Went to see Unbroken tonight with my brother & his wife, my wife, and my future son in law and my daughter. It looked like a good flick, and my brother had read the book.
I knew that Angelina Jolie directed it, and knew barely anything about the story. Bla bla bla… I honestly can barely give a shit about Angelina Jolie, and I really don’t think too much of Hollywood. I watched it, and was almost critical of a true story. The shit that I normally really love and am inspired by. I suspected an angle, or that Jolie had cheapened it by being on the tabloids so much. I was more excited that my brother got sick of having his chair kicked by a dude in an almost empty theater, and that he turned and called him on it, and that I was ready to help out if he didn’t go find another seat (which he did).
We drove home, a few exits away and come home and was still a bit bugged by it all. Felt like I was missing something. I was. The real life story of Louis Zamperini is way more compelling. These are the guys of the greatest generation, and Louis was one of the greats.
Good call Angelina. I think I respect you just a little bit more, in the way that I have come to respect guys like Tom Hanks, who have done similar tributes. Worth seeing I think. The real story needs no hype, and is better than the movie. Great men do great things all the time, and a man with strength of character wins the day. I’ll watch this one again.