[UA] Unbreakable (Semi-Spoilers with mild Analysis)

[Michael Daisey]

> I'm not sure. The son's reaction/facial expression in the french
> toast/newspaper scene does not seem to call for a deep
> belly-laugh, which is what it elicited in my audience.

Oh, don't be too hard on the audience--I could be wrong, but I read
audience's for a living, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the laughter
was good-hearted--it's a very touching scene of a son's hero worship of his
Dad ACTUALLY BEING CONFIRMED.  For whatever reason, it's the kind of
heartfulness that makes you laugh in sympathy. I laughed myself, and it was
one of the best scenes in the film.  If the rest of the film had that much
heart and drive, it could have been great, rather than sanctimonius crapola
and comic-book-fantasy-worship drivel.

> Now, back to UA-- I think I'd like to run my next UA campaign
> like this... a slow movement into the weird. (I ran a GURPS
> campaign a bit like this movie; I think UA would rock for the
> same theme.) 
> 
> This movie showed me more about what Greg & John were getting at
> in the core book about the Occult Underground (well, fuse 8MM,
> PULP FICTION, IT, and UNBREAKABLE, and that's how I think I see
> the OU now).  

This may sound weird, but I think Unknown Armies has more integrity than any
of the five above movies.  Unbreakable is weird, but predictable,
portenbtious and slow--8MM is creepy, but lacks humanity--IT has great ideas
with no follow through--and the surprise, IMHO PULP FICTION is a great art
house experiment and a masterful student film project, but lacks the
dedication to tell a story that goes anywhere real.

OTOH, mix all five together and you might get Voltron if you took the best
of each.  ;)


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