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Summary: Unbreakable movie!
Review: I saw this movie yesterday and I can consider it one of the greatest Bruce Willis movies ever! The plot was fantastic,the acting was superb, especially from Samuel.L.Jackson as the mysterious Elijah Price,[a.k.a Mr.Glass].The film's plot goes like this;David Dunn,a security guard for a football stadium,gets on a train which crashes shortly afterwards.Miraculously,David is the only survivor and is'nt even scratched or bruised.Shortly afterwards,David is contacted by a comic book art collector who has fragile bones due to a rare genetic disease he has.This man,named Elijah,tells him that he is a comic book hero incarnate.Of course David does'nt belive him,but after finding out that he's never been sick and that he can lift more than he should be able to, he begins to wonder if Elijah is right.To tell you more would spoil the movie, so you'll have to find out the rest yourself!
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Summary: OK for TV
Review: No worth buying... unless you get it from auction. VERY slow.
The 'surprise' ending is the same as if you were running and fell down just before the run ends....kind of disappointing to say the least.
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Summary: Wonderful, Old fashioned build up of drama
Review: This film is unlike any movie I have ever viewed. It is slow moving, yet very engrossing. The film takes you on a journey about the lives of two men. Both are looking for answers. They come together, and each man helps the other discover who they are. Bruce Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson are great. M. Night Shyamalan does it again. It is a movie you need to see twice, to understand certain things, and catch things as well.
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Summary: I liked it, but...
Review: I have to be honest with you. I didn't see this in a theater. I rented the DVD and saw it at home with some pizza and wine at the ready:)And I fastforwarded through it. You see, I just didn't find the story about David trying to hold his marriage together to be believable in any way. He tries to cheat on his wife in the first three minutes of the film, and this issue is never addressed later. So I just don't care about his personal problems.It turns out that David might be more than human, which is interesting, but it takes way too long to develop that plot. The ending is interesting, the music is nice, but on the whole this could have been a shorter movie.
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Summary: Shyamalan's Second Shocker!
Review: M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to the superb The Sixth Sense is an equally excellent film, with masterful storytelling, great acting and strong direction from Shyamalan. The storyline is about a seemingly-normal guy David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who finds out that he is impervious to pain and stronger than Schwarzenegger, when he discovers he is the only survivor from a horrific train crash. David meets up with comic book guru Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), who befriends him and tells him what he can accomplish with his extraordinary gift.While not as well-played as The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan has again created a world with fascinating characters and bizzare events. And like Sixth Sense, the film does throw up a shocking twist at the end which is even more unpredictable. Utilising the same techniques, the audience is treeted to the director's compelling world, much alike to the early Spielberg films; extraordinary events happening to normal people. The top-notch acting from Willis and Jackson makes the film's ideas work even better. And the premise provides a series of weird events, building up to a thrilling finale. If it has a flaw, the pace drags sometimes, but the material is handled with aplomb. This is one of the hottest new directors around working his magic to superb effect. The extras are really good, with comprehensive "making of" documentaries, some deleted scenes which add little to the film but still make for an intersting watch, and the "train sequence" with a natty multi-angle feature that allows yout to watch the film fron different view points. Plus trailers, a booklet and more production info. Impressive stuff.
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Summary: Unbeatable
Review: M. Night Shyamalan's rapid-fire follow up to 'The Sixth Sense' is, for my money, the better film. With his wonderfully original and perfectly structured screenplay, this young master once again has us entirely in his thrall. But it's the beautifully understated performances from Willis, Wright and Jackson which really make this work. With the wrong actors, or the wrong direction, this unusual story with its 'family values' subtext could easily have descended into absurdity or melodrama, but the tone of chilling plausibility is maintained till the end. Slick production design, thoughtful camera work and editing, and a surprisingly effective score from James Newtown Howard, add the final touches to what is a very, very impressive piece of work.
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Summary: excellent
Review: it was inevitable that, unless Shyalaman were to produce the best film of all time, his sophmore effort would not live up to the stunning Sixth Sense. But this film, while moving much slower, still produces a beautiful story that keeps the comic book idea within the realm of reality. our heroes and villians may not fly or call upon lightning, but they are still heroes and villians.
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Summary: Comics come to life
Review: It's a wonderful "origin" story. Comic book fans will appreciate the depths that the director has gone through to show us the birth of a superhero. I would really love to see his continuing adventures, but I know that's not going to happen. Perhaps it's best that we just have this first piece of the proposed trilogy. Some may think it a little slow, but I think the detail is what makes the movie special.
If you are really a fan of comic book superheroes, or just like a well told story then this will work for you. It's not action packed but then this is not about a superhero. It's about discovery and that takes time. It's a good journey to go along for.
Good replay value. You pick new things up with each veiwing. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Slow but still engaging
Review: Sitting through Unbreakable you might find yourself asking "When is this gonna start?" at least a couple of times. The movie is a pretty dreary dream that interests you but has you frustrated, actually wanting more. Plus Willis plays a dope, I mean he asks stuff like "was I ever sick?" and doesn't even remember if he was injured in a car wreck or not. SPOILER: On top of that, he didn't know all this time that when he touches people he can see the sins that they've done. Now how someone with powers like that didn't know about it all along is beyond me. I guess he must of avoided touching people his whole life or something. Now beyond the bad stuff, including the dumb text at the end, Unbreakable is still a very good movie. Even though Willis plays a dope, he still gives a fantastic performance. The scene where both he and his son want to see just how strong he is and keep on adding more and more weight for him to lift is just great. Speaking of his son, they have very good chemistry together. There's a scene where the son wants to prove to the father that he can't be killed and has a gun pointed at him is very emotional and heartfelt. One of the movie's more powerful scenes. Unbreakable is a superhero movie, but not another X-Men; instead it's basically about finding your role in life. The film has one cool heroic scene, though, where Willis attempts to save a family that are a hostage in their own home. Unbreakable isn't only about Willis' character though, it's also about Samuel L. Jackson's, who has unbreakable hair. No, just kidding: it looks that way, though. Jackson plays Elijah, who has had very breakable bones his entire life. Since he can't do sports or anything, his mom buys him comic books. After reading them most of his life, he finds himself convinced that he has an opposite who is kind of like one of the superheroes he reads about. The ending of the movie is very satisfying, even if the text explaining everything is disappointing.
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Summary: I was bored...
Review: I personally did not like this movie. It was my husband's idea to purchase this particluar DVD. He enjoyed it. Maybe it is a "guy flick." I just felt bored with it. The movie is slow going and difficult to follow. At the end I felt it was unfinished and bizarre. This is not one of Bruce Willis's best movies. I just could not get into it. This is just me...
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