Pop Critics: M. Night’s “The Happening” teaser
Adam
· 1 year ago
I see the similarities to Cell. According to Wikipedia, though, (I won't say it here cuz it might be spoiler-ish!) luckily it doesn't have anything to do with cell phones but something a little more natural.
Yeah, I've read some about it as well and I know it's not like Cell, but it definitely seems that way in the preview. I'm not sure if the real thing will be better or worse...
I don't know how the hell this guy keeps getting money to make movies. He is a complete and utter hack and deserves to be relegated to the Direct-to-DVD camp. The Village and Lady In The Water were 2 of the worst big-budget movies to be released in the past 5 years.
daddyjason
· 1 year ago
Wow. Do I sense some anger Michael? I'm not sure I would call the guy a hack. He has some skills for sure. The Village and Lady In The Water weren't everything they could have been and should have been, but I would hardly say that everything he did on them was poor. I've seen a lot of movies by a LOT of hack directors and I don't think Shyamalan fits into that category.
Mike
· 1 year ago
A hack........
I think a guy who makes The Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable, isn't a hack. There are plenty of worse movies out there made by people than M. Night Shyamalan...
Just because his last two weren't amazing (I personally enjoyed The Village), I don't see how he's a hack.
He actually writes some pretty cool stories I think.
The Trousered Ape
· 1 year ago
I enjoyed both The Village and Lady in the Aqua (along with everything else he has done).
How anyone can find anything of redeeming value in The Village is beyond me. I'm in the movie industry and I NEVER walk out of movies, regardless of how bad they were, but I was VERY close during The Village. Thank God I didn't see Lady in the Water in the theater.
Signs was just ok, while Sixth Sense was great and Unbreakable underrated. But Unbreakable was from 2000 and Signs from 2002. They guy hasn't even done anything average for 6 years. I hope he finally does something worthy of being compared with Sixth Sense, but if you think he will, I think you're setting yourselves up for disappointment.
nicky
· 1 year ago
I agree his movies haven't been as good as they used to. It seems from interviews and such that I've read that M. Night is getting a super huge ego and thinks he's basically a movie god. I hope this one redeems his career!
I enjoyed his movies right up until Lady in the Water. The Village was controversial, but I thought it was nicely done, a story about the lengths parents will go to protect their children, even doing something as insane as tricking them into thinking they're living 100 years in the past. Lady in the Water just made no sense to me, and I remember reading articles about how the producers were trying to tell him that. I don't know how it was made, but I think it knocked his ego back a little bit, so maybe The Happening will be a return to great storytelling.
I actually think Unbreakable was his best film and highly underrated. The Sixth Sense was really good but I think people got so caught up in the surprise ending that they thought it was better than it really was. I thought Signs was also quite good.
The Village had a lot of problems. I won't pretend that it didn't. I didn't enjoy it like I did his other films. I did, however, see what he was trying to do and I guess that helped make it better for me than it did for others who were just watching for entertainment value.
I didn't care for Lady In The Water much at all when I first saw it. I later read a book (the name of which escapes me now) which detailed the making of the film and it gave a lot of insight into the movie that I didn't have prior to reading the book. That insight actually helped me see the vision he had for the movie which was far greater than what actually turned up on screen.
I think Shyamalan's a good filmmaker and a good screenwriter who could be great if he'd think outside of his own box and not get caught up in his own hype. I'm not one of those people who only wants him to make movies like the ones he made before. I'd love to see him do something completely different. Having said that, however, I'm still looking forward to seeing what he gives us with The Happening.
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I'm really looking forward to it!
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I think a guy who makes The Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable, isn't a hack. There are plenty of worse movies out there made by people than M. Night Shyamalan...
Just because his last two weren't amazing (I personally enjoyed The Village), I don't see how he's a hack.
He actually writes some pretty cool stories I think.
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Signs was just ok, while Sixth Sense was great and Unbreakable underrated. But Unbreakable was from 2000 and Signs from 2002. They guy hasn't even done anything average for 6 years. I hope he finally does something worthy of being compared with Sixth Sense, but if you think he will, I think you're setting yourselves up for disappointment.
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The Village had a lot of problems. I won't pretend that it didn't. I didn't enjoy it like I did his other films. I did, however, see what he was trying to do and I guess that helped make it better for me than it did for others who were just watching for entertainment value.
I didn't care for Lady In The Water much at all when I first saw it. I later read a book (the name of which escapes me now) which detailed the making of the film and it gave a lot of insight into the movie that I didn't have prior to reading the book. That insight actually helped me see the vision he had for the movie which was far greater than what actually turned up on screen.
I think Shyamalan's a good filmmaker and a good screenwriter who could be great if he'd think outside of his own box and not get caught up in his own hype. I'm not one of those people who only wants him to make movies like the ones he made before. I'd love to see him do something completely different. Having said that, however, I'm still looking forward to seeing what he gives us with The Happening.
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Adam - I just liked the story of The Village like you did and while it came off slow or whatever, it was still decent for me.
Jason - I totally agree on Unbreakable...I think it's so very underrated and truly is one of the best "superhero" movies of our time...