TheLongRanger Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 First of all let me say that i knew who "charlie" was before the title of the movie came up i honestly cant understand why everyone in the world (especially my friends who took me) like these movies. There is nothing original about them. OK lets list the cliches Killer is the main character (secret window, the shining, identity, what lies beneath) Creepy kid Sheriff is likely killer nieghbor is likely killer Blonde goes up stair but never comes down old style home in a seemingly deserted area no one has a cell phone well thats all i can think of right now. and i realize i sound like a movie snob. But can people honestly not see how formulated these movies are? do yourself a favor, and go see sideways or million dollar baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Entertainment Weekly had a good article a few weeks back pointing out how most horror movies/thrillers released in January aren't very good. If they were, they'd come out over the holidays when more people are at the cinemas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 That is why M. Night Shyamalan's work is a breath of fresh air. I thought Signs with Mel Gibson was one of his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelsfan22 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Signs was pretty cool....I heard the Villiage was HORRIBLE though...I like some of his movies but not many...LongRanger you just described Texas Chainsaw Massacre pretty much..lol and I liked that movie.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyabd4100 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Signs, The 6th Sense, and Unbreakable were all good movies, but The Village may be the worst movie I have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 I think they probably did too much promo on that one. In fact, I heard they had to change the ending because the press had found out the original ending. Actually I thought the acting and the directing was excellent. It may not have had all the graphics and high tech stuff people expect now of days but the story line was solid. But we can agree to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongRanger Posted January 30, 2005 Author Share Posted January 30, 2005 Good actors dont make a good movie. hide and seek certainly proved that. the villiage was also terribly predictable, maybe because of all the hype. but as soon as i saw bright colors in an 1800 town, i knew how it was going to end. the villiage is another example of how good actors, cannot make a bad screenplay good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I like MNS, but his pacing is so slow it almost loses me at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodgie07 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 The only M. Night Shyamalan movie I liked was The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable and The Village are among the worst movies I've ever seen. Never saw Signs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobama Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I don't see how anybody could have seen the ending of The Village coming... I thought it was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelsfan22 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 6th sense and signs are the only 2 movies I really cared for from MNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Originally posted by TheLongRangeridentity How was he the main character? If you're talking about who the killer was in the psychopath's dreams ... the kid was nowhere near the main character. I thought that was a pretty good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobama Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 The kid being the killer lost me on the movie... I liked it until then but the ending just sucked. No way a 6 year old is able to kill that many people and not get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongRanger Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 it wasnt the six year old, the six year old was the representation of the killer inside the big bald guy, who was the real killer. In effect everyone trapped at the hotel was the fat bald guy. that is why i said the main character ended up being the killer. nobody was actually killed in Idendity until the end, when the fat guy kills the cops. the little boy just was the last suriving personality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongRanger Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 Originally posted by BoBellCrewI don't see how anybody could have seen the ending of The Village coming... I thought it was good. when i saw the bright colors that the townsfolk were wearing. i knew that the movie was set in present times rather than the 1800's like MNS wanted you to believe. Signs and 6th sense are some of the few orignial ideas in the horror genre. if you really call it horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RcDs34 Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I liked Signs and 6th Sense..Unbreakable was OK...The Village was just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobama Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by TheLongRanger when i saw the bright colors that the townsfolk were wearing. i knew that the movie was set in present times rather than the 1800's like MNS wanted you to believe. Signs and 6th sense are some of the few orignial ideas in the horror genre. if you really call it horror. Why couldn't that have just been a historical inaccuracy on MNS's part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongRanger Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 well it could have been. but i saw it, and just thought "ok this is either ridiculous that these people are wearing such bright colors, or its a hint to the ending, like all his movies have, you just usually dont figure them out until the end. in this case i was right." and once you get an idea of what a "secret" and it continues to plausible thourgh the whole, movie, it makes it not very fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsPerez Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I thought Identity was so twisted when I was watching it... but now it just stinx:yawn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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