![]() With this lively bunch – including Catherine Ceta-Jones, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna and Chi McBride – we watch the kind and gentle stranger-in-an-unwelcoming-land affect lives in a very positive way. 'The Terminal' features a nice group of supporting characters that offer different chapters, or "episodes," in Viktor's waiting period. The concept sounds boring, uneventful, and dry, but the movie itself is the opposite. The idea of watching a man wait for news isn't intriguing or enticing, but through Hanks' performance/character and a happy little screenplay, 'The Terminal' is the opposite of what you might expect. Viktor must remain in the terminal, which is basically a large space that resembles nothing more than a mall, for an undetermined amount of time. ![]() The acting Customs Field Commissioner (Stanley Tucci) grants Viktor access to the international terminal as a place to wait it out, but that's it. He cannot enter the US because the nation of his passport no longer exists and he cannot return home because he's not technically a man of that warring nation. With the United States no longer able to honor the visa that Viktor was granted, he's stuck waiting. While in-air, a military coup occurred in Krakozhia that overthrew the nation's leadership. After arriving at JFK airport in New York City, he's detained by customs for a very odd and rare reason. Tom Hanks leads 'The Terminal' as Viktor Navorski, a simple man from the fictional nation of Krakozhia who has traveled to the United States with a mission. With my newer set of eyes, I found it to be optimistically refreshing. It contains that characteristics of the simple, upbeat and heartwarming films of old that my elders always raved about when I was a kid. Watching it now, perhaps because I'm a little older, a little wiser, a little more educated in film and little more cynical, I fell in pure love with it. I recall thinking that it was an okay movie – not bad, but nothing special – but not much else. I remember seeing Steven Spielberg's 'The Terminal' ten years ago when it opened in theaters, but not much else comes to mind when I put thought into it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |