PastMiddleAge OP t1_j6lclvv wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:24 AM

Reply to comment by might-be-your-daddy in The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge

> the theory that she was going to leave him anyway

Funny because I just watched it for the first time in a long time, and I could totally see that being the case. I had never noticed before. But I definitely picked up on Kelly’s understandable dissatisfaction this time. Maybe it’s the wisdom of years.

Keyspam102 t1_j6n1x1j wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:29 PM

I always understood it as he was too involved in work/stuff that he didn’t realise her dissatisfaction (same as with the coworker who’s wife was dying, being kind of insensitive or wanting to be personal but not knowing how), not realising how much he loved her until afterwards, and then actually getting a second chance to see her again he was able to accept that she could make a life without him was a testament to how much he changed.