'The Terminal', a place, a story, and a film
Times of Bennett | Updated: Mar 15, 2023 22:40
by Saksham Maurya
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In the movie, the protagonist, played by Tom Hanks was initially shown very helpless and vulnerable but by the end, his character development was something worth noticing, how he molded himself to fight from something he never created.
That is Tom Hanks for us, known for his acting and ability to blend into any role that he does. Be it any movie or role, Forrest Gump, Sully, The circle, The Post, and one that I think is the most remarkable, ‘CAST AWAY’.
But for now, lets talk about ‘The Terminal’.
The story’s main plotline ends exactly where it started, ‘Gate 67’, where he built the fountain for Amelia.
I’ll be talking about the scene where the movie was being established, the first scene, the scene that led our Character Victor Navorski from Krakozhia to the ‘GATE 67’.
The movie has been established with the airport scene where the amount of security is been shown on the specific airport under the reign of ‘Frank Dixon’. One thing that I find really noticeable was, how in the starting security is asking everyone for their purpose of the visit, and for almost the whole movie, we never got to know the purpose of our protagonist, obviously until the end when he clarifies everything to Amelia.
Dixons’s character was established very ironically, in the starting how he was able to figure out the Chinese criminals just by looking at the CCTV, but for the whole movie he was never able understand our innocent Victor Navorski.
Whereas Thurnmans’s character initially was established was very rude and selfish and arrogant, and he was the one who took away the passport of Viktor, BUT in the end, he was the one opening every gate for Viktor Navorski.
Thurnman, from opening the gates to the International Transit Lounge to opening the gates to New York for Victor, its amazing how EVERYTHING is connected and how the story is blended together.
The same corridor scene is shown twice, when Thurnman was taking Viktor to the Transit Lounge and second when Dixon runs after Viktor after he walks out as a free man, showing the consistency of Dixon's character, the greed to win, the selfishness. In both shots, the characters, Viktor and Dixon, enter the transit lounge for the first time in the movie.
One of the most 'worth noticing' thing in that scene was, how Viktor is moving 'away' from the light source, and how he is entering the dark space that leads to the International Transit Lounge, which is gonna be his home for the next couple of days.
After Viktor enters the lounge, he is met with reality, through the television. I think that is one of the scenes played by Tom in his career that shows the level of his acting.
And, how by the end of the scene, the camera zooms out showing the whole transit lounge, his small little world from then, also where the whole movie is shot.
