I've been looking forward to seeing this movie for a long time, both because it looked really good and also because it was a Spielberg film. It did not disappoint, and get ready for a major Spielberg praise-fest. I'm just warning you now. You can stop reading if you like, I won't mind. BEWARE THE DELAYED SPOILERS.
6-22-04 "The Terminal"
Notes From the Red Book
Trailer-"The Bourne Supremacy" (This might be interesting. Perhaps I should see the first one first.)
cool opening credits
doors are important symbol
finds out about war on TV
"You no look at trash without appointment!"
SEE!? That's why you should ALWAYS carry a Swiss Army knife!!!
reflection-city/face
reminds me of Truman Show-cameras watching
lots of cute vignettes
teaches himself English-interesting and original
"she's a Trekkie!" HA
Stanley Tucci is brilliant
Well, I guess if you've got nothing else to do.
X-Ray
peanut can is big symbol
"19 dollars cash...under the table...that's more than I make!"
becomes legend in airport
suit reflection-nicely done
nice dinner on terrace
wedding chapel..just married, cute
fountain reminiscent of Splash
great shot of plane/Gupta with mop
Dixon's problem with Viktor-one of those things you end up obssessing about
backlighting getting kind of annoying
God, I LOVE Spielberg. He makes (mostly) such great movies, such feel good movies. He reminds me of Capra. He's like the Capra for the new millenium. And if Spielberg's the new Capra, then Tom Hanks is his new Jimmy Stewart. Please, film purists, don't misunderstand me. I LOVE classic movies, and I ADORE Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart. If you disagree, that's ok. I mean merely to say that I get the same warm fuzzies from Steven and Tom. So, on to the movie.
The Terminal is based on a true story. The film centers on a man, Viktor Navorski, from Krakosia, who is traveling to America to fulfill a promise he made to his dying father. While in the air, his country suffers a military coup and a civil war. So, when he lands in New York, his passport is no longer valid, and he is ineligible to enter the country. The Director of Security at the airport, Dixon, is played by Stanley Tucci. It is his job to make Viktor understand that he cannot enter America, nor even leave the international terminal. He assures him it will mostly likely be for no more than a day or two. Viktor is left to his own resources, and tries to make the best of it, even though he cannot speak the language, understand the people around him, or even understand what has happened to his country, except for a few news clips he catches on CNN on the airport TV.
The days stretch into weeks and then months, and Viktor supports himself by making friends and connections. They supply him with food, a job, and companionship. He makes especial friends with a pretty stewardess, Amelia, played by Catherine Zeta Jones. Dixon continues to try and make things difficult for Viktor, in hopes he will get fed up and make a break for the door, thereby breaking international law and allowing Dixon to arrest him and get him out of his hair.
I loved this movie. It was so Spielbergian is so many ways that I love. It's been a while since he turned out a real feel-good movie, it reminded me why I became a fan in the first place. Some director trademarks that Spielberg always uses in his movies are father references and use of reflection. He uses both in this movie and I picked up on them right away. The father reference was used when Viktor's whole reason for coming to America was revealed to be a promise made to his dying father. The reflection was used in a very clever way, when Viktor was checking out how he looked in certain suits in a store window by standing in front of them so his head matched the suit. Very clever. BUT, he made a lot of use of backlighting in this movie and it BUGGED after a while.
I was also fascinated by Stanley Tucci's character. I spent much of the movie wondering just what the guy's problem was, why he treated Viktor like crap. He obviously was kind of a social climber, and his office was full of those pictures that say stuff like "Success" and "Attitude" and "Victory" and have photos of trees and canyons and stuff. He constantly was trying to get Viktor out of his airport so he wouldn't have to deal with him anymore. But Viktor refused to go. I think in the end, Dixon's attitude towards Viktor just descended into one of those things you obssess over. We all have them, the small things that, for whatever reason, start to bug us, and in our minds, get bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Until finally you go postal, like the postal workers. "NO RETURN ADDRESS, AAAHHHHHH! Where's my rifle?!?" I don't believe Dixon was a truly evil guy, I think he just wanted his terminal to run smoothly and on his first day he gets stuck with this small problem which just won't go away, and is the one thing that keeps everything from running perfectly.
I love the way Viktor teaches himself English-he uses two guidebooks, one in English and one in his language...neat!
I had a small problem with the Amelia/Viktor relationship...I just felt they didn't have much gel.
I really enjoyed the friends Viktor made and the ways he helped them and they helped him. The final shot of Gupta with his mop taking on a 747...funny AND sweet.
And the ending, when all of his friends are around him and wishing him luck....aaaah...that's what a Spielberg film is. Yup.
So, until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "Gotta go...life is waiting."
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
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