Unbroken

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.

 

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