Friday, May 25, 2001
7:57 PM
Just watched Unbreakable. Seriously cool film. One of the bits that impressed me the most was the camera work in the second sequence where the Hero, David Dunne, is talking to some woman trying to come onto her. It's taken from the point of view of a child who's looking at each person as they speak, using the gap between some train seats to frame the speaker. You find out later that it's intentional, just like the panels of a comic book.
This is one of the things that seperates Unbreakable from the Sixth Sense for me and makes the former a better movie. The way the ending is set up is a hell of a lot more gentle and when it does happen it doesn't overpower the rest of the film like it did in the Sixth Sense. Though, if you don't like comics you'll probably just think it a clever little film and forget about it.
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