Laffe
Joined Jul 2000
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Just seen Episode II and I got to write something to get it out of my system... (No spoilers, I promise!)
I... loved it!
It's far better than Episode I.
Plotwise it is about as complex (or non-complex, if you like) as the first prequel and the following (original) movies. Structurally it is more sound than Episode I. For instance, the climax is at the end of the movie, instead of in the middle.
Visually it is stunning. Lots of visual easter eggs to look out for, both design-wise and character-wise, to serve as tie-ins to both Episode I and the original (following) episodes. (This baby is going to run in slow motion and on repeat on my DVD when it is released!) One Swedish reviewer complained that he could discern which backgrounds where digital and that it looked like a video game. In that case I would like to have his game console, I have never seen a computer game this life like.
Well, okay, so the acting wasn't top notch. Jake Lloyd as the nine year old Anakin in The Phantom Menace is actually a better actor than Hayden Christensen as the nineteen year old jedi apprentice in Attack of the Clones. However, he whines just like Mark Hamill as Luke in Episode IV, very amusing! Jar Jar Binks is in it though, but he hardly has a minute of total screen time. The digital characters are better than ever, and even though the all-digital Yoda sometimes isn't as good as the puppet one, the audience cheered and applauded when he finally reached for the lightsaber...
Lastly, one reviewer complained that while technically brilliant this movie lacked catchy lines for fans to pick up. Not so, you just have to pay attention. I picked up one five minutes into the film: Jedi poodo!
10/10. May the force be with you.
I... loved it!
It's far better than Episode I.
Plotwise it is about as complex (or non-complex, if you like) as the first prequel and the following (original) movies. Structurally it is more sound than Episode I. For instance, the climax is at the end of the movie, instead of in the middle.
Visually it is stunning. Lots of visual easter eggs to look out for, both design-wise and character-wise, to serve as tie-ins to both Episode I and the original (following) episodes. (This baby is going to run in slow motion and on repeat on my DVD when it is released!) One Swedish reviewer complained that he could discern which backgrounds where digital and that it looked like a video game. In that case I would like to have his game console, I have never seen a computer game this life like.
Well, okay, so the acting wasn't top notch. Jake Lloyd as the nine year old Anakin in The Phantom Menace is actually a better actor than Hayden Christensen as the nineteen year old jedi apprentice in Attack of the Clones. However, he whines just like Mark Hamill as Luke in Episode IV, very amusing! Jar Jar Binks is in it though, but he hardly has a minute of total screen time. The digital characters are better than ever, and even though the all-digital Yoda sometimes isn't as good as the puppet one, the audience cheered and applauded when he finally reached for the lightsaber...
Lastly, one reviewer complained that while technically brilliant this movie lacked catchy lines for fans to pick up. Not so, you just have to pay attention. I picked up one five minutes into the film: Jedi poodo!
10/10. May the force be with you.
Following up on such a successful debut as "the Sixth sense" would be impossible, so Shyamalan doesn't even try it. What he has done is a low key, eerie thriller bordering on the supernatural, not quite crossing over the line. One could say it has the same theme as "the Sixth Sense", but a totally different perspective.
Short recap of the story: Elijah Price is born with a serious disease making his bones very brittle. (In fact, he is born with both his arms and legs broken.) As an encouragement to make him go outside his home, his mother gives him comic books each time he ventures outside. So he grows up into a successful art dealer and comics collector (Samuel L. Jackson). He becomes fixated on the idea that if people with physical deficiensies exist, there has to be people on the other end of the spectrum wich lacks any physical weaknesses. In other words; superheroes.
When a serious train crash occurs with a single survivor, David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Price is certain he has found his hero. Price then tries to convince Dunn that he really is a superhero. What follows is quite an interesting struggle between the reluctant Dunn, the charismatic Price and Dunn's son who really wants his dad to be something more heroic than an ordinary security guard. More and more we learn that Dunn might be more than he seems at the same time as Dunn and his son do. We also realise that Price might not be so disturbed as he seems, but right until the end we are kept in the dark on exactly who (if not all) of the characters live in a dream world.
Short summary: If you have an open mind and would like to see a different thriller, you will probably like Unbreakable. Especially if you know your comic herobook trivia and recognise the symbolic clues sprinkled throughout the movie. If you liked Sixth Sense and think this is just a sequel with more of the same, you will probably be disappointed.
Short recap of the story: Elijah Price is born with a serious disease making his bones very brittle. (In fact, he is born with both his arms and legs broken.) As an encouragement to make him go outside his home, his mother gives him comic books each time he ventures outside. So he grows up into a successful art dealer and comics collector (Samuel L. Jackson). He becomes fixated on the idea that if people with physical deficiensies exist, there has to be people on the other end of the spectrum wich lacks any physical weaknesses. In other words; superheroes.
When a serious train crash occurs with a single survivor, David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Price is certain he has found his hero. Price then tries to convince Dunn that he really is a superhero. What follows is quite an interesting struggle between the reluctant Dunn, the charismatic Price and Dunn's son who really wants his dad to be something more heroic than an ordinary security guard. More and more we learn that Dunn might be more than he seems at the same time as Dunn and his son do. We also realise that Price might not be so disturbed as he seems, but right until the end we are kept in the dark on exactly who (if not all) of the characters live in a dream world.
Short summary: If you have an open mind and would like to see a different thriller, you will probably like Unbreakable. Especially if you know your comic herobook trivia and recognise the symbolic clues sprinkled throughout the movie. If you liked Sixth Sense and think this is just a sequel with more of the same, you will probably be disappointed.