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PsychoticPanda 01-20-2004 11:02 AM

M. Night Shyamalan
 
Who else loves him, HMM?!?!?

He's great, man.

avenger00soul 01-20-2004 11:25 AM

I'll reserve my judgement of him until I see his next film. The Sixth Sense was cool, I LOVED Unbreakable, but Signs just didn't do it for me.

PsychoticPanda 01-20-2004 11:27 AM

Really? Signs was my favorite of his 3 films. I really liked The Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable too.

I can't wait for his next film "The Village" to come out.:)

avenger00soul 01-20-2004 11:30 AM

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Originally posted by PsychoticPanda
Really? Signs was my favorite of his 3 films. I really liked The Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable too.

I can't wait for his next film "The Village" to come out.:)

The Village could be cool. I'm looking forward to it as well. I hope it's better than Signs. Signs was good, don't get me wrong. The birthday party scene was jaw-dropping. But the end didn't sit right with me....I mean, WATER!!! They came all this way and have all this advanced technology and they didn't bring some kind of wetsuit?

OldSchoolGamer 01-20-2004 11:30 AM

I think he is over rated, don't get me wrong, I love his stuff and I was blown away by 6th Sense and I liked Signs but I was really hyped for Unbreakable, great cast, interesting preview but I'm sorry, and without giving anything away, I thought the ending blew chunks.

mictlan 01-20-2004 11:34 AM

The Sixth Sense had its moments (all the ghost scenes were great) but mostly didn't do it for me.
SPOILER BELOW
Was the fact that Bruce Willis was a ghost supposed to be the big secret? He got SHOT DEAD in the first scene of the film... jeez.

Unbreakable was great, I love the idea of subtle superhero movies. Is it true that there may be a sequel?

Haven't seen Signs yet.

Rumors have it that the Village is Shyamalan's Ishtar.

avenger00soul 01-20-2004 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by mictlan
Unbreakable was great, I love the idea of subtle superhero movies. Is it true that there may be a sequel?

Rumors have it that the Village is Shyamalan's Ishtar.

Agreed. It was a brilliant origin story. There is a huge fan base wanting a sequel, but who knows.

About the Ishtar thing....*shivers*

PsychoticPanda 01-20-2004 01:23 PM

I just really like him because his movies have surprise endings- mostly for Unbreakable. The Sixth Sense was kind of predictable, Signs wasn't though. The scenes with the aliens were so "spooky". He doesn't do the whole slasher gore teen horror film thing. He does mystery/suspense kind of things. I really like that, because that's what scares me more. Rather than someone's insides becoming their outsides. I can't wait to see The Village, and see what else he comes up with.

KRUGERKID13 01-20-2004 02:12 PM

i personaly thought all 3 films were very slow moving and boring. I know that i will no longer pay to see his films any longer

avenger00soul 01-20-2004 02:16 PM

I remember what made me like The Sixth Sense: "You wanna see where my Dad keeps his gun?" Creepy.

mictlan 01-21-2004 04:12 AM

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Originally posted by avenger00soul
I remember what made me like The Sixth Sense: "You wanna see where my Dad keeps his gun?" Creepy.
SHIVER. That scene and the school full of people who were hung...

Vodstok 01-29-2004 09:33 AM

Unbreakable was my least favorite so far, but it was still excellent.

Plus it had Samuel L jackson

AND Bruce Willis. I am possibly a bigger bruce willis fan then Bruce Willis. Definately more of a fan than Demi. (Fucking whore.....I hope kelso pops one of her tits for Punk'd episode.....)

ProjectMayhem 01-29-2004 12:53 PM

The Sixth Sense was a VERY good film.

Not seen Unbreakable, but Signs was disgusting. A shambles of a film. Maybe it's just me but what's so clever with the ending, what's the twist? That he regains his faith or what?

It must be so simple that I just don't get how it's a surprise or I'm just an idiot.

And I mean come on. They're weak to water yet they're on a planet of which 90% (or something) of the air is moisture? Ridiculous premise.

Vodstok 01-30-2004 04:00 AM

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Originally posted by ProjectMayhem
The Sixth Sense was a VERY good film.

Not seen Unbreakable, but Signs was disgusting. A shambles of a film. Maybe it's just me but what's so clever with the ending, what's the twist? That he regains his faith or what?

It must be so simple that I just don't get how it's a surprise or I'm just an idiot.

And I mean come on. They're weak to water yet they're on a planet of which 90% (or something) of the air is moisture? Ridiculous premise.

This is the #1 complaint about signs. I still think it was a good movie, but that little bit of logic is missing. The conditions that exist on earth that make it livalbe to our type of life is Because of water. There is no concievable way that a life form could develope that could survive our atmosphere if it was not from a "wet planet".

Plus, did they not know it would rain someday? that wouldve fucked up their plans when the entire invading force was wiped out because of a drizzle.


Godammit, you just caused me to rationalize half the enjoyment out of the movie..

ProjectMayhem 01-31-2004 05:19 AM

Haha, sorry.

Usually I couldn't care less about silly little things like that but on Signs it just seemed to hit me so hard about how stupid it was.

Sam The Egg 01-31-2004 08:13 PM

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Originally posted by mictlan
SHIVER. That scene and the school full of people who were hung...
An entire school of hung people? Sounds like the plot for a gay porno...

PsychoticPanda 02-01-2004 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by Sam The Egg
An entire school of hung people? Sounds like the plot for a gay porno...
lol.


DONNIE!! *melts*

Sam The Egg 02-01-2004 07:11 PM

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Originally posted by PsychoticPanda
lol.


DONNIE!! *melts*

I think you mean *gets run over*

PsychoticPanda 02-02-2004 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by Sam The Egg
I think you mean *gets run over*
lol. yeah. Now I want to watch that movie..

Sam The Egg 02-02-2004 05:31 PM

now nobody's going to get all that

PsychoticPanda 02-03-2004 02:28 PM

:eek: Everyone should watch Donnie Darko.

Left For Dead 02-03-2004 04:04 PM

Those who didn't like Unbreakable, just didn't GET it.

PsychoticPanda 02-04-2004 06:29 PM

I liked Unbreakable the first time I saw it. I thought it was okay. Then I recently saw it again, and I liked it more. :D

Jasonman 02-09-2004 01:01 PM

All of M. Night.Shyamalan's films are great and suspeful. Can't wait for the Village.

Dreaming Girl 02-21-2004 10:30 AM

I still need to see Unbreakable...

The Sixth Sense was pretty good.

Signs... well, it started out alright and had some pretty creepy scenes (the birthday party video disturbed me a bit), but it just kept getting worse and worse and ... I HATED the ending, what can I say?

Still, I DO like his directing style.

mictlan 02-26-2004 06:21 PM

I read something by Raymond Carver the other day and thought of Shyamalan.

"Any strategy that kept important and necessary information away from the reader in the hope of overcoming him by surprise at the end of the story was cheating."


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