[tincastlemusic]

Man, I hit a hot button with all of the M. Night haters! I'm kind of trying to understand why so many people dislike his movies (except for the sixth sense), so I thought I would pose a question:

If his last 5 films released after the Sixth Sense had NOT been pushed as the next great M. Night Shyamalan movie, instead just having the movie itself be the promotion, would they have been bashed as much by critics and movie fans alike?

I think the main problem with M. Night's career has been that he made his masterpiece as his first film (The Sixth Sense) and in the horror genre it is very hard to live up to a movie like that (take Romero and his Night of the Living Dead series, the first film was brilliant and none of his other films ever quite lived up to it). I just think its funny how so many people bash his stuff just because it was him doing it and not really for what the movie itself is. I will usually hit up any horror movie I can, and there have been some terribly bad ones I've sat through, but they never received the amount of negative reviews that Shyamalan gets.

I just think it is fun to delve into this stuff, so keep posting!

[tincastlemusic]

aronp24 Wrote:

tincastlemusic Wrote:Well, being the movie fanatic that I am, on Saturday I had to go check out the latest M. Night movie, "The Happening". M. Night is without a doubt my favorite director (horror movies are definitely my genre), and I've loved everything he's done in the world of film (even though he is constantly getting bashed by critics and movie-goers alike). In a world full of remakes, at least M. Night is willing to attempt to create things that haven't been done before and take those chances.

Anyways, I really enjoyed the movie (my favorite since Signs), and would really recommend it for anyone who actually gets what Shyamalan is going for with his films. He definitely gets that suspense/terror mix flowing right away from the opening scene, and the concept of a mass killer being completely undetectable is definitely a scary concept. A lot of critics were upset that there was no twist or surprise ending on this one, but without giving anything away, there is an underlying twist that isn't really brought up in the film directly, but is definitely implied. I've read a ton of critic's reviews on this film, and not a one has even touched on it.So, if you are a horror movie fan, definitely check it out and really pay attention to what is going on in the film. If you are a fan of M. Night's work, you will definitely enjoy!

hollywood has been peddling this garbaged nonsense to us for the last 5 years....
just sayin'

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[robertnickles]

I was excited to see this movie and was very disappointed when I left. I call it Final Destinations 4 because the best parts of the movie were the death scenes. It did have suspense but with a non-twist ending it just leaves you with a feeling of WTF? which is not what you want when you plunk down $10-15 on a movie these days. Like HAHA, you thought I was going to have some clever twist to make this whole movie make sense, but I didn't SUCKERS!!

How many attack of the killer tomatoes movies were there? I guess this one could be named Attack of the Killer Trees and Grass?

[raiderlakermiguel]

i really enjoyed the movie

there was no typical m night "what a tiwst" ending

a very trippy movie and if you really like m night or enjoy horror movies, check it out!

[washportis26]

i dont think it sucked, i was just disappointed because they always hype up the trailer and its doesnt deliver. he has no reason to keep you wondering because its about something stupid! if anyone wants to watch it shoot me a PM.

[Star_Cards]

always thought of this as a rental. movies are 9.50 here in Indy and we have to be really excited about it to go see it at the theater. Most movies these days are junk so I only get out to see a handful a year at the movies.

I liked unbreakable and the village. Signs was ok but way too over hyped. I think when you go in thinking it's going to be awesome I'm almost always wishing I had my $10 back.

[devilsfan1967]

my g/f and i went to see it yesterday, she liked it...........I absolutely HATED IT...........too many scenes in this, just out in there for "shock value"......the zoo footage etc.........horrible writing......the dialogue was LAUGHABLE.............I wanna say that Shamalyan is a one-trick pony........with sixth sense.........BUT I liked unbreakable...........being a big comic-book fan..........but back to The Happening..........at least I got to look at Zooey Deschanel for 2 hours.......

[jstump37]

Was M. Night in the movie?

[devilsfan1967]

jstump37 Wrote:Was M. Night in the movie?

nope, ,maybe he had a "sixth sense"...........not to put himself in this stinker

[billcrackers]

I really enjoyed his first 2 movies, not so much since then.

Also, I have not seen the Happening, but it couldn't possibly be worse than the Strangers.