I Was Fooled.

Rating: 3/10 (12 January 2015)

I remember seeing previews and sneak-peaks for Unbroken, thinking that I would either love it or really like it. The trailers showed a young man winning track events then becoming a soldier. I love movies like that that cover lots of ground. I thought this would be the next Forrest Gump. I was fooled.
Unbroken is a failure at nearly all areas. First off, the first little bit that deals with his early years and track days were sloppy as could be. It alternates between him as a kid and him on a fighter plane in the war, with the plane bits adding to the sloppiness. Why not just wait to show the all the war scenes all at once? It's so much easier for the viewer to get and better to see that way. When his plane crashes and becomes stranded in the ocean for 45 days, that is when the sloppiness subsides, but the movie's greatness stays away. What made the first little bit so sloppy was it was full of just random bits randomly thrown in at random parts. Is it so hard for a situation to have things surrounding it and build-ups? I'm not saying for this movie to have suspense, actually, give it suspense! Make it exciting! Don't make it a straight-up thriller, but have build-ups and links that make for a better flow and an overall better viewing. The main character and two of his friends being stranded is when the movie starts getting a little better. For some reason, I found the whole chunk of the movie when they are stranded to be very well-done. Then computer-generated waves almost ruin the whole thing. Eventually, he gets saved and it taken to a POW camp where he gets singled out and exploited, ultimately turning into 12 Years A Slave 2.0. I thought where would be actual war sequences and not just random exploitation. I don't mind there being exploitation or anything, just as long it leads to something. Not just torture then he walks off and nothing happens!
Due to this movie being realistic and (I guess) doing justice to a guy's life, I must give credit where credit is due.
1/4