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it's not happening apparently
by Mr_X
Jun 12th, 2008
04:18:14 AM
bugger
well i dont think i can say it better then
by Basehead
Jun 12th, 2008
04:27:00 AM
mr_X. its not happening!
Return of the Giant Hogweed
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
04:32:02 AM
The dance of the giant hogweed Mighty hogweed is avenged. Human bodies soon will know our anger. Kill them with your hogweed hairs Heracleum mantegazziani Giant hogweed lives
Damn!. Let's do this again
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
04:33:22 AM
The dance of the giant hogweed

Mighty hogweed is avenged.

Human bodies soon will know our anger.

Kill them with your hogweed hairs

Heracleum mantegazziani

Giant hogweed lives

M. Night Smartipants' Waterloo
by warphoenix
Jun 12th, 2008
04:48:10 AM
To keep it brief, this movie can be liken to the gun you have pointed to your head JAM when you squeeze the trigger while the zombies as feasting on your legs. If you ever felt like taking a dump during a movie while you've managed to hold out for others (excluding BLADE 3), this one is it. M.Night... GARNGITFUCKED!
Can't trust reviews (especially M. Night ones)
by EvilGeek1
Jun 12th, 2008
04:52:37 AM
I'm pretty much the only person I know who likes his movies. My friends make a point to remind me how shit they think he is. There's a lot of people (and it's their right) who hate his work, don't get him or just don't like his style. I dunno. I'm going to check it out for myself.
NEOPD
by mrbong
Jun 12th, 2008
04:52:51 AM
as in Not Even On Pirate Disc. just avoid this film. yes, it is THAT bad.
Can't be worse than Speed Racer
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jun 12th, 2008
05:00:54 AM
can it?
I See Dead Careers...
by Mr. P. Lant
Jun 12th, 2008
05:26:18 AM
They don't know they're dead!
I can't help but laugh
by Virtual Satyr
Jun 12th, 2008
05:43:21 AM
This movie will go down faster than a tower in New York.
Well...
by forrestal_was_good
Jun 12th, 2008
05:44:56 AM
I opted not to see "Lady in the Water" after the cinematic abortion that was "The Village." I was going to give Night another shot with "The Happening" but after reading these reviews I don't think I can bring myself to see it. I feel bad for the guy, to be honest.
LITW was fucking execrable
by Strabo
Jun 12th, 2008
06:02:06 AM
Although I hate agreeing with someone with the handle "mrbong," I have to say he's absolutely correct. I'm not even willing to waste bandwidth downloading anything from this fucking hack.
It's sad when such a talented guy just wastes
by lb
Jun 12th, 2008
06:02:44 AM
...his talent. I hope the movie is not as bad as I am hearing, but I do think he really has lost all his skill
The Village and Lady...
by tomdolan04
Jun 12th, 2008
06:15:47 AM
commit the ultimate film sins. I didn't hate them. I didn't love them. They just truely bore and patronise the audience to death.

Competant enough technically, but then again so was Mighty Ducks 3

Only MNS Film I enjoyed was...
by Captain RawBeard
Jun 12th, 2008
06:19:03 AM
...Unbreakable. All his other films I found boring. But I do like the look of this one.
Jeffrey Wells is an idiot
by Bass Ackwards
Jun 12th, 2008
06:21:45 AM
Just throwing that out there.
The Village is a great little film
by kwisatzhaderach
Jun 12th, 2008
06:30:28 AM
Nowhere near as bad as people are suggesting... Slight Spoilers.
by Joey17
Jun 12th, 2008
06:35:23 AM
I honestly think the ending of this movie is highly, highly critical. And to me, resonating. Yes, the script was weak. Yes, his directing has plummeted to the depths of Sodom (Surprisingly it also looks like Tak Fujimoto, a man who was the strength of the 6th Sensem, seems to not care). Yes, Whalberg sounds like Arnie with an American accent. But the criticised subject matter of the "its the plants!" is not terrible. We all (maybe) believe in Global Warming, yet nature turning its back on us seems only believable if we are to blame. To me, this film says alot for the human race - We only care about the earth when it seems to not care about us. If only he had pulled it off... My major gripe with his directing is his poor, poor choice of what we see. The first shot of the film shows someone blatantly killing themselves. Suddenly all tension is removed from any scene after (even though he hides it in other various scenes). It made the film kitsch and broke the one rule of cinema tension - don't open the fucking door!
I like M. Night Shyamalan but Olivier Megaton
by CuervoJones
Jun 12th, 2008
06:39:07 AM
Has now the coolest name.
Huh? Signs didn't prove God was real, it was still faith
by Drath
Jun 12th, 2008
06:40:21 AM
Hence the reasons some people hate the movie--too many coincidences. If you have faith, it all makes sense. If you don't, it's luck, but there's so darned much that in a movie, where we know it's fake anyway, that many coincidences just seems like lazy writing.
M. Night Megaton
by CuervoJones
Jun 12th, 2008
06:41:46 AM
That´s a great name. Anyway, Shyamalan can be a bad writer and a bad actor, but he is a damn good director.
TV advert
by pearlanddean
Jun 12th, 2008
06:41:55 AM
I saw this trailered on UK TV and unlike every trailer I've ever seen, this had the director himself telling us how great the film was. Is this guy obsessed with his own sense of deluded self-worth or what? Can someone please spoil this so I don't have to worry about seeing it? Plants make people commit suicide? Really?
Drath
by CuervoJones
Jun 12th, 2008
06:43:07 AM
I dont have fatih but i still love that movie.
pearlanddean
by CuervoJones
Jun 12th, 2008
06:44:48 AM
Ýou should watch Hitchcock´s trailers.
I hate Shymalan
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
06:54:28 AM
Poo Poo on him.
The Happening 2 : Shit Happens
by Browzer
Jun 12th, 2008
06:56:42 AM
CuervoJones
by pearlanddean
Jun 12th, 2008
06:59:29 AM
Touche, although I think Hitchcock had a better track record.
I rated this movie 1 out of 10 because
by ingloriousjedi
Jun 12th, 2008
06:59:49 AM
There is no suspense of fear in the whole movie because we are not dealing with zombies or any external threat that can create fear on screen. We only wait for the characters to STAND STILL..and then that means there gonna kill themselves. So I'm sure you'll all be in mega suspense of people ABOUT TO STAND STILL!! Anyone could see just from common sense that this concept could never form the structure of a horror/suspense.

If Night was smart he would try and build the suspense from humans causing threat to other humans (as was done in War of The Worlds). He tried to do this with the old lady at the end, but failed so so hard. I hated this movie with a passion. *beep* M Night.

At least he's not in this one
by RicardoMontalban
Jun 12th, 2008
07:01:24 AM
yes, i heard there's no m. night cameo in this film-- i guess miracles can happen... hey movie fans, check out this great new blog on blogspot. it's called thebitterproducer. spread the word!
"Mark Wahlberg who is, in reality, a decent actor"
by jingle_balls
Jun 12th, 2008
07:08:43 AM
Maybe in an alternate reality. I have seen nothing which is that impressive to suggest he is a decent actor. THat Oscar was a crock of shit, he swears a lot! Wow when is Samuel L gonna get his oscar nod?
I just saw the Signal last night
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
07:15:30 AM
And it sounds like that is the movie The Happening wanted to be.

I feel like after reading those reviews, Dr. Steve Brule and the cast (and Director) of the Happening come on screen and talk to the audience about global warming and what you can do to prevent it.

The Village was garbage.
by Lost Jarv
Jun 12th, 2008
07:29:21 AM
and regarding "Form is temporary, Class is permanent"- How do we know that the 6th sense wasn't the form and his post unbreakable output is his true class?
Latauro
by Thunderbolt Ross
Jun 12th, 2008
07:30:23 AM
I like this guy's reviews
M Night is a hack.
by M Bison
Jun 12th, 2008
07:30:48 AM
He was a flash in the pan. He had a couple of good movies (probably because of the producers) and the rest of his work has been crap. When will you people wake up and realize he is a one-trick pony?
M Night vs Uwe Boll
by WickedChicken37
Jun 12th, 2008
07:31:25 AM
Boxing match. Two men enter, one man leaves. Both men should stop making movies.
Risking and Betting - a rant
by BeyondStatic
Jun 12th, 2008
07:39:52 AM
All the arogance aside, M. Night Shyamalan may have "Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale" but he's certainly betting it on a Happening. I must say I'm intrigued by this one. He's a good writer... let me emphasize that again... he's a good WRITER... but his directing has always left a little to be desired. Clearly "The Sixth Sense" was phenominal. The stilted camera work and stoic acting worked again in "Unbreakable" but after a while the same crap needs to change. Mix it up. If he's a self-described Spielberg, perhaps he should take some lessons. "Jaws" is nothing like "Raiders" is nothing like "Schindler's List" is nothing like "Minority Report". (yes, there are similarities, but that's another rant altogether.) Night needs to mix things up, or, if he's stretched himself to the limit, focus on EITHER his writing or his directing. But he needs to improve on both fronts. The film business, as I understand it, moves pretty quickly. He needs some time to rework some drafts of his screenplays. He needs time to learn a different sense of camera to vary his style. He needs to improve his work with his actors and explore characters, breathe life into them and explore more deeply than the written word (which goes pretty deep to begin with), and take characters on a journey rather than just gradually revealing them. He is very good at what he does, but he needs a chance to improve. This may not be it. He, unfortunately, may not get another (unless this makes some money, which most of his stuff does). But if he adds the right weapons to his arsonal, he could someday soon be a force to be reckoned with... and even live up to his own hype. Robert McKee described a hack as someone who writes what sells rather than what's in your heart. What was in Night's heart, as I understand it, was "Lady in the Water". That worked as a story, (it really is a good, old-fashioned Grimm-style fairy tale) but would have been a bit better as a movie with a few more drafts. Now, it seems, he's back to writing what he hopes will sell... which is admirable to an extent, as he needs a comeback. But he needs a "Sixth Sense"-like comeback. Something that's from his heart. Something that he wants to see. Something a little more out of his head that we, the audience can sit back and watch without over-thinking. Mr. Shyamalan's not a hack, or hasn't been, but is risking becoming one staying with his heady-psychological-thriller-w ith-a-twist-ending-style. He's capable of so much more. Bet on yourself, Night. Learn, expand, and when you get back, pour your heart out and blow us away!
The first review was a plant!!
by Stupendous Man
Jun 12th, 2008
07:40:34 AM
u know its true
what? is anyone actually SURPRISED??
by Maniaq
Jun 12th, 2008
07:49:44 AM
three words:

one

trick

pony

I trust Latauro's reviews
by Drunken Rage
Jun 12th, 2008
07:53:59 AM
Not that I would have see this obvious piece of shit, regardless, but I feel vindicated.
redfist
by BetaRayBill07
Jun 12th, 2008
07:56:16 AM
You need to do it right my friend. PLANTS!!!!!!!!
He needs to make Wide Awake 2
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
07:57:17 AM
Return of the Rosie.
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Jun 12th, 2008
08:05:13 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
MNS makes TV movies
by Reelheed
Jun 12th, 2008
08:07:24 AM
Sixth Sense wasn't even that great but the only one I'd watch again. If there was nothing better on TV. Which there usually is. I saw Unbreakable, Signs and The Village at the cinema and borrowed a friends DVD of Lady. Each time I've come away a little less satisfied. The Happening seems to have had a really big marketing push over here in the UK but I just can't get excited over "yet another movie with a twist from the guy behind Sixth Sense". All MNS films feel the same. Devoid of passion. There isn't a moment in any of the films where I've held my breathe or felt my pulse quicken. Some of the characters have been emotive - I'm thinking of the 2 kids in SS and Unbreakable - but there has never been a tear or a cheer raised by any of the leads. I can't help but think that MNS wants to see himself in his deep stalwart heroes but knows that he is in fact much more like his simple and confused kids. I think I'll wait for The Happening to hit TV before I'll bother.
So the whole tomato scare
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
08:13:20 AM
is just a publicity stunt for this movie?
Wahlberg is only decent when he plays morons
by Laserhead
Jun 12th, 2008
08:14:38 AM
'Boogie Nights', 'Three Kings'... any time he attempts a character with an IQ over 100, it's cringe-worthy.
rated R
by Dollar Bird
Jun 12th, 2008
08:18:23 AM
I'm not going to see this movie because—like most people here—I know the twist and I really don't trust M. Night to pull it off with any amount of believability. But the thing I think is curious is the ads I keep seeing on teevee all proclaim this as his "first rated R movie". Now I know every talkback for every proposed movie has someone demanding the movie be a "hard R" because they want blood and tits in their Rainbow Brite re-imagining, but do most people really care what a film like this is going to be rated? I'm sure the film has earned the rating—it's no doubt got some gore (read the review above siting the spurting head wound) and the idea that everyone is killing themselves would be seen by the MPAA as too much for kids. (And it probably is.) But, really, that's how you're going to get us into the movie house? The best hook you've got is the rating?
Don't lob S. Racer in with M. Night
by Sans Souci
Jun 12th, 2008
08:27:18 AM
Speed Racer is actually the perfect summer movie. And at the very least you can say the Wachowskis tried to do something different. Shaymalan seems convinced that most people would be content watching paint dry on a humid day.
Watch Night's filmography in reverse order of release...
by Cloaker Cobra
Jun 12th, 2008
08:31:24 AM
...and you'll see a remarkably talented filmmaker on the rise, as my friend also says about Tarantino.
M night really hates critics...
by emeraldboy
Jun 12th, 2008
08:37:25 AM
He utterly detests them in fact he despises them. He thinks they are weak. he thinks that they flip flop. One minute they hate his work. then one minute. they say seem to like it a little better. the more they see his films the more they like them. He thinks that critics are disengenous. There was interview with him and the man who wrote it said that beneath the sunny outlook is a granite exterior. Ie he is tough as hell.
some morning jamzz
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
08:38:12 AM
Yeah Can you feel it baby I can too Come on swing it [4 times] 1-2-3 - Now we come to the pay off It's such a good vibration It's such a sweet sensation [2 times] Yo! It's about that time To bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme I'm a get mine so get yours I wanna see sweat comin' out your pores On the house tip is how I'm swingin' this Strictly Hip-Hop boy, I ain't singin' this Bringing this to the entire nation Black, white, red, brown Feel the vibration Come on come on Feel it feel it Feel the vibration (Chorus) Vibrations good like Sunkist Many wanna know who done this Marky Mark and I'm here to move you Rhymes will groove you And I'm here to prove to you That we can party on the positiive side And pump posititve vibes So come along for the ride Making you feel the rhythm is my occupation So feel the vibration Come on come on Feel it feel it Feel the vibration (Chorus) Donnie D break it down Donnie D's on the back up Drug free, so put the crack up No need for speed I'm the anti D-R-U-G-G-I-E my Body is healthy My rhymes make me wealthy And the Funky Bunch helps me To bring you a show with no intoxication Come on feel the vibration Yeah Can you feel it baby I can too (Chorus) Now the time has come for you to get up The rest had you fed up but Yo, I won't let up On the rhythm and rhyme that's designed to Make your behind move to what I'm inclinced to Pure Hip Hop, no sell out If you ain't in it to win it Then get the hell out I command you to dance I wanna see motivation Come on now feel the vibration {Piano solo} It's such a good vibration Come on come on come on It's such a sweet sensation Feel it feel it (Chorus) {Piano - out} It's such a good vibration Come on come on come on It's such a sweet sensation Feel it feel it
THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE CALLED
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
08:40:00 AM
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PLANTS FART
Wahlberg Oscar nod was a joke
by RedHHades
Jun 12th, 2008
08:40:51 AM
Things like that makes those awards less and less important every single year, proving that it just needs some studio hype to someone to get one. I can't believe no other actor had better supporting work than Wahlberg that year. To get and award nod because you play a loud and full mouthed guy who has nothing more to say is ridiculous. BTW, The Happening looks like a X-Files episode.
Signs is much better than Unbreakable
by Sithdan
Jun 12th, 2008
08:42:53 AM
Unbreakable is a narcolepsy inducer. It took me four sittings to get through the entire thing. Signs, however, kept me revited throughout. Tremendous movie. I couldn't stand The Village and Lady in the Water. The Happening looks promising.
You better eat your salad
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:02:23 AM
before your salad eats you!
'That, if you think about it, really doesn't make any sense if t
by sidburnd1
Jun 12th, 2008
09:03:11 AM
Um..not really. Faith can be affirmed with evidence from nature, etc. I loved all of his films, except lady in the water which I will not see, and that goes for the happening too. I guess that makes me a Shamaylan apologist? Anyway I can't wait to see the happening on rifftrax in a year or two!
UNBREAKABLE is incredible
by the_scream
Jun 12th, 2008
09:03:22 AM
Great acting. Good, slow build. It was the perfect superhero film at a time when there was no decent superhero movies. The only thing that sucks was the stupid "where are they now" summary at the end. That was lame and surely must have been forced onto MNS? I'm sick of everyone talking about the Sixth Sense. Every review or talkbacker comment is so predictable. "He has been making progressively worse films since the Sixth Sense"...SHUT UP! Everyone has heard it a thousand times and it is simply not true. SS, Unbreakable and Signs were good movies that people enjoyed in the cinema. These three films received positive reviews, all over 60% at RottenTomatoes.
Rated "R" for radish
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:10:18 AM
And SIGNS was belly-laughing horrible. All it needed was gophers and Monkey Boy.
We are an ADVANCED ALIEN RACE
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:12:53 AM
But we communicate with each other via molested corn fields and baby monitors.

And we are exhibitionists.

Watching M. Night's Movies in Reverse
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
09:13:54 AM
I would not have seen "Lady in the Water" and thought I had just seen the work of a film maker with a lot of potential. I would have thought I had just seen a pretentious film school student given a budget way beyond his abilities. That's a flippin' horrible movie, in almost every way--not to mention the only interesting character was the "bad" guy--ergo, the critic. Everybody else was bad or meh, and M. Night's cameo was cringe-inducing, every moment he was on screen. I took the Village with a grain of salt and, with effort, managed to enjoy it. But Lady in the Water? I'd almost rather sit and watch some Uwe Boll. At least there's likely to be some boobs.

Seriously, this looks terrible. I will probably catch in on DVD, via Netflix, just to see how horrible it actually is. M. Night is capable of some incredible work, and had the potential to be the next Spielberg or Hitchcock--and if he could just get over his own narcissism and solipsism (egotism doesn't begin to describe the M. Night universe of Me Me Me and Myself!), he could make some great films.

I just don't think he's going to do it.
And we loved Mexico CIty
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:14:01 AM
Just don't drink the water!!!!!
The Only Happening ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:16:23 AM
Is Shylammydingdong sucking his own dick... AGAIN ...
M. Night *is* in the movie...
by CarmillaVonDoom
Jun 12th, 2008
09:16:35 AM
...just off-screen. He 'cast' himself as the character texting his girlfriend throughout. Heh.
He had one good script ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:17:54 AM
and now he's rich and famous, ain't Amerika great ???
Sithdan, as he said, Signs is belly-laughing horrible
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
09:18:35 AM
I guessed that movie's ending during the trailer.. THE FUCKING TRAILER!!!
PLANT!
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
09:19:32 AM
If the plants don't bust out LOTR / whomping willow
by CreasyBear
Jun 12th, 2008
09:19:43 AM
style for the big climactic showdown between flora and fauna, then I'm not interested. From all those reviews, I never sensed a true conclusion to this movie.
It's The Weeds !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:20:44 AM
QUICK, hand that Roundup!! How pathetic, how sad... The plants are killing us, ~sigh~
I Loved Unbreakable . . .
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
09:21:17 AM
Signs was the first movie to show what was going to start going wrong with M. Night's movies. Aliens coming to our planet to kidnap people (with a natural anesthetic gas they emit from their wrists) . . . they are coming to a planet (via interstellar travel) that is 3/4ths water . . . and water kills them . . . and they wander around naked. And the aliens looks comical. It was silly, and needed work--but M. Night had become too good to take input on such foolishness, or give the script another pass with some question marks addressed.

He also cast himself in a critical roll that required better acting than he had to give it. I looked past it, because of 6th Sense and Unbreakable, but those things--especially the anemic aliens, being naked and yet killed by water--I mean, just a rev that gave them environmental suits that could be flustered by water would have been an improvement, and someone saying: "Hey, maybe someone else should play this role. There's a smaller cameo somewhere for you." Again, I liked The Village through sheer force of will and then despite my effort, M. Night spat on that goodwill with Lady In the Water (previous title: I Am a God and Everyone Else is Stupid. Worship Me, Filthy Swine!) . . . sigh. After first seeing The Sixth Sense, I had such high hopes. This guy is going to be one of the greats, I thought to myself. If this is where he's starting out, how much better is he going to get? I wondered.

Apparently, he wasn't going to get any better at all. In fact, he was going to go the other direction.

Sigh.
Downward and downward ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:24:34 AM
he spirals... How low can he go ?? When will the money stop for his lameass scripts???
Node32774!
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
09:24:38 AM
You actually are M. Night Shamyalan! I should have known.
I'm 12 years old ....
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:26:10 AM
and I liiiiiiikkkke him !! Yuch, get a clue !! He had maybe two good script ideas, and the rest have suckkeddd !!!!
Too bad, so sad...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:28:26 AM
maybe he can just keep kissing his mirror all the time, telling himself what a genius he is ....
I Guessed This Movie's Ending
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
09:29:17 AM
When I heard it was called The Green Effect. Before the more pretentious "The Happening".

The next M. Night Movie: "The Awesome Importanting". Then "The Annoying Self-Important Title". He'll be getting very meta by then.
M. Night Has Had a Full Sized M. Night Replica
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
09:30:40 AM
manufactured. With fully articulated mouth, and other naughty bits, so he can french-kiss himself and "make love to the most brilliant, important human being on the planet", in his words. True story.
The Aliens never heard of Darwin
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:32:36 AM
And Shyamalan never heard of Intelligent Design. (At least as applied to story telling.

"Wow! We just happen to have this book about UFOs written by some crazy Art Bell-wannabe. And everything in it is right! How convient!!!!"

I'm soooo great, I'm soooo great ....
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:32:58 AM
He just stands in front of his mirror allllll daaaayyy loooonggg ....
His next movie: THE NIGHT OF THE NIGHT IN THE NIGHT
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:35:03 AM
Starring, written, produced, directed and catered by M NIGHT!

fap fap fap fap FAP!!!!

Eeeuuugghhhh !!!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:35:59 AM
Shlammydingdong making out with a real doll Shlammy !!! (RETCH !!!)
Sixth Sense was good, Unbreakable pretty good...
by The Grug
Jun 12th, 2008
09:37:02 AM
Signs was rubbish, but I really liked the Village (I still don't understand the hate that film cops). It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.
Wonder how many millions will ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:37:42 AM
disappear down the drain with this pathetic slop ????
The Emperor has no clothes
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:40:02 AM
And he doesn't get my $10 either...
Wait, does it have talking trees???
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:40:43 AM
THAT would be different .... NOT !!! Scary weeds, scary grass, ahhhhh !!!!
Science!
by Redundant23
Jun 12th, 2008
09:43:33 AM
>>"We know this because he keeps saying "science" and "scientific" a lot, words that are said a lot in films by characters who don't sound anything like scientists." So true. Just like with subjects: any subject with the word "science" in it isn't really a science (computer science, political science, etc.)
I had a spicy salad last night
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:46:06 AM
And it's talking to me right now.
Lazy hack !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:46:12 AM
He has the character keep repeating the word !!! WHAT A HACK !! Somebody Please Stop Him !!!
WAIT !! WHAT'S THAT ??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:48:31 AM
outside my window ??? IT'S A TREEEEEEE !!! AHHHHHHHHHHH !! (I'm soooo scared)
So it's agreed, then...
by Kid Z
Jun 12th, 2008
09:49:05 AM
...We band together and hound MNS right out of the business! Get up geeks... we have work to do!
It's GRASS !!!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:52:32 AM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! The grass is killing us !!!!!!!!!! Could this be the worst idea for a horror movie yet ?????
Sound GREAT !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:54:09 AM
Let's ride his sorry ass out of town, for EVER !!!!
M Night likes to nail other people's wife.
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
09:54:29 AM
He nails SugarTits to the tree in SIGNS. He nails ScienceBoy's wife via cellphone in THE FAPPENNING. And he likes to play doctor.

Discuss.

Liked it a lot
by Holgi65
Jun 12th, 2008
09:54:35 AM
I guess Night wants to do his films like he does. In that sense he is a European Auteur, and I bless him for that. Somewhere during the film I had a feeling like with the french classic "Choses de la vie" - which most talkbackers would never watch or like - and it actualy ends in Paris' royal gardens, of all places. Sure, the acting is stilted, the characters are a few degrees off from the usual boring Bay-Awesome, no big stars to like (?) and especialy Leguizamo is creepy. But thats why he is there. Night wants to set off people, with strange deaths all around you and a disfunctional family. I mostly agree with Mr. H's review, but would rate it higher. I found it surprisingly scary, and I could discuss many points that are weak, but then there is the hotdog guy, the soldier with the Hummer and the Lady from the rural farmhouse... B.t.w. is that Three-Mile-Island in the background?
How awesome would it have been...
by Christopher3
Jun 12th, 2008
09:57:41 AM
If Shyamalan had directed Scott Smith's "The Ruins" rather than this? I'm thinking that might have been a pretty cool matchup.
Hey !! All you actors !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
09:58:16 AM
Just ... talk... like... William ...Shatner NOW THAT'S SCARY !!!!
I don't know about the rest of you ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:03:40 AM
but I just can't stop kicking this guy when he's down !!! (Like picking on a retard)
I Heard it Throught the Grapevine
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
10:05:22 AM
Run Like Hell!!!!
Maybe he should have the grass
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:10:25 AM
talk. THAT would be different. LOTR spoiled the talking tree thing. BUT talking grass, that would be scaaaaarrrryyyy !!!
The Question Is ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:15:40 AM
how bad does one of his movies have to suck until everybody quits showing up???
It is pretty cool ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:22:42 AM
how lame-ass he has gotten. People were saying he was great when Signs came out. Now they realize that movie actually sucked rocks.
How much of this will people ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:27:35 AM
actually put up with ??? How friggin' bad does one of his movies have to be, before the morons stop showing up at the boxoffice??
AHHHH!!! a flower
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
10:28:21 AM
AHHHHHHH!!!!
I thimk literally when...
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
10:30:51 AM
M. Night's films will stop when they stop making money at all....see the problem is, he doesn't spend very much cause everyone is just standing around outside. When your antagonist is some plants, that don't move. You save the studio money. They like that.
i meant thiNk
by g-ride9000
Jun 12th, 2008
10:31:31 AM
duhhhh
Flowers talking ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:33:47 AM
ahhhhhhhhh !!! The flowers are trying to kill me !!!!!
Ahh well he's made his many millions...time to move on
by Bong
Jun 12th, 2008
10:47:01 AM
I wish I could retire like that at such an early age :(
I'm eating a carrot
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
10:47:09 AM
TAKE THAT!!!!
The weeds, the weeds !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:54:35 AM
It's the weeds giving off poison gassssss, ahhhhhhh !!!
On the other hand ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
10:56:39 AM
Al Gore will probably pay people to go see this piece of crap !!!
Is it because I forgot to water the
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:08:47 AM
Begonias? Is that it? Is that why the plants have it in for us? And what about rose bushes? Are they giving off toxic perfume???
Did Hitchcock debate this idea?
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:10:23 AM
Should we use birds, or trees?? Hmmmm, trees are pretty scary. "The Trees" That's got a nice ring to it. Hmmmmmm ...
wasn't The Ruins
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
Jun 12th, 2008
11:11:22 AM
"It's the plants!" too? i didn't see it.
23% on Rotten Tomatoes...
by Pennsy
Jun 12th, 2008
11:15:37 AM
Just one site, yes, but still barely above the Mendoza Line.
The Variety review said
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:20:48 AM
it sucked rocks through a flavor straw.
This guy is one of the rare times...
by Hexus
Jun 12th, 2008
11:22:51 AM
When people at the studio should have more power to reign in the director. He's the perfect example of when total creative control is actually a mistake. I hate saying it because 99.9% of the time I have the opposite opinion. Shamalama needs to be slapped down, and the studio should get a final cut on his movies. :-(
And we are surprised by what exactly?
by jimbubble
Jun 12th, 2008
11:29:44 AM
That this guy has only ever made one decent film,and it wasn`t the Sixth fxckin Sense? Go back and watch that film again and tell me it`s not the most over-rated pile of dog links youv`e ever seen? I see an over hyped directors career dead in the pan!
"Just when you thought is was safe..."
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
11:30:29 AM
"to go to the salad bar."
Let's hope and pray !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:31:02 AM
that this pile of shit is the final nail in the coffin of his so-called career !!!
the mist
by long live the new chris
Jun 12th, 2008
11:32:54 AM
marcia gay harden and the last five minutes (poor execution and the music from gladiator) pretty much ruined that movie for me.
I figured it out.
by Hexus
Jun 12th, 2008
11:35:19 AM
We get the assholes who keep fucking over Ridley Scott, and get them with Shamalama. Probably end up with a well balanced film that way.
It's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:36:56 AM
all over again, but not so funny this time ...
If only he could buy the rights from Mel...
by JackPumpkinhead
Jun 12th, 2008
11:46:45 AM
...then "The Passion II" would be the perfect vehicle for him. Of course, it would be about Shyamalan rather than Jesus, but it already is so in his mind, so that wouldn't be a problem. He could play himself, since he has proven his excellent acting skills many times.
JackPumpkinhead
by Hexus
Jun 12th, 2008
11:48:28 AM
He already did the savior of mankind story with himself in the lead role. Not that repeating himself is beyond possibility. ;-)
Loved his first 3 movies, thought they were pretty much awesome.
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
11:50:04 AM
Sixth Sense is a classic for a reason. Unbreakable was slow, but still engaging, and Signs I just found to be immensely satisfying and a great twist on the alien invasion genre by keeping it personal.

The village was where things started to go downhill. I think part of the problem was that he lost the supernatural edge. The movie pretended to have one for a while, but it played it's hand way to earn and showed that the monsters were fake, which totally ruined the suspense of the rest of the flick. There were some solid sequences, though. The film overall had some great production values, but it couldn't save an overall weak story and the twist I guessed in the first 20 minutes.

Lady and the Water had the same production values but for a story about magic, there was NONE in it. It was boring, heavyhanded and obvious. Again, flashes of greatness can not save it.

I wanted Happening to be a return to form, but everything points to that not being the case.

I loved NONE of his movies ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:52:26 AM
and I knew I wouldn't love this one either ....
it's M. Night Shyamalan's Happening...
by TheBaxter
Jun 12th, 2008
11:52:56 AM
and it's freaking me out!
Am I the only one who liked Lady in the Water?
by aceattorney
Jun 12th, 2008
11:55:00 AM
I didn't think it was as good as his other films (tho the Village stank), but I did enjoy it.
It's a Non-Happening ....
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
11:55:11 AM
nothing scary happens, nothing interesting, nothing worthwh watching ...
You can track his descent via rottentomatoes.com
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
11:56:17 AM
Critics liked his first 3 (sixth sense highest rated, followed by signs, followed by unbreakable)... Things just went downhill from there. The happening is his worst rated film at 17%. A shame. What are you doing to yourself, M. Night??
The lady in the water is a strange case.
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
11:58:09 AM
I have friends who are usually so critical of films who totally dug that movie, while i just could not get into it.
17% on Rotten Tomatoes
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
11:58:34 AM
And I think that's ironic. Spoiled vegetables should love it! (I know, tomatoes are technically fruit.)
Lady in the Toliet ??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:08:32 PM
only a true maschocist could sit through that shit. Ohhhh, hurt me some more Shlammy !!!
Prof, does making fun of M. Night give you a boner?
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
12:13:34 PM
The amount of pleasure you're taking from his failure is almost criminal! Keep it in your pants!
I Love Bashing Shlammy !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:19:20 PM
He's so full of himself, such a pretentious IDIOT !!! Who could resist?? look at all the Talkbackers who think he SUCKS !!!
Let's ALL BASH Schlammy !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:23:02 PM
That self absorbed, delusional monologue, "you people should kiss my brown ass for making such wonderful movies" Ahahhhahahhhah !! He's gone off the deep end !!!!
haha "a lot of talkbackers think he sucks"
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
12:25:03 PM
wouldn't really hold up in a court of law. Being a jackass is kind of a pre-requisite to being a talkbacker... Hell hath no minor fury like a bored geek at work.
Hey !!! I haven't done my
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:28:52 PM
Shlammydingdong soundalikes yet !! Shalamidingmydong, Sammysuckadingdong, Swammysuckdong ... What a pretentious retard !!!
Sigh...
by FlickaPoo
Jun 12th, 2008
12:29:09 PM
A plot so simple...
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
12:29:14 PM
... even a caveman could understand it.
Yeah and about the reviewer who said if you have faith
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
12:31:21 PM
you will like signs. I'm not religious AT ALL and I still liked it. I think it's a bit shallow to think that if you disagree with a films message, you can't appreciate it as a film. Life and Movies are not the same thing. It's not hard to separate that for most of us.
Why Is This Guy Still Working
by Saltoner
Jun 12th, 2008
12:32:23 PM
It fascinates me that so many people keep saying "I think MNS has a lot of talent, but..." NO he doesn't! "The Sixth Sense" was a fluke of a film. He so very luckily got all things right and hit big, but he will never capture that magic again. MNS is a hack writer and director with no talent and should be forced out of film and into local commercials. I can go on and on but we all get the point.
Signs???
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:33:05 PM
It's a SIGN you might be retarded if you thought that was a good flick ....
Someone earlier actually had the balls
by skimn
Jun 12th, 2008
12:38:18 PM
to bring up Hitchcock's trailers, in comparison with M Night's?? Hitchcock's were witty and Hitch's dry delivery almost undersold the movie. Hitchcock deserved the title Master Of Suspense. M Night is more and more looking like the Master Of Meh.
Master of Meh !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:46:20 PM
That sums it up, dude !!! Hitchcock was a true genius !!
whatever prof.
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
12:52:17 PM
It's 74% on RT. I'm not the only one who liked the film.
How about walking Venus Flytraps ??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:52:45 PM
That grab you and eat you? That would be cool ...
What would you rather have?
by chiahead
Jun 12th, 2008
12:53:16 PM
an M Night Shyamalan movie with a decent and unique premise that is piss poorly executed and condescending or a Uwe Boll movie that takes a pre-existing IP that is beloved and completely farks it up?

I'm not being argumentative, I'm taking a poll. I feel like with Boll I have no expectations except for it to suck, so sitting through one of his monstrosities might not be as bad. With MNS I want it to do well so when it inevitably doesn't, I get upset, pissed off, sad, then pissed off again and then I start asking useless poll questions.
I'd rather have ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
12:55:46 PM
flaming red hot pokers jammed into my eye sockets ....
chiahead Poll
by Saltoner
Jun 12th, 2008
01:08:03 PM
I'd rather go see a Brett Ratner film.
Boll and Shyamalan
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:09:04 PM
as 2 sides of the same coin. Both are far less talented than they believe they are. And they both have their apologists. Same goes with Bay.

And I'm going to mention gophers and Monkey Boy for completeness.

Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise.

OH NO!
by Saltoner
Jun 12th, 2008
01:10:26 PM
I should have bit my tongue, now all these delusional fans of Ratner are going to come of the woodwork. Just kidding guys, can't for "The Incredible Shrinking Man"!
Bobjustbob
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
01:14:18 PM
Have you ever seen a Uwe Boll apologist? Ever? I think you're making it up. Say what you want about M. Night, but to put him on the same level as Boll requires logic twisting of such epic proportions that I'm surprised you didn't hurt yourself
I didn't think it could get worse than Lady in the Water?
by zooch
Jun 12th, 2008
01:21:48 PM
apparently it can.
Boll apologists
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:23:41 PM
Yes, I have met Boll apologists. "It's just a fun movie. Yes it dumb but I enjoyed it." Just like a Bay apologist. And although they may defer in degree I stand by my assertion they don't differ in kind. Neither one is as talented as think think they are. No problem with logic there.
If i hear one more comment about the water in "Signs"
by darthvedder81
Jun 12th, 2008
01:24:17 PM
I'm going to kill someone. "Signs" wasn't about an alien invasion you morons. Over analyzing movies like this is really retarded. "Signs" was the story of a family in crisis both internally and externally (but more the former). It's also creepy, tense, funny, thrilling well-acted and is M. Night's best movie.
Signs (that you're a retard)
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:25:55 PM
If you find yourself compelled to apologize for any of Shlammydingdong's movies, you're retarded !!
M Night and SIGNS
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:26:14 PM
IMO, SIGNS is the epitome of what’s wrong with M Night’s “storytelling.” Shyamalan’s shtick is to devise a gimmick to wrap a story around. There’s nothing wrong with that if it’s done well. It’s what he does. It’s all he does.

SIGNS fails because both the gimmick and the story around the gimmick fail. The gimmick is groan-inducingly silly and the story is lazy and contrived. I can hear God saying “Sorry ‘bout the wife, but I was really afraid I was going to lose you to Satan. Just remember that my son Jesus was nailed to a tree too and look how well he’s done. Plus your brother really wanted to use that bat again. SWING AWAY!!!!!”

YMMV

Signs (that a movie sucks)
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:28:39 PM
1. The premise is stupid 2. The dialogue is groan inducing. 3. The director has a cameo part. 4. The creatures look retarded
The Crapening or the Un-happening?
by Yeti
Jun 12th, 2008
01:31:11 PM
Discuss.
The correct titles ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:32:40 PM
The Sucks Sense. Unwatchable. The Village Idiots. Signs (that this movie sucks). The lady in the Toliet. The Un-Happening.
It's finally HAPPENING!
by Luscious.868
Jun 12th, 2008
01:32:50 PM
With this latest cinematic abortion M. Egotistical Shamalamadingdon's descent into direct to DVD quality cinema will be complete.
"I hate the disappointed tone of these reviews"
by Trazadone
Jun 12th, 2008
01:33:13 PM
I don't understand, Moriarty, why does the disappointed tone surprise you? The guy has made exactly one watchable film many years ago. It's like expresseing surprise that the latest Uwe Boll film was not well regarded. MNS is at the very least narcissistic and his inability to see that his ideas just aren't that great is laughable. Anyway, doesn't this just rip off Stephen King's The Cell?
The Village
by scrivener
Jun 12th, 2008
01:33:28 PM
I still think The Village is M. Night's only good movie. Unbreakable had potential, but was horribly wasted... and I may be the only person on earth who hated The Sixth Sense (I had it figured out in the first 5 minutes). Signs was just bad storytelling and Lady in the Water was an exercise in cinematic masturbation. I think I'll just wait for the Blu-Ray and Netflix it.
CORRECTION !!!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:34:54 PM
That should have been "The Crapening". Thank You, whoever you are ...
UNBREAKABLE
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:36:51 PM
I liked UNBREAKABLE but it felt like it had an ACT I followed by extended ACTS IIa and IIb. I assume this is because UNBREAKABLE was inteneded to be the opening chapter of a larger story.
The Village Idiots ????
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:37:11 PM
This color is wrong, this color is not permitted, this color blahdey bladehy Freakin' BLAH !!!
I prefer the FAPPENING
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:37:38 PM
fap fap fap FFAAAAPPPP!!!!!
darthvedder81
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
01:40:28 PM
Ok, for all of us that don't have the need to analysis the deeper meaning of bad films, Signs is about a Alien Invasion, or its about M. Knight Salame’s attempt to drag a half hour twilight zone episode into a 2 hour movie.
Signs ?????
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:43:17 PM
Signs that you wasted $10 on a freakin' lameass Movie !!!!
FLUKE
by FILMFUNK
Jun 12th, 2008
01:50:31 PM
1 Big twisty smash hit and he can't possibly keep it up! I understand why he thinks the sun shines outa his own A'hole! he did the biggest boxoffice in the world EVER! and has managed to garner a huge following but aint it about time The loyalty stopped and the Insane Fans and M (what's it stand for?) Night himself admit his later effort are utter dogshit!

I will see this though for comedy value.

M stands for
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
01:55:42 PM
Muh Genius, which is un-limited by mortals ...
DerLanghaarige: Good Call of WOW
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
01:56:04 PM
War of the World's was tedious. And every character in that movie was unlikable. Every one. It apparently succeeded on one level: I had a nightmare about tripods destroying the world. Which is unusual for me, to have a movie effect me enough that I have a dream about it. But I found the movie itself tedious and the characters unlikable and the scares more or less "meh". But I liked the sets and the cinematagrophy, so I guess that's what got to me.
To the jerkoff saying Signs isn't about an alien invasion
by Hawaiian Organ Donor
Jun 12th, 2008
01:56:33 PM
That's like saying the Iraq War wasn't about oil.

Of course it's about an invasion. Just because laser beams aren't shown obliterating the White House doesn't mean it's not a full on invasion.

M. Twilight goes to great lengths to tell us about lights above every big city on the planet.

Just like that Darabont script for Indy, the more I think about Signs, the angrier I get.

Every one of his films are extended Twilight Zone episodes
by Trazadone
Jun 12th, 2008
01:57:01 PM
Expensive Twilight Zone episodes, but Twilight Zone episodes just the same. His films have more padding than a skinny man in a Santa suit.
I prefer: The Trappecino!
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
01:57:11 PM
M. Night directs the Simpson's Movie. Now, that would be a match up. Ugh.
I stand corrected: UWE BOLL
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
01:57:26 PM
I just looked at Uwe Boll's filmography and I don't know anyone who likes any of that shit. My apologies. (For some reason I thought he did the first AvP.)
I've Watched a Few Classic Twilight Zone Episodes
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
01:58:55 PM
. . . recently. Light on the effects, often stilted dialog, often slow moving. But even these made-for-TV vignettes from the 60s are more interesting and better made than Lady in the Water. I'd watch a season or two of Twilight Zones before heading back to that self-absorbed piece of M. Night masturbation.
Shyamalan say's he's the new Spielberg
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
02:02:45 PM
Unfortunately he's the new NEW Speilberg and not the old Speilberg. I miss the old Speilberg.
I Respect Uwe Boll for Making Pretty Big Films
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
02:04:47 PM
With no talent. It's amazing he can get this stuff off the ground, into theaters and onto DVD. And he did it without making some pretty good movies first--he's always made crappy movies. Although, in fairness, his crappy movies aren't thinly veiled paeans to the greatness of Uwe Boll.
M. Night Could have Been the New Spielberg
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 12th, 2008
02:06:09 PM
He had that potential. But, he's blown it. Completely. And unless he finally gets humbled and has to spend a decade in the wilderness, I don't think he's going to get it back.
Shlammy's off his rocker ..
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:07:09 PM
first he's the new Hitchcock, now he's the new Spielberg, who will he be tomorrow ???
He's had ZERO good movies ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:08:32 PM
not a single one was even close to being 'good'. They all SUCK !!
Maybe, just maybe ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:10:04 PM
this one will tank soooo deeply that no one will give him money for another piece of crap !!! Maybe this one is the ONE !!
Same Mistake as in Reign of Fire
by zinc_chameleon
Jun 12th, 2008
02:10:32 PM
M. Night could have made this a thriller, if he had worked out with a molecular biologist or a virologist how a plant could evolve such a defense, and how that defense could jump species. They almost had it in 'Reign of Fire'. It wouldn't be dragons that killed us, it would be their retroviruses. But M. Night just isn't that deep a thinker.
Shlammy sat thinking ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:12:21 PM
Birds was good, yes, nature turns on mankind, yes yes, nature, hmmmm. I've got IT !! Yes, plants turn on mankind !! I AM Genius !!!
Talk about THIS movie in your reviews, please.
by thebearovingian
Jun 12th, 2008
02:13:30 PM
No one gives a shit about your repetitive, stupid fuckin' opinions about The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village or Lady in The Water! Be here now. Do not emulate or imitate Harry, et al. Just review The Happening, OK?!
The Clips Of The Happening As Shown On Letterman, Were Horrible!
by Media Messiah
Jun 12th, 2008
02:14:03 PM
The acting was inexcusably bad...from Mark Wahlberg to his female co-star. I have to blame this on the actors yes, but the director also has to take blame as it is his job to make sure that he cast actors who can authentically deliver his lines and good performances, therein...or correct them, either the scripted dialogue or the actors when they don't bring forth the intended mood. Wahlberg's performance was embarrassing to say the least...and I don't like attacking people anymore really, but I'm telling the truth.

An actor depends on his director to spot their flaws and mistakes and to step in to correct them...either M. Night can't direct actors if they are not fully developed, or he is afraid to direct a star, hence he is allowing them to go without any real direction. You can get away with that when dealing with a truly great actor, if not however, you are taking a big risk...and in this case, Wahlberg's bad performance and that of his female co-star should have been spotted in the dailies and dealt with immediately. Why the studio didn't order a re-shoot on these scenes and why they gave them to Letterman, considering how bad they are, I will never know...but it will serve to only harm this film at the box office???
The notices for this film are coming in from the other side of p
by emeraldboy
Jun 12th, 2008
02:14:34 PM
and they arent good. They range from appalling to dreadful, irish Crime writer Declan Burke of the website crimealwayspays.com said it was one of the worst films he has seen in years.
FUCK that new pop-up ad!!!!!!!!!
by CarmillaVonDoom
Jun 12th, 2008
02:15:38 PM
Takes over the whole fucking screen. AICN is pretty much the only site that *doesn't* have it. FUCK THAT AD! :P
I can't help bashing ALL ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:15:47 PM
his frickin' sorryass movies !!! It's too EASY !! Bwwaawwaahhaah !! What a piece of crap !! Next !! What another piece of crapola !!!
I think Shymalan is now into that phase
by emeraldboy
Jun 12th, 2008
02:18:34 PM
of his career called law of dimishing returns.
I Like Night.
by www.valiens.com
Jun 12th, 2008
02:20:49 PM
May He Rest In Peace
Apparently He Wrote The Part For Mark Whalberg?
by PR1C3Y
Jun 12th, 2008
02:20:56 PM
Yet from clips it's like he thought Mark Whalberg was David Schwimmer.
Pathetic Loser !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:22:35 PM
Yes, Shlammy is rich, but he's a LOSER in the talent department.
"or he is afraid to direct a star"
by emeraldboy
Jun 12th, 2008
02:22:55 PM
That is a really weird sentence because he directed one of the biggest stars of the 1990s. Bruce willis. there seemed to be real tension. there because all the reports suggested that night was a dictator. all the cast were very afraid of him. Haley joel osment.where is he these days?
"it felt like watching someone's career end before your eyes."
by Knuckleduster
Jun 12th, 2008
02:24:37 PM
I am so watching this.
Please all remember this is a fox film
by emeraldboy
Jun 12th, 2008
02:25:09 PM
when was the last great fox film?
Shlammy can't direct ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:25:31 PM
someone to the nearest Men's room ...
George Lucas and M.Night the most hated,
by XxSoulFlyxX
Jun 12th, 2008
02:26:21 PM
unjustified people not in Hollywood. Pathetic, really.
it's already HAPPENING!!! tHE SQUIRRELS!!!!
by turketron
Jun 12th, 2008
02:26:27 PM
I saw a squirrel dart into a busy street and get destroyed by a car. Squirrels live in trees. IT'S CRAPPENING!!!
THE FAPPENING
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
02:26:50 PM
I'll wait for cable. If even then. But I'm enjoying everyone's take on M Night and his body of work.
When was there a good ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:27:37 PM
Shlammy film ?? Anybody ever see one that DIDN'T suck ???
M. Knight was never anywhere close
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
02:29:04 PM
To being the next anything. Mr. I will not do movies in Hollywood, I will only do movies in my hometown. Yeah because Pennsylvania has SO much to offer.

Also can anyone name ONE director who's made movie after movie based off of an original script they wrote (even though you can't really call M. Knights original, I bet whoever has the copyrights to the Twilight Zone series is digging through law books trying to figure out a way to sue his ass).

The grass, it's, it's , it's
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:29:12 PM
making me want to KILL Shlammydingdong, AHHHUGGHHHGGHH !!!!
Shlammy $ 1.7 billion worlwide
by XxSoulFlyxX
Jun 12th, 2008
02:31:03 PM
'enuff said. Obviuosly alot of people don't think he sucks. And I'm quite sure all the media M.Night Haters already had their bad reviews ready before they seen it.
problem solved-
by whatyoufear
Jun 12th, 2008
02:32:12 PM
M. Night needs a LaBeef to save his career.. (Shialyaman?)
He SUCKS Worldwide !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:32:39 PM
Where doesn't he suck ??? Go, tell us where doesn't he SUCK ???
Killer grass
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
02:34:20 PM
Didn't he have killer grass in his last movie too?

And in SIGNS and UNBREAKABLE it was water that was the proverbial kryptonite. I'm Sensing a Sign from Shyamalan. I guess his next movie will have another evil lawn mower.

WOW< water and grass ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:35:32 PM
as protagonists, as dangerous, WOW now that's DEEP !!!!
the point of the mother dying in signs
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
02:36:11 PM
It was showing that bad things happened for a reason, in this case, the reason was to put the characters in a position to stay alive when the invasion happened. The water the water refused to drink, the phone call from the driver showing the father was happening, the swinging of the bat, all things that would not have happened had the woman not died.

Granted, there was probably other things god could have done to get those messages across, but that's another story.

As for the people who bitch about the water, do you forget that HG WELLs classic story has pretty much the same ending twist. I've also always been of the mindset that it wasn't the water so much as the bacteria in the water that killed the aliens (seeing as how M Night himself said it was WOTW inspired).

The little girl says the water is "contaminated" and has "ameobas" in it. And that it "Tastes old". Anyone know what happens to a glass of water after you take a sip and leave it out for a week?

Regardless, though, water or germs, if you're gonna criticize the gimmick, criticize HG, too.

Also, talk shit about the alien's design, but that video clip from mexico that they watch on tv was fucking chilling, because you know that's exactly how the first images of aliens would leak out- on the news through home movie footage.

But i'm not apologizing. I liked the movie.
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
02:37:40 PM
If you didn't, tough shit.

I'll call out M Night when I think he's fucked up, like in the village and lady in the water. Jury is still out on happening but it's not looking good.

He's stuck on the Wizard of Oz ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:38:17 PM
hmmmmm, water melt the witch, yes yes, good water melt bad aliens, I'm GENIUS !! Trees scare Dorothy, yes yes, trees scary, I'm GENIUS !!!
Also, one last thing- the aliens weren't coming to live
by Novaman5000
Jun 12th, 2008
02:39:36 PM
on earth. They were coming to take people away. Perhaps they thought it was worth the risk.
Yes, bucket of water melt
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:41:40 PM
wicked witch, hmmmmm, let me see, YES water melt wicked aliens who fart with their hands !! Poisonous farts out of their hands YES I AM GENIUS !!!
anyone who says his career is over is an idiot
by snitchseeker
Jun 12th, 2008
02:42:08 PM
All of his films get made for $70 mil or less. Signs made 400 million worldwide. Even lady in the water, which didn't make back the cash in box office came close enough that every producer got paid profited on DVD sales. Quit your bitching and moaning (unless it's funny). If you hate the guy, don't give him your cash. I won't be. The Happening was made for 50 mil, it could have Speed Racers numbers and be successful.
Any predictions on Harry's review of this?
by Hawaiian Organ Donor
Jun 12th, 2008
02:42:35 PM
What engorged images of the female body will he exploit to relay to us how much he loved this movie?
It can't make Speed's numbers ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:43:32 PM
I'm too weak to go to the multiplex, ahhhhh, grass giving off poisonous farts ....
I will not see any movie besides The Dark Knight
by thebearovingian
Jun 12th, 2008
02:51:02 PM
The Dark Knight will rule all. The Dark Knight is the only summer movie that matters. I will not watch any movie besides The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight rules all. The Dark Knight is the only film that matters. I will not go to any movie besides The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight...
Get it??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:51:45 PM
Poisonous farts coming out of their hands ?? Get it?? Ahahahhah, what a genius, poisonous alien farts !!! What a frickin' GENIUS !!!
Get it??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:57:12 PM
The evil aliens come to Earth, but water make them disappear !! Get it?? I write that !! I am Genius !!!
Uh-oh !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
02:58:48 PM
Suddenly everybody's too weak to tap their keyboards !! OHHHHH NOOOO it's the PLANTS !!!!
The Talkbackers have been affected !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:01:36 PM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Nooooooooooooooooo !!! Must keep moving fingers, uhhhhh, must resist urge to hit keyboard against my head, must resisssssssss
m.night IS talented director
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:02:39 PM
if you dont think he is, then the idiot is you. he knows his craft, and the hitchcock's comparison(i'm talking about mastery of suspense here, not filmography) is actually warranted. while hitchcock is all technic with no heart - most of the time, his characters are just boring chess pieces, m.night's actually injects humanity in his films.

and can you really blame his ego got so big when he was just 24 by the time sixth sense broke records and grossed 600 million worldwide?

I'm sure M Night will still get work
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
03:05:30 PM
But I expect he'll have to either except (much) smaller budgets or tighter studio control. This is under the assumption that THE FAPPENING will be the box office disaster that many are predicting. I expect $60 million tops.

IMO the Emperor has no clothes and he will have to adjust to a world that no longer puts him on a pedestal. Its now up to him to deflate his ego and come out of the delusional bubble his been living in for the better part of a decade.

Once again, IMO.

He's no Hitch
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:05:47 PM
WRONGO !!! He ain't a pimple on Hitch's fat ass !!!
that said...
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:06:36 PM
i hate his twist endings! and i really reaaaaally hate the fact that everyone was talking about how 'cool' and 'original' the ending in sixth sense was when it came out.

twist endings can only work when no scenes earlier in the film could contradict it. it's just not the case with sixth sense.

Here's Hoping !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:07:10 PM
That when this one tanks, the studios will QUIT handing him money to piss away !!!!
The Sick Sense !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:08:38 PM
Get it?? He's dead !! He been dead the whole picture !! I fool you, eh? I GENIUS !!!
Maybe this time ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:10:52 PM
the lack of boxoffice will burst his delusional bubble !! Maybe this will be his frickin' wake up call !!!
Prof. Pretorious
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:13:05 PM
hitchcock's charaters are cardboard cutouts. i'm pretty sure he'd be the first to admit that. his sole interest is creating suspense, everything else is secondary.

that said, nor m.night or even spielberg can make the kinds of films they've made were hitchcock not there to show them how.

Mundane Night was 27 when Sixth Sense came out
by Hawaiian Organ Donor
Jun 12th, 2008
03:14:35 PM
And if he wasn't such a Douchey McDouche he would have kept a level head like Spielberg did. Look at his first six films: The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters, 1941, Raiders and E.T. Of those only 1941 was considered a misfire and it's still a pretty good movie.

Compare that to M. Night's first six films. He should have hung his ego at the door and directed other people's scripts.

Mediocre Nighty Night ??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:16:06 PM
Suspense, what suspense ?? The suspense of how long will people put up with this ego maniac?? The suspense of when he'll finall crash and burn???
Uh-oh !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:22:27 PM
It's gone quiet again !! Auughhh, must resist urge to kill egomaniac, stupid directors auughghghhghhghhhhhhh
Wow !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:29:32 PM
It's reaaalllly quiet, hmm, better stay indoors away from plants, hmmmmmmmmmm
yeah he should direct other scripts
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:37:44 PM
people have been saying that forever. i still believe in his directing skills, it's just his writing gets more and more retarded with each film. seems he's written himself into a corner and cant get free.

and spielberg did about 5 years worth of tv episodes before the studio let him do film. m.night's carrer skyrocketed much much faster. i'm not trying to defend him - he DOES have major ego problem. i'm just saying, if anyone here were that succesfull that young, would your head not swell to as well?

come on... some of aicn's resident writers are already thinking they're big shots just because they co-wrote a script.

Yeah, it would be hard to maintain
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:42:13 PM
ANY sort of perspective, but still ... The trailer with him telling us how fortunate we are that he's made another movie !! How delusional is THAT !!!
plus
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:44:08 PM
spielberg may act humble in public, but how do you know if he's not jerking off to himself in the mirror every night?

some directors just hide his ego better than others, but you just know how much of a bigshot he realy thinks he is. lucas comes to mind.

Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:47:07 PM
Don't say Lucas !!! Aughghghgh !! Now I said it !!! What an ego maniac !! What a jerk !! He stole my childhood !!!
Spielberg may have an ego
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
03:52:37 PM
the size of Montana but he also has a body of work to back it up. With Shyamalan, not as much. Spielberg also appears to interact with others in the business and has had many succesful collaborations. Shyamalan appears to live in a bubble and does not collaborate at all.
I will agree that Hitchcock could manipulate
by skimn
Jun 12th, 2008
03:54:09 PM
and enhance performances with editing, camera angle, cinematography and such (just like directors and editors are supposed to), but to call his characters cardboard?? Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo or Rear Window..Cary Grant in Notorious or North By Northwest..The brilliant way he makes the audience feel sad, anxious, scared of Norman Bates..
Spielsberg is a director...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
03:54:29 PM
he contributes to the scripts, but mostly sticks to the actual filming. Shlammy sets up shots that look like a first year film student at USC did them...
I hope M.Night's career is finally over
by batzilla
Jun 12th, 2008
03:54:41 PM
so we can be put out of his misery. That guy was a one hit (if that) wonder and I am just PRAYING that Hollywood now sees what the rest of us already know. MNS is a fucking HACK! I hope a fucking tree falls on him and crushes him like a tomato. SPLAT!
cloudrider
by Hawaiian Organ Donor
Jun 12th, 2008
03:56:10 PM
After Jaws, Close Encounters, E.T., three Indy movies, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Amistad, Private Ryan, Munich and Minority Report, Spielberg can jerk off into a mirror all he wants. In fact, let him slam us in the ass without the courtesy of a reach around. Even taking WoTW and KoTCS into account, he's still earned it.

And yes, the AICN guys have some very impressive egos which may eventually be their undoing.

i was not aware of that trailer.
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
03:56:37 PM
hehe... i think we can all agree that m.night's ego clouds his perspective. i actually dont mind when a director shoots his ego all over our faces, as long as he keeps delivering the goods. i mean, it's his works we(as lovers of films) should care about, right? that's what we're paying for, right? it's when his ego gets in the way of his skills is when it's getting frustrating to me. the same can also be said of tarantino.
Mediocre Nighty Night won't
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:00:07 PM
even give us a reacharound !!!
Spielberg's ego?
by MattmanReturns
Jun 12th, 2008
04:00:36 PM
Spielberg is fairly humble, actually. M. Night has a bloated ego that he hasn't earned. Spielberg never cast himself as a messiah, or addressed his critics on film.
Auughghhghhhg !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:02:02 PM
YOU little maggot, you make want to vomit !!!!
skimn
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
04:03:37 PM
i said "most of the time". but watch italian or french films made during that era, and you'll see how paper thin hitchcock's characters are. his films are suspense driven, and characters often function little more than plot devices.
Not Vertigo !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:05:31 PM
That flick was one of his best ... I guess the characters were somewhat thin in "The Birds", though.
The Sick Sense !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:07:15 PM
is VASTLY over rated !!! Without the lead actors he got, it woulda sucked !!!
If i hear one more comment about family conflict in "Signs"
by nilus
Jun 12th, 2008
04:07:36 PM
I'm going to kill someone. "Signs" wasn't about family conflict you morons. Over analyzing movies like this is really retarded. "Signs" was the story of an alien invasion both boring and unrealistic (but more the former). It's also shitty, long, unfunny, thrill less poorly-acted and a shitty M. Night's movie.
what's happening? the happening's happening, THAT'S what's happe
by mr_macphisto
Jun 12th, 2008
04:11:02 PM
...where am I?
Aliens ???
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:14:51 PM
There were aliens in Signs Yer Retardeddd?
Despite its flaws I like Signs.
by drewlicious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:16:20 PM
Logistically the invasion doesn't hold up. However an invasion that does hold up to scrutiny would ultimately end with our species being wiped out entirely. If anything the movie is manipulation at its best. How you feel about that is up to you. There are several moments in that movie that had me crawling out of my skin, which doesn't happen often, with the birthday party scene being the freakiest. Too bad I can't say anything similar about anything he's made ever since. Fortunately the solution to most of his problems is rather simple, let someone else write the script!!!
cloudrider
by skimn
Jun 12th, 2008
04:20:09 PM
It is ironic you mention the French, when Mr. Truffaut authored one of, if not the definitive book on Hitchcock's career. And Truffaut, who helped introduce the auteur theory, of which Hitchock is considered a prime example..

And of course, by refining his craft within the parameters of the "thriller", his characters sometime did exist to propel the plot and nothing else. As beloved as "The Birds" is, I don't think anyone's running to give Tippi Hedren or Rod Taylor a retroactive Oscar.

I remember that Time mag issue from a few years ago...
by TooWhippy
Jun 12th, 2008
04:20:23 PM
Where he was accepting of the "new Speilberg" label the magazine was giving him. This guy is not humble. Maybe after a few more bombs he will start telling good stories again. Who knows? He just comes off like an ass most of the time.
Crawling out my mouth !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:21:08 PM
There were moments in SIGNS that made my breakfast crawl outta my mouth !!!
bobjustbob....
by snitchseeker
Jun 12th, 2008
04:21:53 PM
$60 Million and they'd be in the black, budget was like $57 or something...before DVD sales. The truth is his success rate is ridiculous. So studios will keep letting him make (already) tight budgeted movies in hopes that they'll hit and make 6 times their budget
Salemslut
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
04:22:49 PM
it seems that m.night's ego, more than anything, is what infuriates the geeks.

i agree with you that other far worse directors are not given due attention. and we should be directing less venom m.night's way, and more bay's/lucas's/the guy who did the mummy/the guy who did fast and furious/and a bunch of other hacks's ways

Keep Hoping !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:23:17 PM
The studios keep hoping that there's enough retards to show up for his flicks with Mommy's hard earned money in their chubby hand !!
The Sick Sense !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:24:49 PM
got lucky, that's all. Pure luck !!
The Sick Sense !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:31:24 PM
came out at the same time as The Phantom Smell, so it got the benefit of tons of butts in the seats ...
skimn
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
04:31:36 PM
i'm aware of the auteur theory, and yes i'm aware of the book on hitchcock. never read it. but if i'm not mistaken truffaut was one of hitchcock's biggest critic.
Speaking of Speilberg.....
by nukethefridge
Jun 12th, 2008
04:32:19 PM
I want me some Jurassic Park IV
I know a SUCKY movie
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:33:30 PM
when I see one, that's fer damn shure ...
Hitch was one of the great directors...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:36:21 PM
there's been nobody since even come close ...
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:37:51 PM
it's the daffodils, they're giving off poisonous fumes, I mean farts !!!
Signs is on TBS on a regular basis lately
by smackfu
Jun 12th, 2008
04:39:35 PM
And each time it's on, I can sit through it, or let it run as background noise while I'm on the computer. It's not as bad as people make it out to be.
A Deranged Narcissist
by JaPra
Jun 12th, 2008
04:40:18 PM
Signs ?????
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:41:09 PM
it's not as bad as people say, IT"s FREAKIN' TEN THOUSAND TIMES WORSE !!!!
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:44:02 PM
It's the Petunias They're, well you know what they're doing !!!
sure, truffaut came to admire hitchcock at the end
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
04:45:35 PM
but he was one of his dectractor, and of the 'stagey' and 'phony' hollywood films at the time, hence the birth of the french personal films.
sign is not bad
by cloudrider`
Jun 12th, 2008
04:48:11 PM
until the ending reveals itself and turns the whole movie stupid.
Signs (that you're a retard)
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:50:09 PM
1. You keep saying "it's not that bad"
Happening: Day of the Triffids Rip-Off
by zinc_chameleon
Jun 12th, 2008
04:52:28 PM
Which come to think of it, was much scarier book than a movie. The triffids win in the book. Seawater kills them in the silly 1962 film. John Wyndham's estate should sue Shamalamadingdong.
Prof. Pretorious??
by snitchseeker
Jun 12th, 2008
04:54:30 PM
How much time do you have today? You're posting every three minutes and none of it has been interesting.
The Triffids that spit poison
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:55:05 PM
and kill ??? If the flowers spit poison, that woulda been cool...
I gots lots of time,
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:56:18 PM
to kick a RETARD when he's down !!! Bwawhahahahahah !! (Now THAT was FUNNY !!!)
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
04:57:42 PM
It's the Man-in-the-moon Marigolds !! They're farting poison gassssssssss
So yeah M. Night sucks
by OptimusCrime
Jun 12th, 2008
05:02:41 PM
But on an unrelated matter, whats the consensus here on the eating of pussy? Now me, I'm not for it, but I just had a co-worker go on a ten minute rant about how great it is. So let's get down to brass tacks: are we pussy-eaters on this website or are we not?
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:09:35 PM
It's thew Black Eyed Susans !!!
The critics are coming out for M
by skimn
Jun 12th, 2008
05:09:38 PM
Look at Rotten Tomatoes. Even the Philly critic doesn't spare him.

BTW, thanks Salemslut for getting the facts straight on Hitch.

Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:10:57 PM
It's the Weeping Willows !! They're farting poisonous gassssss
Optimus
by skimn
Jun 12th, 2008
05:11:12 PM
Only chocolate covered...its an AICN thing.
Home
by NudeandAroused
Jun 12th, 2008
05:11:38 PM
This movie was filmed literally five minutes from my house.
The New Yorker hated it, as did Daily Variety,
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:12:53 PM
as did EVERY critic that was forced to sit through this mess
Only a total Ego maniac
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:21:46 PM
would keep filming in Pannsylvania !! He thinks he's Woddy Allen, with manhatton !!!
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:23:13 PM
It's the daisys !!! They're farting poisonous gassssss !! I want to kill myself AUGHGGHHHHGH !! Must resist urge !!!
Rotten Tomatoes !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:24:27 PM
How touchingly ironic !! The tomatoes in the spew poisonous farts !!!
for the movie signs...
by TooWhippy
Jun 12th, 2008
05:28:13 PM
The aliens invade a planet that is 70% water and they don't have protective suits against the water? But they have the knowledge to travel in space? I just don't get why people like signs at all. The story didn't make any sence and the tension/suspence wasn't enough to keep me from asking those questions. Night is so overrated.
Signs ?????
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:31:53 PM
what a smelly load !! How anyone can defend that turd in a punchbowl is beyond understanding !!
Hahahah
by Series7
Jun 12th, 2008
05:34:02 PM
just saw a clip of this from Letterman last night. And guess what? SOMETHINGS HAPPENING! Lame.
I didn't mean to imply that Spielberg does have an ego
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
05:38:36 PM
I meant to say EVEN IF Spielberg had an ego...
I read a...
by SunTzu77
Jun 12th, 2008
05:41:10 PM
spoiler filled review just the other day...and the so called "twist" (actually it's not really a twist) is just asinine.
Wot Happens ???
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:42:13 PM
The Happening is that the freakin' audience goes out to the lobby for popcorn, and goes to a different flick !!!
If you're interested in reading the review...
by SunTzu77
Jun 12th, 2008
05:42:43 PM
Click on the following... but warning...it's filled with spoilers. http://www.collider.com/entert ainment/reviews/article.asp?ai d=7903&tcid=1 make sure the double check the link for unintended spaces.
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:43:54 PM
the twist is that the entire audience groans when they realize two hours of their life is gone forever, spent watching this load of shit !!!
Oh nm...
by SunTzu77
Jun 12th, 2008
05:48:03 PM
It's a spoiler talkback. My bad. Yup that's correct...the plants on earth have decided to fight against mankind and have released neurotoxins. Yup, that's the movie.
Wow. Now 12% on Rotten Tomatoes
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
05:50:13 PM
Expect reviews on this site to include stuff like "silly", "B-Movies", "tense dialogue", "solid performances, and "chocolate covered strawberries stuff in anus."

The funny thing is I think I decided to watch UNBREAKABLE this weekend.

You mean "Unwatchable"
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:52:40 PM
That title pretty much sums up all his movies ....
It's!!!!!!!!!!!!
by SunTzu77
Jun 12th, 2008
05:54:14 PM
M. Knight's re-imagining of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait until 2040
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
05:55:06 PM
Because that is when I assume that this site will get an EFFING EDIT BUTTON. And possibly a KILL button too...
"Best Performance Offscreen
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
05:55:54 PM
for an Ego Maniac Pompous Ass" !!
Attack of The Rotten Killer Tomatoes
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:02:49 PM
Hope it gets an all time worst review rating !!!
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:04:35 PM
It's the dandelions !! They're farting poisonous gassss !! Must kill myself !! Must kill !!!
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:07:12 PM
It's the mushrooms !!! They're, wait a second, they're fungi, not plants, hmmmmmm, Fungi from Yuggoth ???
Poor Zooey !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:09:22 PM
This piece of shit, plus that Oz piece of shit equals short career arc ??
WAIT !! WHAT'S THAT ??
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:11:15 PM
only 324 posts ??? I can fix that !!! Ummm, Shlcammmydingdong ego maniac self deluded piece of shit movie, there !! Viola !! 325 !!
I don't know about the rest of you ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:13:41 PM
but I hope this ends this ego nutbag's career for once and all !! Bollywood's calling, Schlammy !!!
The Talkbackers have been affected !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:14:47 PM
Boards gone quiet again ..... Must stay away from windows, must stay indoors, away from Multiplexes ...
Strange Lull in this talkback ....
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:16:15 PM
hmmmmm, Talkbackers must be sniffing the daisys ...
326:Pretorious gets stoned death after pot plants
by XxSoulFlyxX
Jun 12th, 2008
06:16:57 PM
give off toxins causing Talkback fever and talking to one's self.
"His 1st RATED-R FILM!!1oneeleventy"
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord
Jun 12th, 2008
06:19:08 PM
After the marketing campaign, I'm glad to see this one fall hard. How a director could vanish up his own ass I understand - but what posesses the studio(s) to follow him?
"M. Night Shyamalan used to have ...
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord
Jun 12th, 2008
06:23:08 PM
... a vast army of fans. Now he has a dwindling network of apologists."

From The Onion AV Club's review.

Have truer words ever been spoken?

Apologists !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:26:50 PM
SWEET !!!! That totally sums it up !!!
Apologize for THIS !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:28:38 PM
Bwahahahahah !!! Hey !! Sniff my finger !!! Hahahhhaah !! I touched the flowers !!! Hahahahha !!!!
Augghhhghghhghhhhhhh !@!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:34:20 PM
It's the Pot Plants, whhhhooopppps, they already give off noxious gassssssss !! eheheehhehehheh
The Talkbackers have been affected !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:35:28 PM
They've sniffed the Poison fumes from the Ficus trees !!! AUGHHUGHUGHUUUHHH !!!!
Ohhhhhhhh Noooooooo !!!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:37:56 PM
It's the poison fumes from the Poison IVy !!! Oooohhoohooho, scary, scary, scary, I'm soooooooo scared !!! Must stay indoors and keep typing .....
The Talkbackers have been affected !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:43:35 PM
they've been gassed by poison plant farts !!! They've decided to expose their eyes to a horrible movie that will suck their life right out !!!
Holy Poisonous Farts, Batman !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:44:54 PM
Looks like the work of evil plants and trees !!
Shlammy sat thinking ...
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:47:32 PM
let's see, I've ruined dead people, aliens,remote villages, hmmmm, religion, hmmmm, I KNOW!!! I'll ruin plants and trees !! Yeah, that's the ticket, I'll screw that up so bad no one will ever use it again !!! I GENIUS !!!
And 1 more to make it
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:52:17 PM
three hundred and forty !!! Bwahhahaahahahhahahah !!! I've been poisoned, aughhghghghghghhhhhhhhhh !!!
Whew !!!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:53:48 PM
It's a lot of freakin' work slamming Schlammy all day long !!!
"Not the trees!"
by JackPumpkinhead
Jun 12th, 2008
06:55:50 PM
"Oh, god, they're before my eyes! How'd they get burned? HOWDTHEYGETBURNED? Aaah, my legs!"
What a Retard !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:56:24 PM
What a maroon !!! Hahahhaha !! Schlammy thinks he's a genius !!! This is the worst yet !! It'll make Lady in the Toliet look GOOD !!!
Watch out Jackpumpkinhead !!
by Prof. Pretorious
Jun 12th, 2008
06:58:20 PM
The trees are after you !! Ooooohhhhh, scary scary scary scary scary scary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
Isn't Uma Thurman in this film?
by SunTzu77
Jun 12th, 2008
07:23:34 PM
Doesn't she play "Poison Ivy" in "The Happening?"
Needs a confusing ending that makes you wonder
by Batman_Cape
Jun 12th, 2008
08:08:11 PM
why you wasted 2 hours.
After Signs...
by 9000rpm
Jun 12th, 2008
08:24:15 PM
...I vowed to never waste another penny on this twat. And let's see, The Village, LITW, and now an even more despised Happening. I feel like I invested $100,000 in Apple stock during its low point in the '90s. I told you so.
Sixth Sense...
by Dataset
Jun 12th, 2008
08:38:12 PM
I saw it in one of those lousy eat while you watch a movie places (The Granada in Dallas, which has turned into a great concert hall). In the middle of the movie, I wrote "HE IS DEAD" on my napkin with the pen that the waitress had me sign my bill with. I told everyone I knew the secret, and placed the napkin under my date's purse. I was so horrified that it was correct. And everyone praised me, but I felt so sad. There's a lot of people more clever than me. I so wanted to be surprised. Like when Keyser Sose's limp went away. But it was not to be. :(
SIGNS
by bobjustbob
Jun 12th, 2008
08:47:36 PM
was the last Shyamalan film I paid to see too. My date was so pissed at me for taking her to such a shite movie she made me watch an Antonio Banderas movie with her the following week. I will never forgive M Night for this.
Suicides are imitated every time they appear in film or on TV...
by lettersoftransit
Jun 12th, 2008
08:49:32 PM
...no matter how it's presented, as a good thing, as a bad thing, as painless and bringing on many changes, however. That's what the research says anyway. Can't help but wonder how many will do the deed after seeing this film.
WHAT HAPPENED TO GONE?
by snitchseeker
Jun 12th, 2008
09:18:22 PM
I liked it. And I really liked the talkback. End the silence, demand answers.
GOOD NIGHT M NIGHT!!!!
by EbertsFatThumb
Jun 12th, 2008
09:31:02 PM
If this guy gets to make another movie then we know he is blowing a slew of people in Hollywood. If Harry gives a glowing review then we know Harry is in that happy list.
Does Marky Mark rap?
by Batman_Cape
Jun 12th, 2008
09:40:54 PM
Hopefully this will make him...
by Bobo_Vision
Jun 12th, 2008
09:42:41 PM
...take feedback from others when shaping his projects. He needs a good team to work with who can give him constructive criticism instead of blowing smoke up his ass telling him how brilliant he is. This won't end his career, he IS a talented director, but they really need to drop the whole ad campaign for Night's films where every trailer has the line, "From the director who brought you ______" His filmography is mixed, so that scheme won't fly anymore. He just needs to realize he's not invincible and change his current approach.
To the dude who called me a "jerkoff"
by darthvedder81
Jun 12th, 2008
10:40:26 PM
It worked! By calling me a jerkoff I've come to your side! I hate "Signs"! I now distrust my own tastes! Thank you for showing me the way with your insightful correction!
I knew from the trailers...
by SnakePlissken711
Jun 12th, 2008
10:52:37 PM
It's pretty interesting because after seeing the trailers in theatres I leaned over to my gilrfriend and said, "I bet it's the trees that are emitting a deadly gas or something..." Needless to say watch the previews, almost every other shot has trees or green foilage in a very "look I'm here", in the framing approach. I guess it's noble to try and make a movie about the most sentient and non-violent creatures on the planet being mankind's bedall -- but I think that once this is explained it will be harder to generate suspense. Hitchcock could do it. Maybe even a younger John Carpenter, but Shyamalan's VILLAGE fell apart after the twist and I have the feeling the same will happen here. He's been on the downward slide since THE VILLAGE (I know people hate SIGNS - but $227 million is pretty fucking successful) -- and this will probably be the end of his career. Should have stuck to directing others scripts.
Quit quoting Rotten Tomatoes scores, idiots.
by zacdilone
Jun 12th, 2008
11:01:59 PM
There are only about 36 reviews on there. I love when people jump in so early with RT statistics as proof their side of the argument is correct. Of course, I'm not saying I expect "The Happening"'s score to go up once more reviews appear. I expect it to go down, because I anticipate it to be a total turd of a film. But it's no use bringing those statistics to bear until we have more reviews.
Are any of you actually going to see this?
by sambrook
Jun 12th, 2008
11:06:13 PM
Or are you just going to slag it off based on preconceptions and what you've read? Even worse you'll probably be one of those who pretends they've seen it and compains and mocks scenes that they've read about in plot descriptions - you know, like 90% of the people who attack Speed Racer. "Oh, a film about plants killing people, that's STOOPID!! **lolz** I know, how many nicknames can we come up with for the director?" Christ, it's like a bunch of bitter, neglected twelve year olds in here. Of course you can't see it, it's rated R.
Dataset- I did the same thing
by Macktheknife01
Jun 12th, 2008
11:28:12 PM
I went to military school for college and I neither the time nor the inclination to see Sixth sense when it came out so my little brother picked me up at the airport for the summer and said, Oh dude you have to see the sixth sense its awesome it has a twist. And all id seen was the billboard and I told him Bruce Willis was dead he told me i was right and so I never even got to enjoy that M. Night movie. But seriously The Usual Suspects has a much better twist.
SAD
by pauduro
Jun 12th, 2008
11:41:47 PM
Its sad that so many guys out ther that LOVEEEEEEEEEE this dush think "The hapening" is not good AND THIS GUYS LOVED Mnigthsgsheida lamadingdong`s movies so what can the people that think all his stuff is pretentious and boring spect? well i think il go see kunfu panda ones more and see how a REAL director dos a film
Shyamalany
by jackofhearts29
Jun 12th, 2008
11:51:46 PM
... is the result of mating experiments between Stephen King and Deepak Chopra
signs doesn';t have a twist. unbreakable doesnt have a twist
by slappy jones
Jun 12th, 2008
11:54:00 PM
why everyone goes on and on about all of his films having twists is beyond me. what exactly is the twist to unbreakable?? that sam jackson is the bad guy?? woah....no way? that changes the entire film that has come before it. um actually no it doesn't. there is a big difference between a twist and a reveal. finding out who the bad guy is isn't a twist. If we had been lead to believe that there was no way sam jackson could in anyway possibly be a bad guy then yes it would be a twist but that ending is hardly a twist. And Signs...what exactly is the twist there? that aliens are afraid of water..that water kills them? again not a twist. what was the twist in lady in the water? it didn't have one either. The Village has one and so does the sixth sense. So he has two twists out of how many films yet everyone goes on about him using twists everytime when he doesn't. Oh the happening is horrible. Do not see it.
I WANTED SNICKERING TREES.
by alice 13
Jun 13th, 2008
12:12:35 AM
and grass that would trip humans. im giving my houseplants extra water just in case.
The planet's defend sistem.
by angusthecow
Jun 13th, 2008
12:40:45 AM
If the whole deal is with the trees why does the film's survivors are in a rural area while the casualties happen in the cities...unless the trees move...maybe it is just "Hellboy 2" faeries atacking yai! or worse Tom cruise.
sambrook
by Stevie Grant
Jun 13th, 2008
01:23:47 AM
Funny you mention that, cause I will not watch this movie because it's about plant's randomly causing suicide while assuming that the movie is well made and entertaining. Yet, sadly, I can't get past how stupid the plot is... you know, the kind of extra special retarded that can only sit in the stands of the Special Olympics, retarded. And lame, so, so lame.
damnit,
by Stevie Grant
Jun 13th, 2008
01:25:49 AM
I really got to edit posts better. Despite from syntax and such, yall get my point.
ATTACK OF THE PINE TREES!!
by Batman_Cape
Jun 13th, 2008
02:19:12 AM
did Pretorius finally die?
by kungfuhustler84
Jun 13th, 2008
02:49:24 AM
I guess the marijuana plants were affected too. ass.
Night always explain his movies....
by emeraldboy
Jun 13th, 2008
05:41:04 AM
they are not twists, they are clarifications. In the end...
I loved the trailer...
by RicardoMontalban
Jun 13th, 2008
06:59:42 AM
I loved "Sixth Sense" and "Village," so I'll give M. Night one more shot. Why not... it can't be any worse then "Indy 4." Hey movie fans, check out this awesome new movie blog on blogspot. It's called thebitterproducer
Ebert liked it?
by TooWhippy
Jun 13th, 2008
11:07:16 AM
I thought he was dead?
I've got a plot for ya...
by drewlicious
Jun 13th, 2008
12:10:24 PM
A critically acclaimed writer/director attempts to make his masterpiece which is so pretentious that by the end he dissapears up his own asshole. What a twist!!!!
M-O-M enough
by g-ride9000
Jun 13th, 2008
01:03:30 PM
leave the bay thing alone dude....yes I know "fuck Bay" yes fuck him but gggggooooddd ddddaaaammm let's just concentrate on the fact that M night is trash from the breman class.
Memories-Of-Murder
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Jun 13th, 2008
01:10:28 PM
What you always seem to forget is that there was a whole legion of fanboys who went to see TRANSFORMERS with the pre-expressed, written intent of hating it. You know what? A lot of them came out of the theater liking the movie. A lot of those same people admitted as much on THIS site. Much to your chagrin.

Bottom line: Bay's movie entertained. For the most part, it achieved one of the Three E's of film (Enlighten, Educate, Entertain). If M. Night's film is incapable of doing any of that, then it stands be a failure.

As a fan of M. Night's earlier work, I'm bummed that his film making prowess has taken a turn for the worse. And face it, the word of mouth on this thing is abysmal. And it doesn't bode well that his next film is AIRBENDER (!)...

Make of that what you will, M-O-M.

It aint the twists that Night gets right, it's the other stuff..
by lettersoftransit
Jun 13th, 2008
01:16:00 PM
His talents lay much more in the personal moments. That is what really made sixth sense work. I couldn't believe it when I saw that film and three minutes in I figured Willis was dead and I was only surprised because, at first, I thought, no it's just too obvious. Is this really leading toward a "whoops, I'm dead!" finale. (Harlan Ellison's phrase). Sure enough, the surprise for me was that he was going for the incredible SF cliche and that hardly anyone in the theater seemed to see it coming. Because there was so much nice emotional stuff along the way they didn't stop to think about the obvious conclusion. Each later film had essentially the same problems, only more so. And the audience, looking for twists in the later films, wasn't distracted by the emotional stuff, and too much of the emotional stuff was also tied in directly with the "twists" (I couldn't believe the audience tolerated "swing away" but, there, too, it was in the midst of one of the more relatably creepy moments in the film). With the village, it seemed that a lot of people knew the "twist" at the end long before the movie ended, but the performances were good and it was interesting to wonder what drove these people to create this environment. With that film, however, he crossed the line where the scary elements and the "twist" ending both decidedly became more liability than asset. He should set out to do something without any mystical elements and without any surprises, and he might surprise us and himself with something great.
M-O-M I won't
by g-ride9000
Jun 13th, 2008
01:39:19 PM
I never said nobody should see this movie. I simple said that everyone who knows "Plants killed everyone" is the end of this film, should go see it. hehehe
PLANT!
by g-ride9000
Jun 13th, 2008
01:39:47 PM
"Which doesn't bode too well for the spieces, does it?"
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Jun 13th, 2008
01:57:36 PM
Opinions, opinions. When will you learn to grasp the concept of other peoples opinions...

And I too will not rejoice if M. Night fails. I'd rather have him succeed = I will rejoice when he succeeds.

M-O-M
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Jun 13th, 2008
02:12:44 PM
Quote: "I know fully well the concept of opinions."

Well, some would argue that you only know full well the concept of your OWN opinion.

Quote: "but if you ask me, i rather be with the bad news and know it by what they are, then to go live in a dream illusion build on lies."

WOW. That's quite a ponderous statement to be throwing the way of M. Night or Mikey Bay. I think you give too much credence to both. No opinion there; merely a straight forward observation.

Quote: "And that's exactly what i'm talking about here, or rather, what i'm not, which is, opinions."

And I'm not sure this sentence even makes any sense...

Ireland just voted down the Lisbon
by emeraldboy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:46:41 PM
treaty.
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