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Summary: Terrible, slow and a waste of time
Review: SLOW SLOW SLOW, that is how i would describe this movie. Confusing. This has to be the worse movie i have ever seen. I can not find a person in my life that has liked it. dont waste your time or money on it. Just my opinion
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Summary: Unbrekable piece of ...
Review: What in the world was this movie??? It's definitely one of the worst films I have seen in a very long time. I simply cannot believe that either Bruce Willis or Samuel L. Jackson would take part in this bogues piece of ...!Here is the so-called plot: Willis's character - David, is a security guard at a football stadium. David survives without a scrath a train crash that killed every single one of the other passengers. This fact is promptly noted by Jackson's character, who is the owner of a comic-book gallery, and who to some genetic deficiency has a tendency to break bones as if they were made of glass (which earnes him a nickname Mr. Glass). The ill-fortunate Mr. Glass conducts a private investigation and realized that David has never been sick in his life, NEVER! This leads Mr. Glass to a completely natural and obviuos conclusion: David must be a superhero, gifted with supernatural powers. While trying to convince David to accept the destiny of a chosen one, Mr. Glass wins over David's only son and manages to [tick] off David's wife. To make things worse David and his wife are on a verge of a divorce and their son has a share of emotional and phychological problems. Was Mr. Glass right?? Can David fly like Superman, or climb walls like Spiderman?? Will David mend his relationship with his wife and son?? If David is the ultimate Good, who is the ultimate Evil in the story?? Who wrote this script, and why wasn't he fired and hired as a janitor?? Will we see one second of real acting in this movie?? Will we be able not to puke from all the amazingly-cheese lines in the movie?? This is one of the most idiotic flicks I have seen in a long time. Save your time and money!!
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Summary: The title pretty much covers it.
Review: I enjoyed this more than the Sixth Sense but I have to wonder why they feel compelled to spell out the story in the title. As with the Sixth Sense this is a very, very simple idea (man who can't die; man who is immortal; superman, etc). This story has been told 1000 times. However, there's no denying he does this stuff with style. Reminded me a bit of Dark City. At least this one doesn't have a dumb "surprise" at the end like Sixth Sense (of course he was dead all along--he got shot in the gut in the beginning...duh). If this is part #2 of a trilogy may I suggest that Part #3 be a comedy about a guy who's actually alive but thinks he's dead--because he's sick all the time.
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Summary: This was a great movie, and the ending was outstanding!
Review: After many of my friends told me that they were disappointed by this movie because "it was not as good as The Sixth Sense" or "the ending was weak", I did not set my expectations very high when I watched the DVD for the first time. Well, I was very in tune with the movie all the way through, and had NO IDEA that it would turn out the way it did! I had some guesses about Sam Jackson's involvement, but not to the extent that was revealed in the end. My wife watched it with me, and she agreed that the ending was outstanding and unexpected. I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. It is definitely not a let-down in any way.
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Summary: great potential, poor realization
Review: This movie is a great disappointment. With interesting plot and deep philosophical message, it could have been a great movie. Unfortunately for the viewer, this promising set up has been turned into a boring crimi with unclear purpose. On top of everything, both main actors' performance (B. Willis and S.L. Jackson) fell behind their usual qualities. Avoid this one unless you are a diehard fan of one of the two main actors!
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Summary: Broke
Review: I was waiting for this film. M. Night proved his storytelling ability in his last film, but just rushed everything about this movie. There are two nice scenes, but it's not enough to support the film. The bulk of this movie is actually TNT/TBS caliber. Samuel L. Jackson's scenes are so scripted, and he performs them that way. Poor performance. M. Night may be getting too big for his own [good].... Be careful M.
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Summary: Unwatchable
Review: Okay, it's not unwatchable. But the fact that this did not gross half of what the 6th Sense did should tell you that it is a seriously flawed film. So regardless of anyone's opinion or review, that fact alone is very significant in comparing this film to Night's previous work, which everyone (including Night) wants to do. This film is about a security Guard, David Dunn (Bruce Willis) who after miraculously surviving a train wreck without a scratch is contacted by a comic book art collector named Elijah (Samuel Jackson). Elijah has a terrible bone disease which causes him to have breaks constantly. He is the weakest of men. He contacted David because he was intrigued by his survival. We find out very quickly - so much for suspense - that Elijah believes David could be a real life superhero, straight from the comic books. The rest of the film is about David coming to terms with this at Elijah's prompting and direction. To anyone who would call this a masterpiece of filmmaking, I would propose several serious flaws in this film, which exist on practically every level of its substance. 1. *General* - Night tried to remake the 6th Sense. In practically every way, shape, and form this film tried to be like its predecessor, and that in itself is not only a flaw, but a little annoying. This is a small flaw, but the most rudimentary of all of them, so I included it first. 2. *Premise* - I could just honestly not believe that a top filmmaker thought it would be a good idea to make a film about a real superhero. If we're talking about Mystery Men, then fine. But this was a serious film that was quoting comic books as though they were doctrinal. The main problem here, however, is more in the presentation of the concept (see below). 3. *Presentation* - If you have the DVD of the 6th Sense, you've seen a documentary in which Night makes mention of the fact that in writing the story, he deliberately ignored the reason that Osmet could see dead people. That was not the point of the film and to try and explain it would have greatly lessened its impact. Well, he should have taken his own advice in Unbreakable. Had he not included comic books as our ultimate source of truth regarding David's powers, this would have been an immensely better film. Then we would have a movie about a man who begins to realize he has a strange strength about him. This is noticed by a mysterious man named Elijah, who is intrigued by David's strength, since he himself is debilitated. Then David applies his strength to helping people, we still have our surprise ending, etc. But there would not be the ridiculous concept of comic book heroes involved. The audience should have been left to realize the movie was about a superhero by themselves, rather than have it crammed down their throat beginning before the credits even roll (Night puts up a little fact sheet about comic book collecting in America at the film's opening). Then the viewers would have left the theater saying, "Wow, that was about a superhero," rather than "Wow...that was about a superhero." When Elijah calls David to tell him that his memory was jogged while reading issue 117 of Super Slimeman (or something) and that the reason he (David) almost drowned is because like every great superhero he has a weakness, I was reminded of the cast of Galaxy Quest figuring out how they defeated the Pod People in episode 325. One big difference - Galaxy Quest is a comedy. Unbreakable is not. 4. *Premise* - I know I already mentioned this, but wow. I still can't believe someone thought this was a good idea. 5. *Direction* - The film was annoyingly artsy. Every scene had to be filmed in a mirror, or with a swinging door that blocks our view of someone, or upside down, or from above, etc., etc., etc. It was distracting and put a distance between the film and the viewer. Night needs to just take it down a notch or two and get back to the fundamentals or filmmaking. 6. *Story Presentation* - The story was told in a boring, drab and predictable method. It was anticlimactic in several scenes, mostly because Night insisted upon "artfully (see above)" ending them in unnatural methods to try and shock the audience. It just didn't work. Also in the anti-climactic category, I found it bothersome that in David's very first episode as a superhero he finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a swimming pool, his only weakness. In his first adventure as a superhero. No foreshadowing, no drama, nothing. It just happens his first time out. And then we have the big surprise ending. Well, most people saw it coming a good five minutes before it happened. It was not masked nearly as well as the 6th Sense. More than that, it was so ridiculous that it was laughable rather than shocking. If the film took place in Gotham City, then maybe. But it took place in the real world. Lastly, what was this whole deal with him moving to New York and his wife and so forth...? That kind of got brushed aside. 7. *Believability* - This is different than premise, though the premise definitely falls into this category. But even if you can buy the premise of the film (and that's asking a lot) there are other serious problems with the believability of it. For example, David is a security guard. This means that he would have to occasionally rough people up, right? Basically, he would be a man who is in touch with his masculine side. So even in the remote corners of fathomable credibility where this film exists, how did David not notice that he was just a tad stronger than the average Joe? I'm sorry, but somebody who could bench press nearly 400 pounds would just simply be aware that something was not normal. And apparently superheroes have chronically bad memories. Have you ever met someone who did not know whether they had been sick before? People who have never been sick know it - always - and they are normally proud of that fact. They don't have to ask everyone they know if they remember a time when they were sick. 8. *Premise* - Did I mention premise? 9. *Characters* - This is the last one, I promise. The characters in this film are all incredibly unlikable and stagnant. There is very little life to them and the audience has a difficult time caring about what happens to them as a result. So this is what happens when filmmakers hit it big, as Night did with the 6th sense. They are allowed to make anything they want, no questions asked, just a bunch of yes-men surrounding them. No quality-control, just go ahead and do it. Hopefully Night got whatever it is he needed to out of his system and can get back to making good films.
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Summary: Slow, but a pretty good ending
Review: I liked the concept of a real-life superhero, but the movie was too slow. The movie seemed to just be focusing on the same fact 75% of the movie without making any real progress. The ending was pretty good, better than Sixth Sense's in my opinion, but that could be because I was so set on figuring out the surprise ending for the Sixth Sense, that I managed to figure it out halfway through the movie. I was kinda annoyed by Samuel L Jackson's character as well, I just couldn't understand why he was so set on believing superhero's exist. I mean, they do explain his reasoning in the movie, but he's a grown-man that should know better. That, and his choice of black leather and obsession of comics reminds me all too much of those wierd kids obsessed with anime in high school (no offense to any otaka out there).
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Summary: Interesting Follow-Up a Flat, Unfinished Work
Review: My first impression of this movie is how incredibly well Night Shyamalan can create a scene through lighting, sound and angles. This worked incredibly well in the acclaimed "The Sixth Sense" and worked well with Bruce Willis' bland, subdued delivery. It would be safe to say that most of us approached "Unbreakable" with the same expectations of surreal twists and unexpected revelations under soft light and flash-cuts. During the first ten minutes, you know this is the same guy who creeped you out in "Sixth" and you cannot help but anticipate the same kind of ride. It works...to a point. This movie is the first act of a triology on the subject where one man discovers he has superheroic abilities, but not in the cheesy, spandex-clad tradition of film and comic books. It puts the characters into a very real context and painstakingly manufactures our belief in the characters. If you take this movie as a one-shot knock off, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, but if you accept this is only the beginning and follow the story as an "origin" of a hero or transformation of a character, you will understand it, but I you may - as I did - feel created that there wasn't more to the ride. It is a self-contained story about "rebirth". This, however, is not enough for a good movie in my opinion. Here's why... The screen is gorgeous. But what goes on is tedious. Willis mugs and grimaces with little animation, while Robin Wright Penn serves as the flat cardboard wife with little to contribute but another complication to the main character's life. Their child is creepy, weepy and somewhat distracting in his role (clearly meant for Haley Joel Osmet since the replacement looks a lot like the current star of A.I.) Samuel L. Jackson gets to preach again - something we've seen in every good role he's had from Pulp Fiction to Star Wars. And while his character is one of genius, he is little more than Yoda in the Star Wars movies, a facilitating expository character who we are forced to believe is more important than he is. He is, to extend the Star Wars metaphor, a Darth Maul...a very cool character misused and too easily dismissed from the story. So we have characters swimming on a beautifully shot canvas, whispering to one another and performing scenes that are sometime interesting, often dull, enevitably predictable. The DVD itself contains some deleted scenes that are also gorgeous, and sadly more thought-provoking than the scenes left in. The documentaries included will thrill comic book readers who dig that sort of conversation and gives audiences an appeal to understand the film better if they watch a second time. We're also treated to a short scene from Shyamalan's childhood filmmaking days on Disk 2 to remind us how far he's come since VHS home movies.
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Summary: A Spine-tingling movie that is incredibly underrated
Review: I just saw "Unbreakable" for the second time, and I can honestly say it is one of my all-time favorite movies. Having grown up with comic books, the premise of the movie is intriguing and, in my opinion, has more depth than M. Night Shyamalan's last movie, The Sixth Sense. While I enjoyed the Sixth Sense, this movie just blows it away.
The first time I saw this movie, I was a little confused because I came into it only knowing it was about some guy that never gets hurt and then another guy that gets hurt really easily...I hadn't heard much about the "comic book as modern day mythology" aspect of the film. M. Night Shyamalan's ideas about comic books are very thought-provoking and show his brilliance and creativity as a writer. While being relatively young, it appears Shyamalan has conquered the thriller genre like few others have. After completing my second viewing, the final exchange between Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson still sends shivers down my spine, like no other movie has done.
The bottom line is that everything about this movie is excellent. There is absolutely nothing like it, and originality...and brilliance...are severely lacking in the movie industry today. I am looking forward to following Shyamalan's career in the future, as I find his style of movie making a unique and incredible experience. I hope he chooses to revisit these characters later in his career since I have heard rumors of "Unbreakable" being the first in a proposed trilogy. You owe it to yourself to see this movie...Also, the dvd edition has some great bonus features worth checking out.
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