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[Qwerty]

Despite the mess that Lady in the Water was, I still look forward to whatever comes next from M. Night Shyamalan, and it looks like his sixth thriller has a title now: The Happening.

http://www.filmstew....ContentID=15614

[00Twelve]

Well, I'm in the camp that LOVED Lady In The Water. And The Village. And all of M. Night's flicks. Love him or hate him, he's a great storyteller. I'm looking forward to The Happening as well.

[Byron]

Sounds like its aiming to cash in on "I am Legend" which is being released late this year.

Why oh why did they have to get Will Smith to play Robert Neville??? And why make it closer to the Omega man than the actual source novel which is gem?

[Harmsway]

Love him or hate him, he's a great storyteller.

I hate him because I consider him a bad storyteller.

[Judo chop]

The Sixth Sense: A-
Unbreakable: B+
Signs: A
The Village: C+
Lady in the Water: D+

Now, I

[00Twelve]

And what if it is?!?

[Judo chop]

And what if it is?!?

Well, I

[Qwerty]

And The Village.

I'm also one of the few(?) who seem to like The Village more than most.

[Judo chop]

And The Village.

I'm also one of the few(?) who seem to like The Village more than most.

It gets full credit from me for mood, suspence and mystery along the way, but Sham

[00Twelve]

Oh, no, not at all, Judo. I do disagree, though, as I loved the twist in The Village, when they finally open the box and afterward...I wouldn't have guessed it at all, it was a terrific "Oh, snap!" moment, and I just bought right into it. And fortunately, the skill you mentioned in setting up the mood and the character interaction beforehand helps it sustain its replay value for me.

[Loomis]

I'll probably pass - SIGNS was Shayamalan's last half-reasonable effort. He hasn't been "happening" for years.

Sorry.

[tdalton]

I'll probably pass - SIGNS was Shayamalan's last half-reasonable effort. He hasn't been "happening" for years.

Sorry.

Agreed. I thought that Signs was a pretty good film and is, along with The Sixth Sense, one of only two films from Shayamalan that I have actually enjoyed. The rest of them (excluding Lady in the Water, which I have not seen, nor do I intend to, so I can't comment on it) have not been very good, IMO.

[Qwerty]

[quote name='Judo chop' post='713960' date='16 March 2007 - 12:12']Just my thoughts. Apologies to you, Qwert and 00Twelve, if it sounds like I

[TortillaFactory]

When there is no chance of guessing the ending the twist dies before it ever has a chance to live.

True; mikeyfish tells me Saw suffers from this malady. I faint at the sight of blood, so I'm taking his word for it.

(Not literally.)

However. I have to give credit to a friend of mine with whom I saw The Village, who whispered to all of us a few seconds before the reveal, "that box is going to be full of modern stuff!"

Hmmm.

[Blofeld's Cat]

However. I have to give credit to a friend of mine with whom I saw The Village, who whispered to all of us a few seconds before the reveal, "that box is going to be full of modern stuff!"

Hmmm.

No need to bother seeing the movie at all now.

[TortillaFactory]

To be fair, there wasn't much need to see it in the first place.

[Blofeld's Cat]

To be fair, there wasn't much need to see it in the first place.

LOL!

Fair enough.

[TortillaFactory]

I'd feel worse about spoiling it if the twist were in any way the best part of the movie. It's not; it's not really that relevant, imho, and I did enjoy the film for what it was.

I heart Bryce Howard.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I'd feel worse about spoiling it if the twist were in any way the best part of the movie. It's not; it's not really that relevant, imho, and I did enjoy the film for what it was.

I heart Bryce Howard.

So your credit to your friend isn't worth that much then?

[TortillaFactory]

Pas du tout. The fact that it's an irrelevant twist makes it even harder to guess at.

Normally I approve of films that don't rely on their skeletons, but it's possible to go too far the other way - to the point where it seems the basic plot was all but forgotten during production.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Just trying to be playful, TF.

I enjoyed "The Sixth Sense", I liked "Unbreakable", I so-soed "Signs", I couldn't be bothered to watch "The Village", I totally ignored "Lady in the Water", and if "The Happening" doesn't gain the same buzz as the first two I've wasted time writing in this thread.

[TortillaFactory]

Even when Shyamalan's films seem to fall a bit flat, I always respect his storytelling method and the little things he does. The framing of some of the scenes in Signs was brilliant, and the "last supper" is so real it's hard to watch.

That said, still haven't bothered to get around to LitW. I'm also afraid it's actually going to be rubbish, and I'll be forced to hate the man.

Oh, and my lovely Bryce Howard.

[Blofeld's Cat]

That said, still haven't bothered to get around to LitW. I'm also afraid it's actually going to be rubbish, and I'll be forced to hate the man.

Goodness! "Hell hath no fury..." and all that.

[DaveBond21]

[quote]I thought The Village

[Qwerty]

That said, still haven't bothered to get around to LitW. I'm also afraid it's actually going to be rubbish, and I'll be forced to hate the man.

Let me know when (if?) you do though--I'll be interested to hear what you thought about it. For me, it was by far the most difficult of his films to know exactly how one felt about it after seeing it.



I can say that it is definitely the most bizarre of them all though (for me at least).

[Skudor]

To me Sixth Sense is the only really good movie he's made. The rest were pretty dire. I figured out the twist in The Village before even seeing the movie (after which there's little of interest in it), Signs was a big yawn and the rest were even more boring.

[Judo chop]

Hoping this isn

[00Twelve]

On the level of it being about finding your designed purpose, and no other person here being able to figure that out for you, I thought it was an amazing story. And I will just never, ever have a negative thing to say about Paul Giamatti's acting. Ever.

[Judo chop]

On the level of it being about finding your designed purpose, and no other person here being able to figure that out for you, I thought it was an amazing story.

I see that level of the story. I thought it was very short of amazing. Perhaps if the characters didn't have an old asian narrator telling them almost what to do nearly every step of the way, I'd have an easier time with that view? Ah well.

And I will just never, ever have a negative thing to say about Paul Giamatti's acting. Ever.

Ok, now I won't even pretend to be on topic, but a big "agree" to that.
I praise him to the skies in my review of the Illusionist. That was the film that capped it off for me. From seeing him as a slithering wretch in Sideways, to a stuttering, damaged and seeking hopeful in Lady in the Water, to a shrewd and honorable (and somehow even powerful?!) inspector in The Illusionist, I was sold. He's the best to come out in a long, long time.

[00Twelve]

Trying to steer back onto topic , I wonder who the obligatory hold-over cast member will be for this one. For Unbreakable it was Bruce. For The Village, Joaquin. For Lady, Bryce Dallas.

Hmm...Paul Giamatti? Please?