An Open Letter To M. Night Shyamalan.

[Finnegan]

Dear M Night.

Please stop making films.

Your good friend,

Finners.

[lildave3]

Who is this guy?

I'm guessing he makes shit films.

Finners, enlighten me.

[Flynny]

Roger Ebert reckons his new one's pretty good. He's got a little more generous and possibly, if anything, over-understanding of films the older he's got, though. But still, smart bloke who's not often one to give a bum-steer.

[Finnegan]

Roger Ebert reckons his new one's pretty good. He's got a little more generous and possibly, if anything, over-understanding of films the older he's got, though. But still, smart bloke who's not often one to give a bum-steer.

Go and watch it.

The worst scripting I've seen in years, the worst story I've seen in years, some of the worst direction of noteworthy acting talent I've seen in years. The man scrapes by on a reputation that dies further with every film and any shred of genius he had has been strained into washy pap.

Honestly. Forget the critics and the journos, forget the trailers and the spiel and just watch it if you doubt me. Even before the kop out ending (barely, barely tolerable if you buy into the belief that the whole film is

just a wishy washy, pseudo-theological point about unsolved enigma) it's one of the worst pieces of cinema I've seen since some moron thought it'd be a great idea to remake the Producers and cast Matthew Broderick.

Unbreakable was an alright film, Six Sense, Signs and the Village were all flawed but fairly intelligent. This is just... stupid, pointless, hilariously funny for all the wrong reasons, cheap, wooden and the biggest disappointment I've ever spent money on.

Really. Watch it. Just to form an opinion. I've sincerely never heard a cinema giggle so much at a "serious" film before.

DB11, use fooking Google you lazy twat.

[MikeyT]

For those of you too lazy to look!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796117/

On a different note i thought Signs and The Sixth Sense were good!

[Phube]

Well I enjoyed it!! So

And Sixth Sense is one of favouritetist films eva!! :P

[The People's Hero]

Signs is pap.

Here ends my contribution to this thread.

[Phube]

Signs is pap.

Here ends my contribution to this thread.

Swing away TPH, Swing Away!!!

[StroudFox]

Well I enjoyed it!! So

And Sixth Sense is one of favouritetist films eva!! :P

I love Sixth Sense too, makes me cry everytime I watch it!

[Finnegan]

And LD3 doesn't have to?

And I'm not that fooking bothered to go and research him

Sure, he can too. I'm just tired of having to read drivel from you that contributes fook all, simply for the sakes of posting something.

Well I enjoyed it!! So

I enjoyed the experience of being there, I went with a couple of friends and we laughed our way through it. But as a piece of serious cinema I feel gutted that I shelved out my benjamins for the right to see it. I really challenge anyone to explain how they found it enjoyable as a suspense thriller.

[MC Prussian]

This thread makes me want to see it, only to slag it off in the end.

I could really use doing some Shyamalan bashing.

[Phube]

I enjoyed the experience of being there, I went with a couple of friends and we laughed our way through it. But as a piece of serious cinema I feel gutted that I shelved out my benjamins for the right to see it. I really challenge anyone to explain how they found it enjoyable as a suspense thriller.

And who said it was serious cinema?? People are too serious nowadays, it's a laugh, it's a well structured B-Movie.

I mean the hot-dog guy... didn't that give it away!?!

[Legend_in_blue]

The Sixth Sense was good, The Village ok-ish, everything else - odd.

[Finnegan]

And who said it was serious cinema?? People are too serious nowadays, it's a laugh, it's a well structured B-Movie.

I mean the hot-dog guy... didn't that give it away!?!

But it wasn't meant to be funny, that's the problem.

If Shyamalan comes out in a couple of months and says "aye, aye, the joke's on all of you!" then fair play - but I somehow doubt that. The fact of the matter is, for a man who seemed to have so much talent, so much excitement about him, he's turned in to a complete and utter let down. The scripting on this absolutely appalled me.

It's almost like he lives in a bubble, completely shut off from any real, human contact. People just don't talk to each other like that. The whole film was just terribly contrived.