Saturday, November 13, 2010
Unstoppable
Was it Victor or Peter who said that Unstoppable was a remake of Runaway Train? Well, whoever it was, he was wrong. I saw it tonight, and it is nothing of the kind. It does involve a runaway train, but there's no prison, or Manichean universe, or Existential meditation. Just an action film with a train. In fact, the way I'd describe the difference is that Runaway Train was not about the train at all. This is not about anything else but the train. I encourage you to see it. It's very exciting, but it reveals quite starkly, the difference between a great work of art, and formula pulp.
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I'll avoid it like I try to avoid bronchitis; I've never been an action person, and there's something about Unstoppable that puts me off...
ReplyDeleteViolence and explosions; it sometimes seems that's all it ever is anymore, huh?
ReplyDeleteYeah I told them in class that it seemed nothing like Runaway Train besides the fact that there's an unstoppable train. Surprisingly, the new movie is based on true events, but that's not too accurate.
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