The Terminal

 

The Terminal 2004

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Seen by this director: many
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Barry Shabaka Henry, Kumar Pallana, Zoe Saldana
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Tom Hanks – Many
• Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago, Traffic, High Fidelity
• Stanley Tucci – many including A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Chi McBride – I Robot
• Diego Luna – Rogue One, Elysium, Milk, Frida
• Humar Pallana – Darjeeling Limited, Romance & Cigarettes, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore
• Zoe Saldana – Pirates of the Caribbean, The Words
• Why? Possibly good. Decent Cast. Spielberg.
• Seen: 20 August 2023      

       Airports stress me out and I hate flying. I’m not scared, I just hate it. So this is not a good start.

       Viktor Navorski (Hanks) arrives at JFK to find that his passport and visa are nullified because war has broken out in his country. He’s stuck in the International Transit lounge for days and weeks, caught in international bureaucracy.

       I assume it’s supposed to be a romantic comedy but it’s unfunny, trite, contrived, boring, and ridiculous. What in the world were Spielberg and the decent cast thinking?     

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