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Man, I bet it had been 15 years since I last watched this movie.
Recently I rewatched The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, so when I ran across Unbreakable on Comcast OnDemand last night I was like, "Okay, let's check this shit out." (My motivation was further fueled by its ties to a certain other film which came out recently.)
I have to say, revisiting this one really reminded me of why I have always regarded Shyamalan so highly as a director. Unbreakable was never my favorite film of his--The Village and Signs in particular I've always thought of as simply more entertaining films--which is why it took me so long to get back around to it, but there's a lot of interesting stuff going on here.
First, the cinematography is excellent. The use of color, the composition and the shot selection is master-level shit. I mean, just take a look at these screencaps:
This movie is also filled with fantastic understated performances. And once again you can really feel the hand of the director involved. The delivery of each line seems carefully crafted, with M. Night sitting down with the actors and saying, "Okay, we want to do it like THIS."
The cinematography, the performances, the score and the subject matter all come together to create what I feel like is a very interesting viewing experience. It's part Spielberg, part Hitchcock and part M. Night bringing his own unique perspective into the equation, and that's a great combination.
I enjoyed Unbreakable when it first came out, but I feel like now, being older, I am able to appreciate it more than I did then. I previously had Sixth Sense ahead of it, but I'm going to bump it ahead of that one and into third place, behind The Village and Signs.
Recently I rewatched The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, so when I ran across Unbreakable on Comcast OnDemand last night I was like, "Okay, let's check this shit out." (My motivation was further fueled by its ties to a certain other film which came out recently.)
I have to say, revisiting this one really reminded me of why I have always regarded Shyamalan so highly as a director. Unbreakable was never my favorite film of his--The Village and Signs in particular I've always thought of as simply more entertaining films--which is why it took me so long to get back around to it, but there's a lot of interesting stuff going on here.
First, the cinematography is excellent. The use of color, the composition and the shot selection is master-level shit. I mean, just take a look at these screencaps:
This movie is also filled with fantastic understated performances. And once again you can really feel the hand of the director involved. The delivery of each line seems carefully crafted, with M. Night sitting down with the actors and saying, "Okay, we want to do it like THIS."
The cinematography, the performances, the score and the subject matter all come together to create what I feel like is a very interesting viewing experience. It's part Spielberg, part Hitchcock and part M. Night bringing his own unique perspective into the equation, and that's a great combination.
I enjoyed Unbreakable when it first came out, but I feel like now, being older, I am able to appreciate it more than I did then. I previously had Sixth Sense ahead of it, but I'm going to bump it ahead of that one and into third place, behind The Village and Signs.
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