I personally liked Signs and The Village. Does anyone know if there are any new M. Night Shymalan films coming out any time soon?
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I personally liked Signs and The Village. Does anyone know if there are any new M. Night Shymalan films coming out any time soon?
he's directing a movie called Lady in the Water scheduled to release in 2006.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0452637/
working with the screenplay in 'Life of Pi', a best selling book, about an indian kid.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/
hey Good stuff! Life of Pi was one wicked book :D
thanx for the update vingem :D
Shymalan is actually the relative of our close family friends, I have met him twice during get-togethers...he is a very nice, down-to-earth guy...as a film-maker just superb!
In terms of the Village, yes it did not correspond with his usual theme however I felt that it was an intriguing film nevertheless...it wove love and the barriers of a society in an excellent manner...I liked the film a lot...
Has anyone watched Lady in the water?
wow nice to hear that KF
I couldnt sit thru the whole movie.. it was damn boring.. terribly slow and it was funny at the wrong places.. :banghead: :banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by a.ratchasi
Lady in the water is one Lady who can be missed!
Movie is :thinking hard: not enough adjectives in the english language!
THe Movie Bombed @ The BO. :cry:
:roll: hmmm, I liked it, very much.
me 2 8-)
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Originally Posted by a.ratchasi
I have seen all of his movies except Lady in the water, the reviews I heard were so poor that I decided to give this one a miss! :)
Unbreakable better than Sixth Sense which is way way way better than Signs (after which I stopped watching)
Prabhu,
Signs was released around Baba and 'Arasu badhilgal' called it the American counterpart :lol: Periya hit-aam.. :irked:
Actually I liked Village. Very simple story but nice presentation. If you happen to see it, later go to it's IMDB messageboard. You might find it interesting, and may want to rewatch some scenes. Yes I did flip around the dvd a bit. Well, if you know the twists in the plot, forget it :smile2:
I remember the scene in Signs where they all wear foil-caps :lol: I laughed uncontrollably in the theatre. So a couple of yrs later when my roommates had booked first day tickets for 'The Village' I gave them the slip. They came back and gave away the twist :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by RR
Perhaps it will be a harmless try on DVD. Will catch it sometime. Thanks !
I liked The Village better than Signs...because Signs was missing that M Night Shyamalan trademark. which is a really surpricign ending where the audience gets blown away! :D
Nevertheless, Signs was still Awesome!! 8-)
he is over-rated... his village is very bad,
Err..not sure. Never been to his village. Bet yours is better huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aandavan
On serious note, I agree. He's overrated. Critics who loved him are now backing off. Most importantly, I think Night shoud stay away from the front of the camera and stay behind, like he did wisely in The Village.
I kinda liked Unbreakable. There is something in it. Maybe the two leads were good.
:lol: good jokeQuote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
I don't think overrated. He makes movies where thinking is essential. He doesn't resort to movies like The Grudge where cheap thrills make the film, but banks of the intelligence of the audience. All his films so far has a smart, eerie quality to them that made memorable and he brings of the best from his lead stars. Surprisingly, I liked his Unbreakable the best. The only film of his that didn't really impact me was his recent film, "Lady in the Water."
His family and my family are also close friends here, so I've also met him a lot, and we're obligated to see/appreciate his films. :D
Guess Lady in the Water movie has got Razzie award this time :!:
the Happening .....
disappointed me a lot :( saw the movie first day .... sema kootam padathukku ... all young folks, mostly americans, very few indians like our group.... house full ... everybody was sitting with a lot of expectation ..... movie started awesome and every single scene moved like wat next ... wat next ...... after some time ... not sure if the director forgot that he needs to rely on logic i believe ....
hero's family runs and villian chases them .... proves great when its men .... but not wind ..... ivanga mattum thappikardhai obvious aa kaati irukkardhu purila ...... suddenly everything stops ..... all go home .... and starts suddenly in some other place ..... koduma da .... MNS is known for his abrupt endings .... this is the best of such ... Sixth Sense madiri edhir pAthu pOravangalukku idhu sema adi ...
ellA padathulayum vara mAdiri idhulayum oru scene layum varuvAru nnu edhir pAthen ... but he never turned up ... credits la andha phone panra boy friend per la ivar perai pAthu ;-) aha vandhutaruyaannu ninaichen :-)
concept vidhiyAsam - one day environment too gets angry appadinnu nalla ArambichAru ..... but lost focus i believe somewhere .... i loved his movies for different concepts .... he better reduce slow sentimental conversations ... and give some fast moving ones ...
MNS has all potential to give Classic awesome movies ....
Sixth sense still remains his best and can be said a benchmark for him... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bingleguy
Definitely ys .... infact Unbreakable, The Signs, Village all these too carried some different concept :-) some were so simple like that Ladywater or something .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
being a mallu .... i feel he should take some CBI dairy kurippu kinda thriller in English :-)
I like The Signs. :) But, his screenplay always slow and leaves a 'dull' impact at the end of the movie... :PQuote:
Originally Posted by bingleguy
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Originally Posted by bingleguy
Sixth Sense is my fav flick of him..but i liked village too :)
:lol: True .... indha mAdiri slow n dull things namma inglis makkalukku othu varAdhE ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
enna Achu ? though born in TN his poorveegam was God's own country dhAnE :-)Quote:
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Originally Posted by bingleguy
mallus dhAn sir indha mAdiri CID, CBI kadhai ezhudhardhula experts :-)
Appadiyum sollida mudiyAthu. Movies like 'An unfinished Life' has slow screnplay with interesting story. This is where Syamalan lacks basically IMO. Latest example, 'Gran Torino'. I heard this movie got terrific response in US. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bingleguy
Athu enna God's own country??? :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by bingleguy
Oh, really??? :oops: :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bingleguy
How about The Signs??? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by avven
Kerala's nick name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
Unbreakable was the most impressive
Sixth Sense was pretty good
Signs - extremely boring
Haven't watched the rest. But I am given to understand they are pretty bad.
Unbreakable was great!
so were signs and sixth sense.. i liked signs cos it was some kind of bizzare alien flick which no one came across at that time. The OST was also good
The others movies r :oops:
Sixth Sense was his best IMO and i liked Signs more than Unbreakable
Signs & The Sixth Sense defo my favourites. The scene in Signs with the alien at the kids party! BRILLIANT! I can remember the whole cinema yelped at that scene.
The Village was pretty decent too. I didn't see the twist coming. Unbreakable didn't really do anything for me.
The Lady In The Water & The Happening (I didn't want to watch this film after the reviews I'd read, but I decided to put myself through it last year on my flight to India) are just plain silly. Hopefully, his next movie Avatar: The Last Airbender will be a bit better. He's stepping out of his usual genre, adapting a cartoon series, so it should be interesting.
Ow and he'll be helping out Shankar with Endhiran won't he? :lol:
U find Signs boring??? :roll: Hhmmm... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
I find Signs did not measure up to the others. Like PR, I found Unbreakable very interesting. Pretty unique take on comic book heroes and villain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
The Village was interesting too. Didn't see the others.
Mel Gibson is not one of my favourite actors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thalafanz
So when he was brooding at length I found it quite dull. That he quits religion, gets back - didn't make a big impact. And the crop circle thing was not 'spooky' actually. It was kinda slow and eventless, so I lost interest after some time.
MNS movies are pretty much known for being a little dull and slow moving .... tats his style probably ... but i wouldnt say its such boring :huh: .... we cannot expect an Independence Day from MNS .... Mel isnt tat bad on this ... its actually tough for a hollywood guy to be just motionless - action less etc ..... adhunaala appadi irundhirukkumo ennamo .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
It was supposed to be thrilling if not spooky IMO. As Bingle'na said it's his style of film making...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
:sigh2: Ok, how about his work as director??? Passion of Christ, Braveheart :cool: and A Man without A Face - what u have to say about them??? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram