Angelina Jolie's UNBROKEN, an inspiring POW biopic sure to snap up awards and hosannahs (or not)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymL_Leb6sL8

Should I try to get into the MoMA screening with an AJ Q&A? That will be a zoo.

I saw this O'Connell kid in Starred Up, flinty and volatile.

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 November 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link

This film should win an award for the most vague movie poster of all time

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3ODg2OTgyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODk1OTAwMzE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg

Its a true story!

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 24 November 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link

oh man, i just walked by a poster for this while getting lunch and yeah...i thought it might be about diving.

da croupier, Monday, 24 November 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link

this guy's life story is pretty fucking amazing.

akm, Monday, 24 November 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link

It is, and thus the plot summary sounds like it was made for the Academy.

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 November 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link

The book is intense.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 November 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link

proposing we all call it "unborkened" starting now yea/nay

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 24 November 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link

dude hangs out w hot chicks. he must be cool

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 24 November 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link

He died a few months ago...

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 November 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link

very cool then

why do I hate that thing (excluding imago, marcos) (wins), Monday, 24 November 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link

Deakins photographed. Four credited adapters, to wit:

Early drafts for the film were written by William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese while Francis Lawrence was scheduled to direct. Joel and Ethan Coen were then tapped to rewrite the script after Jolie was named director.

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 November 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link

the best money can buy!

it's interesting that despite jolie's high profile and the obvious award-bait quality of her previous feature, it didn't really get much traction. i assumed that was because it was transparently awful.

I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 24 November 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link

what, In the Land of Blood and Honey? is it bad? I know nothing about it.

akm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

(i didn't see it)

I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Reviews are pretty sour, but this has already grossed $88 million in North America.

touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link

why would anyone watch this

Οὖτις, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link

my favorite piece of trivia about this guy is that his son was a touring member of sparks in 1976 and appeared in rollercoaster.

mitt fleekwood (get bent), Monday, 5 January 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link


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