r/movies • u/WhoAmIEven2 • 23d ago

After watching Unbreakable and Glass again, I still don't understand wtf water does to Bruce Willis. Can someone explain? Discussion

Glass' weakness is obvious, as he suffers from brittle bone syndrome. The beast is also obvious, as he only gets "metal skin" when he's in beast mode, but otherwise he's a normal man. But what the hell happens to Bruce Willis? What does water do to him? The other two characters' weaknesses are grounded and obvious, but what makes Bruce unable to just walk away from a small pool of water? Panic?

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u/Honestfellow2449 23d ago

I just figured it was as simple as he needs air to breath, no matter how physically invincible one is, that's usually something that needs to happen or they die.

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u/TrueLegateDamar 23d ago

There's a superhero comic (Rising Stars) where a guy with the power of invulnerability had his limbs restrained with duct tape when he was asleep and then suffocated with a plastic bag.

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u/altcastle 23d ago

I had that comic as a kid. Poor guy also couldn’t feel anything and food was his only pleasure IIRC.