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by td888
Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: M.Night Shyamalan
Replies: 87
Views: 114891

Re: M.Night Shyamalan

Silver wrote:td888,
No, I am not 16. I am *well over 15*.

I am not bashing you about your age, it's exactly the opposite. Kudo's for you, at your age I was only interested in Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies (and I just realised I didn't rate any of them...).

Silver wrote:Your complain about The Village is the one I am actually sick of, sorry. Shyamalan never made a movie, which relies entirely on twist. NEVER. Please, try to comprehend that. This. Does. NOT. Matter. And it is the most common and unfair criticism of him. I don't care about the twist at the end of 6th Sense, I care about the most beautiful scene in the movie - the mother and the son with the cart on the parking lot.

I disagree, I think this was one of the trademarks of Shyamalan's films, but people got fed up about this. Shyamalan tried some different directions, but failed horribly with that (Lady in the water, the Happening). His latest - the Last Airbender - is his absolute low in my opinion. Now he's starting to become the joke of film-making and it looks like he is as blind as a bat for not realizing this.

Silver wrote:I don't care about Bruce strangling to death the Orange guy in Unbreakable (although this is amazingly poetic and complicated scene of violence) - I care how he brings Robin Wright back in his bed at the end. I don't care if aliens are immune to water or get rashes from peanut butter in Signs - I care how in the critical moment Gibson explains to his girl what he felt when she was born. I don't give a slightest fuck whether The Village is surrounded by strange creatures or by ordinary wolves - I care about the slo-mo shot of Phoenix taking the hand of Bryce Dallas-Howard which gives me shivers even when I am thinking about it. I don't care if a critic is killed in LITW or Shyamalan cast himself as god, I care about the sigh you hear when Story opens the diary of this suffering man. And finally, I don't care so much if the tragedy in The Happening is caused by the plants or by the government, I care about Alma on the street waiting for Eliot to tell him the news.

I agree with this. Shyamalan knows how to shoot some amazing scenes.

Silver wrote:You see - this is the problem with Shyamalan. He always tricks the audience. And if you want a movie about some supernatural event, you'll be disappointed for sure.

Yes, but he should listen to his audience as well. He's alienating them at a quick rate.
by Silver
Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:07 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: M.Night Shyamalan
Replies: 87
Views: 114891

Re: M.Night Shyamalan

ShogunRua,
You may understand things like partial differential equations (oh, it's not that hard, actually), but how on earth you manage to read exactly the opposite of what I am saying? I am NOT saying you're dumb, I am saying I can't discuss Shyamalan with you, because you have watched only 1 of his movies. Would you discuss Bergman with me, when I watched 1-2 of his films? If I say he is cliched, boring and pretentious based on that, how would you react? Please, if you want a meaningful discussion, read what is written, not what you would like to be written. Please, spear me bullshit like "Your Royal Highness" - this discussion is not about me or you, it's about a director, who I happen to like (and I can formulate why) and you dislike (based only on 1.5 of his movies, one of which almost falls apart if you have no knowledge of his previous work).

Concerning LITW, if you actually bothered to open the link, you would have seen it contains not a review, but almost complete analysis of the movie. I thought it is not necessary to write here a short version of it, just to make it easier for you.

The stuttering Stanley scene is not a contradiction to the previously established character and to understand this is not required PhD on psychology. Anybody will tell you, that quite often children, who systematically hide and bury their problems and usually behave quiet and reserved, tend to outburst suddenly in situations like this. Cole is a complicated character. I know, for the sake of your bashing, you want to make him one-dimensional, which is lazy, but, anyways, I can't discuss this movie with you, since you have not even finished it (if I understood you correctly).

I have brought specific examples in Bay's work, which are showing he is sloppy, as far as the visual style is concerned. This can not be subjective. You either pay attention to these things, or not. If the visual style of the movie is not important to you, then ok, there is no point to discuss it.


td888,
No, I am not 16. I am *well over 15*.
Your complain about The Village is the one I am actually sick of, sorry. Shyamalan never made a movie, which relies entirely on twist. NEVER. Please, try to comprehend that. This. Does. NOT. Matter. And it is the most common and unfair criticism of him. I don't care about the twist at the end of 6th Sense, I care about the most beautiful scene in the movie - the mother and the son with the cart on the parking lot. I don't care about Bruce strangling to death the Orange guy in Unbreakable (although this is amazingly poetic and complicated scene of violence) - I care how he brings Robin Wright back in his bed at the end. I don't care if aliens are immune to water or get rashes from peanut butter in Signs - I care how in the critical moment Gibson explains to his girl what he felt when she was born. I don't give a slightest fuck whether The Village is surrounded by strange creatures or by ordinary wolves - I care about the slo-mo shot of Phoenix taking the hand of Bryce Dallas-Howard which gives me shivers even when I am thinking about it. I don't care if a critic is killed in LITW or Shyamalan cast himself as god, I care about the sigh you hear when Story opens the diary of this suffering man. And finally, I don't care so much if the tragedy in The Happening is caused by the plants or by the government, I care about Alma on the street waiting for Eliot to tell him the news.

You see - this is the problem with Shyamalan. He always tricks the audience. And if you want a movie about some supernatural event, you'll be disappointed for sure.

So Shyamalan grew up believing everything he does is gold. This attitude is killing his carreer now.
Here you are partially right. But I am not discussing his arrogance (I could in quite a detail though), but purely his skills as director and screenwriter.