Unbroken (2014)

First of all this movie protrays everything beautifully. There are no non needed or overused scenes and it's pretty damn entertaining.

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Despite some good heartfelt moments and a good perfomance from Jack O'Connell Angelina Jolie's Unbroken doesn't hit the dramatic impact that it might wanted to give since it's long, it moves slow and some of the casting choices are not that good. Overall a film that sounded interesting in mind but was handled rather poorly on Screen. (5/10)

UNBROKEN is a WW2 movie that once again has the hook of being based on a true story. This one's about an Olympic runner who becomes a bomber pilot and who ends up in a life raft in the middle of the Pacific after his plane develops a mechanical fault. This occupies the first half of the running time; the second half moves into prisoner of war territory. This film received a lot of attention for being directed by Angelina Jolie, but it feels very much like she's copying Clint Eastwood's style; he, of course, directed her in CHANGELING, so it's a basic imitation more than anything else.Sadly, Jolie makes some novice mistakes here; the story goes on far too long at times, and ends up being full of sappy, cheesy stuff at the climax, stuff that had me wincing in embarrassment; it was so gritty earlier on, too. Jack O'Connell gives a fine performance as the lead, but this does feel too derivative of the likes of LIFE OF PI and in particular MERRY Christmas, MR. LAWRENCE.

Expertly directed by Angelina Jolie, "Unbroken" is the true story of U.S. soldier Louis Zamperini (played by Jack O'Connell) who survived weeks in a raft in the ocean after a plane crash, then is taken prisoner by Japanese soldiers and brutalized by the commander of the P.O.W. camp.A dangerous bombing run, an attack by Japanese Zeros, a search and rescue operation that turns into a disaster, the agonizing weeks of starvation and thirst in a life raft, flashbacks of Zamperini's troubled childhood and redemption, and the never ending days of torment in two Japanese P.O.W. camps give the audience insight to who this amazing person is and how he was able to survive the hardships during World War II.My most memorable, movie moment of "Unbroken" is the scene when O'Connell is in the life raft with two of his friends who also survived the plane crash; there is a wicked storm and each wave is as big as a three-story house. O'Connell grips tightly on the ropes attached to the raft, praying to God to help him make it through this horror."Unbroken" is a story made more powerful because it is true. Both the beauty and ugliness of the human spirit are shown, with the "better angels of our nature" winning.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments