Terminal, The

Under the direction of Speilberg, the movie tells the story of Viktor
Navoroski. The tale is loosely based on the life of Merhan Karimi
Nasseri, still living in Charles de Gaulle Airport. The movie is told
in a touching, funny, heartfelt way, just hoping everything turns out
okay. Tom Hanks plays Viktor, a man who gets stuck in JFK due to a
political coup in his country. Hanks gives a great performances in all
aspects of the character’s ordeals. During one of many of Viktor’s
days, he meets up with a flight attendant named Amelia, played by
Catherine Zeta-Jones. She too makes a good addition to the cast &
story, without taking too much from Hank’s Viktor. Lastly, is the man
in charge of keeping Viktor out, Mr.Dixon, the Home Security chief of
the airport, played by Stanley Tucci. With a great cast of supporting
characters with their own sub-plots, the movie has plenty of strength
to stand on it’s own.

One thing that should be noted, is the amount of work Dreamworks put
into the set design. Due to a post-9/11 world, there would be no way
JFK would be open to a movie being filmed in it’s nooks & crannies.
So they completely built their own international airport terminal in a
massive hanger in Palmdale,CA (since a soundstage would be too small).
The three story terminal looks very well designed & looks as if it
could be a real terminal somewhere.

Although the movie won’t
win any major awards, the film itself is an enjoyable movie to see. If
you’ve seen all the big blockbuster films of the summer & looking
for a movie to see, see The Terminal.