Unbreakable [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Unbreakable [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Unbreakable
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Movie! I wish they would finish the whole trilogy. Bruce Willis is perfect for this role.Movie Review: Cult Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Not every one was a comic book junkie as a kid, but this movie will appeal to those that were. Super heros are making an impression with the Fantastic Four and Spiderman at the top of the box office recently. A different roll for Bruce Willis. If you haven't seen the Sixth Sense and like this movie, get it too. If you have seen The Sixth Sense and liked it, get this one too.Movie Review: Unbroken hero
Summary: 4 Stars
Currently hit show "Heroes" is riding high with the premise "what if ordinary people found that they had superpowers?" But they weren't the first to use that -- M. Night Shyamalan tackled in in "Unbreakable," an eerie thriller full of solid acting and writing, but a big fat letdown of an ending.
A train derails, killing everyone on board -- except everyman David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who survives without a scratch. As he tries to deal with this, he is contacted by crippled comic book dealer Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), whose "glass" bones made him speculate: what if there were people at the opposite end of the spectrum -- real superheroes with great strength and powers, REAL "men of steel"?
Realizing that he has never been sick or endangered (except when exposed to water), David begins to explore his newly-discovered strength and second sight, despite the harm it does to his fragile marriage, even saving others from criminals. But there's a sinister side to his discovery and the accident that caused him to explore his powers...
"Superhero movie" usually makes you think of loads of colourful action and young hunky heroes. But Shyamalan takes the opposite approach -- a middle-aged Everyman hero with wife and kid, and the movie is cloaked in shadowy camerawork, not much action at all and eerie, overquiet dialogue. Still it's very geeky, and very intelligent.
Instead of action, "Unbreakable" devotes itself to the mythic qualities of superheroes, and David's slow awakening to his own abilities. Rather than his usual suspense, Shyamalan uses atmosphere to keep the plot captivating, giving it the feeling of a creepy intense dream. And since every superhero has to fight the baddies, he weaves in some tightly-choreographed, grimy fight sequences as David finally makes use of his superstrength.
So what's the problem? Quite simply, the ending is a huge letdown -- while rationally it makes sense, David's actions at the climax leave you feeling, "That's it? That's all the 'unbreakable man' is going to do?" And somehow it feels odd that a "supervillain" wouldn't really have any superabilities (or compensation for them) himself.
Bruce Willis gives an excellent, understated performance as David, who longs for an indefinable something in his life, and slowly grows to realize that he is "unbreakable." But Jackson is even better as Elijah Price -- intense, passionate, and somewhat detached from the real world. His powerful personality balances out his frail body.
Shyamalan goes into comic-book geek mode in in "Unbreakable," a slow-moving, suspenseful movie about a hero's awakening... that only stumbles in the final scenes.
Movie Review: "I'm just an ordinary man..."
Summary: 5 Stars
In this film, Bruce Willis plays David, a man who's less than satisfied with his current life situation, but can't understand why. As a result of a train wreck that he remarkably emerges from completely unscathed, he meets Elijah, played by Samuel Jackson, a man with a congenital disease that makes his bones extremely brittle and has led a very difficult life as a result.
Elijah has been an avid comic book reader for most of his life, and proposes an unusual theory to David. What if comic books were exaggerations of actual events? What if there were people that are more than ordinary and don't even know it? Elijah, who is on one extreme of the spectrum, is very weak and frail, which makes it very noticeable when compared to ordinary people. He believes that there are people at the other end of the spectrum that can't be hurt and don't get sick, and that David is such a person. Elijah supposes that David is a modern hero, and that the reason he feels unsatisfied and empty is that he is not living his life to his potential by seeking out evil and stopping it.
This is the type of movie that revitalizes hope in mankind. Maybe there really are extraordinary people among us that are genuinely good at heart and strive to help others.
As M. Night Shayamalan tends to do, the ending has a bit of a twist. While I won't divulge details, I will say that it isn't a necessarily happy ending. Some people don't like it; personally, I find the ending very moving and satisfying, and could not imagine an ending that fit better into the storyline.
Movie Review: can heroes be real?
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie and is one of my favorites. I love the slow pacing and the thought of a "superhero" story set in the real world. A real story with real world sensibilities and pacing. True thoughts and action as a real person trying to understand that he might be extraordinary. The main character's young son being the one to push his father to believe in that possibility of something that seems to an adult mind as impossible. I Love the character that Bruce Willis plays, he a normal guy that fell into those cracks of getting caught up in a dead end job, loosing passion for his relationship and his life in general, something I myself and others can relate to. You see him going though the motions of his Job, his relationship with his wife that is on the ropes and neither one being overly concerned about it. Even his relationship with his son is missing something. Then the possibility of something more and following "your calling". Being presented something more, the idea your life has more meaning and getting obsessed with knowing the truth, is there more to my life then this. That's the feeling that resonates throughout this film, figuring out your place in the world and not fighting it, but embracing your true calling.
The Character that Samuel L. Jackson is one of his best roles in recent memory. What a great character, someone you feel sorry for that is suppose to be the someone you root for, someone you care about. You understand why he does what he does, he wants to also figure out why he is what he is and his place in this world. M. Night takes tradition comic book ideas and situations and transforms them for the real world but it's still just like a comic book heroes origin story. The Robin Wright Penn Character is also full of depth, she has her fears and those fears enable the feeling of something missing. Sometimes it's not the relationship, it's the people in it that are lost, once they find themselves the relationship fixes itself. I like seeing these two people whom truly love one another that just hit that wall and have to move on but really have no idea where it all went wrong.
I love comic books and super heroes, but here is a hero that is strong but not lifting cars, indestructible but not having bullets bounce off his eye ball, more of a real world superhero. I so want to know what happens after this movie and how this character develops. This movie was a pre curser to all these other superhero stories in film and the hit TV show "Heroes" that is about normal people figuring out they have powers, this one is done more practically. I never thought that someone could do a movie and make a super hero and villain 100% believable. this movie did it for me. Even the climax fit with what M. Night was trying to say about this character, he's not a brawler, a Martial arts expert, and mentally he's not that tough...yet. He's just a regular guy that has irregular attributes, nothing more, nothing less. Perhaps one day he'll be this grand heroic figure, but not today, today he's just a normal man trying to coupe, and handle these new ablities and respectabilities.
I also love the cinematography and the subtle pallet changes. Most of the colors dealing with Bruce Willies characters are dull and muted, the further we get in the film and the more emotion and passion are conveyed, the more the pallet gets richer and the tones get bolder. Just look at the restaurant scene 3/4 the way in the movie, there is emotion and passion starting to drive these characters again and the walls of the restaurant is full of color, the clothes are more colorful compared to these same characters at the beginning of the film, they have nothing but dull clothes and surroundings, just like there emotional state. Look at the rain coat/cloak of the main character. look at it the first time he has it on and compare it to the last. All these small elements help the emotion and heightened the senses of the viewer without the viewer even knowing it. If your not engrossed into the film it will be irrelevant. These things are small and it's easy to over due and hit you in the face with it, M.Night tried to go with the less is more approach that flows though out this film and stays true to the story, this movie is not batman nor is it the Matrix it is a true film with something to say.
Some people don't like these type of character driven stories, where much of the movie is slow paced and learning everything about these characters. At first glad every character in this movie is dull and sedated even, barely showing any emotion. It's almost like they have issues that they just don't want on the surface. By the end of the movie you see, the Mother, Father, Child and Father's Friend all have there emotional "awakening" and show some true passion for what is real. It takes guts for a film maker to rely on the actors performance so much, it worked here and the Sixth Sense, didn't in his recent films. The way it is shot is contrary from every other film that is shot today. Single set up and long takes with no cuts, and mountains of dialog. Most movies today have so many cuts to keep the ADD audience from getting bored, but this movie has the confidence in that the characters and story will keep you engrossed. I love characters. You live and die by it i guess but I really cared what happened in his Marriage, with his son and his budding relationship with Elijah. i didn't need some big action scene to justify me watching and enjoying every aspect of this movie.
Under rated film in my opinion but i also realize these type of stories are not for everyone. Most people who don't like the story or the ending want that big scene and would I guess be justified to see David do something truly superhuman, but this movie was about the unsaid things, the unseen thing, the feelings and emotion. this movie was not about action of violence, it's about finding your calling. It took artistic restraint and discipline to end the movie in the fashion that it did. it makes it true to the message of the story. this was the first chapter in the characters life, the action happens from this point on, and if you want that there are plenty of movies that deal with that. Most movies have this story in the first act, how cool to explore just this part of a hero story.