Chapter 354: Rebirth after the Tribulation
Lonely survival, it takes not only tools, but also great courage, when Chuck runs to the figure rushing on the beach, what awaits him is a cold corpse, even Robinson has Friday company, he is destined to live alone on a desert island.
Chuck used all the resources at his disposal, and in order to survive, he drank the dirty fresh water accumulated on the fallen leaves, took the empty coconut shell to collect the dew, and in vain, he rushed into the sea again and again to spearfish in the sea.
Before he knew it, he was gradually changing.
Until one night, the lights on the distant sea ignited his hope of getting out of his predicament.
"Is he going to get out of this way?" Jean asked subconsciously.
"Definitely not, I guess it's another twist." This time it was the girl from before who answered the question.
Even though Chuck turned on his only flashlight and kept shouting 'SOS', nothing worked.
In order to return to the society that belongs to human beings, he decided to give it a go, solemnly put away Kelly's pocket watch, Chuck rowed a life raft, and chased it desperately, but the strength of the individual in the face of nature and the waves is small, even if he does not give up, even if he uses all his strength, he still can't rush the mountain-like waves.
The waves overturned the life raft, and the waves crushed Chuck to the bottom of the sea, crashing heavily into the reef, and the blood that rose at this moment made countless people cover their mouths.
"He's so brave!"
"He's so pathetic!"
Everyone has different feelings and experiences.
Winds, torrential rain, broken legs, toothaches, diarrhea from coconut water, etc., are tormenting Chuck, and Kelly's pocket watch and photos have become his only solace and hope. In order to survive, he had to hit the heads of the mail he picked up.
A few boxes of videotapes, useless for the time being.
Divorce Settlement? Would it be useful for people who are stranded on a desert island? Disgusted and tossed aside.
Volleyball labeled 'Wilson' brand doesn't seem to be useful.
A pair of skates with sharp blades on the soles should be useful.
There is also a women's gauze dress that can be put aside.
The last one was a piece of mail, with eye-catching wings painted on it, perhaps a unique pair of wings, and Chuck hesitated. In the end, he did not open the email, but solemnly put it away.
"What do you think would be in there?" The girl next to Jean looked at him, and Gene shook his head and motioned to continue watching the movie.
Using these available tools, Chuck improved his living conditions, with laces on his skates to bandage wounds, sharp skates to easily cut through coconuts, and gauze skirts to serve as fishing nets.
Chuck caught the fish and ate one raw. Immediately understand that you are facing a new problem - fire and charcuterie!
There are so many crabs on the island's beach that Chuck can catch them without even a lot of effort, but there is no fire!
Drilling wood for fire, the oldest method. It became Chuck's only way, but it was easy in theory, but it was hard and difficult to do!
Daytime! Night! Daytime! Fire, no ......
"Oh God. Please help him......"
Looking at the man who persevered, looking at the protagonist who was tormented by survival, many people sent out prayers.
It was as if I heard the call of the audience. The man on the screen has found the right way, rubbing the wooden trough with a sharpened stick.
"It's time to succeed, right?" That's what a lot of viewers think.
However, the truth is always the opposite of wishes, and with a crisp sound, the stick broke, and this time the injured one was replaced by Chuck's hand, and he yelled in pain, smashing everything around him to vent, and finally he picked up the 'Wilson' volleyball with his bloodstained hand and threw it hard.
People can't be endlessly angry, Chuck who is quiet, he has to face the survival of the wild, and the fire is just the beginning, and he must always face the reality after the anger is vented.
He picked up the volleyball, which had bright red palm prints on it, what did he wipe with his hands? It was the air hole of the volleyball, the marks on the fingers were indeed quite like hair, and the lines of the volleyball underneath did look like a mouth, and he drew his right eye on the volleyball, and then drew the left eye and mouth when he looked at it.
This is a very simple shot, but it brings an unusual feeling to the audience, a guy who was full of anger just now, actually calmed down quickly, and the smiling face on the volleyball can reflect his state of mind at this time.
'Wilson'! The most important supporting role in this film was born.
Chuck tried to make a fire again, and whenever he was tired and wanted to give up, he would look back at Wilson and then continue his efforts.
"You don't happen to have matches, do you?"
How uplifting it is to be able to maintain an optimistic spirit, this is the first time Chuck speaks to volleyball, and volleyball becomes a turning point in the story, and the protagonist fully accepts reality!
After one failure after another, the life-saving fire was finally ignited, and the seed of human civilization was burning.
“Fire!”
It wasn't just Chuck who shouted this, but countless audience members in the theater.
"Opening a coconut and cooking food over a fire are not new, but Ryan's excellent acting skills have brought a completely different effect." Old Jean was like a professional film critic at this moment.
"Also, with a few lines and simple facial expressions, he brought a supporting character who can't speak to life." Jean added.
"That's right! That's right! The girl next to her nodded approvingly.
With a fire and can eat cooked food, Chuck should be relaxed, right?
No, when he finally ate the grilled crab, and even had time to savor it, the toothache that had tormented him from the beginning of the film flared up again, and there was no dentist here!
Chuck, tormented by a toothache, was so painful that he had to do it himself, and the skate blades of the skates came in handy again......
"Is he crazy?"
This is not a tough guy action movie, this is a living story of life.
Four years have passed, volleyball Wilson is the only thing on the island that has a name other than Chuck himself, only it proves that Chuck is still Chuck, but people are social animals after all, Chuck, who has lost his social value system, once wanted to climb the cliff and hang himself, but he still insisted on surviving, in this world, on this isolated desert island!
The picture of his fiancée in his pocket watch became his hope for survival, and the volleyball Wilson became his only friend, and four years was enough to change a lot. Chuck became a master fisherman.
Wilson is old and broken, but he is more like a supporting character, the imprinted hair of the five-finger symbol becomes the 'hair' of hay, and he becomes the protagonist's inseparable companion.
"God, is this Ryan?"
When that Tarzan-like protagonist appeared in the picture, the sensation caused in the theater can be imagined.
However, with the previous life on the desert island as a foreshadowing, the vast majority of the audience quickly calmed down, think about it. Lived on a desert island for four years, even if it was the real Jack? When Dawson comes, he will become like this.
With a messy beard and hair like a bird's nest, he eats raw fish, and the only person he can talk to is a shabby volleyball, which is now Chuck.
The impatient him in the past, the workaholic is completely gone.
A drifting metal plate rekindles Chuck's hope of leaving the desert island, and he makes a raft out of the trees. Ropes and tapes woven from tree bark were firmly tightened, carefully calculating the timing of the monsoon and preparing the necessary supplies.
Metal plates are the only sails!
"We still have time!" He kept saying this to his companions.
When the monsoon arrived, Chuck left his last words on the rocks.
"Chuck? Nolan was here for 1,500 days. Kelly who has fled to the sea to tell Memphis? Fez, I love her! ”
With Wilson, with the package that was never opened. With all hope, Chuck pushed off the raft and rushed into the sea. rushed to human society, to the lover who has never forgotten.
Chuck did not hesitate, and as he met the last and biggest wave on the shore, the metal sail opened, and the wings on the sail were so bright that even the wind and waves could not hide it.
"What do these wings that run through the film represent?" Jean muttered to himself.
If Ryan hears him, he will only tell him that there are a hundred Hamlets in the hearts of a hundred people, and that smart screenwriters and directors will always only say half or even a third of the movie in a movie, and the rest of the audience can understand it for themselves.
When they made it through the waves, Chuck smiled and said to his partner, "We made it, Wilson!" ”
Faced with a desert island where he once lived for 1,500 days, he must have mixed feelings, right? Is it hatred or gratitude? 1,500 days of life were abandoned, and he faded away.
Chuck didn't want to stay on the island and die, but the sea was unforgiving, and the storms and waves washed away most of his energy, and Wilson, the only companion he had been with for four years, sank to the bottom of the sea and left him forever.
"I'm sorry, Wilson! I'm sorry, Wilson! ”
How can people who have not experienced that kind of loneliness, who have not experienced that kind of pain, understand this kind of pain.
Looking at the man lying on the raft crying bitterly, thinking about the supporting character who had no lines and expressions, I don't know what to do, many people, including Jean, their eyes are so moist.
A supporting character named Wilson left an indelible impression on them, and the reason why it was so was all because of the superb performance of the man lying on the raft.
Chuck was lucky, he was rescued by a passing cargo ship and reintegrated into human society, and then FedEx's publicity time came.
This time, not only the logo and employees of FedEx, but even the founder himself was on the scene.
Chuck meets the longing Kelly, and the lover has married a dentist and returned to human society, he has a different feeling, and the whole person's temperament has changed.
Food is everywhere here, and the fire ignites automatically with just a press of action......
In the end, Chuck didn't hold back and went to Kelly's house.
Perhaps the conversation between Chuck and Kelly will attract many associations, but the point here is that Chuck let go, and Kelly chose responsibility, chose family, and returned to her husband and daughter.
"Why didn't Kelly choose Chuck?"
Hearing the question from the girl next to him, Jean asked rhetorically, "Do you think Kelly should choose Chuck?" ”
After a moment's hesitation, the girl finally shook her head.
Whether Ryan was writing the script, or Robert? Zemeckis filmed and edited with enough details left behind to make people guess.
For example, Chuck wants to find the owner of the winged mail, but he meets Mrs. Peterson, and finally stops at the crossroads of life.
There is also this email, what exactly is contained in it, and the movie does not explain in the end.
Smart filmmaking techniques will always leave enough room for the audience's imagination, and some things are for them to associate or make up for in their brains. (To be continued......)