The next is a bit of a spoiler.
It was a good movie to show the sheer endurance our men had, first, to survive the plane crash, and, second, to endure the harsh treatment at the hands of the Japanese. The negatives of the movie are that it didn’t set up the absolutely hopeless and destructive course Zamperini was on in the beginning of his life and that he turned to running to give his energies an outlet. It was covered but not as forcefully as it could have been. Then, the movie lurches to the bombing mission, and the problem the squad had in getting the plane to fly. They were basically ordered to go up in a plane that was patched together with leftovers and that is why it didn’t survive the SAR mission it was on.
Next we saw the endurance during the time as a POW. But, Jolie tried to cram too much in too little time and all of a sudden the war is over. They go home and the movie is over. Zamperini’s faith is covered as a printed epilogue in the closing moments on the screen.
The story is powerful. Jolie is not.
Despite the tolerance for Christian faith the Jolie-Pitt family have encouraged their young daughter Shiloh to believe she is a boy. I don’t get it.
CC
I’ve read Unbroken and have seen many interviews with Zamperini. Inspired by Bill Graham. Forgives his captors. Faith in God and country. Family man. Successful after the war. All of these things are despised by the left.
In their eyes he never should’ve gone to war. If drafted he should’ve burned his card. Then he should’ve grown his hair out, joined the Peace Corp, been a starving artist, protested against Vietnam, and died as an atheist living in France.
Very good movie
Ive not seen it yet but my friends all rave about it...cant make some happy no matter what.
The movie did not even come close to doing justice to a great story. A movie couldn’t. This should have been a nine hour miniseries (a la Band of Brothers) with a strong narrator to bring us into the minds of the actors, much like Morgan Freeman did in The Shawshank Redemption. I would have enjoyed that.
Saw it last week and he was on with Greta when we got home. I thought his interview with Greta was better than the movie.