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Unbreakable (Vista Series)

Unbreakable (Vista Series)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: BODIE'S UNBREAKABLE
Review: This is a movie about comic books. There is always a good side and a bad side. Mr. Glass and Bruce Willis have "super powers" There is only 1 thing that can destroy them... water. Bruce Willis survived a train accident and was the only survivior but more than that,, he was untouched. He was in an accident when he was in high school an he was untouched. He has never had a cold or the flu. He can touch people and find out all the bad things about them(murders,stealing...etc). At the end Bruce Willis and Mr.Glass shake hands and Bruce Willis sees all the harm he's done to others. You could say it was the shake of good vs. evil. This is a must see for anyone who likes suspence!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It is a good movie
Review: I really liked this movie in many ways. I loved the plot, and how unique the Cinematography is in certain scenes, like when he's on the train, or when he's rescueing those three people.

The story is about a superhero. That sounds very very bad, but Shyamalan does a great job in making this a personal story. David Dunn, played by Bruce Willis is a security guard who was in a train wreck and came out without a scratch on him. Elijha Price, played by Samuel L. Jackson, finds out about this and tries to contact David and get him to realize that he is a superhero. Elijha is David's exact opposite. David can't get hurt or sick, while Elijha spends most of his life in hospitols because he has a bone disease that makes his bones break easily.

The movie shows a scene from his life when he is thirteen and has another broken bone, and is very upset about his condition. He just stayed in his room looking at a television that isn't on, (once again the cinematograpy is great here) and his mother gives him a gift, but leaves it outside, telling Elija that every time he gets the courage to go outside he will get another gift. The gift he gets is a comic book. Right after that scene we see Elijha in a comic book art gallery selling a picture to a man. That scene is probably the best written scene in the entire movie, or the scene where Bruce Willis' son pulls a gun and tries to shoot him. I like that scene because you think, well what if David isn't really a superhero... What would happen if he got shot?

Elija is crushed when he finds out that David can get sick and hurt because he fell in a pool, swallowed water and spends a week in the hospitol because of pnemonia, because he thinks that completely disprooves his theory that David is a superhero.

David was also injured in a car accident and can't play football because of it. So how did he come out of the train wreck unharmed... He fell in a pool and almost died, and he got injured in a car accident...

The ending is also excellent. I really didn't see the plot twist at the end comming, but some people say that they did. How? I have my own reasons as to why I didn't like the twist, but to say them would ruin the movie for you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Plenty of room for a sequel
Review: This movie has all of the grat making of a superhero movie. We are robbed of what could have been a potentially super fight sequence. M. Night Shyamalan still pulls the same effect from a rather dull but killer fight. All in all I think this is the best film of the year and maybe the best I have ever seen.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Twist Ending That You Didn't See Coming
Review: Once you've seen Unbreakable and you understand the ending, it all comes to you in a single solitary flash: so simple, yet so satisfying. M Night Shalayman follows up his blockbuster "The Sixth Sense" with a fantasy about comic book heroes and their destiny in life. Bruce Willis turns in some good underacting as the hero David Dunn who has been at conflict with his true identity his entire life. Samuel L. Jackson plays a disabled comic art dealer with a more than unusual world outlook. The one scene that you won't forget is Willis bench pressing almost the whole house in front of his awestruck son. Unbreakable is definitely worth buying, the second disc has some good behind the scenes commentary, deleted scenes, and a documentary about comics and superheroes. The ending is quite a surprise and well worth the build up...recommended.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Who is your alter-ego?
Review: Very good DVD. I found that DTS was not really an enhancing factor in this film too much, except for the rain effects,I would like to have seen some trailers instead. Anyway, overall the movie itself looks, and sounds great. The story is what I fear may become standard M. Night fare, somewhat slow paced, then WHAM, in your face, ending. If you enjoyed comic-books as a kid or even young adult, or even now, you will like this flick. Watch it as if reading issue #1 of your favorite golden age comic. It is a dark, somewhat disturbing movie. Until the ending, then you wake up and realize what you have been watching!! GOOD FUN!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Unbreakable has been unbelievably misunderstood
Review: This is the best comic hero movie ever made. This movie is quite simply a comic book come to life. What it captures in every scene and line of the film is that quality found in just about every comic book, but missing from just about every super hero movie: an undercurrent of loneliness, abandonment and confusion. These themes are what endear comics to their readers because comic readers are often the insecure people who feel like they are left out and they have no place in this world. The comics are a means of escape and refuge for them. But the world of comics isn't so bright and spandex-clad as people might think. It is as dark and brooding as is this masterful story. The wonderful irony and foreshadowing throughout lead up to a perfect, yet not quite unexpected ending. The hero is full of doubt and uncertainty and has very human failures. The enemy has what he believes to be righteous motives, yet an underlying mania. The two of them are forever bound by their unique place as misfits in our world. This should have been Best Picture. Gladiator was, frankly, an embarrassment to modern American culture. It will be a shame if the trilogy cannot be completed due to the box office audience's inability to realize the wonder of this film.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Quiet Blockbuster
Review: Let me start off by stating the following: THIS MOVIE IS NOT THE SIXTH SENSE!! THIS MOVIE IS NOT THE SIXTH SENSE!! With that out of the way, let me continue. View this movie with an open mind and on it's own merits and you will be thoroughly entertained. Compare it to, and and expect it to be like The Sixth Sense and you will be thoroughly disappointed. Pretend that The Sixth Sense does not exist when you watch this. I loved this movie! Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson act their hearts out. The cinematography is excellent. The story really gets you involved. It is the type of movie that you have to think about afterward in order to get some of it's points. I am purposely not telling you the plot because that would spoil it. Buy this video. You will not be disappointed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't believe the low box office!
Review: I just rented this DVD and was blown away. After hearing all the negative press from the people who saw this movie, I chose not to see this movie in the theater. What a BIG MISTAKE that was! Apparently these moviegoers were expecting to see "The 7th Sense." I wish I could explain why this movie so great, but to do so I would be giving it away. I hope that the 2nd and 3rd movie of this trilogy is made. When the movie finishes it is not a cliffhanger but you will be hoping to see more.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Film with Flare
Review: Unbreakable is an interesting movie. I enjoyed watching it unfold, the alternating between tension and relaxation. Bruce Willis gives a tightly controlled performance as a man discovering his destiny and talents. Particularly wonderful is the performance of Spencer Treat Clark as the son who loves his father dearly. This little boy has so much power in those soulful eyes. You'll want to enjoy the movie if only for his performance. The DVD version is very interesting with a separate disc for special features. The deleted scenes are almost a movie in themselves. There is SO MUCH material on this disc. I heard the director's explanation of why the nude shower scene where Bruce Willis breaks down and cries when the impact of his miraculous survival hits him was deleted, but it is such good emotional film that it will have to be put back in a future "director's cut" of the movie. The early M. Night Shyamalan home movie is a hoot and very dear. I also found Elijah's mother played by Charlayne Woodard to give a wonderful thoughtful performance as the mother with the special son. This is a good movie, one that will keep your attention. I found the reversal at the end surprising. I think you will particularly enjoy checking out the special features of the DVD release!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Good Movie
Review: Somewhat random thoughts...It's an entirely different movie than the Sixth Sense. While it's not in the same league as the Sixth Sense, it doesn't suck. The movie is a 'slow burner', but the payoff makes it worth it...barely. The payoff isn't nearly as good as the Sixth Sense, but how many times can movie magic of that magnitude be replicated? If people had no idea who directed this, I doubt that anyone would accuse it of being a 5 star movie. The packaging for Unbreakable is gorgeous. There are 2 discs, one for the movie, one for the Special Features. The deleted scenes look and sound every bit as good as the movie itself, and appear in Widescreen format. Recommended.


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