rra
King Koopa
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Post by rra on Feb 5, 2008 0:22:25 GMT -5
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Rube
Hank Scorpio
Sammich Bogart
It's always the same and it's always different.
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Post by Rube on Feb 5, 2008 0:28:20 GMT -5
That looks great, but so did the trailers to his last 3 crapfests.  |
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Post by Booster Gold on Feb 5, 2008 0:29:34 GMT -5
looks interesting.. and it doesnt give away too much, so anticipation will be high.. ill go see it off that trailer alone
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Celgress
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Superior One
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Post by Celgress on Feb 5, 2008 0:30:29 GMT -5
That looks great, but so did the trailers to his last 3 crapfests. Indeed, seems like good 'ol M. Night is trending further towards flash in the pan territory with every flick. |
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Phosphor Glow
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Is a real girl!
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Feb 5, 2008 0:33:15 GMT -5
This seriously looks awesome.
Then again, unlike most, I am generally a fan of the man's work.
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Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 5, 2008 0:34:37 GMT -5
The name sounds almost like a parody, but I'll probably give it a shot, and hope he's learned from his mistakes.
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Lick Ness Monster
Dennis Stamp
From the eerie, eerie depths of Lake Okabena
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 5, 2008 1:31:38 GMT -5
My own honest opinion: After seeing his first three major films ("The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable" and "Signs"), I seriously thought the guy was the best writer-director in America - and no, I'm not exaggerating. Except for Martin Scorsese, I can't think of any director whose FIRST three major movies were better. I can watch those movies over and over, especially "Unbreakable," which is just awesome on every conceivable level. "The Sixth Sense" also contains awesome acting, and "Signs" manages to get gut-wrenching tension without spilling a single drop of blood.
"The Village" was an okay film, but I think that movie should have gone the "Signs" route and not had a big twist. It was with that movie that M. Night resigned himself to throwing a twist into his movies just because that's what audiences expected of him, and he incorrectly assumed that's what they wanted. Thus, the twist in "The Village" (which I won't give away just in case you haven't seen it) is just a step up on the lameness meter from "it was only a dream."
And "Lady in the Water" was just crap. No real twist, but one gets the sense that, after BOTH the critical and audience raves for his first three movies, the guy went the George Lucas route and started buying his own hype, not working nearly as hard on his ideas and screenplays on his newer films as he had on those first three. That and his ego ballooned to Vince McMahonish levels, to the point where he casted himself as the lord and savior of the entire freakin' country in "Lady in the Water."
That said, this movie doesn't look too bad.
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