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Unbroken

Judaline — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:47:15 GMT

Just wanted to say that my son saw the movie today(he read the book) and couldn't say enough good things about it-said it was a packed house and that when it was over everyone stood up and applauded. You don't see that much.

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qvcaddition — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 03:36:38 GMT

The Greatest Generation. I am the daughter of a WWII VET . The book was great. RIP LOUIE

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LoriLori — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:38:07 GMT

My cousin said the same thing, that when it was over everyone clapped and stood up.

I wonder how many of the bad reviews are jealousy. My cuz had not read the book and she got an excellent feel for Louie's life. And when she told me some reviewers said the POW scenes were unnecessarily brutal, I rattled off a bunch of things done to him, the most disgusting things, and asked if those were in the movie and of course she said wow, no.

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Judaline — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:06:09 GMT

lori, that is so interesting that they clapped there as well as here. Pretty cool, actually. Unnessesarily brutal??? BECAUSE IT HAPPENED!!! And with today's movies? It was probably mild. People are so dumb.

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Gooday — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:36:15 GMT

I read the book and because of the torture, I can't watch. The words are forever burned in my brain. I can't see it up close.

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LoriLori — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:50:18 GMT

I don't want to see it either. Not because of the violence because as good as the movie might be it will never measure up to the book.

(I don't feel that way about every book. But I do about this one.)

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lulu2 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:35:00 GMT

I read the book and have so much admiration for this gentleman. I do not think I could watch the atrocities he endured.

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Poodlepet2 — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:46:57 GMT

I recently heard about this movie, but in my mind, very few movies are ever a good as the books they are based off of. I guess it's considered an "old" book, but the Amazon Kindle addition I purchased within the past two days was $2.99......a steal! Poodlepet2

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:18:37 GMT

We're finally getting to the movie theater to see this today. I've read and heard great reviews on it. The only negative I've heard, if you want to call it that, is that Angelina Jolie didn't tell the rest or most important part of the story...when Louis Z. met Dr. Billy Graham and became a Christian. I'm not a great book reader, but I think I need to read more about Louis Z.

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Poodlepet2 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:21:24 GMT

I was going to 're-read"Hawaii" for the umpteenth time, then I decided to read "Unbroken" instead. I couldn't put it down. I spent a good part of NY day reading, couldn't sleep, and I just finished it. I cried through a good part of it: man's inhumanity to fellow humans is just something I will never grasp. The resilience, bravery and strength of the POWs was incredible:...this is so worth reading: I would love to see it on school reading lists. Poodlepet2

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Judaline — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:42:45 GMT

On 1/2/2015 JeanLouiseFinch said:
We're finally getting to the movie theater to see this today. I've read and heard great reviews on it. The only negative I've heard, if you want to call it that, is that Angelina Jolie didn't tell the rest or most important part of the story...when Louis Z. met Dr. Billy Graham and became a Christian. I'm not a great book reader, but I think I need to read more about Louis Z.

I agree. That's a shame. I can't get up to see the movie-just hope it's still playing next week.

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qualitygal — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:58:17 GMT

Saw a show with a FOX news person, that had been taped by Billy Graham people and it had the man from the book on (Louis) and pictures/movies of back then. It was really good. Greta I think.

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walkingal — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:53:23 GMT

I'm glad to hear all of the good things people are saying about the book and the movie. They're both on my to-read and to-see lists. I'm the daughter of a WWII vet too. It's unfortunate that so many young people have never even heard of this movie. They know all of the rest of them at the theaters, but not this one.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:32:44 GMT

Just got back. We enjoyed the movie, although it's hard to watch the beatings over and over again. Louie clung to something his brother said as his guiding life principle and it served him well when times got tough. How he endured so much is truly amazing.

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Poodlepet2 — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:58:03 GMT

JealOus, I read this book within a twenty- four hour period, but I keep on thinking about it.... Louis was a rotten kid- no redeeming qualities about him- but his parents never gave up. His family never gave up..... In reading this, I think about the number of families who thought they had a bad Apple on their hands....and just gave up..... His brother was really the one who gave LoiLouis (sic) a chance, and a reason to live somewhat of a life......now that I have read the book, it's kind of haunting....in the end, I do believe it brings the message of Adonai's plan- or Jeseus- however you would want to put it or believe- it is a powerful story. Poodlepet2