The Film "Castaway": Some Not So Subtle Truths

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

I was watching the movie Castaway with Tom Hanks and there were a couple of scenes that were so true about female nature. The most ironic aspect of this, is that I don’t even think the writer or director was intentionally trying to convey a message about female nature. I think it’s so ingrained in us and our culture, that it’s simply taken as prima fascie.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the movie, it’s about a married man who goes down in a plane crash, and is stranded on an island by himself.

The three scenes which resonated with me about female nature/ and the dynamic that exists between male/female relationships (in an extremely negative way):

1. His wife’s Christmas gift to him:

It’s a pocket watch with her picture in it. A picture of herself, is her gift to him. This is nauseating on so many levels. Imagine a man did this, not that one would want to, but we are so force-fed this “equality” BS and female’s trying to replicate mans behavior, but a man would be a laughing stock for such a selfish act.

2. When the main character is finally saved and brought back to his home town, his wife has moved on and remarried. This speaks for itself. The main character doesn’t protest or become angry in any way.

3. The closing scene of the film, after discovering his wife’s new marriage, the main character has this ultra blue pilled dopey look on his face, as if “I’m so happy to be alive”. It’s as though he is happy his wife has a new husband, family, etc. And he is simply happy he merely survived.

The sum total of this speaks volumes as to the way society both perceives and treats men, and furthermore the way we ourselves are to identify our place in it.

Nothing new here, just sickens me and wanted to vent.

Resident cynic.

[Old BuckParticipant 3596]

I think the happiness at the end was his sanity leaving. The scene cut from the end was him driving his jeep thru a crowd of people at a farmers market.

Don't chase tail. Turn yours around, walk away, and live free!

[RorschachParticipant 2083]

Ancientwisdom wrote:

It’s a pocket watch with her picture in it. A picture of herself, is her gift to him. This is nauseating on so many levels. Imagine a man did this, not that one would want to, but we are so force-fed this “equality” BS and female’s trying to replicate mans behavior, but a man would be a laughing stock for such a selfish act.

Every gift any female has ever gotten me has been cheap or mostly thoughtless. Of course they expected me spend spend spend on them all the time while they just wanted more more more. Don’t waste your hard earned money on women they dont deserve it. A pet is more rewarding. Hell at this point a raging drug habit may actually be a cheaper and more rewarding way to die.

The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "save us!"....... and i'll look down and whisper "No."

[ghostParticipant]

Ancientwisdom wrote:

The sum total of this speaks volumes as to the way society both perceives and treats men

No wonder guys like us are MGTOW. We refuse to be treated like this.

Rorschach wrote:

Every gift any female has ever gotten me has been cheap or mostly thoughtless.

Likewise.

Rorschach wrote:

Don’t waste your hard earned money on women they dont deserve it.

Never again.

[surfdude12Participant 4103]

Island = woman

Man = Man

Boat = MGTOW

He had to try twice because the island (woman) had huge f~~~ing waves that wouldn’t let him leave so he had to wait until he had his red pill moment (wind was right) to launch, overcome those waves and break away from that c~~~ forever

[Anonymous 12]

2. When the main character is finally saved and brought back to his home town, his wife has moved on and remarried. This speaks for itself. The main character doesn’t protest or become angry in any way.

When the Brits went off to the Falklands war the Sea Harrier pilots were expected to take heavy losses as they were flying an untested subsonic aircraft against the Argentine supersonic Mirages. They ended up kicking arse and returning home. Anyway, the wives of these men were told to expect heavy losses and when some of the men came home they found that their belongings had already been packed away!!

3. The closing scene of the film, after discovering his wife’s new marriage, the main character has this ultra blue pilled dopey look on his face, as if “I’m so happy to be alive”. It’s as though he is happy his wife has a new husband, family, etc. And he is simply happy he merely survived.

He was probably happy to get two major wins and be able to actually start living again. That wouldn’t have been very commercial though so they went with the “I’m so happy for the whore” look.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

GREAT movie. And the points you mention are excellent and easily relatable.

Ancientwisdom wrote:

2. When the main character is finally saved and brought back to his home town, his wife has moved on and remarried. This speaks for itself. The main character doesn’t protest or become angry in any way.

… as well, she falls apart in her new husband’s arms sobbing over Hanks. Imagine being the husband and mother of your kids watching your wife crumble over an Ex she thought was dead.

She’s not devoted to either one. Even at the end , she feels the pull to go back to her family and kids, but steals another kiss, and then regrets it immediately.

Terrific score/theme too. ( by Alan Silvestri )

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Sky-OParticipant 18949]

And:

A man’s bond & relationship with a volleyball (Wilson) had more depth and substance than anything he could have experienced with a woman.

[scorched_throwawayParticipant 34]

awesome!!

i’m not the only one whom noticed this.. great movie, except for the first/last 20 minutes..

if he went MGTOW, he might have stayed on the island, enjoying his life..

let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt..

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Sky-O wrote:

And:

A man’s bond & relationship with a volleyball (Wilson) had more depth and substance than anything he could have experienced with a woman.

+ 10.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

Tom Hank’s character was motivated by his love for his girlfriend. That was his sole motivation for risking his life in the ocean on a raft. He wasn’t greeted by any family members when he got off the plane, and the woman he loved flaked out on him when she was only 100 feet away. She sent her husband to speak for her. If I was Tom Hanks, I’d say, “f~~~ it” and go back to the island.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[IRuleMeParticipant]

The irony of that film. He worked so hard to get back to her, only to discover she’d moved on. He would have been better off staying on the island.

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

FunInTheSun wrote:

She sent her husband to speak for her.

This part SICKENED me as well! And the (new) husbands explanation:

“This is all too emotional for her”.

For her…For, fu$king HER. Even in this circumstance, she herself is the victim.

=/

FunInTheSun wrote:

If I was Tom Hanks, I’d say, “f~~~ it” and go back to the island

LOL absolutely!

Resident cynic.

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

Just finished the ending (again) and noticed two other disturbing points after Hanks was rescued:

1. He apologizes to his friend for not being there when his, the friend’s, wife died. <—The apology isn’t disgusting, it’s the fact that he’s apologizing for being STRANDED…On a f~~~ing island…ALONE. To DIE. With zero control over the situation. This would be fine, if it was cushioned with the friend saying something to the effect of – “You have to be kidding me. You were stranded to die on an island. It’s not your fault, I’m just happy your alive”…But, to no avail.

2. His wife told him “You said you would be RIGHT BACK”. Again, Hanks character apologizes. True to life, the wife doesn’t correct him or say “it’s not your fault”. No, he simply sincerely apologizes and she stands there, like a dead, worthless sponge, soaking it all in yet giving nothing.

Makes me sick.

Resident cynic.

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

Appreciate everyone’s input/opinions. Thanks dooode’s!

Cheers.

Resident cynic.

[HydroParticipant 164]

In the last scene of the film, the main character carries out a spiritually significant journey to a remote region of the country to deliver a package, which obviously required planning, navigation and knowing his precise location. He completes his mission without a hitch, but afterward being that he is “just stupid man” some woman has to help him by giving him directions.

[Sky-OParticipant 18949]

As a universal symbolic sign of MGTOW.

All of us should have a Wilson volleyball with a hand print face on it at home on display.

[Modern Day WarriorParticipant 499]

This post is a great example of MGTOW situational awareness. Most people don’t recognize things like this in pop culture, but if you pay attention you’ll spot feminist and blue pill examples and propaganda everywhere. Sometimes obvious, like Wonder Woman, but often more subtle. Very interesting seeing the world through a red pill lens.

"One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact." - Neil Peart

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