Unbreakable [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Unbreakable [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
One of M. Night's best movies. If you have not seen it, I highly suggest you watch it. If you like M. Night's movies then you will love this one. Movie Review: This movie sucks
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched this in the movie theater and boy was it boring. If this was a thriller, I wasn't thrilled. This is the type of movie you'd show your kids if you wanted them to sleep because it starts of slow and the ending isn't worth waiting for. This is almost like Blairwitch project where they build up the hype and the product ain't tight. I recommend you skip this and buy yourself a homestyle melt in Burger king, its much better.Movie Review: Amazing film that gets misunderstood
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great, in-depth movie. While it mostly appeals to people with knowledge about comic books, I think most people can appreciate this film if they're willing to go into it with an open mind and want to actively pay attention to its many story telling devices (e.g. not just dialog, since there's not a lot of it in this movie).
This film's use of colors, cinematography and silence really set it apart from most Hollywood junk. To make a good comparison, most people listen to pop music nowadays because it's a loud, fast, easy to follow medium; but, with Unbreakable you get subtle moments, layered themes and rests in dialog comparable to a classical composition. I'm not saying that to be pretentious, maybe you just like pop music. If that's the case, this film isn't for you. But, if you understand and enjoy the use of camera techniques, colors, sound, foreshadowing and juxtaposition as significant story telling devices you should see what this movie is about.
Unbreakable hits on so many awesome points about comic books and story telling in the mold of classic themes. Examples are David Dunn's alliterative name like most super hero comic book characters (Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner), the way scenes are framed, a believable origin story, explanation of the art of comic books, and how villains and super heroes are often friends (Magneto and Xavier). Obviously those are just a few.
Lastly, a lot of people say the ending is unexpected, but there were many foreshadowing moments like when the color blue was used for both the train ride (even the little girl had bright blue eyes) and for scenes involving a certain someone. Even Elijah's mom tells you straight up, "...this one has a surprise ending."
If you like character development, use of colors, cinematography, comic books and are tired of the trashy and overly loud Hollywood marketing junk then give this movie a spin in your DVD player.
Movie Review: New Slant on the Superhero
Summary: 4 Stars
This film puts a very unique spin on the comic superhero genre. I just watched it for the second time and felt the director was still finding his way when you compare this to Signs and The Sixth Sense, yet this earlier movie still delivers. Willis and Jackson are great in this - Jackson seemingly born for the role and the creepy edge he brings to the part. A worthy addition to your library and one that must be watched with your son (providing you follow with some discussion on the differences in good and evil). Movie Review: Great for comic book fans
Summary: 3 Stars
In my memory this was a five star movie, but after watching it last night, it's really only a 3 star movie to me.
It's dark, almost in a Hitchcock way. The lighting is dark, the music is mostly dark and creepy, there's almost always a sense of foreboding. I think I only saw Bruce Willis smile twice. But Willis was believable and it was interesting to watch his development into a sort of superhero.
Samuel L. Jackson has an interesting monologue about how comic books are a type of historical record that I enjoyed. I hadn't ever thought of comic books in that fashion. Beyond that Jackson is a sometimes creepy, sometimes sad character, but a very important one.
A friend of mine that is a comic book collector went nuts over this movie, and the ending is pretty awesome, but I don't want to ruin it. It was just a little dark for my taste.