Unbroken

It has been a glorious holiday so far, and I hope everyone else is having an amazing one too. I went to see some of the new movies, which entered theaters of this holiday movie season, and I went to see "Wild" starring Reese Witherspoon. Unfortunately, it was sold out, so instead of going home decided to see this one. Now, was it a good substitution or should have just gone home instead? Lets find out:

Unbroken- This is a true story about the life of American Olympian named Louis Zamperini played by new comer Jack O'Connell. Angelina Jolie gets her directing debut, and this is truly one amazing story of strong will on another level. Especially, when most people would've given up the sheer will to live.

The plot- You follow him when he was young getting in trouble with the law. Then his older brother convinced him to join the track team, and every day he trained Louis to increase his speed and endurance. Louis becomes so good he becomes an American Olympian, but dreams of winning the gold have to wait when World War II begins. Louis enlists into the air force, and on a rescue search for a fallen plane over the ocean. Louis' plane loses it's engines, and crashes into the ocean. From this point on the audience witnesses this man's struggle to hold onto life.

The acting was very well done. One of the scenes, which blew my mind was when Louis, and the other two surviving pilots were floating on a life raft. A medium sized shark is swimming by the raft, and the three men grab it by the tail, wrestling it into the raft. They killed it, and ate it. I mean, don't get me wrong, there were some powerful moments, but there were sometimes the movie just dragged on and on.

Final Verdict- 6.5/10, I did enjoy the movie, but I don't see myself running out to buy a copy of it on DVD. This is a good movie, but not pay 10 to 13 dollars to watch in theaters type. Save your money, Netflix all the way for this one.

Thats it for now, maybe i'll get a chance this week to see the movie, "Wild" the one i previously wanted to watch. For now this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have to!

Fury

Well, still waiting for those big block busters to finally get here already, but I have to wait for the holidays. Until, then I am just sitting back catching some movies here and there. This is the first time in a long time I have seen a war picture in theaters. The last time was "Saving Private Ryan", so yeah, its been that long! Well, lets take a gander at this picture, was it a movie to remember, or was it a complete bomb? Let find out:

Fury- This movie takes place in the time period of WWII, and it really sets the tone right at the beginning. Not since "Saving Private Ryan" have I seen such true to life gruesome action scenes. I mean, I was terrified for the characters in the movie. Just seeing heads being torn off their bodies, or limbs being severed, not for the weak stomached.

The plot- Ok, basically, during WWII American tank technology was crap compared to German tank technology. This fact was demonstrated in one scene of the movie, where one German tank took on 4 American tanks, and it killed 3 out of the 4 before being taken down. Now, the story follows one tank crew, lead by "Wardaddy", played by Brad Pitt, and his crew, plus the slowly shrinking amount of tanks are fighting in Germany. They are capturing town after town leaving dead German soldiers behind them. Thats it.

I mean, the acting is top notch, the character development is superb, and the emotions during the whole movie, you just feel the hopelessness and despair of being in a war. The plot though, was kinda half assed, and to be honest, it didn't matter- because it was more about the people in the movie. How war was effecting them by breaking them down mentally, physically, and spiritually. This alone carries the movie into greatness, and maybe it overshadowed the plot.

I remember when I was young I always said I wanted to be in the tank, and it has to be the safest place on the battlefield. This movie shows how incredibly wrong I was in thinking that. The tank is basically a big, mobile iron coffin, and this movie shows just how crazy you would have to be to want to be inside these things. At the same time, showing you how devastating a tank can be on the battlefield.

Final Verdict- 8/10, the acting was tremendously well done, the special effects were top notch showing the gruesome truths about war. Highly recommend this film.

Thats all for now, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have to!