I liked Unbreakable better than Sixth Sense, but I think it was mostly visual. The costume design and color really impressed me.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 01, 2010 1:54:38 am PDT #9458 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jessica - Jul 01, 2010 4:07:24 am PDT #9459 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was so bored during Unbreakable I almost fell asleep in the theatre. The thing that made Sixth Sense work was that it was a good movie even if you knew the twist. It wasn't an HSQ-dependent story.
With Unbreakable, the twist was a thing I'd been assuming was part of the premise, so when the reveal it turned out to be the GOTCHA moment, I was pretty pissed off to have wasted that two hours waiting for something interesting to happen.
le nubian - Jul 01, 2010 4:28:18 am PDT #9460 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Although, I have to say that I just saw 6th Sense again last month, and it wasn't as good as I remembered it being.
I hadn't really seen it again since I watched it in the theater years ago.
§ ita § - Jul 01, 2010 4:39:57 am PDT #9461 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I couldn't get over the level of stupid Bruce Willis's character displayed in Unbreakable. A student athlete who never notices he has no ceiling on how much he can benchpress? Yeah, sure.
Completely unengaging.
Volans - Jul 01, 2010 4:55:52 am PDT #9462 of 30000
move out and draw fire
sits next to ita
Scrappy - Jul 01, 2010 7:12:30 am PDT #9463 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The DH loved Unbreakable. Me, not. I did love Sixth Sense, which I found on rewatch to be a totally different film, one about a scared kid very kindly helping a poor deluded dead guy move on.
tommyrot - Jul 01, 2010 7:42:46 am PDT #9464 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
io9 reviews The Last Airbender: M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy
And The Last Airbender is a lavish parody of big-budget fantasy epics. It's got everything: the personality-free hero, the nonsensical plot twists, the CG clutter, the bland romance, the new-age pablum. No expense is spared — Shyamalan even makes sure to make fun of distractingly shitty 3-D, by featuring it in his movie.
le nubian - Jul 01, 2010 7:47:37 am PDT #9465 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn.
I guess we found the summer "hit" that critics have been waiting to trash.
§ ita § - Jul 01, 2010 7:49:53 am PDT #9466 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, but you need to quote this bit:
a kind of Hero's-Journey bukkake
le nubian - Jul 01, 2010 7:52:11 am PDT #9467 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
also from io9
Katara says my favorite line ever, "We need to show them that we believe in our beliefs as much as they believe in their beliefs."