It was genius that it was completely marketed as a monster movie, a slasher horror movie with scary monsters, which leaves a lot of the old timey colonial stuff and the ending completely disappointing to a lot of people expecting something else. That was the correct way to do it.
I think it's a great work. I love the story. Love the ending too.
People also love to poop on shyamalan just because. They put everything up against the surprise in the sixth sense and always over-guess the ending and have unrealistic expectations.
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It was genius that it was completely marketed as a monster movie, a slasher horror movie with scary monsters, which leaves a lot of the old timey colonial stuff and the ending completely disappointing to a lot of people expecting something else. That was the correct way to do it.
I think it's a great work. I love the story. Love the ending too.
People also love to poop on shyamalan just because. They put everything up against the surprise in the sixth sense and always over-guess the ending and have unrealistic expectations.
Keep defending!
I do like some of his films.
My sister and I used to call him Shamalamadingdong
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I still call him that. I like the 3 movie story of Unbreakable
But yeah lot of good ones. I have a few friends who host "First Friday Fright night in Phoenixville, PA. They show some good classic ones like Popcorn, Pumpkinhead, Poltergeist, The Warriors, Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4, Vampire Circus, From Dusk Til Dawn, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night Deadly Night. This past month was Halloween III an d next month, Nov. 2 is Return Of The Living Dead (which I don't believe I've seen).
This January is not really a horror film per say, well I guess it can be considered one. Anyway they are showing both Grindhouse movies in their entirity.
February is Candyman (which I don't believe I have seen :oops: )
Tonight they played Candyman in 35mm print :thumbup: Pretty decent. Couple "jumping" scenes. Actually the one girl behind me jumped like 10 times The urban legend was kinda cool, and his gimmick was ok.
Actually it was a sequel, saw it tonight. Pretty good I thought. Also during the previews they had a trailer for the new Halloween movie (which I had no idea they were even doing one again)
It looks like that study really emphasized jump-scares, which is a pet peeve of mine when over-done as a crutch in horror movies, and even dubbing in the artificial high-pitched 'violin screech' noise to make you jump more.
I kept waiting for Courtney Cox to take off her mask.
Kind of mean.
OK, you are right. No reason to be mean about it --- I can amend to just say that it is kind of startling to look at what she has done with her plastic surgery.
I kept waiting for Courtney Cox to take off her mask.
Kind of mean.
OK, you are right. No reason to be mean about it --- I can amend to just say that it is kind of startling to look at what she has done with her plastic surgery.
She has stated though, I believe, that she overdid things and removed it feeling confident to be aging.
Not saying that aged looks shows up in the trailer.
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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I kept waiting for Courtney Cox to take off her mask.
Kind of mean.
OK, you are right. No reason to be mean about it --- I can amend to just say that it is kind of startling to look at what she has done with her plastic surgery.
She has stated though, I believe, that she overdid things and removed it feeling confident to be aging.
Not saying that aged looks shows up in the trailer.
Her choice to look however she wants. I can be startled/scared of that look, but she is certainly free to look how she pleases.
(Had no idea that she had additional surgery or any of that stuff...I'm not much of a fan.)
I kept waiting for Courtney Cox to take off her mask.
Kind of mean.
OK, you are right. No reason to be mean about it --- I can amend to just say that it is kind of startling to look at what she has done with her plastic surgery.
She has stated though, I believe, that she overdid things and removed it feeling confident to be aging.
Not saying that aged looks shows up in the trailer.
Her choice to look however she wants. I can be startled/scared of that look, but she is certainly free to look how she pleases.
(Had no idea that she had additional surgery or any of that stuff...I'm not much of a fan.)
Do you t hink she will be the killer this time? Or is Stu coming back?
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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I kept waiting for Courtney Cox to take off her mask.
Kind of mean.
OK, you are right. No reason to be mean about it --- I can amend to just say that it is kind of startling to look at what she has done with her plastic surgery.
She has stated though, I believe, that she overdid things and removed it feeling confident to be aging.
Not saying that aged looks shows up in the trailer.
Her choice to look however she wants. I can be startled/scared of that look, but she is certainly free to look how she pleases.
(Had no idea that she had additional surgery or any of that stuff...I'm not much of a fan.)
Do you t hink she will be the killer this time? Or is Stu coming back?
Dave will have a better guess. I have not watched the original in some time.
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And you can’t go wrong with the actors, at all.
It was genius that it was completely marketed as a monster movie, a slasher horror movie with scary monsters, which leaves a lot of the old timey colonial stuff and the ending completely disappointing to a lot of people expecting something else. That was the correct way to do it.
I think it's a great work. I love the story. Love the ending too.
People also love to poop on shyamalan just because. They put everything up against the surprise in the sixth sense and always over-guess the ending and have unrealistic expectations.
I do like some of his films.
My sister and I used to call him Shamalamadingdong
I like the 3 movie story of Unbreakable
I did enjoy the TV series he had a few years back, Whispering Pines, but I think he had to adhere to some source material for that one.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
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Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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Not saying that aged looks shows up in the trailer.
Dave will have a better guess. I have not watched the original in some time.