Coressel
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- May 26, 1999
- Messages
- 699
"I think the concept is more interesting than the execution."
That's exactly how I feel about this movie. I also just saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and while I appreciated what it was trying to do, I felt I really missed something. Then I watched disc 2 and discovered exactly what it was I was missing... the missing scenes!
The DVD of Unbreakable is a major study in miscalculation. I strongly feel that most of the cut scenes should have been left in. The director explains that, for example, the shot of Bruce Willis crying in the shower was cut because it was "too much emotion that early in the film..." Well, that's exactly what the movie needs, something more than just people walking around in a coma for the first 35 minutes. Also, the conversation with the priest was cut for no good reason at all. That dialogue would have given the movie much more depth.
So, although I loved certain production aspects of the movie, I still feel like I don't get it. And I'm one who usually does go for "weird" movies everybody else doesn't get...
That's exactly how I feel about this movie. I also just saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and while I appreciated what it was trying to do, I felt I really missed something. Then I watched disc 2 and discovered exactly what it was I was missing... the missing scenes!
The DVD of Unbreakable is a major study in miscalculation. I strongly feel that most of the cut scenes should have been left in. The director explains that, for example, the shot of Bruce Willis crying in the shower was cut because it was "too much emotion that early in the film..." Well, that's exactly what the movie needs, something more than just people walking around in a coma for the first 35 minutes. Also, the conversation with the priest was cut for no good reason at all. That dialogue would have given the movie much more depth.
So, although I loved certain production aspects of the movie, I still feel like I don't get it. And I'm one who usually does go for "weird" movies everybody else doesn't get...