What happened to Shyamalan?
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I just saw The Happening. Seriously. What has happened to M. N. Shyamalan? I used to love his films, but lately they have just become worse and worse, and The Happening is about as bad as it gets. Once he was heralded as the new Spielberg. I think not. I hope he recovers and regains his creative strengths of the past.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandHe put all his good ideas into his first movie and has struggled with being pigeon holed ever since. Does Speilberg make only one sort of movie ?
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you. If you're still stuck, ask me for more information.
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Darn! I was thinking of seeing that movie. Can you say what was wrong with it?
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Independent123 wrote:
Can you say what was wrong with it?
Lame acting. Decent idea for a story rendered limp through stilted direction. Lack of empathy with the characters.
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I just saw The Happening. Seriously. What has happened to M. N. Shyamalan? I used to love his films, but lately they have just become worse and worse, and The Happening is about as bad as it gets. Once he was heralded as the new Spielberg. I think not. I hope he recovers and regains his creative strengths of the past.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandI quite liked lady in the water but I would have to admit that he hasn't lived up to early potential
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I just saw The Happening. Seriously. What has happened to M. N. Shyamalan? I used to love his films, but lately they have just become worse and worse, and The Happening is about as bad as it gets. Once he was heralded as the new Spielberg. I think not. I hope he recovers and regains his creative strengths of the past.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
I just saw The Happening. Seriously. What has happened to M. N. Shyamalan? I used to love his films, but lately they have just become worse and worse, and The Happening is about as bad as it gets. Once he was heralded as the new Spielberg. I think not. I hope he recovers and regains his creative strengths of the past.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
Darn! I was thinking of seeing that movie. Can you say what was wrong with it?
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
Good idea. Terrible execution. Strange acting. Takes illogical behavior to a new level. It is apparent that he's trying to get away from his usual plot-twist driven movies, but this time it's almost as if he has abandoned they idea of a plot altogether. I usually likes his directing and camera style, but this was just bad. Bad. Bad.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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The problem with people who are hailed as the new .... is that they have so many expectations to live up to that the pressure can end up getting to them.
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I agree. I almost didn't wanted to post about it because it is just so easy to shit all over other people's work. There's nothing worse than a arm chair coach. It's just that I usually love his films, and I was sooooo disappointed with this one.. I hope he bounces back.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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He put all his good ideas into his first movie and has struggled with being pigeon holed ever since. Does Speilberg make only one sort of movie ?
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you. If you're still stuck, ask me for more information.
Exactly. When I saw The Village (which I liked) I was just trying to turn everything upside-down to see if I could find the plot twist. Which I did like 15 minutes into the movie. I think he tried to reinvent himself and fly out of that pigeon hole with The Happening. Unfortunately, seeing how bad it is, it may be that it only proves that he's a one trick pony. I hope not though.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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I just saw The Happening. Seriously. What has happened to M. N. Shyamalan? I used to love his films, but lately they have just become worse and worse, and The Happening is about as bad as it gets. Once he was heralded as the new Spielberg. I think not. I hope he recovers and regains his creative strengths of the past.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandI'm still surprised people liked The Sixth Sense. It's quite annoying to figure out the twist halfway through and trying to live in denial the rest of the movie. At least the ending of The Sixth Sense wasn't as thunderously stupid as the rest of his crap.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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I'm still surprised people liked The Sixth Sense. It's quite annoying to figure out the twist halfway through and trying to live in denial the rest of the movie. At least the ending of The Sixth Sense wasn't as thunderously stupid as the rest of his crap.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Yeah I can see that guessing the twist halfway into the movie makes for an awful movie experience. But for us who didn't - remember back then MNS was totally unknown (for me at least) and so was his twist-driven stories - The Sixth Sense was amazing.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
