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55. "^^^ Not my alias."
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Seriously, though, I think Shyamalan is a damn good filmmaker. I still think The Sixth Sense (despite the revisionist history of some who hate it now) and Unbreakable are fantastic movies... Signs left a bit to be desired, while I thought The Village was sly and completely misunderstood, and unfairly mocked -- especially around here. I give the dude credit for even trying to tell that Twilight Zone-esque story.

Nonetheless, I'm getting increasingly irritated by M. Night's ever-growing sense of self importance. I dig any artist (especially one who writes his own material) who has a healthy, bordering-on-unreal, self-confidence, but M. Night's is crossing (or is at least appearing to cross) that line into Arrogantville, where no one wants to live. He's the Kobe Bryant of filmmakers in that regard (and I'm a Kobe fan, so there you go)...

I'm also seriously irritated by the marketing of his films, which he has a heavy hand in. Once Sixth Sense hit, every one of his subsequent films has been advertised as "including a SHOCKING TWIST ENDING that you WON'T SEE COMING!," which not only is irritating and disingenuous, but also needlessly heightens audience expectations for a BIG SHOCKING MAJOR SURPRISE TWIST ENDING that, once it happens, more often than not leaves the audience underwhelmed and angry.

And don't get me started on the lame *whispering* commercials for Lady in the Water...

But again, I like M. Night, but it's only natural to expect that there will be people who feel the need to take him down a peg or two, and deservedly so...
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Guess the surprise in ''Lady in the Water'' [View all] , skilly_fools, Fri Jun-30-06 06:48 PM
 
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It's a man, baby!
Jun 30th 2006
1
RE: Guess the suprise in "Lady in the Water"
Jun 30th 2006
2
you know...
Jun 30th 2006
4
It's the guy's great, great, great, great, great MOGWAI Grandma.
Jun 30th 2006
3
^^Yup^^
Jun 30th 2006
5
      SIGNS.....oh, what could have been!
Jun 30th 2006
6
      Signs was poop, but I actually dug The Village.
Jul 03rd 2006
32
           I vomitted AT THE Village.
Jul 06th 2006
49
                Oh yeah! Well I shat a stop sign @ the premiere of Signs!
Jul 06th 2006
56
you've been punk'd!
Jun 30th 2006
7
If she just came up to the top of the pool?
Jun 30th 2006
8
I can tell you what it wont be
Jun 30th 2006
9
Dude, THAT'S THE SECRET!
Jun 30th 2006
12
      My name is Harvey Weinstein
Jul 04th 2006
37
Darryl Hannah n/m
Jun 30th 2006
10
She's in the water because she's allergic to air
Jun 30th 2006
11
CAN'T YOU SEE I'M RETARDED, MOTHERFUCKER??!!!!?
Jul 01st 2006
18
      THIS WATER DONE FUCKED UP MY NATURAL!!!
Jul 03rd 2006
27
A delicious Nougat center?
Jun 30th 2006
13
*whispers like the girl in the commercial*
Jul 01st 2006
14
cornier than the played out nursery rhyme?
Jul 01st 2006
15
paul giamatti IS the lady in the water
Jul 01st 2006
16
There is no Lady in the Water
Jul 01st 2006
17
LOL n/m
Jul 05th 2006
45
IT'S A COMIC BOOK! n/m
Jul 01st 2006
19
He drowned her because he's insane
Jul 01st 2006
20
the surprise...
Jul 01st 2006
21
It's an allegory for America post-Hurricane Katrina.
Jul 01st 2006
22
...I'm done.
Jul 01st 2006
23
Chocolate City, baby! n/m
Jul 02nd 2006
25
What's a Nubian?
Jul 03rd 2006
31
the apartment building is actually in a 16th century forest
Jul 02nd 2006
24
she's my sister, she's my daughter, she's my sister
Jul 02nd 2006
26
If you saw it, how was Doyle's cinematography?
Jul 03rd 2006
30
it's a lady snake on a wet plane
Jul 03rd 2006
28
The people are in the water, and the lady is looking at them.
Jul 03rd 2006
29
Huh?
Jul 04th 2006
33
I'll let the cat out of the bag: I write ALL of Shammy's twists.
Jul 04th 2006
41
You just blew my FUCKING MIND, man.
Jul 04th 2006
38
The Super is Really a Tenant!
Jul 04th 2006
34
hilarious in it's simplicity...kudos
Jul 04th 2006
42
The Lady is a fish, the people are all animals.
Jul 04th 2006
35
it was actually directed and written by tarantino
Jul 04th 2006
36
It's an updated version of King Arthur
Jul 04th 2006
39
Werewolf zombie pirates
Jul 04th 2006
40
The Gobledegooker
Jul 04th 2006
43
the cousin is gay
Jul 05th 2006
44
the uncle is a tranny
Jul 06th 2006
52
Seriously though
Jul 05th 2006
46
I didn't feel the need to rant on something that was my opinion.
Jul 05th 2006
47
RE: I didn't feel the need to rant on something that was my opinion.
Jul 06th 2006
54
Bignick, I'm not a comedy expert, but...is there a pun here?
Jul 05th 2006
48
2 things
Jul 06th 2006
53
signs wasn't poop
Jul 06th 2006
50
OH LAWD!! Stop frontin'.
Jul 06th 2006
51
I didn't think Signs was all that bad...
Jul 06th 2006
57
      RE: ^^^ Not my alias.
Jul 06th 2006
59
the bottom of the pool is a portal to shamalamahoohoo's brain.
Jul 06th 2006
58

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