I respect, more than respect, the fact that the sixth sense was a modern masterpiece of storytelling.
but seriously?in signs you tried to tell us that the proof of god lies only in the shallowest of coincidences, in the village, that the only ego greater than a handful of brilliant academicians determined to create the world anew was yours. in lady in the water, I don't even know what you were trying to show us, but you did it in the most grating and offensively stereotyped ways possible.
today, I gave you one last chance and watched unbreakable, again starring bruce willis and samuel l. jackson. I don't know how you do it--what sort of directorial magic do you pull to turn strong actors into wooden-tongued caricatures?
this is your last chance. I'm 52 minutes into the happening now. mark wahlberg is apologizing to a plant, in order to stave off world annihilation. I know it's not going to get any better. but please, does it have to get worse?
I swear it, I won't be watching another of your films ever again. at least, not until the next one comes out.
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Didn't we decide this already back in 2006 that this guy was a total hack? Wherein, we spent 2.5 hours watching a bunch of clowns try to figure out who was actually the "Healer" or "Guardian" while Story the Narf was hanging out in the pool or shower because she was unaccustomed to wearing clothes. M Night Shyamalan is dead to me. Please call me next time you're tempted to watch another one of his films again so I can remind you of the Narfs and Scrunts.
Sorry, wrong, Signs, Unbreakable = great
I recommend the anime "Last Airbender" before his version comes out.
Ohchiik--yes, but I can't stop. it's the hope in me. I want to believe. I'll watch almost anything, as long as there's something to SEE.
TC: I will give you Signs. there is something about it that draws you in, it just isn't the scaly-toed t-rex ETs. unbreakable, tho? holy lameosity, batman.
Roger Ebert says that to be a great movie you have to have 3 great scenes and no bad scenes. By that definition, Unbreakable would not be great because there are definitely one or two scenes that fall flat. But the scene of him at the train station using his powers for the first time, following the guy home, and rescuing the hostages was one of the great movie sequences of all time. IMHO.
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