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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

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I'm not a stark raving mad lunatic about product placement. I'm just passionate about movies that's all... I consider film to be an art and you wouldn't want to see the Mona Lisa holding a Diet Dr. Pepper can would you?

Mona Lisa couldn't have had a Dr. Pepper, you stark raving mad lunatic.

I am glad they used Fed Ex instead of Brand X, but since they used it, they shouldn't have gone so heavy on the opening. Overkill. They should have let the name speak for itself. That intro stuff could have been a third the length and the point would have been gotten, not shoved down our throats.

The love story was good in the beginning. I did get their relationship and I found it real. But the ending was quite a let down. I know it'd be very hard to end this film at all, but this seemed especially poor.

The rest of it - incredible, amazing cinema, touching and thought-provoking and visceral.

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I found myself turning away due to the absolute harsh reality of many scenes. The plane crash and all the troubles he goes through were tough to watch - and that's a good thing. Like everyone else I've read and seen a million stranded-type stories, but this telling trumps them all in many ways. My empathy for this scenario was a 10 plus.

It's a real shame about the ending being so crappy - I'd love to watch this again. If I caught it on TV I'd totally watch it again, until he leaves the island.