Extraordinarily Flat in the Telling

Rating: 4/10 (25 April 2015)

The story of Louis Zamperini, an inspiring journey of a delinquent turning into a Olympic contender, then a bombardier is rendered as flat as a pancake in the film Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken."
The inspiring next 3/4 (the story after the war) is completely omitted, thus leaving us with an impression of male model with perfect hair and barely a beard after 45days without much sustenance on a raft taken in to custody by the Japanese in a POW camp and beaten, oh, every five minutes in film time.
There is absolutely no character development, no horrific injuries shown, not much camaraderie between the campers, only the old trope of the evil, pathological POW commander focusing all his attention on the hero taken out for yet one more airing.
It seems impossible given the content of the true story, death defying challenges, a conversion to God, etc. could be such a bore. But it was. 4 out of 10 for the cinematography. There's a great movie buried underneath this yet to be made.