The ending to Castaway really broke me last night.

Watched Castaway for the bajillionth time last night. Great fucking movie. I begged for a Wilson backpack as a kid because I loved that movie so much growing up. Anyway, the ending where, after spending 4 years on that island, keeping himself alive and having only the locket with the picture of a kelly (Helen Hunt) and the thought of getting back to her to keep him going, he's rescued and makes his way home only to find that she'd moved on really struck a chord with me. Its a great ending, don't get me wrong. Very poignant and the realization that no one was in the wrong. She thought he was dead, mourned him, spent years looking for him and tracking the plane crash, but eventually had to move on for her own sanity/health. That's just life. They both played their roles beautifully.

Covid really fucked me last year (as I'm sure it did most of us). I lost my job and couldn't get back on my feet despite searching, sending out resumes, interviewing, only to get rejected over and over. I was in a deep hole of depression over that and just the state of the world, but I had my SO as emotional support and I wanted to do everything I could to just get back on my feet and proceed with the life we had planned out together. Unfortunately, my employment situation and mental health took a huge toll on our relationship and my SO eventually couldn't handle it anymore and decided to end it.

I couldn't help but see the parallels in the story I was watching and my own life. Not saying being unemployed is as bad as being stranded on an island for 4 years, but the mental hurdles i had to overcome alone made it feel like that. It was a lot to process and knowing that I couldn't blame her for feeling insecure about our future and wanting to move on for her own sake made it that much more powerful.

Anyway, Tom Hanks is amazing and I can't believe he didn't win an Oscar for that role.

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