So I finally got around to seeing “The Terminal” tonight.
As I suspected, it was sappy, sentimental, well made and romantic.
Note to the Rat Pack members who may read this site from time to time. The Terminal is a good date flick.
But here are some nits I have to pick. This movie is science fiction! Why? Well…
Hugo Boss suits at an airport store for US$199?
If that’s true, I’ll fly into JFK and buy several!
Quarter refund for SmarteCarts?
I thought they cut that out because bums were living in the airports harassing folks for their carts.
Asshole Gov’t Employees?
Well, that’s probably true for some of them.
Catherine Zeta Jones as a sweetheart UA flight attendant who’s 39 and unattached with issues and stillittos?
Hmmm. Can’t see it. Nope. And the issues part of that is the only thing that keeps this movie in the “Science Fiction” category and not in “Fantasy”.
But the way she deals with her issues, that part of the movie belongs to Jerry Springer…
So gist of the story is “good guy stays true to self, doesn’t get girl”. Kinda bittersweet, dont’cha think?
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The next day I commented on �The Terminal� to 2 guys. I said, contrary to what the film critics said (romantic, sappy, Tom Hanks played too good of a guy), I�m interested in �weak party in systematic fallout situation�. Tom Hanks is good at being a dumb and inert, yet persistent guy in such situation. As upsetting as it was to me (and the audience?) to ANTICIPATE the systematic fall-apart, it was also a fun ride to see how he made friends and changed world view at the end. The C Zeta Jones line didn�t quite match the main thesis� simply because there was no exploration on her side.