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Post by spacechief on May 13, 2006 6:51:19 GMT -5
The new "Lady in the Water" trailer is out at www.apple.com/trailers. Naturally it gives you now information as to what the plot will really be about but I must say I'm relieved. After seeing that first trailer I was worried that it wasn't going to be scary.
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Post by Chuck on May 13, 2006 12:25:04 GMT -5
Way overrated.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on May 13, 2006 12:37:52 GMT -5
I don't know what people mean by The Village having a "twist" ending.
The ending didn't twist! It ended exactly as you'd expect a movie like that to end. There were some mild surprises, but since they didn't have a bearing on the plot as a whole no "twisting" took place.
SPOILERS!
I mean: Blind lady believes the forest has monsters in it. Blind lady's beloved gets sick and needs medicine. Blind lady must overcome her fear of imagined monsters and her own blindness to reach the medicine outside the forest. She does so, and manages to return, saving her beloved's life.
What. Twist. Does. This. Movie. Have?!
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Post by Unsavory on May 13, 2006 19:06:48 GMT -5
Apparently I voted in this poll a long time ago, and I have no idea why or how. The Sixth Sense is/was great and I refuse to compromise this position based solely on my loathing of his more recent films, even though it's tempting.
Unbreakable was kind of bad, but I enjoyed it anyway. Everything after that was a mess.
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Post by Joseph Javorsky on May 14, 2006 9:50:08 GMT -5
I usually enjoy his movies, never saw unbreakable though, yeah his stuff can be kinda hokey and he is always going to show up in a cameo role but they are still usually a fun watch
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Post by Afgncaap5 on May 16, 2006 11:19:58 GMT -5
Er... when the audience finds out it's not a "Period piece" but set in "today". That's a twist, and a sorta BIG twist. But it changes nothing! All it does is lend more of a fantasy feeling. And in case you didn't notice: there were monsters in the story earlier. Fantasy was already established. If you're concerned about the genre jump being a twist, then the twist happens much earlier: the moment when the blind lady's beloved gets stabbed is the twist, moving it from a romance to a suspenseful adventure tale. Nothing wrong with a twist like that.
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Post by Bix Dugan on May 16, 2006 13:13:26 GMT -5
I've only seen 6th Sense & Signs, so I said good films. I am reading these threads while trying to avoid any spoilers, in case I ever see the other ones. So actually I am reading "around" these posts.
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Post by spacechief on May 17, 2006 5:56:52 GMT -5
I've only seen 6th Sense & Signs, so I said good films. I am reading these threads while trying to avoid any spoilers, in case I ever see the other ones. So actually I am reading "around" these posts. Those are definitely his two best. The Village is much more emotional than any of the movies, and probably the least scary. However M Night himself called it a "love story". Unbreakable gets better with repeated viewings as you pick up more and more stuff.
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Post by The Demon's Head on May 20, 2006 7:08:56 GMT -5
I believe that his films are ok, it's just that they're over-rated...
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Post by lisalovelace on May 22, 2006 23:02:32 GMT -5
I give him mixed reviews like most everyone else. I liked sixth sense. I kinda liked village until the lame ending. I totally thought signs was a joke. My husband and kids took it so seriously and I laughed at it, total goof-fest. The basement seen in signs did creep me out some.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on May 23, 2006 12:45:35 GMT -5
But it changes nothing! All it does is lend more of a fantasy feeling. That's called a plot twist...... So if I write a movie, and reveal at the end that my car does not use an internal combustion engine, but is instead powered by phoenix feathers, is that a plot twist?
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Post by spacechief on May 23, 2006 13:55:21 GMT -5
That's called a plot twist...... So if I write a movie, and reveal at the end that my car does not use an internal combustion engine, but is instead powered by phoenix feathers, is that a plot twist? Well that depends, was the car a vital part of the movie? Is it a convertible? Is the movie a sci-fi or drama? Do phoenix feathers get good miles to the gallon?
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