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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 2105476" data-attributes="member: 649">NO SPOILERS:Much moreso than Unbreakable, maybe because the bulk of the film is black and white (though it's very rich black and white... kinda hard to explain, really... sort of a sepia-tone kinda thing, or along the lines of a duotone, if you're familiar with that), and the light and shadow work is much stronger (a la noir films), so combined with some great camera work, the feeling of a graphic novel is much stronger. The scene in Unbreakable where (Unbreakable spoiler) [spoiler]the hero is standing in the train station, hands wide, "feeling" for trouble[/spoiler] is kind of similar, but the full-coloredness of that film makes it seem more three-dimensional.An interesting effect is that the automobile chases were clearly computer generated... in a way that seemed to intentionally make them look computer-generated (gravity "problems"), so in a sense it even more seems less "real," in a way that manages to keep the graphic novel tone.I don't know what I'd even spoil, really. I mean, describing the plot is one of the least interesting things you can read in a review, imo, and i fyou know which 3 stories the film is based on and you've read the books, there's no point in it anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />BTW, Elijah Wood is extremely creepy as a bad guy, and Del Toro's makeup changes him in a subtle but extremely effective way. And I still think Brittany Murphy is a lousy actress, and don't know why she gets parts: she certainly has the weakest performance in the movie.</blockquote>

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