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sciguyajJul 9, 2010
I can't believe they left out 'The Village'! I still want my refund for that "movie" Shyamalan! You stole 2 hours of my life!
teacher2beJul 10, 2010
I liked it, but what the hell! Was it not marketed as a scary movie?
hipmanJul 10, 2010
Were you expecting gore?.
teacher2beJul 10, 2010
Not too sure. I just remember being disappointed back when it came out. The way the commercials represented it did not come through in the movie itself.
elliotysJul 10, 2010
I'm sorry, but how on earth did you like that movie? It was the worst piece of s**t I have ever seen!!!
darkphenoxJul 10, 2010
The concept was interesting of people leaving modern society behind and tricking their children into think it was the 1880s.
mechabortionJul 10, 2010
"im angry because i was not told how the movie ends in the trailer". you are supposed to think there are monsters because they think there are monsters... i dont think that just because a movie is not what you expected it to be it should be condemned
brbeairdJul 10, 2010
SPOILER ALERT!
craigreedJul 10, 2010
You can't blame the filmmaker or the movie on some decision the marketing department made, that goes for all movies not just M night films.
feomatteo88Jul 10, 2010
I was scared :(
iignotusJul 10, 2010
They could only have one movie where they went "f**k you!", and they wanted it to be his most recent. They should've made this when The Village first came out.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
The Village was not f**k you caliber.
timuscaJul 10, 2010
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weirddemonJul 10, 2010
Well, you're wrong.
faizal5kJul 10, 2010
It was a pretty bad movie. But it reminded me of the book called "Anthem" by Ayn Rand where they're secluded in this "Amish paradise" and the main character goes outside to the real world. Really good book.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mikepictorJul 10, 2010
So did I, but you have to see it in the right frame of mind. Like "Signs", it's a movie about people reacting to circumstances they can't understand or control. I don't see it as a suspense film, but a character drama, a society trying to deal with the unknown.
teazalamodeJul 10, 2010
me too
daevanJul 10, 2010
It's not okay to advertise such a movie as a "scary" film like they were for months before its release. I was lied to.
danielhunterJul 10, 2010
I was 14 when it came out, and I went to see it in theaters. I remember thinking "Wow, that was a unique movie and I didn't see that twist coming at all." Then I heard all the critics and other people talking s**t about it. Being 14 at the time, I was like "YEAH, f**k THAT SHAMALYANANSFNA GUY"
But looking back, I actually did enjoy that movie. I should watch it again now that I'm a bit older.
tearlockJul 10, 2010
Don't blame the director for the studio's poor choice in marketing campaigns.
phriend2spinJul 10, 2010
It was creative.
bobdigiJul 10, 2010
Yea The Village was a hunk of s**t.
dafragstaJul 10, 2010
I liked it. It was his best movie since Unbreakable, but that was it. It was all downhill after that.
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
Sorry dude, your in the minority on this one. I'll give ya Lady in the Water and The Crappening as pure feces but the Village was generally liked.
mikepictorJul 10, 2010
I loved Lady in the Water
speedsteamboatJul 10, 2010
I think you have a weird definition of "generally liked."
More like "generally divisive." I think the people that went into it wanted to like it succeeded, and the rest of us failed to see what the fuss was about since it wasn't that great.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/village/
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
SpeedSteamBoat - I got my movies crossed. I was thinking about "Signs". No, The Village was not generally well received at all. I still liked it but I think the majority of folks didn't care for it much.
blindtetraJul 10, 2010
Screw the spoiler alert. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie I predicted the end.
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
Ahh come on. Even the credits that came out weeks earlier gave away the ending "security guard driving work truck" but the coolest thing was the main dude (william hurt?) being the founder of that entire park from his dads money left to him from when he got shot. I didn't see that coming.
professorhazardJul 10, 2010
I thought they were on another planet, and the mysterious boxes contained advanced laser weaponry.
rpgmakrJul 10, 2010
Man, has it become cool to bash Shyamalan! The happening wasn't even that bad.
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
I was thinking the same thing (about the bashing, not about the crappening). The man has made 2 of my top 5 films I've ever seen but yet has also made 2 of the worst movies I've ever seen and I haven't even seen this new one. How the hell is that possible?!
rpgmakrJul 10, 2010
Seriously, if you just watch The Happening as I did back then, without knowing of the people saying "OMG can this be s**ttier?" in the background you'll enjoy it.
shmefJul 10, 2010
Okay, f**k this list, I liked the Village.
theonekenJul 10, 2010
I'm with you bro, I was really disappointed in the village also.
peterabelardJul 10, 2010
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protodonJul 10, 2010
But would it have killed him to just make the monster real or allude to a real monster? I mean it's a made up story and I think the was the main reason for why people were disappointed in the film. The acting and rest of story was actually pretty good.
tearlockJul 10, 2010
I liked that movie a lot actually. I'm still scratching my head over why people hated it so much.
danielhunterJul 10, 2010
Simple: people were expecting something different. For a lot of people, that's just too much to handle. I liked it also.
black27696Jul 10, 2010
I was like "huh, those things look pretty fake." Then I was like "oh, they're supposed to look fake because the people are dressing up. Oh I see it's modern day. Ohhhh. Meh"
Signs was like "hey there's an alien, kinda". <an eternity passes> "hey another one". Then it was over.
fujogustoJul 10, 2010
I remember watching The Village and calling the ending half way into it. I can't put my finger on it but I remember strongly thinking that he must have stolen the premise from somewhere else because it seemed so familiar. Maybe from Outer Limits or the Twilight Zone or something.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
A children's book, "Running out of time" had almost the exact same plot, better story too, not that I didn't like The Village. So yeah, kind of a rip off.
toxicshokJul 10, 2010
Are you saying that a movie about people pretending to live in the 19th century while being denied medicine by elders is in anyway similar to a book about a diphtheria outbreak in a pretend 19th century colony where the forces that be are preventing medicine from getting in?
bah!
srsly though read "running out of time" its a good book that doesn't have that M. Night Shymalan weirdness to it.
danielhunterJul 10, 2010
I was 14 when it came out, and I went to see it in theaters. I remember thinking "Wow, that was a unique movie and I didn't see that twist coming at all." Then I heard all the critics and other people talking s**t about it. Being 14 at the time, I was like "YEAH, f**k THAT SHAMALYANANSFNA GUY."
But looking back, I actually did enjoy that movie. I should watch it again now that I'm a bit older and now that I don't give a crap what other people think.
toxicshokJul 10, 2010
I didn't like it because he plagiarized the premise of the book "Running Out of Time" shamelessly. Running out of time was a good book so the Village was an ok film. The problem is, it wasn't his idea.
ReginaRodriguezJul 9, 2010
I think I know what he was bending the air with, smells like fish and s**ts...
diggdugg35Jul 9, 2010
LOL, that was funny as hell
arana67Jul 10, 2010
This guy
sodaman300Jul 10, 2010
That guy
rrouseJul 9, 2010
M. Night Shyamalan is laughing all the way to the bank. The Last Airbender has the 2nd most viewers this week. The critics didn't like Star Wars.
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ljay90Jul 9, 2010
I guess your right. A whore still gets paid for sucking dick, so I guess that's a still a win for the whore.
rrouseJul 9, 2010
His movies aren't for everybody but he does know how to make movies a large part of the public wants to see and in the end that is a worthy achievement. I'm not going to see his movies but I respect him for his box office figures. What good is a masterpiece if nobody wants to see it. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hydesJul 10, 2010
jokes on the whore if you got aids though
iignotusJul 10, 2010
"I make $20 an hour AND I get to suck all the dick I want? What's the downside?"
searching4socksJul 10, 2010
It only premiered a week ago...2nd most isn't considered good for a movies first week...especially one of this size and this heavily marketed...and has a devoted fanbase. Twilight (ugh) beat it by a huge margin. Toy Story 3 which is was released two weeks before the Last Airbender is still pretty close in profits. Let's see if it even gets close to the $150 million budget and the $130 in advertising.
By the way, I looked the only critic that I could think of that was old enough to review the original Star Wars.
Ebert gave Star Wars(IV) 4 stars. And fans seem to rate it higher than the Last Air Bender as well.
rrouseJul 10, 2010
I remember reading the reviews when the first Star Wars movie came out and the critics didn't like it. It was only after weeks of being a best seller that they changed their opinion. A good movie critic should be able to tell you if "you" will enjoy the movie. All too often they tell "me" if it is a good movie or not compared to the best movies ever made. This is not the same thing as tell me if "I" would enjoy the or not.
rrouseJul 11, 2010
Fri, Jul. 9 - Sun, Jul. 11
The Last Airbender $100,227,286 - Weekend Total Estimates
http://www.boxoffice.com/
2headedb0yJul 10, 2010
Actually, critics kind of loved Star Wars. It was praised for its technical achievements and landmark special effects and was nominated for 7 Oscars the year it was released. It holds a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes based on nearly 60 reviews. Unless you're talking about the prequels? Everyone knows those sucked.
machinemessiahJul 10, 2010
The critics didn't like star wars, but the public instantly liked it. The critics hate the last airbender, and so does the public.
iDISAPPROVEJul 10, 2010
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zoshchenkoJul 9, 2010
After I got suckered into seeing The Happening - and found myself laughing with the rest of the audience AT the movie ("You like hot dogs?") I vowed I will NEVER go see another M. Night Shyamalan movie. They can add 3D as an afterthought...they can make the coolest preview imaginable...I don't care any more. Never, never again!
By the way, for a good chuckle, read Roger Ebert's review of The Last Airbender. Hilarious!
zombiesocietyJul 10, 2010
That's why I'm GOING to every other M. Night Shaymalan movie. I saw the Happening and in about five minutes it was completely MST3K in there.
illusionweaverJul 10, 2010
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/100639999
For your viewing pleasure.
jasdarJul 10, 2010
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040719/REVIEWS/40719002/1023
His review of The Village is hilarious too. A little from the end:
"It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore.
And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we're back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets."
I liked The Village but I still thought this review was too funny.
timicusJul 10, 2010
Is it just me, or is Roger sounding more and more like Yahtzee these days?
marulonoJul 10, 2010
For behind the scenes of Airbender watch this: http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/last-airbender-movie-special.html
The pronounciation for Aang, Sokka and Iroh are different because I am asian and thats how its properly pronounced.
AND they cut out the Kyoshi warriors because it was TOOO GOOD!
shmefJul 10, 2010
Dude, don't worry, extended 4 hour directors cut a la Lord of the Rings!
brian1625Jul 10, 2010
There's no Asia in the Avatar world. Nor do they speak Asian languages, they speak English.
marulonoJul 11, 2010
i'm sorry i should have clarified... THAT was what M. Night said about the pronounciations of the names, not me. Hell, I watched the cartoon religiously, and I know exactly what the movie SHOULD have been... NOT what I saw.
sexyloserJul 9, 2010
I like how the fans is the background with each movie got less and less.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
fewer and fewer
eddiepotatoJul 10, 2010
unmanier and unmanier
yage2006Jul 10, 2010
Lessor and lessor.
escamotageJul 10, 2010
minus-ing and minus-ing.
oboshoeJul 10, 2010
That's because the movies were less good and less gooder.
givemeabeerJul 10, 2010
deplete and depletion
mhugginsJul 10, 2010
You might even say these movies were...
*take off sunglasses*
...dumb and dumber.
woazJul 9, 2010
Joke of a movie, dialogue was terrible, characters were wooden, and the plot was rushed and patched together so badly that even a hardcore fan didn't know what the f**k was going on.
iamcowdrunkJul 9, 2010
Thank you M. Night Shyamalan for f**king me in the ass with my own foot and ruining Avatar: The Last Airbender for me.
Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
Amen bro Im in the same seat! Oh learned today too that he f**ked McDonald's they have a green fan (kyoshie warriors SUKI that he cut from the movie ) over so here my daughter has a fan that is green like an earth tribe with katara on it WTF! Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
nmanguyJul 9, 2010
After this flop, he might as well go even further into the hole he's dugg by making Unbreakable 2, The Seventh Sense, and Racist Mel Gibson vs. Predator.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I'd see Racist Mel Gibson vs. Predator even if M. Night Shyamalan directed it.
eddiepotatoJul 10, 2010
Voicemails left for Predator would get increasingly vile and caustic as the movie progressed, until the climax, when Mel shows up at his house with a megaphone and destroys him with a 10 minute tirade of filth and hatred. Defeated, the Predator, packs his bags and heads back to his own planet.
kaykfrinkJul 10, 2010
Hell, I'd see that if Paris Hilton directed it.
jake1337Jul 10, 2010
Dude, the predator is gonna get raped by a pack of n*****s.
(I'm white, I can't say the word outside 4chan.)
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
The twist is the Predator's a police officer!
brendanjbJul 10, 2010
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t0spmadJul 10, 2010
The twist is the Predator is a black, Jewish, female police officer. Mel's head explodes.
danielhunterJul 10, 2010
nibblers
toxicshokJul 10, 2010
The twist at the end is that Mel Gibson was dead and the village he lived in wasn't in the 19th century and the predator was the lady in the water.
blackoculusJul 10, 2010
I think i'd actually watch racist mel gibson vs. predator.
and this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q_aY&feature=player_embedded
brendanjbJul 10, 2010
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trs1138Jul 10, 2010
Thank you for introducing me to HISHE!
I love the Saving Private Ryan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzRQG7EqKeo&feature=channel
toxicshokJul 10, 2010
@BlackOculus:
I get that that youtube video was supposed to be a parody that points out some obvious flaws in the terminator premise, but it was f**king awesome.
I would pay big bucks to see that movie.
shark72Jul 10, 2010
I think he should take the prequel route and do The Fifth Sense. The tagline can be "I smell dead people."
mareksoonJul 10, 2010
Can't wait for "I feel dead people." Giggity!
devsingh1359Jul 10, 2010
You should pitch this Racist Mel Gibson vs. Predator idea to Hollywood...I'd see it
stillhateyouJul 10, 2010
Wait, the world didn't realize this guy was a hack after watching Signs?
iignotusJul 10, 2010
I did. What a waste of $8.50.
williemainJul 10, 2010
I remember when movies were $8.50 too!
iignotusJul 10, 2010
And $4.95 for a matinee showing. I feel like an old man already, and the government says I don't get to be one for another 40 years.
fuzzybadJul 14, 2010
Even worse, what a waste of 2 hours!
Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
Yes but I hoped he would not screw up something I liked so much well with egg on my face I wont see another of his s**t stories!
yage2006Jul 10, 2010
I did not like signs but at least some people did. Allot more then air bender.
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
Your opinion pales in comparison to what actually happened with this movie. $400+ million at the box office and a movie that picked up steam weeks after its debut indicates that people generally loved the film.
Just sayin..
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
Your opinion pales in comparison to what actually happened with this movie. $400+ million at the box office and a movie that picked up steam weeks after its debut indicates that people generally loved the film.
Just sayin..
stillhateyouJul 10, 2010
Just because people liked it doesn't mean it's good.
mattbrad2Jul 10, 2010
stillhateyou - no, it doesn't mean its good to YOU. It's generally liked so its generally a good movie. I don't know of a fairer way to judge a movie but based on what the majority of movie goers thought of it. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
redrum781Jul 10, 2010
mattbread2: The masses are generally idiots.
mikepictorJul 10, 2010
I loved Signs, great film.
peterabelardJul 10, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
...I liked Signs for about 9/10 of it. I thought it was great, classic horror and suspense. It built it all up. Then it SHOWED the aliens, and explained that WATER killed them. (WTF, why would aliens attack a planet made entirely of water, atmospherically and physically? RETARDED.)
I find it to be a stupid film, but for the most part, a glorious study in good suspense. In the beginning and middle, when they're chasing things down in their corn fields, scared the piss out of me when I was younger. I'm 24 now.
typeeeJul 10, 2010
Hey, Signs was exactly the last of his movies I have seen.
b3owulfJul 10, 2010
Me too!
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I liked Signs way more than Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. In fact, I didn't care at all for Sixth Sense.
There, I said it. I feel so relieved getting this out of my chest.
DurkadurJul 10, 2010
What a twist!
megorJul 10, 2010
That last picture "What a twist!"
bruceleelennonJul 10, 2010
M.Night-Fail.Alot
cheesepufflyJul 10, 2010
That was terrible.
Try M.Night.s**t-My-Lawn
migvelJul 11, 2010
You both suck.
YaTiddleJul 10, 2010
Wouldn't that be weird if a director we know and love now took his same path? What if Neill Blomkamp's next movies get gradually more retarded? It really puts into perspective how odd Shyamalan's fall has been.
rolfJul 10, 2010
What if the reverse happened and Uwe Boll's movies got better and better? (I think I would start believing that the Apocalypse is coming because it would be a sign like geese flying backwards...)
sealskinJul 10, 2010
I started saying F*** Y** Shyamalan from the Village or Signs. I can't remember but after that I never went to the cinema to see his movies anymore. But Sixth Sense and Unbreakable was great. His other movies was craptastic.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mechabortionJul 10, 2010
i like that you censored "you". have to watch out for diggs delicate sensibilities
mdizz21Jul 10, 2010
I was once a Shyamalan fanboy but I jumped s**t quickly after the village. Its really too bad Sixth Sense was his first real hollywood blockbuster. He was trying to live up to that twist ending the rest of his career.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I saw the sixth sense, I got the twist at the end. That's Bruce Willis at the end of that movie, amazing twist.
jeff187342Jul 10, 2010
Dugg for Always Sunny In Philadelphia reference.
corle1Jul 10, 2010
That hair piece really had me going for a sec, guys.
tokominiJul 10, 2010
Dugg for Charlie Kelley.
I love that line. "the dude in the hairpiece, that's Bruce Willis, the whole time."
corle1Jul 10, 2010
Don't know why i got dugg down. Clearly, i was referencing him.
tokominiJul 10, 2010
Diggers are picky, you gotta get the line right. The original post got probably got dugg down for that same reason. All the matters is that we watch the show.
Although I thought that episode, "Mac and Charlie Write a Movie", wasn't the strongest. The best part was Dennis' 'full penetration' speech about Dolph Lundgren.
“Then he smells crime, he’s out busting heads. Then he’s back to the lab for some more full penetration. Smells crime, back to the lab, full penetration. Crime, penetration, crime, full penetration, crime, penetration — And this goes on and on and back and forth for 90 or so minutes until the movie just... sort of ends.”
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/m-night-shyamalans-the-twistst.html
digg2point0Jul 10, 2010
vat a tvist!
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
Do people actually find this nonsense funny? Humor has taken a wrong turn over the last few years. I am all for random/arbitrary humor, but it has to actually be funny like Monty Python or Airplane!
shmefJul 10, 2010
See, I always get confused, do you throw another punctuation after "Airplane!" because it's a title, or is the one in the title sufficient?
It's AMAZING what you get to think about when you know you're not going to get laid.
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
I was seriously thinking the exact same thing as I wrote it. I am married and at least occasionally getting laid, so don't feel bad.
joejitsuJul 10, 2010
I thought the Sixth Sense was boring.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I concur, and I know quite a number of people who admit the same. The twist was kind of clever, but aside from the twist I found it rather average.
thewriteguyJul 10, 2010
Shamalot
pepitoneJul 10, 2010
I can't wait until his next movie comes out, "Crime Stinks: The Smell of Penetration", I've heard they're going to show ALL of it.
ipaolo21Jul 10, 2010
I've got the mother of Shyamalan twists in my hand right here.
dewanJul 10, 2010
True Words. More true words about the Last Airbender- IT SUCKED. WTF happened to you dude?
http://www.frequency.com/video/fan-reviews/144908
djrbxJul 10, 2010
f**k frequency
avexJul 10, 2010
Lady in Water was great
drkgodessJul 10, 2010
Lady in the Water was hilarious (and not in a good way).*
There, fixed it for you.
aunttalithaJul 10, 2010
Lady in the Water was a great film. Funny and scary often at the same time... Quite brilliant.
Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
Thank you so f**king much for telling not only of the complete failure of that blow hard c**ky bastard. But as well as telling those who have not seen the cartoon the truth of how it SHOULD have been like! I want this to be a movie I just dont want this ASSHAT to do it! I want a book 2 in 2 movies and a 3 in 3! But can we do as they did with hulk and pretend the first didnt happened and remake it!?! Im 27 This is the only fandom geek thing I have! I watch it with my kids the messages in it and the sheer funnyness (which you did not get in the movie) makes it great for adults too (think sponge bob and the whole C U Next Thursday joke) Knight really destroyed something that could have been a golden egg popping out of his ass if he had not do what he did to it! I fear its demise due to him! Which saddens me due to what it could have been! My friend you and coutless others have told nothing but the truth but you are the first to do it with knowledge of the origin! Thank you for the truth!
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/funny-5806-the-last-airbender-movie/#ixzz0tEiVypKq
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Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
The shaymalan Trolls are out top save his credit!
Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
Really what was so bad at what I said?
conkesoJul 10, 2010
The Evolution of M. Night Shyamalan as told by IMDB:
* 2010s
* 2000s
* 1990s
The Sixth Sense (1999) ------------> 8.2
Unbreakable (2000)------------> 7.3
Signs (2002)-----------------------> 6.9
The Village (2004)------------> 6.6
Lady in the Water (2006)------------> 5.8
The Happening (2008)------------> 5.2
The Last Airbender (2010)------------> 4.4
asiarockJul 10, 2010
Yes, it's just been a steady decline with each movie getting progressively worse. The Village was his last "acceptable" movie. I turned off Lady in the water after about 15 minutes. The Happening was a joke and I ended up laughing the whole way through it. I won't even bother with The Last Airbender.
yage2006Jul 10, 2010
Pretty accurate depiction. Though I liked Unbreakable much more then Sixth Sense.
davidlowJul 10, 2010
The Evolution of M. Night Shyamalan as told by ROTTEN TOMATOES:
The Sixth Sense (1999) ----------> 86%
Unbreakable (2000)-----------------> 67%
Signs (2002)---------------------------> 74%
The Village (2004)-------------------> 43%
Lady in the Water (2006)----------> 24%
The Happening (2008)--------------> 18%
The Last Airbender (2010)---------> 8%
rolfJul 10, 2010
How the f**k Signs got that high of a score about aliens who could travel light years from their home planet and bring down earth's infrastructure but can't handle baseball bats, water, or doors is beyond me.
I think the critics still had him in high regard and so were reading into it way too deeply like Scrotie McBoogerballs.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I thought Signs was pretty good for the most part. I am still kind of baffled about how water hurts the aliens even though our atmosphere is full of water vapor, lol.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I liked everything hes made except the happening and the last air bender, and I've never even seen those because I've heard they totally suck, which they probably do.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
polartxJul 10, 2010
if only there were some way to illustrate this info in a chronological linear trend
alexbarnes94Jul 24, 2010
You mean like a line graph?
maxmwoodJul 10, 2010
Tbh I really didn't find Unbreakable THAT good.
ldailey06Jul 10, 2010
they're being generous with lady in the water, that is the worst film i have ever seen
spacesterJul 10, 2010
That tracks with me.
The sixth sense suckered me right in, I felt so stupid. But he got me, gotta give credit there.
I still think Unbreakable was a very good and cool movie.
Signs had a just awful, awful premise. I can handle a bad plot, but a horrid premise cannot be overcome. All that good science fiction out there and he goes with that? But I managed to enjoy it, seeing some crafty film-making going on in places. Figured it was a fluke.
I really wanted to enjoy Lady in the water and I did. Paul G. was very good and I picked up up on some of the references to ancient fables and myths that this type of story comes from. A modern fairy tale of the boogeyman genre, I liked it. Still, it was clear that there were good reasons for people not to like it, and by that point the anti m. night bandwagon was in full gallop.
I skipped the Happening and will not see this latest one. I enjoyed Unbreakable so much that I don't like the idea of ending up "hating" m. night, and I'm pretty sure he has used up my charity.
teamgwhoJul 10, 2010
loved 6th sense and unbreakable. i really enjoyed signs mainly because of the direction and pacing and sense of dread. sure the core part of the plot didnt make sense (creature who's allergic to water comes to a planet 65% water and which has rain and snow?), but I still enjoyed it. I wasn't interested in the Village. or Lady in the lake as the reviews kept me away. Finally saw the vbillage. thought it was meh. didn't like the fact that it was written with a "twist" because the twist was lame. Had they let us know the truth at the start it could've been mad einto an interesting morality tale, resisting the urge to rejoin society vs the need for medicine. Would've been more intersting, lady of the Lake I still ahvent seen, and won't unless I am channel surfing and catch it right at the beginning.
Went to see the happening, hoping it would be his resurection. I again like the direction, but felt the plot was silly. and the writing was kinda poor too.
FF to last summer when I saw the teaser trailer for airbender. I've not watched every episode but I've seen enoguh to get the idea, and I like what I see. It's fairly smart, relatively funny, and it took some standard entertainment ideas and gave them it's own personality. So I was really enthused, despite seeing Shamalyans name attached. My son was stoked, so no matter what i thoguht or felt, I was going.
Caught the early reviews. And realized I was going to likely hate it. And when I started counting off the problems in my head 5 mins into the movie... I knew this was gonna be a long movie (despite the 100 minute running time).
I know he's gonna make part 2... and I'm gonna get dragged to it by my son again...
//sigh
rolfJul 10, 2010
Don't know, this thing has a massive budget. Remember how Hulk (2002'ish) did so bad that they blamed the internet for spreading reviews, ruining opening day weekend? And they rebooted the whole thing just 4 years later?
Well, the internet is used ny everyone about now, massive growth, I think it's going to sink this thing not only in the theater, but in DVD sales, etc.
teamgwhoJul 10, 2010
Ang Lee's Hulk opened with 62M then dropped 70% to less then 18M in week 2. There are plenty of other movies that were worse and dropped worse, but for a mega pic like that to drop so much so soon, yeah that was pretty bad, and mainly because of the fanboy word of mouth, the reviews were mixed. I can't remember seeing reviews as savage as Airbender got, particularly Roger Eberts review.
Predators does open this weekend though, TS3 is still going very strong. Twilight doesnt count as competition to me cause it's completely different audiences. next week Inception opens, so there's 3 solid movies that are competing for its money. My problem is Night wrote and directed this thing and supposedly he's gonna do the next one or maybe even the 3rd and they're also stuck with the same actors as in this one.
speedsteamboatJul 10, 2010
Dugg for "Lad in the lake"
I lolled.
killcureJul 10, 2010
Did you just take that from your facebook or something?
iignotusJul 10, 2010
He should've called it by the original title: "Avatar: The Last Airbender". It would've been hailed by critics and risen to the #1 movie in the country spot immediately, no matter how bad it was.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
iignotusJul 10, 2010
Yikes, truth hurts the fanboize.
dugbayJul 10, 2010
what?
humblechildJul 10, 2010
wut
hbrohiJul 10, 2010
wot
giantbirdcrapJul 10, 2010
Wort Wort Wort!... what are we not talking about aliens?
killcureJul 10, 2010
Yeah, he was always saying what. Douchebag.
weirdo50Jul 10, 2010
Iignotus, you are stupid. Keeping the name wouldn't have changed the fact that it was a horrible movie.
masternJul 10, 2010
All I have to say is, in retrospect, Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment must have been brilliant actors on the set of the Sixth Sense, cause as far as any actual acting direction goes, M. Night could not have provided any help. When actors work without the safety net, you get brilliant performances like Mark Wahlberg's in the Happening, or either of Bryce Dallas Howard's in his two films.
particleman420Jul 10, 2010
if you think marky mark was good in the happening, i'd hate to go to movie night at your house.
every line was a question, and he annoyed the f**k out of me.
altho it could have been the whole movie that was pissing me off and he just got the blameComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
tyrghastJul 10, 2010
The kids in Airbender gave brilliant performances?
gentlemen you best be trollin'
masternJul 10, 2010
Jeez - add the /s. Didn't think it was really necessary.
particleman420Jul 10, 2010
wow, a lot of mark wahlberg fans in this thread
shmefJul 10, 2010
"Say hi to ya mother for me"
iamsmoothJul 10, 2010
f**k YOU SHYAMALAN! You ruined one of my favorite cartoons.
Jameswarren904Jul 10, 2010
Said it better than me!
mikepictorJul 10, 2010
How?
Did the cartoon suddenly become worse? He made a crap movie based on the cartoon, but it didn't damage the cartoon in any way (and arguably made the cartoon better, as you can turn to it to rediscover it, and forget the film)
protodonJul 10, 2010
No, but now everyone that never saw the cartoon but knew the movie was based on it, automatically think the cartoon sucks. So he ruined the cartoon.
brian1625Jul 10, 2010
I agree with you that in the end, the show is still there. (I don't even want to call it a cartoon) ...however...
because the series is over.. This may have been it's only hope to live on.
CoolchickenJul 21, 2010
there making a new series called AVATAR: The legend of Korra.
google it NOW!!!
cubswillwinJul 10, 2010
I feel ashamed sharing the same nationality with him.
particleman420Jul 10, 2010
american?
buffalogumsJul 10, 2010
As my friends and I walked out of the theater, we tried to think of a worse film we had seen recently. Completely stumped. Bottom of the barrel.
At least the whole year of previews/trailers is over. Good riddance.
whatusay879Jul 10, 2010
After seeing that piece of s**t I had to (and still am) watching the series over again.
psychology101Jul 10, 2010
I'm gonna change it up a bit...Unbreakable sucked. It was super cheesy..."They call me Mr. Glass." Dumb. M. Night Shamalamadingdong is a one hit wonder of a director. The Sixth Sense was his only good movie.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
You get buried, but is speaking the truth. That's the plot twist.
catchpenJul 10, 2010
The Evolution of an M. Night Shyamalan Fan:
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kaypasaJul 10, 2010
I'm probably going to get buried, but I'm actually a big Shyamalan fan. Always have been. I've accepted the fact that there's only a handful of us who like his movies.
I haven't seen Airbender yet though.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
thatsnomoon66Jul 10, 2010
Yes you are going to get buried. No one can admit liking The Happening and remain dugg.
theexitwoundJul 10, 2010
The Happening was good because it was bad. If you went in expecting a so-so film, it wasn't bad.
CoolchickenJul 21, 2010
The Happening was a s**t movie, giving away the ending in the middle was such a retarded move.
freepizza48Jul 10, 2010
I liked the Village and Lady in the Water
darkphenoxJul 10, 2010
I think those two movies had at the very least interesting concepts but Lady in the Water was not well executed at all and the Village tricked people into thinking it was going to be a monster movie.
acephreakJul 10, 2010
You'se trollin'.
jayneshJul 10, 2010
It's happening.
bertqbJul 10, 2010
Spoiler Alert: Shyamalan has been dead for 9 years.
ultramagnus0001Jul 10, 2010
Twist
andru87Jul 10, 2010
I can imagine a Weekend at Bernies type situation.
bernlin2000Jul 10, 2010
Man...that explains so much.
sigmaechoJul 10, 2010
I thought M. Night Shamalamadingdong was a talentless hack before it was cool.
shmefJul 10, 2010
Dugg for "Shamalamadingdong".
naturalrhythmJul 10, 2010
I've watched Avatar The Last Airbender through twice now, and I honestly think it's one of the best shows I've ever seen (and I watch a lot of TV). To anyone who hasn't seen it, go and download it or stream it on netflix. Don't let this crap movie give you a false impression.
rethreadJul 10, 2010
Book 1,2, and 3 available for instant viewing. Thanks for the alternative, which by all accounts I've seen, is supposed to be quite good.
theinfinityzeroJul 10, 2010
Well, Books 1 and 3 were great. Book 2 was sorta dull.
diggadiggaJul 10, 2010
from wikipedia
"Budget $150,000,000
Gross revenue $83,077,286"
I REALLY hope this movie doesn't make profit.
schrutefanJul 10, 2010
It will. Don't forget international ticket sales and revenue from Blu-rays, DVDs, Netflix, etc.
diggadiggaJul 10, 2010
but but but that's still like 65 more million.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I will, easily, and it will make a healthy profit.
railzJul 10, 2010
I hope they get a new director if they're really aiming for the full 3 books. Series was good and I'd sit through 3 hours of it.
sageerrantJul 10, 2010
I hope they do a reboot if they're aiming for the full three books.
railzJul 10, 2010
A reboot of what, even the first one? At this point the second one would have to be over the top on its bending and really emphasize character development on toph and aang. Aang needs a reboot - his characterization in the movie couldn't be further from the show. If they ruin toph, they have no chance. She made the second season.
skull24Jul 10, 2010
It will make the money back and M. Night will make another movie. I guess that's why they it show business.
bernlin2000Jul 10, 2010
True fans of the show will probably still see it, even knowing the horrendous reviews it got. I enjoyed the show and I knew it would be bad the minute I heard M. Night s**t-movie-alon was directing. He hasn't made a good movie in 10 years, and habits are hard to break.
ultramagnus0001Jul 10, 2010
Gargoyles, Airbender, Exosquad
bergtronicJul 10, 2010
Dugg for Gargoyles and exosquad. I never watched Airbender but I definately watched the other two.
zombiesocietyJul 10, 2010
The best part of the Happening was the various close-ups of a wide-eyed Zooey Deschanel.
Seriously. Have you seen her eyes?
oboshoeJul 10, 2010
That was the only good part.
But that part was good.
iamnobody8614Jul 10, 2010
Indeed.
http://bradungar.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/zooey-deschanel-10.jpg
sageerrantJul 10, 2010
That almost makes me consider watching the Happening.
Or I could just watch one of her other movies. All of her other movies.
sodaman300Jul 10, 2010
Watch Winter Passing. Pretty good and often overlooked Will Ferrell role, too.
donquixotexJul 10, 2010
it's like listening to the Beatles for the first time...
tokominiJul 10, 2010
Just watch the first season of Weeds. That way, you're watching something worth watching.
tyrghastJul 10, 2010
The Last Airbender is the only movie I've ever walked out on, and I love going to the movie theater almost no matter what.
riolio11Jul 10, 2010
No I was kinda fed by the time I'd seen the Happening
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
How is he even allowed to direct movies and more? At this point I would think we all know what to expect.
metalageJul 10, 2010
M. Night s**tmalan's The Last Movie (that he will ever make)
blindtetraJul 10, 2010
This movie had sooooooo much potential... I only managed to enjoy my two hours of watching it by doing two things : reading the reviews prepared me to set my standards to a new low (good thing too...) and by fending off one "wtf!" reaction after another. So I ended up just enjoying the bits that made me think "wow, this could have been like this... or like that...", tricking myself into watching this movie as if I was watching a two hour trailer of something that could have been mega awesome. Second hyped movie disappointment after the Wolfman.
lonewolf01Jul 10, 2010
Wait, Zooey Deschanel was in The Happening? Now I have a reason to see it!
joshsirjoshulesJul 10, 2010
Don't. Just...don't.
lonewolf01Jul 10, 2010
But... Zooey....
joshsirjoshulesJul 11, 2010
No. Don't do it. Don't f**king do it.
redraven9Jul 10, 2010
Watch 500 days of summer (if you haven't already)
lonewolf01Jul 10, 2010
Oh I have.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I admit that I was a fan up until The Happening. I don't really have an interest in seeing The Last Airbender in the theater, not really because it's gotten bad reviews but I'm just not that interested. I know nothing about the source material (that dates me a bit). I'll Netflix it tho.