different but entertaining

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2008)

i saw bits of this years ago on TV and thought it was good. about 2-3 nights ago it was on again so i decided to sit down and watch the whole movie, and i'm very glad that i did.
the movie is filmed as though it is a comic book come to life. dialogue and actions that would normally be put into each individual picture of the book. camera angles and the slightly blue coloured filter used throughout most of the movie add to this effect.
the idea that the comic book characters of today are based off actual human abilities are somewhat exaggerated was good. that there are real heroes out there in the world, extending an arm to those in need. that some people out there have more to them then they know, but they have got to believe and develop their skills for hope to go further with their purpose.
Samuel L. Jackson's character (Elijah...who suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta) has a somewhat strange obsession with comic books and their characters. believing that there is someone out there who is a "superhero". what he does to find this person is a scary thought but in the end finds him with Bruce Willis' character David Dunn.
David finds it hard to believe this but his son, the true innocence of a child, fully believes in what Elijah is saying and becomes very upset that his father does not believe in himself. does not believe that he cannot be hurt.
But every hero has a weakness and every hero has a villain as an opposite. this movie delivers these themes and this story very well.