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.

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.

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.

sits next to ita

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.

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.

damn.

I guess we found the summer "hit" that critics have been waiting to trash.

Oh, but you need to quote this bit:

a kind of Hero's-Journey bukkake

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."

a kind of Hero's-Journey bukkake

"You will be finding chunks of Joseph Campbell's calcified spooge behind your ears for three days after watching this film, no matter how many times you bathe."