The film tells the half-life of the legendary Louis Zambellini: learning to run, becoming an Olympic distance runner, becoming a bombardier for the US military, floating at sea for 47 days, sent to a prisoner of war camp, tortured and rescued. The film depicts the image of a hero who has been beaten but never falls in the narrative posture of an assembly line, and sings praises for the quality of perseverance. The title of "Unbreakable" is particularly appropriate. Most of the 138-minute film is abusive without priority and without priority. The audience with weak willpower will choose to leave because they can't bear it.
The actual look and feel of the film is very subtle. To sum it up in one word, it is "Deja vu", which is what we often call "instant vision". You can see the shadows of a series of classic works such as Forrest Gump, Chariots of Fire, The Fantastic Drifting of Pi, and Twelve Years as a Slave. If the above films have anything in common, then That is, they have achieved good results in the Oscars and can become the reference object of director Julie. The context of "Unbreakable" is very clear: first ten minutes of hot opening air combat, then twenty minutes of flashback to the protagonist's growth, then half an hour of floating at sea, then one hour of Japanese officers' mutilation, and finally a sublimation. The effect's documentary ending. It looks both layered and wonderful elements, but in fact it fails to form an organic whole at all.
The film is split into three parts, corresponding to three stories. The first story is about Louis as a runner, the second is about Louis who is adrift, and the third is about Louis as a captured soldier. In the first story, bad boy Louie joined the track and field team under the guidance of his older brother Pete. In the second story, after the plane crash, Louis and two comrades crashed in the middle of the sea. They did not give up their hope of survival. They defeated nature again and again, and finally Louis was rescued. In the third story, the air force bombardier Louis was captured by the Japanese army and met the extremely cruel officer Watanabe Nagano. The two were in a delicate state of love and killing each other. In the end, World War II ended before Louis fell, and Louis also forgave him. Watanabe. Without a single clear thread, it ends up being a waste of these three wonderful, start-to-finish stories.
Faith, family and dreams can support Louis to persevere. Religious belief can actually be a good point, but maybe the director Julie thought it was too vulgar, so he only arranged a church scene of exactly one minute, only the leader's nagging, and no male protagonist's psychological activities, so in the storm. The prayer of "If you can help me get through this catastrophe, I swear to dedicate my life to you" also lacks the strength it deserves. The weight of family is higher than faith, but except for the spanking at the beginning and the plane pick-up at the end, most of the time everyone in the family can only worry about Louis in front of the radio, which is no different from the audience. As for the dream, that is, long-distance running, it has become the biggest irony of the film. As Louie's greatest talent, this skill was of no use on a plane, at sea, or in a prisoner of war camp. For him, this kind of repression is much more uncomfortable than suffering from flesh and blood.
Also worth mentioning is the lack of a heroine in the film. You can see the influence of older brother Pete and officer Watanabe Nagano on Louis, and every set of dialogues between them is so intriguing. In a scene of saying goodbye to my brother, my brother said "a moment of pain is worth a lifetime of honor", which may or may not be Louis's creed. Discounted. And Louie's "Thank you, Pete, thank you for everything you've done for me" is definitely the director's voice. In the second half of the film, many people will compare it with "Merry Christmas on the Battlefield", and the audience who is not corrupt will also remember it. But Watanabe Nagano's dissatisfied eyes, this should not be the effect that director Julie wants, if you have to If a reasonable explanation is given, the source is the peeping shot at the 13th minute of the film moving from high heels to long-distance runners. At that moment, Louis made his own choice.
The two most sensational scenes in the film, one is the final acceleration in the long-distance running race, and the other is carrying the "cross" under the eyes of the officer. In fact, combined with director Julie's state of mind, I think that the Olympic Games can be interpreted in more places. After running with him for most of the time, Louie suddenly accelerated on the last lap and eventually broke the world record. But what was broken was only the tasteless record of the last lap of the 5,000-meter, and the final eighth result was not a particularly proud result. As Louis himself said, this time it's just a try, and the next one will come true. Isn't that the case with director Julie? The whole film is very monotonous and boring for 120 minutes. In the end, it won three nominations for the sensational combination of the main theme and has the capital to fight again in the next year.
In the documentary part at the end of the film, Louis Zamperini finally realized his dream of running in the Olympic Games at the age of 80 and fulfilled his wish. There is still a lot of time left for Angelina Jolie, and I hope that one day she will be able to direct a perfect anti-war work that will surprise us.
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