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jwinslow;870937; said:
Thank You for Not Smoking - Entertaining, make sure to give it more than 25-30 min (it was ho-hum early on)
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Just watched it last night too...laughed all the way through it. You are right about the cast too...amazing.
 
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I just saw "Unbreakable" again. I really like this movie and think it could become something of a "classic". :biggrin:

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The only reason I felt the The Sixth Sense was worth watching was because of the carefully orchestrated twist at the end. I thought it took too long to develop that ending, and I have the same problem with Unbreakable. But again, the ending (which is even more clever than the one in The Sixth Sense) is what makes this film worth watching.
I consider comic books to be one of the greatest forms of literature. I'm not just referring to those that feature fairly mainstream and traditional heroes like Superman, Spiderman, or Spawn, but also the Disney comic books (especially featuring Uncle Scrooge, which can easily be considered "art") and the European ones such as Asterix, Tintin, and Lucky Luke. Perhaps the most compelling use of the comic book art form to make a point is Art Speigelman's Maus books.
The importance of comics would appear to be the primary message in Unbreakable at the outset. David Dunne (Bruce Willis) is extremely fortunate: he has gone through life (almost) without a single injury. When he escapes a train wreck that kills all the passengers except him, he comes under the scrutiny of Elijah Price (Samuel Jackson) a comic book aficionado who believes that comics simply are an historical account of a real struggle between super heroes and super villains. Elijah believes that David is possessed with psychic and indestructible powers and that he must use it to combat evil. Skeptical at first, David slowly begins to believe Elijah, who they call Mr. Glass because he has osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bone disease (for people who are interested in scientific accuracy, the correct ordering of the intensity of the disease (in increasing order) is type I, IV, III, and II).
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Taosman;875324; said:
I just saw "Unbreakable" again. I really like this movie and think it could become something of a "classic". :biggrin:
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I don't know that it will become a classic, but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. As a matter of fact I would say that the Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and signs make up for the Village and The Lady in the Water IMO.

It is interesting seeing Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson together in a movie playing such contrasting roles to their characters in Die Hard With A Vengeance.

I guess the scene that sticks out most in my mind in Unbreakable is when he shows his son the article about a man saving the children from the psycho who had murdered their parents. It is such a well crafted scene with as much emotional intensity despite a lack of words.

But then I am patient and I don't mind sitting through a slowly developing movie if the story is good.
 
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The Transformers.

Theater had beer (Arrogant Bastard Ale)

It was loud, it was an action movie, and it was perfect for a summer flick. Went into it not expecting anything of substance and wasn't let down.

I am interested in the JJ Abrams 1/18/08 movie (untitled) The trailer is interesting. My guess is that it is a Blair Godzilla Project based on what I saw. and have read.
 
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