Unbreakable: Total pants!!!

[gram99]

Just watched this film for the first time last night and thought it was a total waste of 2 hours!! What a crap film. I really enjoyed the sixth sense and thought on the back of that the himilayan dude would have done better. Where did it all go wrong? Surley Jackson and Willis should have read the script and bodyswerved it?

[utero]

well each to their own but personally I thought it was one of the most intelligent and original films to have been released in the past 12 months, the only fault I had was with the very last bit before the credits.

[Confucius]

I Enjoyed every minute.

[Alanok]

I enjoyed it especially with all the comic book references and the extra docs about the comic industry etc. But I thought the ending was abit of an anti-climax.

I wonder if the sequel might get made?

[cirrus888]

Yes I enjoyed and I thought it was intelligent and had a good twist at the end. A little slow and commercial but still better than most films released.

[Mr Flibble]

Don't worry Gram - I agree with you :)

thought it was very poor - the trailers made it look like a different film to what it actually was (to me anyway)

Not one I'll be buying

[Arch Stanton]

Fantasic film that over all is a much much better film than The Sixth sense. ( Although the ending let's the side down a bit. )


Still if you didn't like it you could always watch 'The Mummy Returns.'

[stigdu]

I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and my wife who rarely likes anything I like also enjoyed it as well, even going as far as to say she really liked the twist!

[Bolch]

Not seen it yet, but don't know anything so use spoiler tages people :)

Hoping it will be a lot better than 6th Sense to be honest. I found that painstakingly dull then about 1/2 hour from the end I thought becuase of the hype something is going to happen in the last 5 mins and I consequently got it.:(

My mates got the DVD, said I could borrow when I've watched the 10 or so unwatched DVD's in my collection.

[john316]

I thought it was Bruce Willis' finest movie acting performance yet - better than in The Sixth Sense!

[nc]

Fantastic film - one of the few highlights this year for me. Better than The sixth sense. And I loved the ending.

[Zander]

I really enjoyed the film, I thought it had a better story than 6th sense but the twist wasnt as good.

[gZa]

Masterpiece!

I pray it's the first in a trilogy of films! :p

[Bapapapa]

I enjoyed it, but there was a twist? :confused:

BTW - I *really* liked the bit just before the credits. Nice comic book touch, I thought. :D

[ed rooney]

I thought the Sixth Sense was a better film. Unbreakable seemed a bit slow at times, although I still enjoyed it. And I liked the ending!

[Ben Martin]

i enjoyed it but i'm not sure if i want to own it. the only thing that spoilt the film for me in any way was the fact that it was inherently being seen 'in the shadow' of the sixth sense. irrespective of which is the better movie, i just can't shake the feeling that under those circumstances it was a very odd choice to make as shayamalan's next film. too many parallels with its predecessor. so i'm left wondering what i'd have made of it if i'd watched it without having seen the sixth sense? guess i'll never know!

[APPRIA40WR]

Complete smeg of a film.

[Floop]

I loved it!

I enjoyed it more than the Sixth Sense, I thought the cinematography, music and acting were far superior, although Haley Joel Osment was incredible in the Sixth Sense.

How many shots in Unbreakable were all long one-take shots? Too many to count. This gave the characters much more depth I reckon, spared from the evil over editing present in so many movies.

My only criticism is the last 5 seconds of the movie, the text that appears at the end was totally wrong, why did they bother including that!?

The film is enjoyable as a piece of entertainment and 'what-if' pondering, but to try and suggest that it really happened stretches plausability beyond my limit, and so seemed a bit crap.

All in all, I am surprised more people didn't think this was a really good film.

BTW there will NOT be a sequel. M. Night Shyamalan claimed that Unbreakable is really the first act in the traditional 3 act structure which modern 'hero' films have - but this was only an analogy, he never planned to make any sequels, and in fact has denied that he ever planned to.

Floop

[Bapapapa]

Originally posted by APPRIA40WR
Complete smeg of a film.


:p

[kcxdev]

i loved the sixth sense but thought unbreakable was completely pants as well. Either I didn't get the twist (if there was one at all) or it was so blatant that it spoiled the whole thing :rolleyes:

[APPRIA40WR]

I loved Sixth Sense BTW.

[Letsgetdigital]

Loved every second of Unbreakable and think the DVD is great. Would have loved to have a seamless branching version with all the deleted scenes put back in (especially the Fairground Ride) as they are all great.

Can't see sequels happening unless M.Night is desperate for the cash - he doesn't seem to stay in one genre long...

[Confucius]

I presume the twist was that 'Mr Glass' was the one who set up all the accidents in order to 'flush out' Dunn

Seems a reasonable twist to me, I'm not 'into' comic books - maybe if you are it was more obvious.

Each to their own I s'pose.

I enjoyed for the dark, rather brooding atmosphere, excellent (IMHO) cinematography: deliberate pacing, use of colour - perhaps the lack of it, Dunn's character development as he comes to terms with what he 'is' and indeed the twist.

[Xenole]

Ok, my opinions:

One of the five worst films I've ever seen. I must admit that when Bruce began to use his "visions" in the last half hour, it did begin to show some potential. I expected to see the train crash, with him walking out of it, and something actually happen with his abilities, but no, they just skipped all that and spent 80% of the movie talking about how comic books are based on real events. Zzzzzzzz

[Spooky_uk]

Originally posted by Floop
BTW there will NOT be a sequel. M. Night Shyamalan claimed that Unbreakable is really the first act in the traditional 3 act structure which modern 'hero' films have - but this was only an analogy, he never planned to make any sequels, and in fact has denied that he ever planned to.

Incorrect. Be careful what you quote....

[Yonathan Gal]

erm Xenole please use spoiler tags... I personally enjoyed every minute of it, thought it was v intelligent and incredibly well made.... the tiwst was great and i didn't have a problem wit the ending at all... The way it had a pattern of lines throughout the film unil the revelation and then it's all diamonds and unsetlled shapes.... very clever that is.. only noticed thirs time round.. :)

[Floop]

Originally posted by Spooky_UK
Incorrect. Be careful what you quote....

Why is it incorrect?

I have the magazine article on M. Night Shyamalan, the DVD, and Bruce Willis's quotes on the alleged sequel with me now... would be interested to know what information you are working from.

Floop

[McMikey]

I also really enjoyed this it makes a change to the pace of most films I see nowadays. Although recently both The Plede and The Score have also been "slow" films which I'd recommend if you enjoyed the pace of this one. I saw this knowing absolutely nothing about the film which I think definately added to it. When the text at the start come up I thought (to quote the great Joey Tribbiani) "What's that about?". I would've liked a commentary to listen to tho :( oh and I think the fairground scene should've been left in aswell

[GK]

I've got a foot in both camps here (but I'm closer to the detractors, I'm afraid.) While I think that the eventual outcome is not even deserving of being called a twist, and is actually a ridiculously slim premise on which to hang a 2 hour drama, certain elements still resonate with me.

The sequence with the murderer in the house is fantastic - unsettlingly edge-of-seat, the whole thing looks beautiful, and yet ... for what ? A final payoff, delivered almost clumsily, that left me feeling distinctly short-changed. Isn't there a HUGE imbalance between build-up and resolution ?

I'm starting to feel that M Night Shyamalan is not much more than a careful artisan, who certainly knows enough about cinema to frame a shot smartly, is probably a good actor's director (I think Toni Collette is outstanding in The Sixth Sense) but doesn't know enough about narrative fiction to give us anything other than an ultimately shallow thrill-ride. Which is a real shame, because I think he's far from untalented. I actually think I'd be more interested in seeing him direct other writers' scripts, (something I don't really see happening at this stage.)

[urruri]

I thought it was a very interesting film

[Pike Bishop]

I didn't like it and neither did my girlfriend who I went to see it with.
Thought the 'twist' at the end was very dissapointing, as if the director thought he HAD to put a twist in the tale to make things a little more interesting, but it just didn't seem credible or thought out properly.

[neverland]

I loved the Sixth Sense, but Unbreakable just didn't work for me. The ponderous pace didn't really fit in with the comic book theme, and the weight-lifting scene was so drawn out I lost the will to live.

Also, the whole business with Bruce's character
trying to remember if he'd ever been ill was dragged out so long that you couldn't help but consider what a ludicrous notion it was.

[Brian_JD]

It had it's moments and kept my attention,but ultimately I
much preferred The Sixth Sense!

[gram99]

I am suprised that so many here liked it :) I was sort of enjoying it for the first hour but I was just so dissapointed with the second half of the film. I felt there was so much potential there waiting to be unleashed . I thought the ending was too quick and could have been explored a lot further.

[pythons]

Isnt this the second in an un-official trilogy of movies based on the supernatural. The third being this new movie with Mel Gibson bout crop cirlces...?

I like Sixth Sense and Unbreakable... Unbreakable is s l o w but good..

[The Allmighty]

I was so disappointed by this film.

I feel I should watch it again though because I'm sure I must be missing something about it as so many think it has many wonderful qualities. All I remember is being bored and wishing it would end. It just seemed soooooo sloooooowww with some awful acting....... perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind to see it and expected too much. Perhaps it's simply a grower.

[mr_woo]

i think this film is absolutely fantastic and it's definintely far better than The Sixth Sense, the pace is slower but the film had me so much more involved than the Sixth Sense did and i really hope that they make a trilogy (though probably not :( )

[JohnMac]

I can see why some would be disappointed, especially those who only watch modern blockbuster movies. However I thought it was excellent and ultimately a rewarding film. As with the Sixth Sense some good deleted scenes as well.

[gram99]

Originally posted by JohnMac
I can see why some would be disappointed, especially those who only watch modern blockbuster movies. However I thought it was excellent and ultimately a rewarding film. As with the Sixth Sense some good deleted scenes as well.

well I think thats a wee bit patronising John. I try and watch a wide selection of genres and still found the film a big let down?

[JohnMac]

Originally posted by gram99


well I think thats a wee bit patronising John. I try and watch a wide selection of genres and still found the film a big let down?

"...especially those who only watch modern blockbuster movies" didn't mean exclusively Gram99. Point taken though, I could have picked my words better.

[gram99]

hehe >defensive shield down< NP m8 I can see your point though. But it wasn't because of the pace, lack of fx that I didn't enjoy it. I think it was that there was a chance to really weave a good story and I think it was missed.

[Cornelius]

I thought it was brilliant, although the pacing was a bit too slow and deliberatec considering the subject matter, not too sure about the ending but I loved all the comicbook references.

[the Gimp]

I Quite enjoyed it.

Although, I think there could of been more of the singing nuns from the first film in it

[banky]

When I first saw this film I didn't think much of it so I decided to give it another go, and loved it! I think anybody who says it's rubbish should give it another go.

[Borofan]

Not a bad movie, but rather slow and didn't seem to go anywhere. Ending was a major disappointment IMO.

[Bapapapa]

I can't understand why people are moaning about the ending - the text bit. It's how ALL comic books end. :D

[Floop]

Bapapapa wrote:
I can't understand why people are moaning about the ending - the text bit. It's how ALL comic books end.

Okay so that's something I hadn't thought of before.

However, this highlights something that slightly bothered me about the film, although as I have said I enjoyed it.

Spoilers below: (how do people do that black box thing):

The film's argument was that comic book heroes and mythology didn't arise out of pure imagination, but had a basis in reality as some people in days of yore were unbreakable, and some were very breakable, and it's only in modern times that we have forgotten this.

However, if this is the case, and it seems from the tone of the film that it is a case seriously made, then to try and make the film 'comic-strippy' by including comic strip elements that aren't relevant to the argument, such as 'All Comic Strips Should End With Some Text About What Happened To The Characters', then you are taking away from the seriousness and validity of the original argument proposed.

Suggestions that this circularity is tongue in cheek irony or 'clever' do not really stand up.

[JamesK]

I'm coming in at the end of this thread as I don't have the time to read 2 pages worth - just wanted to say I thought it was alright, not great but a definite for my DVD collection.

[RoboCop4]

I think it's a pretty good film - apart from the weightlifting sequence. Not just becuase the scene went on too long, but it seemed a tad odd that the character never realised that ...

he had immense strength. Never in his entire life had he pulled, pushed or punched anything (in anger, for example)?! IMHO giving the character superhuman strength undermined the mystery of his character, and made it more like someone from a 70s TV show.

[john316]

I think the whole slow pace of the movie is in relevence to Dunn's slow acceptance to the powers he has available to him - he has been just an ordinary joe for years - I would not expect him to be saving the world in a couple of days!!

[Grumpy]

I thought I was a fantistic film and I enjoyed more than the Sixth Sense (it could be because I knew the twist in the Sixth Sense before I watched it)
Agreed Unbreakable was a bit slow but never the less compulsive viewing.