Thanks Julie, it's a meaningful movie

Buster 2022-04-20 09:01:40

The original book is a biography, telling the life of Zamperini: naughty boy, running champion, dying at sea, nightmare of prisoners of war, rebirth after war. The original book records many, many characters and many, many events. It was a huge challenge for Julie to make it into a 2-hour movie. Although the finished film is not perfect, the main parts are coming, so we can't be too demanding.
I always think that a movie is not a grand scene, a visual bombardment, or a nonsense smile. That kind of movie is porridge (movie is also spiritual food). The most important thing in a good movie is that the director can connect you and the protagonist spiritually. It is you who understand, resonate, communicate, and think about the protagonist. From this point of view, Jolie still did it as a director. But the communication is both sides, the director does a good job, and the people watching the class will not be able to see the essence of the movie if they don’t need it mentally.
It is recommended that you read the original book before watching this movie. You will be more in awe of the dying drifting on the ocean. The real one who doesn't eat or drink and is exposed to the sun and rain is not a juvenile PI. There is no food in the concentration camp, there is no clothes on the snowy day, you are beaten wildly every day, and you don’t know if you will be alive tomorrow. This is not a funny and funny thing. Zamperini finally returned to the United States, but the damage of the war was too great, and he had nightmares every night about being abused by "Big Bird". Such a strong-willed person is still like this. If it was you, I might have gone crazy. So when Zamperini accepted Christ one night and said goodbye to his nightmares, completely forgiving his abusers, how could he not thank God for Zamperini? There's nothing wrong with him being a missionary (many comments write that his beliefs are overly worded, you can dismiss his beliefs, but you can't disrespect him). This is a tenacious, respectable man!
Thank you director Julie, it's a good thing to be able to adapt it into a movie! This movie is more meaningful than more than half of domestic movies.

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Unbroken quotes

  • Phil: Remember that story in LIFE magazine? about Eddie Richenbacker? Him and his crew ran out of fuel over the Pacific and were drifting in a raft for twenty-four days... twenty-four days.

    Louis Zamperini: They made it, right?

    Phil: Yeah... most of them lost their minds, but they made it.

  • [first lines]

    Phil: [in cockpit] We are here.

    Cup: [over radio] At 8,000 feet. This is it, boys.

    Phil: [over radio] You got it, Zamp?

    Louis Zamperini: [dialing in bombing scope] Roger.

    Lambert: You hit this one, drinks are on me.

    Louis Zamperini: I ain't going to a bar with you, handsome. You confuse all the broads.

    Mac: [wolf-whistles]

    Phil: Get your cameras, boys. I'm gonna light it up like Christmas.