I love Unbreakable, too. Sixth Sense definitely loses some of it's luster after knowing the big twist, but I wouldn't thusly call it unenjoyable. The setting, camera work, and genuinely creepy ghosts and circumstances continue to be unsettling to me and my family.Vilealbaniandwarf said:I think UNBREAKABLE is his ONLY good film. Sixth sense loses a lot once you know the twist. Unbreakable is still a good movie and actually seems to improve with each viewing.
Yes it is a funny movie and everyone should watch it especially with the rifftraxx for it. Tons and tons of entertainment. This however was not the intent of Shiamalan. If you look at some of the imagery and the movies premise this movie was displaying Mr.Shiamalans apparent hatred and displeasure at his critics and fans.MisterShine said:I just want to say, in the defense of The Happening:
If viewed as as a Raimi-esque Evil Dead 2-ish Comedy-Horror, it is absolutely fantastic. You will laugh yourself silly. Though that could be because I was kinda high when I saw it in theaters with my friends. Either way, I recommend it to people on account of how hilarious it can be. When that lawnmower runs a dude over? I was in stitches.
It was kind of stilted and slow so you can see why some people thought it was boring. And the twist was one of the most stupid things I've ever watched.ellers07 said:Yes, The Village wasn't quite up to par, but it had a fun Twilight Zone sort of feel to it and I didn't think it was boring.
Yeah this was the most baffling outcome for me. For a man who claims he is a hard core fan of the show and watched it 3 or 4 times with his kids he seemed to miss the entire point of the narrative and just thought the kung-fu was "neat". The one theme for the entire show Avatar TLAB is 'Kids vs. the World'. That's it. You have teen kids(tweens I guess) with little to no adult support having to just jump out into a world that is unfamiliar. They have to learn that they need to save the world, how to do it, and they have less then a year to travel the globe and do it.Gorrath said:THe only other one I've seen is The Last Airbender, which galled me so much that I refuse to give M. Night another dime. The Last Airbender was one of the best and most thought provoking animated series I've ever seen and it got steam-rolled into nothing, ruining any chance to see it on the big screen. This was easily the most pissed I've been about a movie up until I saw Into Darkness.
But I thought Bob said Unbreakable was a hit. How much was it supposed to earn in the Box Office to make a sequel?Callate said:I think I heard somewhere that Unbreakable was supposed to be the first of a larger series- perhaps a trilogy- but that idea got scuttled (possibly by Shyamalan himself) when it didn't come through with over-the-moon box office.
That might be where things started to go wrong- where Shyamalan started to think that overwhelming audience approbation of his craft was less something he should strive for than his due, and that if it didn't work out then there was something wrong with the viewer, not the craftsman.
The stories about Shyamalan having people re-arrange their schedules to read his new scripts and attend to his paranoia about said scripts being leaked begin to make it sound less like typical Hollywood eccentricity and more like genuine neurosis.
The audience loves a narrative about a big ego being deflated. I try not to wish the man ill; if he could deliver a new story that was worth telling, I think he could see a lot of "sins" forgiven. I'm curious if the advertising for "After Earth" all but hiding Shyamalan's involvement is a sign of repentance or just caginess on the part of the studio.