Word: comically
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...trailers for Unbreakable show Bruce Willis as David Dunn, the only survivor of a disastrous train wreck, and Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, who seeks Dunn out to offer an explanation for his good fortune. No mention is made of comic books or their applications to real life, which appears to be Shyamalan's thesis and purpose for making this movie, and a metaphor debated frequently throughout the film. The twist ending of this film, a trick that Shyamalan became famous for in The Sixth Sense both supports and distorts the metaphor, and leaves the viewer unsure about whether...
Unbreakable begins dramatically, with comic book collecting statistics filling the screen before the story of Elijah's birth. Time transitions to the future and Bruce Willis on the train immediately before its crash. All of the movie's action is contained in these first few scenes, and the rest of the movie is simply a series of reactions to the train crash...
Shyamalan effectively manipulates camera angles, perspective and the use of silence to create tension, but seems unsure about when to take his storyline seriously. Some of the film's most comic lines come at scenes with the most drama and the laughter in the theater disturbs the somber mood, while many short scenes seem tangential at best. The acting in the movie, including Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark as Dunn's wife and son, is solid and the movie is technically impressive despite its holes in coherence...
Comedy and tragedy have had an incestuous relationship throughout the history of the arts; often a laugh quickly escalates into affliction or a misfortune is made light by a comic touch. The life of a stand-up comedian hangs between these two entangled polarities. With his video in progress, Kyle Gilman '02, a visual and environmental studies concentrator from Wendell, Mass., explores this tightrope in the life of a local Boston comic as he navigates through the harsh and difficult circuit of the comedy world. When we think of comedians, we usually think of the lucky ones on sitcoms...
...think now I ever will do it, though I thought this would be some kind of push." Although he may not be cut out for the comedy circuit, he is more than capable behind the camera, balancing the adrenaline and pressure of the stage with the banality of a comic's everydayness. Further, Gilman reveals that a comedian's bits and humor often dominate their quotidian affairs. In his personal life, Tim surrounds himself with comics, constantly finds a witty response for comments and makes his identity revolve around the persona of a comic. He never seems...