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 Posted: 03/21/05 - 13:39 Post subject: Movie Review: The Terminal (2004)
The Terminal is a vastly underrated Spielberg film. It is about a man named Victor Navorski (Tom Hanks) who finds himself exiles in the JFK airport in New York City. See, Victor is from a country called Krakosia. It's a fictional Eastern European country that while Victor was en route underwent a military coup. Since the United States no longer diplomatically recognizes Krakosia's new leadership, Victor Navorski is a man without a country and can not enter the United States nor be returned to a country which officially doesn't exist in the eyes of the United States Government. So, he is stuck in the International Terminal at JFK (there is the roots of a true story here with an incident which happened in Europe, but that's as far as it goes).
What follows is Navorski winning over everyone but the man in charge of the airport who just wants to get rid of Victor but follow the letter of the law. But the official just starts to get petty, which is disappointing. Victor's basic decency shines through as he adapts to his situation and tries to eke out an existence.
There are no details about the rest of the plot which are very important to note, but maybe it is the combination of Spielberg and Hanks that make "The Terminal" better than it should be. It is a very decent movie, and I mean that in a couple of different ways. Quality wise, it is decent. But this is also very pleasant, enjoyable movie with a heart that is filled with decency. That's not at all a bad thing.
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Cappy
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Posted: 03/21/05 - 13:41 Post subject:
We were disappointed in this movie when we saw it.
Certainly not one of Hanks' best efforts too date
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Posted: 03/21/05 - 14:07 Post subject:
I was really disappointed in the parts of the movie that I saw. I probably watched 45 min. to an hour's worth before I shut it off and returned it to Blockbuster.
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Posted: 03/21/05 - 14:28 Post subject:
I'm in a strange position this one. I liked it, and I feel good about it, but I couldn't focus on it for more than 15 minutes at a time so it took me most of yesterday and even a little this morning to actually finish it (whereas I watched Silver City in one sitting despite not liking it as much)
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airehead
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Posted: 03/21/05 - 16:58 Post subject:
We watched the first 15 minutes and were so frustrated that we had to shut it off.
I vote a 
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Posted: 04/06/05 - 12:06 Post subject:
Miss Steph and I watched this over the Christmas period. I liked it, yes it was very slow it was fun to watch him adapt to each new situation and come thru smiling and shiny clean.
while at times it lost me due to it's slower pace i still enjoyed it.
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Posted: 04/07/05 - 10:06 Post subject:
it's good for a treadmill workout. You can get the entire ghist without paying close attention.
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airehead
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Posted: 04/08/05 - 21:59 Post subject:
| runaroundsue wrote: | | it's good for a treadmill workout. You can get the entire ghist without paying close attention. |
And the sheer frustration it causes should be good to raise your heart rate!!
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