Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Sat Nov-13-10 10:06 PM
"Unstoppable (Scott, 2010)"
Am I really the only one who saw this?
This is a good old-fashioned thrill ride, Tony Scott's best film in years. Quality performances from the leads, quality script, and quality execution that lacked Tony Scott's usual blurry jumpcut antics for the most part.
The final thirty minutes are really exciting. My theater applauded at one point in the film-- a good sign that audiences are gonna dig this.
I wasn't excited to see it... but it works. Check it out.
6. "i didn't want to see it BUT it was WAY BETTER" In response to Reply # 0
than i thought it would. only reason i saw it was because the other movie i wanted to see was sold out (skyline). having said that this was a pretty good action packed flick.
..considerin' the cast, the director, and the plot
*granted, its based on true story. i recognize that there's only so much you can do to stretch a story like this one (which makes you wonder whether or not this was worth bringin' to the big screen?)
admittedly, i was bored with the dialogue. the continual referencin' of "..this train is REALLY dangerous..." was annoyin' (ITS A MISSLE THE SIZE OF THE CHRYSLER BUILDING!). the "ol' school-meets new school" dialogue btwn washington & pine didn't really work, and the backstory for pine's character was weak. the same can be said for denzel's character and the scenes/convos with his daughters.
i think the cast did a decent job with a limited script.
*technical annoyance:
the final solution employed in the film --- this was my FIRST thought/suggestion once the problem occurred. i'm not railroad engineer, but why did it take them THAT long to figure out?
again, that's just my logical/practical side rearin' its ugly head in the world of entertainment *shrug*
ah well, i didn't walk away impressed or disappointed.
>*technical annoyance: > >the final solution employed in the film --- this was my FIRST >thought/suggestion once the problem occurred. i'm not railroad >engineer, but why did it take them THAT long to figure out? > >again, that's just my logical/practical side rearin' its ugly >head in the world of entertainment *shrug* >
i think mainly because for the first half of the trip the train was moving through more rural area and there was no parallel road in which a vehicle could reach that speed in time to get to the front car. that's why they tried to lower the guy from the heli instead.
10. "even if that were the case..." In response to Reply # 9
***SPOILER ALERT***
..chasin' down the train on the same track (which they eventually did), linking, then walkin' to the front of the train made more sense than any of the other foolish ideas they had.
*i was also bothered by the fact that they made it seem like you HAVE to jump from car to car, when you have the option to climb over (since each car is ATTACHED).
enjoyed it ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
19. "they're masochists" In response to Reply # 18
and i'm a sadist cause i enjoy watching their pain ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
20. "finally peeped, didnt expect much and just thought it was okay" In response to Reply # 0
Big Tony Scott fan and while this lacked this over the top visual imagination, it did have his usual forced emotional interest... pine with his wife and being a hero and denzel with his daughters... that felt so unnecessary but they needed something obviously...
overall... acting was good story was cool but just didnt find myself caring
...was it beliveable? HELL NO, but it's a fun movie to watch..and it did, twice in a row
only thing...i didn't see Rosario's boss as the bad guy at all...just the corporate stooge....he didn't wanna listen to her cause he's management and figured he knew better...every company has these people...they're not neccessarily horrible people, just the kind that are assholes and don't care about lower level imput...the bigwigs at the company happily went along wit what he was initially doing...it just didn't work....the real "bad guy" of the movie was Dewey, the train guy who sets the whole thing in motion....
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