I think he has good directing talent. I just think he needs to direct someone else's scripts.
Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.
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le nubian - May 22, 2013 7:13:09 pm PDT #24482 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Polter-Cow - May 22, 2013 9:43:25 pm PDT #24483 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dana - May 23, 2013 3:32:55 am PDT #24484 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Is The Happening the one with the trees?
Or, ooh, Lady in the Water. That's the one where he (M. Night) actually plays a writer who will save humanity, or something.
Tom Scola - May 23, 2013 3:37:39 am PDT #24485 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
That's the one where he (M. Night) actually plays a writer who will save humanity, or something.
And there's a character who is an obnoxious film critic who gets killed off.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 23, 2013 5:47:43 am PDT #24486 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I still hate Unbreakable. To be fair though, I can't compare it to anything more recent because I hated it SO much that I haven't seen any of his movies since.
You owe it your eternal gratitude for sparing you from what came after.
Most of the negative opinions I heard of the film were from people put off by the comic book premise/reveal. I think if it debuted today after all the successful Batman and Marvel movies and films like Kick-Ass, the general public would have been a lot more receptive.
§ ita § - May 23, 2013 6:12:00 am PDT #24487 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I felt it was a pretty crap comic book movie, and failed to get the reasons it was lauded so highly by those that liked it. Don't dig stupid heroes unless there's something else going on. I couldn't find that here.
Jessica - May 23, 2013 6:14:49 am PDT #24488 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Eh, I think if it hadn't been such a shitty comic book premise/reveal, maybe? But it wasn't the comic book aspect that put me off, it was the fact that it was unwatchable crap.
[See, ita and I both used the word "crap" - I think that more or less proves it. Scientifically.]
Connie Neil - May 23, 2013 6:15:33 am PDT #24489 of 30000
brillig
I quite enjoyed it.
erikaj - May 23, 2013 8:01:05 am PDT #24490 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked it too.
Juliebird - May 23, 2013 1:35:03 pm PDT #24491 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I love Lady in the Water