Movies opening this weekend
Movies opening this weekend
Will you tear yourself away from lux to see any of these movies?
I havent seen the remake of the Manchurian Candidate (in theaters now) but the original (I think is an Orsen Wells Film) is always on the list of top 50 movies of all time... You should check it out and compare.... I will try to see the "new" one this week.
Mike
As for the Village....original.......well it is not a remake....
Mike
Mike
As for the Village....original.......well it is not a remake....
Mike
What they are saying is that M. Night is remaking the same movie (6th sense). He takes his one mss, files off the serial numbers, calls it something else, and then remakes the film.Mike wrote:As for the Village....original.......well it is not a remake....
One hopes that at some point in the future, he'll realize that he needs to make a different film.
rip
I disagree that he makes the same movie over an over....
Sixt Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village.... all different. Because there is an un-seen plot twist at the end, is unique to his style.... Most films try to make an unseen plot twist at the end, and fail miserabley... M. Night has mastered the Unseen Plot Twist... Laud him for it, don't hate him....
Name a suspense type thriller, that does not attempt the unseen plot twist at the end???????
Sixt Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village.... all different. Because there is an un-seen plot twist at the end, is unique to his style.... Most films try to make an unseen plot twist at the end, and fail miserabley... M. Night has mastered the Unseen Plot Twist... Laud him for it, don't hate him....
Name a suspense type thriller, that does not attempt the unseen plot twist at the end???????
I do admire M. Night for his "surprise" endings, I love surprise endings as much as the next guy. But all of his movies, although do have a unique story, are the exact same in their style of storytelling, acting, editing, music, and directing. We are taken through a slow build up of suspense and intrigue, then when we finally get bored he reveals the "twist." M. Night is by no means the only filmmaker that has "twist" endings. In fact the filmaker he is trying to be, Hitchcock, perfected the suspenseful unseen plot twist...Psycho...hello. I'm not dissing M. Night I thouroughly enjoy his movies (even the underated Unbreakable) I think he is a very talented director and Hollywood needs a unique voice like his, instead of rehashing old T.V. shows, comic books, and classic movies. I'm just saying I think he is so talented ne needs to show us what he can do with a different type of movie. Even Hitchcock did a few comedy even though he's known for the thriller type stuff.
mbauer
mbauer
Perhaps our expectations for the Village are clouding the real story... it is a love story, between 2 kids who are brought up in an almost utopian society... almost because (well i dont want to give it away for those who havent seen it)... but unlike Unbreakable (which had a dissonant love story)
Sixth Sense: A film about a man coming to understand himself by helping a little boy.... bla bla bla...
UnBreakable: A film about the same man (Bruce Willis, who is not an actor but a personality...) coming to understand himself.... through bizare circumstances...
Signs....Hmmm A film about a man, battling with his faith... perhaps...yes wait, coming to undestand himself... Through wait.... bizarre circumstances...yes....
The Village.... Not about a man coming to understand himself... But First and Foremost: A love story..... Between 2 people (a super woman, and and an extraordinary man) who stand out amoungst their otherwise normal peers... Wait, the other characters, (elders) really come to no understanding at all..... Hmm m
I dont see it as being the same film with the serial numbers (as Rip so imaginatevely put it) filed down and re-hashed....
You wanted M. Night to make another type of film... the Village is it. This film has more in common with The Piano, than it does with any other M. Night film.... See Fight Club for a M. Night Rip off... (which I enjoyed thoroughly)
Mike
Sixth Sense: A film about a man coming to understand himself by helping a little boy.... bla bla bla...
UnBreakable: A film about the same man (Bruce Willis, who is not an actor but a personality...) coming to understand himself.... through bizare circumstances...
Signs....Hmmm A film about a man, battling with his faith... perhaps...yes wait, coming to undestand himself... Through wait.... bizarre circumstances...yes....
The Village.... Not about a man coming to understand himself... But First and Foremost: A love story..... Between 2 people (a super woman, and and an extraordinary man) who stand out amoungst their otherwise normal peers... Wait, the other characters, (elders) really come to no understanding at all..... Hmm m
I dont see it as being the same film with the serial numbers (as Rip so imaginatevely put it) filed down and re-hashed....
You wanted M. Night to make another type of film... the Village is it. This film has more in common with The Piano, than it does with any other M. Night film.... See Fight Club for a M. Night Rip off... (which I enjoyed thoroughly)
Mike
Fight Club is an M. Night rip off? I'd like you to support that comment. M. Night can only dream of being in the same league as David Fincher.
I agree, all of M. Nights film do in fact have a unique story in an amongst themselves and in the larger world of Hollywood (for the most part). However, they are all told the exact same way, leaving us with the feeling that all he's done is wrote a new story and not found a unique way of telling us this new story. Instead he just plugs in the new story in to the same format that rocketed him to stardom with the Sixth Sense.
mbauer
I agree, all of M. Nights film do in fact have a unique story in an amongst themselves and in the larger world of Hollywood (for the most part). However, they are all told the exact same way, leaving us with the feeling that all he's done is wrote a new story and not found a unique way of telling us this new story. Instead he just plugs in the new story in to the same format that rocketed him to stardom with the Sixth Sense.
mbauer
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When I saw "Sixth Sense" I had no idea it had a twist ending or what to expect. Nobody told me to see it, I just rented it one evening. I attentively watched the movie at home and it ended. I had no chills or crazy mind blowing epiphanies at the end. It seemed a rather predictable end to me. Maybe it's because I also read books that it takes more than a single twist to blow my mind. I also watched "Signs" at home and had the same feelings - but this time it was about half way thru the movie. I think Shamalamadingdong takes himself a bit too seriously. Maybe his next film should be a romantic comedy with a twist?
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