The Terminal

After watching ‘Cast Away’ one cannot not want to house and protect Tom Hanks, after what he “went through” in the land of nowhere living quasi Robinson Crusoe life.  Should have been titled 'Cast Away Part II’ where the main idea is similar:  survival of the fittest. 
 
WHO:  Viktor Navorski, a visitor from Eastern Europe imaginary country, Krakhozia.
 
WHEN:  present, to be precise during war time in the Krakhozia (don’t bother looking up in your history book).
 
WHERE:  JFK airport, Gate 67 – NY.
 
WHY:  as he landed in US his country was declared in a state of war. This part has to be questioned a bit, does one lost one’s nationality just because one’s country is at war? I believe not.  Unless I receive good explanation on this (anybody?), I’d just consider it as a premise made up for the sake of the movie.
 
HOW:  adapt, be creative!!  If you ever get stuck in a situation where it seems there’s nothing you could do to resolve it, make sure to keep your eyes open to the slimmest chance.  Viktor assigned himself as a porter collecting trolley and place them in its counter which afterward will spit out a quarter for each trolley.   When the position was taken over by an airport crew Viktor became love messenger for a guy who worked at the food transportation.  Viktor was guaranteed daily meals in exchange of his service (which is acting as a courtship mediator – hilarious!).  He later found a better job doing construction work around the terminal.
 
Basically it’s enjoyable watching Tom Hanks (as always) doing his thing.  Raising a theme without trying too hard to make us think.  Life is waiting.  It might be for a flight to take us somewhere, for a doctor’s appointment, for the busway, for an answer, for a person.. the list goes on.. Gosh, do you realize how much time spent (lost? wasted?) for those waits?  Especially when you remain idle??