If they don't hold up as entertaining movies once you know the twist, then they aren't successful movies, in my opinion. 'Presumed Innocent' is still a terribly entertaining movie to me , for example, even though I know the twist at this point, having seen it multiple times. And now that M. Night is known as the guy who puts a big twist at the end of his movies, people will be looking for it.
I saw it pretty cold...all I knew was it had something to do with seeing dead people and that it was supposed to freak you out. I knew he was dead because of color usage and no interaction with others, especially the wife scenes and the kid saying many dead don't know they are dead, etc.. Of course, I was also annoyed because even though I thought he was dead there were story flaws that bothered me and details that screwed it up (kid is supposed to get scared and breath cold when ghosts are around, etc). I must say, though, that the clues were more subtle in Sixth Sense. Again, he used color a lot, but he also did subtle wardrobe things (pretty sure Willis was always wearing variations of the same clothes) and only a little dialogue. Or maybe it was just because it was new.
I agree for the most part, especially considering it's what you will come to expect from his films now, but I think Sixth Sense is a slight exception. Not even knowing you should be expecting a surprise ending, and the way it was done....I'd have to say the 'twist' is a big part of the composition of that movie.
hmmm...i'm conflicted. i'm not sure if i thought the village was pretty cool or pretty boring (leaning more to boring than cool). as for the twist/ending, i'm not sure if i thought it was cool or so depressing i wanna kill myself (50/50 on this one i think). how could he not tell her.
I saw the Sixth Sense and loved it, I liked Unbreakable, I hated Signs, and The Village just plained sucked. It is true that the more movies you watch of his, the more predictable they become. I think the Village had a very interesting concept but it needed more than just a "twist". Kinda felt like "I've been there, done that", time to move on.
I would also consider The Sixth Sense as an exception, to a degree. I knew the twist going in and still enjoyed the movie when I finally got around to watching it.
has anyone else seen 'the village' yet? saw it tonight and was greatly disappointed. i can say that i was expecting a lot because i had gathered a great appreciation for m. night leading into this one, but this is clearly his worst yet. the southern accents were terrible and it was s l o w . . . 6th Sense > Unbreakable > Signs > The Village the collapse continues and i fear for his career after this one. he made another cameo.. anyone catch that?
Man, I was going to go watch this movie today ... but such a downer seeing everyone's thoughts about it. The only review I saw was a link on the front page of CNN that said this was his best movie yet, so I was pretty excited -- but don't know how that can be judging from the comments here and the ratings at rotten tomatoes.
I enjoyed the movie, the man is a smart guy, who made a very interesting movie.... besides the ending i relaly liked it This movie was built up to be a scary movie through the previews but it was not at all which i think was the intent, it has an interesting plot with many turns that keep you interested.... I would reccomend going and seeing it b/c i believe it was worth the $6.50, plus the best part is watching the people's reactions to the movie when they dont know what a certain word means and thus they scream a lot when in reality it is not scary (u will understand once you see it)
I saw the movie last night and oh my god did it suck on toes. It was a decent (not great movie) til about half way through. The huge "twist" is pretty predictable. About halfway through my buddy and I just started cracking up not because the movie was funny but because it sucked. Just my opinion however, but I came out of the movie feeling like I'd wasted about 2 hours of my life.
I just got back from the movie, and I truly loved it. #2, just behind "Sixth Sense" And the only reason it's behind Sixth Sense is b/c its the last in a series of a similar genre. I truly believe that if The Village was the first of Shymalan's movies (before Sixth Sense), people would be hailing it as a genius movie (like they do with Sixth Sense) But since we all know his M.O. is to have a suprise ending, audiences go into all of his movies overanalyzing every little tid bit. I sat back and just watched, no analysis until I walked out. Totally loved it! I think I like it better than Sixth Sense, something I never thought I would say.
I got to see it today and thought it was ok. Then again, I sort of read the spoilers that were put in this thread although it looked like they were since then deleted. I may have liked it better had I not known the spoilers, but after seeing the ratings and bad reviews, I figured why not, since it looked like it would suck anyways. For some strange reason, a lot of people in the audience would laugh a lot during the movie, possible showing how this could be a comedy, although I didn't think it was funny. There were some good moments in the movie that seemed pretty cool, and I thought the acting was pretty good. Then again, I'm no movie buff. Keanu Reeves could get best actor with me being the judge. I almost didn't catch M. Night. I kind of was wondering why it was so hard to see the guy, then when I got a good look at him from the side, I noticed him. Of course, the reflection helped too.
I loved the movie, and did not figure out "the twist" until it happened. **SPOILER** I thought it was cool that they created/lied about monsters to protect their society, yet the real monster was one of their own. At least that's how I looked at it.
Caught an 11 o'clock show last night. I thought it was pretty awesome. IT actually had a couple of twists if you think about it. *spoiler* I should have seen the end coming. A) The ladies take way to prominent of a role for 1897 B) There are little things like a candle holder that had a thing in the middle to hold a lamp shade up, all through out the movie.
