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M. Night Shyamlan
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Anyone like this director's work? He's made those films with twists... Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable, most recently The Village, which comes out on DVD tomorrow. I enjoy his films.
I would rank them: 1. Signs 2. The Village 3. Unbreakable 4. The Sixth Sense
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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I really enjoyed Signs and The Sixth Sense. I'm surprised a production company gave him the most money ever given for a screenplay for Signs when he was just getting over the Unbreakable bomb. Good thing Signs was good or he woulda been dead.
1. Signs 2. The Sixth Sense 3. The Village 4. Unbreakable
The Village was not scary wnough like Signs in my opinion.
His film Twists always have a problem though.
SPOILER*** The Sixth Sense: How could Bruce Willis have lived normally for so long dead like that?
Unbreakable: Again, how could it take so long for him to realize this? Not realistic at all.
Signs: Water? The aliens can't touch water, all that time scouting Earth, they never contacted water? 81% of the worlds surface? No dew on the fields of corn or anything????
The Village: How could the creature have been in the woods when Mr. Phonex went in unannounced? Unless they had "watches". But the noices and stuff like that would be very hard to reproduce then. This movie was the best at this though. Just not scary enough.
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And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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Originally posted by DonFerro55:
SPOILER*** The Sixth Sense: How could Bruce Willis have lived normally for so long dead like that?
Signs: Water? The aliens can't touch water, all that time scouting Earth, they never contacted water? 81% of the worlds surface? No dew on the fields of corn or anything????
The Doc SPOILER Again, the plot uses the made up excuse (they see what they want to see) The thing is the Aliens probably watched from their ships, and scouted dry areas, perhaps weather technology to avoid rain? This is pretty much unimportant although it raises questions. 1. The Sixth Sense 2. Signs He makes movies for the good reasons however he falls short, usually making the movie a moral meaning after a flawed twist.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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Originally posted by Don Sonny Corleone: This guy is one of the most overrated Directors in History. thank you. Wasnt the Others by MNight as well (not that it was any good)?
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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I don't think Shyamalan is overrated, I think it's that his "blockbuster" was overrated. i thought the Sixth Sense was a poor film, one of the worst I've ever seen... people hadn't seen a twist like that before. Believe it or not that was pretty much invented back in '99 with that film.. I think if Signs or The Village, his best films, came out back then, there'd be legitimate praise. TSS sucked, Unbreakable was basically unbearable, and Signs and The Village were both great. SPOILERS********************* The Village: How could the creature have been in the woods when Mr. Phonex went in unannounced? Unless they had "watches". But the noices and stuff like that would be very hard to reproduce then. This movie was the best at this though. Just not scary enough.
The Doc But since the creatures were really just those people, or that retarded guy, they would have known he was going into the woods so they would have gotten the suit and gotten out there. I think it makes sense.
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"I punks ed i gruppi ed i rappers moderni hanno avuti timore migliore il sole aumentante di questa cosa di il nostro."
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante: I don't think Shyamalan is overrated, I think it's that his "blockbuster" was overrated. i thought the Sixth Sense was a poor film, one of the worst I've ever seen... people hadn't seen a twist like that before. Believe it or not that was pretty much invented back in '99 with that film.. I think if Signs or The Village, his best films, came out back then, there'd be legitimate praise. TSS sucked, Unbreakable was basically unbearable, and Signs and The Village were both great.
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[quote] The Village: How could the creature have been in the woods when Mr. Phonex went in unannounced? Unless they had "watches". But the noices and stuff like that would be very hard to reproduce then. This movie was the best at this though. Just not scary enough.
The Doc But since the creatures were really just those people, or that retarded guy, they would have known he was going into the woods so they would have gotten the suit and gotten out there. I think it makes sense. [/quote]No they would not have known it was him. he did it on impulse. The other "villagers" would not have known his impulse and gone out there. The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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01/11/05 12:24 AM
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No, because remember he went to the town counsel and petioned them to let him go into the woods... so I'd imagine they'd keep an eye on him because they knew he wanted to go out there.
"Today I settled all family business, so don't tell me you're innocent, Carlo-" Michael Corleone
"I punks ed i gruppi ed i rappers moderni hanno avuti timore migliore il sole aumentante di questa cosa di il nostro."
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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I'm not a huge fan of the guy's work as a few I know, but I generally like the guy's movies. Besides, what other top-major filmmaker that a huge corporate entity like Disney is willing to give huge gobs of cash to do really slow directing that really takes its time? Also, UNBREAKABLE wasn't a bomb. It broke(har har) about $248 million around the globe(and thats not including the VHS/DVD and PPV markets), same with VILLAGE. Point is, as long as M. Night Shymalamadingdong( ) makes money, Disney will fund the guy to make his movies. In other words, the guy's movies could have been better I agree, but they are still worth my time. More so than I have gotten from the likes of Renny Harlin and Michael Bay in the last decade or so. EDIT - I agree with Busta, except that Shymalan is not the next Hitchcock or Spielberg(remember that f*cking stupid NEWSWEEK cover when SIGNS came out? "The Next Spielberg?" :rolleyes: ). He is only the next Shymalan and thats it. Its like in the late 70's when filmmakers like John Carpenter(subject of my upcoming Tribute) and Brian DePalma were likened as the next Hitchcock by many critics or PR reps. However, most filmmakers may share similar "-esque" qualities that show their "tip of influence", yet they are still their own unique individual autuer moviemakers.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante: No, because remember he went to the town counsel and petioned them to let him go into the woods... so I'd imagine they'd keep an eye on him because they knew he wanted to go out there. NO! The first time, when he went into the woods when he was just supposed to be doing something on the outside of the gates. he went out, unexpected, about 30 feet and saw something, and ran back in, before he went into the council. The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante: No, because remember he went to the town counsel and petioned them to let him go into the woods... so I'd imagine they'd keep an eye on him because they knew he wanted to go out there. NO! The first time, when he went into the woods when he was just supposed to be doing something on the outside of the gates. he went out, unexpected, about 30 feet and saw something, and ran back in, before he went into the council. When he got berries or something. The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: M. Night Shyamlan
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01/12/05 05:40 PM
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The Sixth Sense * 1999, Shamalayan, US A child psychologist tries to help an estranged boy who can see the dead. Haunting feature without many shocks and little suspense; nothing more than a commercial, atmospheric film with a twist ending.
Signs * 2002, Shamalayan, US A former priest and widower protects, with the help of his brother, his children from an alien invasion. With no firm ground to tread on, this settles for a series of shocks before a disappointing ending, but along the way we are treat to Gibson's typical acting and some slick direction.
A fine auteur, albeit not one I rush to see the work of. Oh well.
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