Review of Unbroken (2014) by Ggusta — 01 Nov 2015
Yikes! I gave it a generous '2'.
I listened to the audiobook and noticed this was on hbo or showtime or whatever last night. I knew that it was directed by Angelina Jolie and that it did not do huge boxoffice so had a pretty good idea that a) based on such an incredibly good job by Laura Hillenbrand and B) directed by Angelina Jolie with little fanfare this film was probably a clunker.
It is.
I have to say especially the early part of his life prior to the military and the PTSD post-war, his turning to God, which was decidedly NOT part of who we was prior to the ptsd, it was his friend Phil who promised to serve God and did NOT after the war that made that promise repeatedly while on the raft,.
This is a great story beautifully told by Hillenbrand in her book. I would recommend it to anyone. This movie is dull, wooden, with the sole ironic exception of the scene of Louie holding the wooden post over his head, uninspiring and skips over the most important parts of Louie's life and sweeps the salient detail of his faith thoroughly under the rug. The story of the Bird post-war is also very interesting, of which we get two small details. There is much more in the book.
Save yourself the time with this really mediocre-at-best movie and go get the book. Your library probably has it for free.
This review of Unbroken (2014) was written by Ggusta on 01 Nov 2015.
Unbroken has generally received positive reviews.
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