his movies seem to spark such heated discussion. we've had numerous threads here where people end up tearing into each other over his movies. personally, i love his movies. i loved Signs. it's among my favorite movies ever. i see myself in that movie. i loved Sixth Sense. was blown away by it in the theater. i really enjoyed the Village. thought the commentary on social fear was particularly interesting given the times we live in. unbreakable was my least favorite...but i certainly enjoyed it, still. there is no creator whose movies i look forward to more. having said all that...if you dont like it, you don't like it. movies, as art, are different for every person. we all bring our own experiences in. they speak to us in different ways.
The Sixth Sense is by far his best movie - all the others have flaws or loose ends that ruin their effect. I actually enjoyed Unbreakable, but there's no denying that it's really slow and that it's ending was totally weak. Signs had some good shock moments, but to have water-averse aliens invade a planet that's like 80% water was beyond stupid. The Village was a good idea, but poorly executed. I think it would help Shyamalan immensely if he did a couple of movies adapted from other than sources instead of insisting on writing everything himself. It would allow him to sharpen his storytelling skills and to think more critically about details that end up seeming ridiculous (i.e. water killing the aliens).
I think my main problem with The Village is that the ending explained some of the actions of the villagers that seemed really questionable at the time. I don't want to sit there for 90% of the movie thinking, "what the hell are you doing?!?!?!". I think I might like it more if I went back and re-watched it, but I just didn't think too much of it the first time I saw it. I'd rank his movies: 1. Unbreakable 2. The Sixth Sense 3. Signs 4. The Village Lady in the Water will be good I think. Paul Giamatti is freaking great.
I'm sure you would. I've watched The Village a couple time since seeing it in theatres and it is a lot better on a second or third viewing. Little things that bothered me in the theatre, like the seemingly stilted accents, make total sense on a second viewing.
I was very proud of myself. I figured out the village within the first 15 minutes. I think you will like it worse knowing what is going to happen. Because the fear factor is removed. No great mysteries unravel when you know what is going to happen. Trust me. There's nothing to uncover. Signs gives you a little more to unravel once you get it. So does the Matrix. But I doubt Village will give you much. I didn't figure out Sixth sense. That one suprised me. But I did figure out "The Others" within a half hour too. So I was pretty impressed with myself then too. Overall, I think Night S. has a lot of talent, but is stuck in the genre just like Tarantino. Signs is a well covered topic, but he was able to take that script and add a sort of fear, and was able to add a conflict of interest for the priest. Nice contrast. So that was extremely well done. But Both directors need to explore other generes and see where there direction can take them.
oops...I touched a nerve...sorry for offending short attention spanned people who do not like good story telling. I apologize.
Whoa there, let's not jump the gun. I give him a record of 2-2. The Sixth Sense was great and Signs was good but The Village stunk and I thought Unbreakable was horrible!
HAHAHA.. LAMO sorry that was TOO FUNNY!! You act like the Village is such a deep film that we must be dumb not to "get it" because of a lack of attention span.. You're right, I must be a dumb American that only likes shiny cars, hot women and big booms on film.. Personally I think they joke's on you if you think The Village is a deep movie..
You shouldn't be. Everybody figured out the ending in the first 15 minutes. That's why it's the weakest of his films, for many people. Though I still think that movie is an excellent example of why he's not overrated as a director. Lots of atmosphere, great shots, great showing of how he's good at building tension...even though most of us had a good grip of what's going on.
Right now, I think James Cameron is top of the list. He's shown the ability to handle all kinds of films at the highest level. I think he even wrote most of his movies and some more like Alien and Rambo.
I didn't say it was the deepest movie ever made. I said it wasn't a scary frightfest, typical horror flick that everyone expected it to be after seing the previews. Most people I have spoken to who disliked it, did so because it wasn't what they expected and were pissed with the plot twist at the end. You use a ****ty cartoon that is indicative of piss poor american values to insult me? And you have the nerve to say you are not one of those who only cares about superficial ****? Stick to your lowball viewing standards and go watch beaves and butthead or something.
