Film Review: Unbroken (2015)

Title: Unbroken 

Rated: PG-13 

Language: English 

Directed by: Angelina Jolie 

Distributed by: Universal Pictures 

Genre: Drama 

Running time: 2 hr 17 min 

Ratings: 8.5/10 

Summary:

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

(Source: imdb.com) 

Review:

I have to say, this was, to me, a very good movie. I mean, some people are reluctant to find the beauty in it, but I can say with a straight face that I found this movie heart-warming, touching, and beautifully-presented. I think that Angelina Jolie, bless her kind heart and also she's not dead, has made a very good job placing this movie in the silver screen. 

Unbroken is a story about a man, who at first had a very hard start in life, manage to get himself in the Summer Olympics, beating the world's greatest; fought in battle; stranded in an ocean for 47 days; brought to a Japanese concentration camp and forced to work in labor as a coal miner; being personally abused by the commanding officer (which by the way looks too hot to be an officer anyways), and finally ended his misery after World War II ended. I mean, if I were in his shoes, I would have just shot myself when my airplane went mayday and would say 'shit, I can't do this anymore.' For someone who has been beaten up, got hurt, he is pretty optimistic while the most of us, would have given up on the first day. 

The cinematography, the way his story was depicted in a movie, was merely the first part of how good it was. To me, it could be concluded to be what a long-ass movie should be. I could have watched it again, I think, but it would ruin it. Was the movie very predictable? Yes. It is a story about a magnificent person that clearly has endured a lot, so yeah, probably it was predictable. But the nature of it, the nature of how a good film should be is unfairly judged upon. Good movies are good, People shouldn't judge a movie by who is directing it, but it should be judged by the way it is conducted as a whole, and I could say it's pretty excellent. 

So go watch Unbroken. I rarely see a good movie these days, and Unbroken, is one of them. 

Author's Note: I'm sorry if I'm not posting any book reviews in a while but books require days to read, and movies just require a couple or few hours so I briefly apologize for my lack of time. 

Author's Note (II): I'm reading an Indonesian book right now, so I'll prolly rant about it next week. 

Film Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Title: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Language: English 

Rated: R 

Genre: Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure 

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn 

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Runtime: 2 hr 8 min

Ratings: 8/10

Summary:

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Review:

I must say I kind of miss all these spy movies. People say they're extremely overrated but who cares, right? It's enjoyable, and kind of cool. We all imagined ourselves as spies when we were kids. Used to look at people in screens with envy. Wonder how we could be like James Bond, who've slept with like countless women. 

Okay, Kingsman is the generic kind of spy movie. Probably there is no anticipation at all, but since I saw the movie poster, I thought: that must be a very cool spy movie. And it was. It's about Eggsy, often in trouble but very loyal of friends went joy-riding in someone's car, and ended up being investigated by the police. And finally, a fellow 'tailor', a friend of his dad's, bailed him out. At the same time, an evil plan was starting to commemorate. You know, the same she-bang. 

I think it was predictable. Probably that's why it lost one point in rating. The second point was because of Eggsy's ridiculous English accent. It's the hillie-billie version of an English accent. Why couldn't he sound more like Idris Elba or something? Okay now we've got that through, I could just say that it was an enjoyable movie. Classy enough, and the jokes were highly appropriate (I may concur this one, probably I was not paying attention). But the nature of spy movies are loyalty, a bunch load of tests and how you react while facing danger. 

But something I did like, about what they said in the movie. That people don't have the same opportunity as others. You can be smart, you can have every ability in the world, but there are things that just needs to be done. Nobody is granted with the same opportunity, like Eggsy, who grew out of love since his dad died and when his mother turned into, someone else. I think I liked that about the movie. That he was willing to change his prospects when the opportunity came. Take chances, etcetera etcetera. 

Okay as a conclusion, it's a good movie y'all. Most of the movies out now are pretty not-so-great but Kingsman was quite okay. Good to watch, something worth paying how much a stub costs. 

A/N: I haven't been writing because I have been lazy. You know there's one point in life in which you have work piled up and you choose to go to sleep. I have a lot of movies left to review, but I'll be selective, I think. 

And this seems to be the first review for 2015, and it's February. So I'd like to say, Happy New Year people. I might or might not post more than 2013, but who am I kidding. 
Oh I'm thinking of posting a book review later. Maybe. Probably. I think so.