Slow and Bad Script

Rating: 4/10 (6 February 2015)

Unbroken was just okay. I gave it one star lower than mid-range because I fell asleep for a portion and have no desire to see any part of it again to catch up. The film is about a WWII soldier held prisoner by the Japanese and was based on a very long book who many say was excellent. I read that Jolie successfully convinced the studio to let her bring the picture to the screen by selling them on how she capture the heart of the story. She failed. The script spent waaaay too much of the film depicting the character's suffering while floating around the ocean in a raft after their plane crashed. It seemed to take up the entire first half of the film. That time would have been better spent telling the story of how the main character dealt with his trauma after the war. The credits at the end refer to it. Apparently he struggled but finally found some solace through his faith and traveled to Japan to meet his captors who he forgave. Now I'd rather have seen some of that story than watching three men barfing after they tried to eat a seagull.