Unstoppable

[Cosima___J]

A very exciting movie from start to finish. Denzel Washington gave another fine performance. Go see this one!

[HoustonDavid]

Maybe I'm a bit of a "film" snob, and maybe the movie in question is a bit more "film"
than the usual rewrites of movies like "Speed", but I hate to see someone of such
immense talent waste their time on action/chase/shoot-em-ups as Denzel Washington.
I do enjoy such movies, but don't expect to have great talent bring them to me. Maybe
it was a worthy project - I haven't seen the film - but the previews I've seen don't look
worthy of Mr. Washington's talent, although I'm sure he does a better job than most.

[Barry]

Maybe I'm a bit of a "film" snob, and maybe the movie in question is a bit more "film"
than the usual rewrites of movies like "Speed", but I hate to see someone of such
immense talent waste their time on action/chase/shoot-em-ups as Denzel Washington.
I do enjoy such movies, but don't expect to have great talent bring them to me. Maybe
it was a worthy project - I haven't seen the film - but the previews I've seen don't look
worthy of Mr. Washington's talent, although I'm sure he does a better job than most.

Washington seems to be following in the footsteps of De Niro in that when they reached a certain age, they stopped getting Oscar-type roles and started taking on more action-type movies. That's not to say that they're all bad movies. But they aren't the types of films these guys were doing when they were a bit younger.

[Cosima___J]

Well David, if you've ever seen "Meet the Fockers", you'll know what Barry means about DeNiro. But "Unstoppable" is a darn good and exciting story based on a true incident. So don't be so quick to denigrate it or it's star! Denzel Washington has the success, the respected stature to take any role that interests him. I think the story line in "Unstoppable" interested him.

As a matter of fact, Roger Ebert thinks pretty highly of the film: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc ... /101119995

[HoustonDavid]

I, like many "film" buffs, had a good laugh at "Meet the Fokkers", and enjoyed a
good shoot-em-up like "Good, Bad, and Ugly", or long-term chase, as in "Speed".
It is kind of a "guilty" pleasure for those of us who are not true "snobs". And maybe
DeNiro and Washington thought the story line was worthy of their enormous talents -
more likely it was related to income in a waning market for aging "over the title"
actors - but I digress. In my mind it is abuse of great talent in roles that could be
done by far less gifted actors and just as competently. But of course, then Denzel
and Robert would have one less film to their credit (and bank account), and we
would have to suffer lesser talents in the same roles.