business all over the world, and his life is really busy.

I have to mention that the beginning of the movie is quite interesting. FedEx staff drove to the customer's home to pick up the package. After that, the courier got on the plane, then took the delivery car and was delivered to the recipient by the courier. The recipient is the author's husband, who lives in Moscow with his girlfriend. He came out to get the letter in his pajamas, and his girlfriend came out in her pajamas later, saying, well, it's nice. Husband said: Well, my wife gave it to me (well, my wife gave it to me).

Looking at this beginning, I thought I would tell some romantic love-hate stories next. But don't get me wrong, I feel that this is just a little joke of the director.

Chuck's passionate speech in Moscow branch is very interesting. Of course, the express delivery industry is based on "fast", so he said impassioned:

Time supports us mercilessly.

Whether we are healthy or sick, hungry or drunk.

Russians, Americans or Martians?

Time is like fire, it can kill or save people.

So every FedEx office has a clock.

Because we live around time.

Time can never be ignored.

Never allow yourself to commit the crime of losing the concept of time.

At the same time, it is a pity that the express delivery from Memphis to Moscow took 87 hours.

87 hours is too long, and it won't take so long to start the world!

87 hours can overthrow the country.

Made a fortune and went bankrupt.

Today, when the express delivery industry is developed, is it not shameful that international express delivery took 87 hours? Usually it takes at least a week for international express delivery now. However, FedEx seems to have its own plane and truck, and the special line runs exclusively. It is probably appropriate to hurry.

Because of the need of work, Chuck often flies around, so the plane crashes (actually there is no causal relationship), he falls into the sea, is washed to a desert island, and begins his survival on a desert island.

At first, he was quite responsible. He never opened a few courier boxes he found, but put them away. At that time, his idea was probably, though, that he should be rescued soon so that he could not tamper with other people's express delivery.

Later, he salvaged the bodies of his colleagues who died with him. Forced by life, he left the shoes of the deceased. Because the shoes are a little small, he had to cut off the toe and make them into "cool shoes" to make do with them. This plot is reasonable, but the pair of "sandals" in the film are cut too smoothly, which does not meet his setting of only stone chips as a tool. It's a pity that when he said goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport, he left the multifunctional knife hanging on the car key. At that time, he thought, he must take this knife with him. At least it is a tool, in case it is useful. Therefore, carrying a gadget with you is really a tip for going out.

After a few hard days on a desert island, Chuck finally started to open the courier. When I saw it, I thought: these express flights are of no use to people on a desert island. It turned out to be actually useful. He made those videos into ropes. Roller skates are at least sharp tools to help him pull out bad teeth and cut things; Volleyball became his little friend, and they lived alone; The gauze of the dress skirt is made into a fishing net for him to hunt in the sea; The divorce agreement has become a kindling paper, which is probably a metaphor that he and his girlfriend can't be together in the end.

When the last box was about to open, he stopped and stroked the FedEx slogan "World punctuality" and its icon log on the box. Chuck should have mixed feelings in his heart. He kept the express.

What was in this express, and it was not revealed in the end.

This unopened express may have hidden some meanings:

When I was on a desert island, it was not opened and well preserved, which may mean that in Chuck's heart, it represents a symbol of hope and salvation. If I keep it, he will give it to the recipient one day, just like a watch given to him by his girlfriend to encourage him to live. The watch symbolizes his love, and this courier symbolizes his career.

The courier didn't announce it in the end, which may mean that Chuck has finished his once proud job perfectly and he wants to start a new life.

He stood at the crossroads, and the road ahead was wide and long. Probably symbolizes a broader new life.

The desert island is really wild, so wild that there are no wild animals to eat, so we can only eat seafood-if we can catch it. But Chuck survived, from a fat middle-aged man at the beginning to a lean muscular man. It is said that the film was stopped for a year because he was waiting for Tom Hanks to lose weight successfully. He lost 55 pounds and kept his hair and beard. Hair and beard are easy, but it is not easy to lose 55 Jin. Not dieting, but fitness. Because a desert island has no clothes, it needs to be almost naked to be muscular with the naked eye. It's true: he lost weight and became more handsome.

Chuck was finally saved. How do you say this redemption? Just like there is a saying: God only saves those who save themselves. In order to escape from this desert island, Chuck really made a lot of efforts: logging, making rafts for drifting, important ropes, and important sails-this sail is a fragment of an airplane he found at sea (probably, possibly). Sailing is very important because the raft needs the help of wind to rush out of the sea near the island. If it can't rush out of Na Pianhai, it will stay on a desert island forever. This should be said to be a knowledge point.

Chuck was caught in a storm while drifting at sea and lost the volleyball king "Wilson" who lived alone. Chuck burst into tears. But the departure of the volleyball king may also mean that Chuck will finally end his life on a desert island and cut off contacts from now on. The volleyball king is a symbol of his survival on a desert island.

Back to the civilized society after a long separation, my girlfriend has married someone else.

Chuck visited his girlfriend on a rainy night. The two of them were inseparable and finally said goodbye.

My feeling about this episode is: Why did you get married? If you don't get married and fall in love, there will be no regrets if someone who can't let go suddenly falls from the sky one day, right? There is a person in my heart. What's the point of marrying someone else?

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Off-topic:

American film and television are actually quite "orthodox" and love to promote the love, affection and loyalty hidden under it. To put it bluntly, it is a bit old-fashioned, which is probably related to its being an immigrant country. Earlier, this was the "New World" where the lower classes in Europe dreamed of changing their destiny, with a large number of exiled criminals. Since then, it has been the country with the most immigrants, including a large number of illegal immigrants. The civilian class formed on the basis of these people is completely excusable for its outdated ideas. Although it is a developed country, it has a huge irresistibly conservative population base. It's as if we are a civilized and modern country now, but we can't help people with a large base to promote son preference on various platforms. The large number and loud voice suppressed the voice of civilization. At first glance, I thought I had returned to an early ancient dynasty. This is the embodiment of quantitative strength.