Monday, May 28, 2007

The Terminal


I was watching HBO NYC last Saturday and playing was The Terminal starring Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski and Catherine Zeta Jones as Amilia Warren. I can’t help but reminisce because d movie was filmed in JFK International Airport in NY. It was around this time last year when I experienced the city.

In the movie, Hanks was tourist from Krazozhia while Zeta Jones played an ultra pretty 39 y.o. flight attendant. The story revolved around the fact that Hanks wanted to enter the US and dig this "get an autograph of jazz sax player Benny Golson at Ramada Hotel." It really seems unbelievable reason why he was endlessly refused entry by immigration. He was stranded in the airport temporarily taking shelter in gate 67 for 9 months. He couldn't go back to native Krakozhia because of the civil war that erupted. During that period, he befriended almost everybody in the airport and touched their lives, reason why he was like a star when he was finally "allowed" to leave the airport. While his wait time to gain entry took quite sometime, his official one day trip was fulfilling as he met his objective of getting an autograph from his father's idol.

For me, the movie was like the new Honda CR-V. It's a so-so movie in fact the ending was lousy but it was directed and produced by THE Steven Spielberg, starred by award winning actor Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta - Jones so people watched the movie. I did. The new CR-V is so-so SUV in fact the exterior is unimpressive but it's a Honda and it's a CR-V so that alone will make people buy it. I will.

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