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fpsg - hello. we're here with matt, of freshly picked snowglobes --

matt - hi

fpsg - -- and we're just gonna chat with him for a few minutes about a couple of different things, for instance: "castaway".

matt - i didn't like it.

fpsg - you didn't like it?

matt - not really

fpsg - well, what about it didn't you like? i thought tom hank's acting was excellent -- to carry a whole movie without any other actors supporting him.

matt - yeah... i don't like him that much. but i can see how other people might. i just thought it was a little heavy. i thought it'd be more mainstream. i wasn't prepared for all that... art. like... symbolism and stuff.

fpsg - you had to really pay attention.

matt - i was too busy paying attention to the characters -- the way they behaved... i guess i thought it'd be more realistic than it was.

fpsg - what do you mean?

matt - well... like... when he returned home from the island. i was surprised how quickly he was able to reintegrate himself into society. i would think it'd be more of a shock to the senses if that really happened to someone.

fpsg - if they were stuck on an island?

matt - yeah. can we talk about something else. this is getting boring. i thought the movie was okay.

fpsg - sure. let's move right along then. matt? so why didn't you like castaway?

matt - why are you asking me that again?

fpsg - i mean... it was funny, heart-warming, made you think --

matt - i don't know! i just didn't care for it that much. it was more apathy then anything else.

fpsg - so if you had a heart --

matt - what are you talking about? i'm extremely sensitive.

fpsg - your girlfriend said --

matt - what?

fpsg - she said you didn't cry when wilson died.

matt - when wilson died? wilson? wait... that fucking ball?

fpsg - fucking ball?!?

matt - sorry... the volleyball. it's not like it died... and no, i didn't cry. it's a volleyball, for christ's sake! colleen!

colleen - you are!

matt - what?

colleen - insensitive!

matt - when have i ever been insensitive?

colleen - well, let's see... there was the time with the tater tots.

matt - oh god...

colleen - you got the wrong tater tots, you fucking bastard!

fpsg - i hope we all learned something today.

matt - yeah. good movies are a dime a dozen, but you can't put a price on over 2 hours of a half-naked tom hanks yacking it up with a volleyball.

fpsg - that's not at all what i had in mind.