"Unbroken" the book

[reddogge]

The book is 400 pages of unbelievable hardships, trials, tribulations, life and death struggles and suffering of Louis Zamperini during the war. Between the crash of the B-24, 47 days marooned at sea with two crewmates, 2 years of brutal beatings, starvation and mental torture by the Japanese in the prison camps I don't see how Angelina Jolie can begin to depict it in a 2 hour movie.

I'll just wait and see.

Great book BTW. I couldn't put it down.

 

[zzzippper]

I'll wait for it to hit redbox. I'm not a fan of Angie. I agree about the book.

 

[Old TexMex]

His book " Devil at My Heels" is required reading for some friends of mine who want what he had.

 

[SmokeStack Lightning]

My youngest daughter gave me Unbroken for Christmas, 2011.

I've read it 3 times now.

I'm sorta curious how all of Zamp's accomplishments/exploits are going to fit into a 90/120 minute film w/Brangalina at the helm.

 

[Onomea]

I'll just chime in to say it is a terrific book. Very inspiring, too.

 

[Sailfish 40]

i listened to the audio book twice on my trip to TN for thanksgiving. incredible story. i don't think i'll see the movie. no way it can be as good as the book.

 

[labworm]

Someone mentioned the book here at the forum.

I purchased it and glad I did, excellent read.

Also read SeaBiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand, two very good books by the author.

 

[Cpo1944]

I read it last year, and all I can say i,Louis was a genuine Hero and I would have loved to have known him.

 

[BearBio]

I'll withhold judgment on the movie until I see it. Agree with the reviews of the book.

 

[Dashriprock]

A fantastic read about an amazing man.

Laura Hillenbrand is unbreakable as well. Her own story is quite remarkable:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/the-unbreakable-laura-hillenbrand.html?_r=0

 

[walnutred]

One of my aunts gave me the book last Christmas and I agree it is a great read. I asked my mom and her if they were going to see the movie and they looked shocked. Oh no, we could never see the movie. Too many of our friends lived it for us to want to see it.

In the book they mention the survival kits in the raft having a pair of pliers with a screwdriver built into the handle. That struck a familiar cord and going out to my dads old tool box I found a similar pair of pliers, with a military contract number. Dad was Naval Air Corps in WW2 and Korea and scrounged them up somewhere.

 

[Farmer17]

A couple of friends saw the movie and said it was pretty good but they had both read the book and it was SO good it made the movie a little disappointing.

 

[5Wire]

See the movie first.

 

[Bat Guano]

I bought it about a year ago but misplaced it before I could read it. My angelic daughter in law gave me another tonight; I'll watch this one more closely.

Cal Thomas writes that Zamperini's postwar religious conversion was given pretty short shrift in the movie.

 

[halvenut]

I went to see the movie yesterday with the wife and daughter. We all three thought it was a very good movie.

 

[mtgianni]

By the time I finished the book, I wanted to nuke Japan again.

 

[rwsmith]

I'll be looking to read it.....

I'd much rather read it than watch an 'impression' of the book in a movie.

 

[Wyatt p. Tato]

I bought it about a year ago but misplaced it before I could read it. My angelic daughter in law gave me another tonight; I'll watch this one more closely.

Cal Thomas writes that Zamperini's postwar religious conversion was given pretty short shrift in the movie.

I saw the movie today, very good movie. I have not read the book, I am positive it is better. I agree that the religious part of the story was not fully touched upon. I believe that is the most important part. The struggles Zamperini experienced to get beyond his war experience are real story IMHO.