k so I know that I am a few years behind on this one. But I really just discovered this guy. I mean I saw the 6th sense when I was a kid and thought it was cool. And I saw signs and....it was ok. But I always heard the rest of his movies sucked, so I never watched them. But the other day I watched "the village" and thought it was pure awesomness. Then Unbreakable was recomended to me and I loved it too. The man is an artist, thats for sure
The Sixth Sense = Great
Unbreakable = Really good
The rest of his movies are absolute crap.
Quote from: Variable on Jan 31, 2008, 02:54 PM
k so I know that I am a few years behind on this one. But I really just discovered this guy. I mean I saw the 6th sense when I was a kid and thought it was cool. And I saw signs and....it was ok. But I always heard the rest of his movies sucked, so I never watched them. But the other day I watched "the village" and thought it was pure awesomness. Then Unbreakable was recomended to me and I loved it too. The man is an artist, thats for sure
Agreed, I enjoy everything he does. His movies remind of old school Twilight Zone episodes. Supposedly, he's got a new movie in the making about a virus or something.
i thought lady in the water was a bit overdone but his other movies were awesome. my favorite is unbreakable
Quote from: Azwethinkweiz on Jan 31, 2008, 05:05 PM
The Sixth Sense = Great
Unbreakable = Really good
The rest of his movies are absolute crap.
I thought The Village was great and I fucking love Signs. then again, I'm a sucker for anything with aliens in it... but seriously, if you put the story of Signs to the side (which is what people usually don't like about it) you gotta admit that it's beautifully done. some of the scenes are amongst the most memorable I've ever seen.
the only movie of his that i thought sucked was what everyone here thinks was awesome.
i really disliked the village.i thought it was pure stupidness
all of his other movies are great though
i have this movie about him though, i haven't watched it yet but its called "the buried secrets of m night shyamalan". i got it for free from work so thats why i haven't watched it yet.
see thats why I never saw the village. I just heard it was total crap. I usually dont listen when people say that stuff. Dont know why I did that time. I just dont think what he does is always understood. Not that I think it is mean to be particularly deep. Just the way he films his movies makes them worth watching to me. I could just see comic book frames when I was watching unbreakable. That was really cool to me (and I dont even read comics)
I think the main reason why people dislike The Village is simply because of the plot twist at the end. no one expected it and it really changed the entire atmosphere of the movie. I think it was just too unconventional for people to get used to. they expected a fantasy movie but ended up with something completely different.
yeah but I LOVED that. I mean it was all about how fucked up the real world is and how a group of people made their lives better by getting away from it all....or did they?
anyways. It is just rare that I watch a movie and say "wow, that was art" same goes with music and actual drawn or painted art. I am just picky. But I think the man tries to do something special, and is successful at it. I like that.
anyways im not saying I would suck his cock (becaus indian men really are not my thing) But I do have a bit of a man crush on him right now. Im sure ill get over it sooner or later
his only film i havent liked, was lady in the water.. and as far as the twists go, he'll never top the sixth sense
yeah that was a pretty good twist. I seriously did not see it coming at all in the village though
Quote from: Variable on Feb 19, 2008, 01:47 PM
yeah that was a pretty good twist. I seriously did not see it coming at all in the village though
the twist in the village was so fucking ridiculous. it was like they made the twist just "to make a twist".
this movie sucked so much.
It wasn't his best but I still thought it was good. I figured it out pretty early except I was hoping the monster was real in the beginning.
Quote from: aenemic on Feb 01, 2008, 02:54 PM
I think the main reason why people dislike The Village is simply because of the plot twist at the end. no one expected it and it really changed the entire atmosphere of the movie. I think it was just too unconventional for people to get used to. they expected a fantasy movie but ended up with something completely different.
The reason I didn't like it is partly the fault of advertisers. It was marketed as a horror movie. A scary movie so I went in expecting it. Instead I got Adrien Brody acting as a retard during much of the movie, which was boring, and then a random twist thrown in at the end.
Maybe if the movie before the twist was any good, I would have enjoyed the twist, but the rest of the movie is bad.
THE HAPPENING trailer
http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/TheHappeningMovie-TheHappeningTrailer-MNightShyamalansTheHappening.php
i was just about to post that mang
I'm going to watch it but that poster looks like a depiction of the rapture. If that's what it really is I'm burning down a fucking theater.
it's supposedly about plants and pollen and carbon monoxide
Has anyone seen the happening yet? Im going to see it in like an hour but if it sucks ill just go see kung fu panda instead and wait till I get back to okinawa for this
If not,ill let everyone know how it was tonight
Quote from: Variable on Jun 13, 2008, 09:42 PM
Has anyone seen the happening yet? Im going to see it in like an hour but if it sucks ill just go see kung fu panda instead and wait till I get back to okinawa for this
If not,ill let everyone know how it was tonight
Rottentomatoes.com is your friend.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007985-happening/
at least RT is giving the hulk good reviews...
think i'm gonna wait for the Happening on dvd
M Night SUCKS.
Unbreakable and The Village are the shit. I love both of those movies. Had me sucked in.
Unbreakable I can watch more than once and not get bored. It's awesome.
Great entertainment.
Sixth Sense = pretty good
Unbreakable = decent
The rest is absolute feces.
Quote from: Variable on Jun 13, 2008, 09:42 PM
Has anyone seen the happening yet? Im going to see it in like an hour but if it sucks ill just go see kung fu panda instead and wait till I get back to okinawa for this
If not,ill let everyone know how it was tonight
Quote from: devilinside on Jun 13, 2008, 07:31 AM
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was creepy,not scary,just creepy. Fuckin plants.
And the preview for this has me UBER excited!!!
http://www.xfiles.com/
Signs is one my fave movies
i'll say i really enjoyed watching the first 4 movies. then Lady/Water sucked big time. and now this is getting awful reviews.
Quote from: Azwethinkweiz on Jun 13, 2008, 11:57 PM
Sixth Sense = pretty good
Unbreakable = decent
The rest is absolute feces.
Well my good man, I'm inclined to disagree.
My faeces on your face btw.
Quote from: ToneDef on Jun 14, 2008, 12:04 AM
Quote from: Azwethinkweiz on Jun 13, 2008, 11:57 PM
Sixth Sense = pretty good
Unbreakable = decent
The rest is absolute feces.
My faeces on your face btw.
That's fucking hot, man.
*Smears feces onto face*
I dont trust movie critics at all.
It was pretty good though. Not the best movie I have ever seen. But good. It was pretty much what you would expect from a M Night Shyamalan movie. Definitely worth seeing.
It was creepy...not scary,just creepy. And that old lady...HAHAHAH!!!
Quote from: devilinside on Jun 14, 2008, 12:02 AM
Quote from: Variable on Jun 13, 2008, 09:42 PM
Has anyone seen the happening yet? Im going to see it in like an hour but if it sucks ill just go see kung fu panda instead and wait till I get back to okinawa for this
If not,ill let everyone know how it was tonight
Quote from: devilinside on Jun 13, 2008, 07:31 AM
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was creepy,not scary,just creepy. Fuckin plants.
And the preview for this has me UBER excited!!!
http://www.xfiles.com/
dude I dont know what happened. But the 2nd page of this thread was not here until a couple min ago. The last post before my one about "I dont trust movie critics" was the last page where rainyx told me to go to rottentomatoes.com. Weird.
anyways
Quote from: Azwethinkweiz on Jun 13, 2008, 11:38 PM
M Night SUCKS.
you suck. You will give out big props to the new Indiana Jones movie but then say the village sucked? Ok
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jun 14, 2008, 12:03 AM
Signs is one my fave movies
i'll say i really enjoyed watching the first 4 movies. then Lady/Water sucked big time. and now this is getting awful reviews.
who gives a shit about reviews? Thats just one more ass holes opinion about something you should find out for yourself. Like I said, not the best movie ever. But for sure worth seeing
ok maybe ill check it out if you say so
Quote from: Variable on Jun 14, 2008, 04:03 AM
It was pretty much what you would expect from a M Night Shyamalan movie.
Then I definitely wont see it. You should not look forward to a director's movie because he's going to give you the same thing over and over again. Seriously M. Night has only one style. He's a one trick pony. Why go see The Happening when I can go see one of his earlier movies again?
yeah I thought about that too. Im not going to try to spoil the movie for you. But its not EXACTLY like his other movies. If I tell you any more, it will spoil it. What I meant was that there was good acting, a little bit of cheezy humor ( not too much to ruin the movie ) , great cinematography that drew you into the film, believable characters, and it was about something that you may have never though of before ( I know I never thought of this happening ..........ohhh dam no pun intended)
What I meant was that I would not expect some crappy plot that is filled by action scenes and a hip soundtrack to cover up the bad acting and spray on tans from M Night. I would expect a well done movie. Thats all I meant
The twist is there is no twist. I know. It's the grass or whatever. Pretty much what I predicted just by watching the trailer. I feel like that was enough of the movie for me to watch. And I hear the dialogue is horrid.
maybe throw out a spoiler alert for those who want the movie to hold some suspence? And I thought the dialogue was just fine. One of my best friends texted me last night and said he thought this movie was a huge piece of shit. So maybe im just the weirdo here
No,I was ok with it. Like you said,not a masterpiece,but entertaining. I've seen worse movies. But I also know people that totally hated it.
I dont understand why anyone would hate it. I really thought it was a pretty well done movie.
Quote from: Variable on Jun 16, 2008, 02:34 PM
I dont understand why anyone would hate it. I really thought it was a pretty well done movie.
when you set the bar so high right out of the gate, people keep expecting better, faster, more. M Night is like Stephen King, both tell good stories but are hated on because people feel that its a waste of talent. why cant people just enjoy a good story?
I can enjoy a good story. The problem is he isn't writing good stories.
Quote from: goldpony on Jun 17, 2008, 08:55 PM
Quote from: Variable on Jun 16, 2008, 02:34 PM
I dont understand why anyone would hate it. I really thought it was a pretty well done movie.
when you set the bar so high right out of the gate, people keep expecting better, faster, more. M Night is like Stephen King, both tell good stories but are hated on because people feel that its a waste of talent. why cant people just enjoy a good story?
I dont know man. How do people see M night as a waste of talent? I like the stories in him movies, But it was the ridiculously good cinematography, and casting that made me love his movies.
Quote from: Variable on Jun 17, 2008, 11:34 PM
Quote from: goldpony on Jun 17, 2008, 08:55 PM
Quote from: Variable on Jun 16, 2008, 02:34 PM
I dont understand why anyone would hate it. I really thought it was a pretty well done movie.
when you set the bar so high right out of the gate, people keep expecting better, faster, more. M Night is like Stephen King, both tell good stories but are hated on because people feel that its a waste of talent. why cant people just enjoy a good story?
I dont know man. How do people see M night as a waste of talent? I like the stories in him movies, But it was the ridiculously good cinematography, and casting that made me love his movies.
cinematography really has grown into an important aspect of movies for me in the last couple years.
it makes films so much better, and i'll agree with you that shyamalan has done a good job in that category. i actually plan on seeing this movie tomorrow too, finally
Ridiculously good cinematography? Hmm. I guess I'm missing something.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jun 17, 2008, 11:42 PM
Quote from: Variable on Jun 17, 2008, 11:34 PM
Quote from: goldpony on Jun 17, 2008, 08:55 PM
Quote from: Variable on Jun 16, 2008, 02:34 PM
I dont understand why anyone would hate it. I really thought it was a pretty well done movie.
when you set the bar so high right out of the gate, people keep expecting better, faster, more. M Night is like Stephen King, both tell good stories but are hated on because people feel that its a waste of talent. why cant people just enjoy a good story?
I dont know man. How do people see M night as a waste of talent? I like the stories in him movies, But it was the ridiculously good cinematography, and casting that made me love his movies.
cinematography really has grown into an important aspect of movies for me in the last couple years.
it makes films so much better, and i'll agree with you that shyamalan has done a good job in that category. i actually plan on seeing this movie tomorrow too, finally
yeah a movie is way better when it can just draw you in. I dont think most people really give enough thought to how hard it must be to do that. I fell in love with the village in like the first 10 min before I even really had an idea where the movie was going to go. I just loved the way it was done. Same with unbreakable. There were scenes of that movie that I could see coming right off the page of a comic. It was amazing.
Quote from: defskull on Jun 18, 2008, 12:41 AM
Ridiculously good cinematography? Hmm. I guess I'm missing something.
you must be. Im sorry though. Because I really enjoy not missing it.
i agree, unbreakable is IMHO his best work. everything from the story, cinematography, acting, lighting...everything was just about perfect in that movie.
I just think a lot of people dont pay attention to all that
i loved unbreakable. but i didn't like the end. he finds out sammy jackson caused all the "accidents" looking for him. and then he walks away disgusted. he should have at least kicked him in the shins and shattered his legs. or taken a wheel of his chair so he couldn't get away. it all just climaxed to quick (thats what she said), all this big build up and then it just ends.
yeah I am with you there.
Has no one else seen "the Happening" yet?
Quote from: Variable on Jun 21, 2008, 02:32 AM
yeah I am with you there.
Has no one else seen "the Happening" yet?
sorry still not yet. maybe tomorrow
More like Sham-alot, cause it's all a sham. Every movie is a crime against the public movie goers.
oh well with such a compelling argument like that I totally just changed my mind.
I just got back a couple hours ago from watching The Happening.
I'm not sure what I make of it yet :/
I like how it touched on how bees are disappearing in the beginning and my general opinion of what the hell M Night is going on about is that the plants are pissed off at people for messing the planet up [I don't mean that in a sarcastic way btw haha], and I definitely think the ending leaves it open for a sequel. But I doubt there will be one though and I don't think there should be one cos IMO leaving it as it is will just further emphasise what he's trying to get across... If that makes sense at all - it's 2 in the morning and I'm real tired :)
a sequel would be a real bad idea. But I dont think one was ever intended.
Quote from: Azwethinkweiz on Jan 31, 2008, 05:05 PM
The rest of his movies are absolute crap.
true. I've been to THE HAPPENING last week and the movie did not surprise me at all.
saw the happening over the weekend. i really liked it, but the acting of wahlberg and deschnel? bordered on atrocious. there were times when i thought marky mark was acting like he was mildly retarded
(http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/image.php?u=6336&dateline=1213877837)
Quote from: goldpony on Jun 25, 2008, 07:02 PM
saw the happening over the weekend. i really liked it, but the acting of wahlberg and deschnel? bordered on atrocious. there were times when i thought marky mark was acting like he was mildly retarded
seriously? Ha I thought he was great. I mean not like an Oscar winning performance or anything. But I thought he did a good job.
Quote from: Variable on Jun 26, 2008, 01:14 AM
Quote from: goldpony on Jun 25, 2008, 07:02 PM
saw the happening over the weekend. i really liked it, but the acting of wahlberg and deschnel? bordered on atrocious. there were times when i thought marky mark was acting like he was mildly retarded
seriously? Ha I thought he was great. I mean not like an Oscar winning performance or anything. But I thought he did a good job.
i thought the perfromance of the leads was awful. wahlberg just seemed to have that wide-eyed naiveity thing going on at all times. it was the one thing i didnt like about the movie. and deschnel just seemed to open her eyes wide all the time. i thought they really should have acted a bit more...serious, if you know what i mean.
yeah I guess I could see that. I just figured that's the mood they were supposed to be setting for the movie.
i thought leguizamo was great tho
lol. See I liked him the least.
I dont know. I just thought that Shyamalan probably wanted that goofy acting to chill things out a bit. Make the movie more enjoyable. Without it, I think the movie would have been too tense.
i see what you mean, but thats what i wanted.
I can understand why
just saw the Happening at the cheapo theatre near me. didnt really like it....the acting and plot was as bad as Lady in the Water, IMO