See? That's what I meant, I guess. Not that Unbreakable was the most hated, but pretty darned hated.
I thought The Happening was the most hated. Or The Last Airbender. I think most people forget The Lady in the Water even exists.
I didn't see any of these..or The Village.
If I really think about it, Signs must have been my exit from the M. Night train.
There is so much dumbosity in that one, I actually felt sorry for him. Then, I saw interviews with him. Suddenly, I was paralyzed with the not caring.
It was sad though. I honestly thought the Sixth Sense had a sort of genius about it.
I'm the weirdo who thought
Sixth Sense
was over rated, so I've never been an M Night fan. I must admit I've greeted his fall from grace with a bit of shadenfreude.
Finally! A new Scandals of Classic Hollywood. Robert Redford this time:
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I didn't love Sixth Sense, but I was spoiled for it. I liked Unbreakable a lot, though.
I am a sucker for the hero in the everyman story. The one where people struggle with their own imperfections to do the right thing.
I haven't liked any of his movies much. I don't know what people saw in the ones that were popular--I found them emotionally unengaging, and they didn't make up for that with anything else.
I guessed the "twist" for 6th Sense really really early. I'm the one who watches way too much crime/medical dramas, so as soon as Bruce Willis was shot, I was like:
"How the hell did he survive that bullet? He must be dead or in a coma. Is this a flashback?"
This is similar to The Crying Game where my friend (from the East Coast, big city) and I from the West Coast (big city), took one look and said: "uh, I think we know that twist too."
Yeah, the big mystery for me in that movie was what Forest Whitaker was saying.
I didn't go to Sixth Sense until I knew he was dead. I haven't liked a Bruce Willis character since Moonlighting. As for Crying Game, I was totally surprised.
But I don't think I've been surprised by a gender switch or non-corporeal or visible-to-just-one character since either. Especially the latter two--something I check for with each introduction.
