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Summary: Was Not What I Expected
Review: "Unbreakable" was a disappointment to me. After watching the incredible movie, "The Sixth Sense," I was sure that this film would be excellent. I was wrong. This movie just did not have the same spark that the "The Sixth Sense" possesses. The ending made me laugh, and even though this film was not meant to be realistic, the overall premise seemed completely silly. I couldn't believe it when the twist ending was revealed and ended up thinking, "You've got to be kidding!"I won't say this is a horrible movie, but if I could give advice to anyone who's thinking about seeing this movie, I would say to watch something else.
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Summary: A bit silly
Review: I rented this movie because M. Night Shyamalan made it. After watching it I'm glad I didn't buy it. It's a bit too stupid for me. It's a comic book movie but it doesn't look like one. Bruce Willis does not look like a super hero and this doesn't seem like a movie about a super hero. This movie is geared towards adults but is dumb enough for little kids. I doubt this would even make it as a comic book. If you're a comic fan go watch Spider-Man or Daredevil. If you're a M. Night fan go watch Sixth Sense or Signs. Leave this one on the shelf.
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Summary: See this more than Once....
Review: When I saw unbreakble the first time in theatres, I was disappointed. I walked in with pictures of "The Sixth Sense" in mind, and was foolishly expecting the same experience.
Unbreakable is not the same experience.
A year after I saw this film, I rented it on DVD, and gave it a second chance.
I'm glad I did.
Like "The Sixth Sense" I was expecting something with a quick, driving plot. What I realized the second time around, is that a movie does not need "speed" to pin you to your seat.
Let me put it this way:
Unbreakable is more like a painting. You can't look for out of this world action sequences or flying bullets or heroes that leap out of the shadows wielding gattling guns. A does not shoot into B to shoot into C to zip into D to gain a furious amount of momentum until it furiously races to Z.
Unbreakable's triumph does not come from "quickness of plot." What it does, is make you see how beautifully ABCDEF AND G are all strung together like beads in a necklace.
It is a story of self-disovery, or learning your place in the world. Comic books are just the skin for this theme, but they do work well.
It is a gradual realization. It requires precise acting.
Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson pull it off.
Being that this movie is a "work of art" cinematography is extremely important. They pull it off beautifully, too. Watch the "Train Station" sequence. You'll see what I mean, and you will want to watch that scene over and over agian. I did.
Let this movie sink in. Look for the subtle things: way characters are dressed, colors of clothes and objects, camera shots that build suspense.
Notice how the final action sequence is not all that "grand."
But it is "great." It hovers on that beautifull line between the believable and the unbelievable. It is not unconvincing, like Spiderman.
Above all, watch this one more than once. Like a painting in a gallery, a collector will view their work over and over again.
This is what you need to do with this movie.
Are you Unbreakalbe?
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Summary: Fulfilling one's destiny...
Review: There is a notion that all of us have a particular talent or power within us, which must be used, defining our place and purpose in life. This is the central theme in M. Night Shyamalan's original film, ~Unbreakable~. Do you wake up in the morning feeling a touch of melancholia or sadness, because you're not really doing what you're supposed to be doing - are you fulfilling your destiny? David Dunn (Bruce Willis) certainly feels this sadness. When he miraculously survives a devastating train accident, the sole survivor, an eccentric character enters his life, Elija Price (Samuel Jackson), and reveals Dunn's true destiny. If you haven't seen ~Unbreakable~ Dunn's true calling will surprise you. This theme is similarly explored in Shyamalan's other films - 'The Sixth Sense' and 'Signs'. In 'The Sixth Sense' a little boy must overcome his fear to fulfill his destiny - helping the dead resolve their unresolved issues on earth. And in 'Signs', a man of the cloth loses his faith, only to find it again after a series of life changing circumstances. However, ~Unbreakable~ has to be the most original of the three. Shyamalan's talent as a filmmaker is without question - he uses certain techniques to create a suspense-filled atmosphere in his films that causes, for me at any rate, a visceral response. Everything about this film, screenplay, direction, editing and the performances are first rate. ~Unbreakable~ is a five star viewing experience.
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Summary: SOLID thriller...
Review: In my estimate this is Shyamalan's best so far.6TH SENSE...if you attended carefully...gave itself away in the first reel. The "suspenseful unravelling"--while entertaining-- was hardly jolting. SIGNS is cleverly entertaining. It combines several genre with very good acting and excellent cinematic technical riffs.But it's still WAR of the WORLDS reprise. UNBREAKABLE, however,is unique. The acting by all principals is dramatically "undramatic". The plot...despite the catastrophe that begins the film...is understated to the point of being staidly pedestrian. [The most dramatic moment seems to be when Bruce Willis'son threatens to shoot him to prove he is "unbreakable"]. However, Director Shyamalan with wondeful subtlety is presenting a stunning "character-driven"(non-action/Action)Quest of DISCOVERY.The irony that COSMIC forces of GOOD and EVIL may be in confrontation never manifests itself until the closing moments of film which suddenly essays THE MYTHOLOGICAL. Samuel L. Jackson's performance as Mr. Glass, the eccentric LIMITED EDITION Comics proprietor and artist-manque, is ultimately electrifying. He is THE MIRROR of unending battle between Light and Dark Sides of the human condition. The Director has made this mirror image a SOLID Thriller. (4 & 1/2 stars)
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Summary: Good premise, but full of holes
Review: I thought the premise was good (you can read about the plot in other reviews) but the execution poor. Willis walks through the story with a melancholia that would depress a rock. He was so empty of life and love and joy that I really couldn't care much about him one way or the other. If I had been his wife, I would have divorced him years before! I also found it inconceivable that a grown man would have gone through life without ever being sick or injured -- and with obviously "super-human" strengths and abilities -- yet seem almost totally unaware of all of this (at one point, he has to ask his boss and his soon-to-be-ex-wife if he's ever been sick). Believe me, his mother would have realized something was unusual by the time he was 10!!! Still, there was something intriquing about the whole thing, and the acting was fairly good (given the one note that Willis was restricted to). I did keep watching (I have a low tolerance for movies and give them only 20 minutes to prove themselves), so it wasn't a total waste. But it really never inched much above average for me. Hope you enjoy it more!
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Summary: "But it moves so slow......"
Review: This one changed my opinion of Shyamalan. I dismissed this guy as a total schmuck who found fame in making a movie that [take] the entire plot to "Carnival Of Souls"(and "Jacob's Ladder" in a way). I don't want to get off on my essay on all the reasons why "The Sixth Sense" was rotten, but I want you all to understand that I HATED Shyamalan about as much as I hate Don Henley(and that's alot). Well, after his success with "The Sixth Sense", he could have gone on to do just about any movie he wanted. Instead of making some multi-million dollar CGI filled, action packed "scary" film, he hits us with this bizarre little thriller that almost ventures into David Lynch territory. I'm not saying that I now like Syamalan based soley on that principal..... I really did like this movie. Sure, it's slow moving(but the best movies usually are), there aren't jump-out-of-your-seat moments every five minutes, and (this is debatable) there isn't anything really supernatural about it. I guess I can see why people were let down by this. I'm sure everyone was expecting this to be another "Sixth Sense" or even to top it. Everyone seems to love that film more (God only knows why), but "Unbreakable", in my opinion, was a pretty clever piece of work. At least it didn't [resemble] the plot of an older (and much better) horror film.
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Summary: M. Night Shyamalan - sick of the name yet?
Review: This is an interesting movie but as with all of his movies, extremely slow-paced - i fell asleep the first time. Despite the image of his name being presented to you in huge letters at the beginning and end of his films, shyamalan's apparent image of himself as the 'hottest' filmmaker in hollywood and the incessant self-promotion seems only to accentuate the impression that shyamalan is a good deal over-rated. 'Signs' as well was a disapointment.
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Summary: if you do not like this movie your nuts
Review: this movie is incredible. great shots and camera angles, great lighting, great vison and this is one director to keep an eye on. it is a movie about a security guard who possesses extraordianry powers. i do not want to say more because it is just a great movie and you should see it with as little info as not to ruin even a second of this movie.
as for the dvd, some great features include a good behind the scenes, some cool deleted scenes and a documentary of comic books. why comic books you ask? because this movie is truly a comic book come to life in a movie setting.
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Summary: Four stars until the end - but still worth watching
Review: Like most of Shyamalan's films, "Unbreakable" begins beautifully and cryptically. David (Bruce Willis), returning home to Philadelphia from a job interview in New York, survives - without a scratch - a horrific train wreck that kills everyone else. He is tracked down by Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson) who suffers from a rare brittle bone disease that has left him crippled. Elijah proposes a reason for David's survival as well as his own breakable bones that gives David the creeps. David wants nothing to do with this man whom he views as insane and who is, perhaps, a threat to his son. Yet as events unfold, David cannot escape the idea Elijah has planted. Willis' understated delivery is perfect for Shyamalan's style of cinematic suspense. Robin Wright Penn and Samuel L. Jackson follow suit with lines delivered so delicately and with such restraint that they contribute to the tension. The cinematography is brilliant, setting the mood with aplomb. The strength of "Unbreakable" is not the plot but the relationships between characters - their dreams and disappointments, what keeps these people together and what threatens to break them apart. The main flaw of the movie is the last fifteen minutes, when the revelation, which is clearly meant to blow the audience away, arrives with a flatness that will disappoint many people. I, for one, saw it coming - and hoped I was wrong. Or that Shyamalan would do something extraordinary with it. Unfortunately, it was not to be. If the ending had been handled with more care, this film definitely would have deserved four stars. Although I'm glad I didn't pay to see "Unbreakable" in the theaters, I feel that it is well worth seeing in DVD (or video) format.
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