Please NOTE: There are spoilers here.Not sure if there is actually much hoopla about this man anymore, especially after committing a series of heinous crimes against cinema in recent years. I'd like to think the general public, the film industry and anyone with an ounce of sense would simply confiscate this man's filming equipment, but alas no joy. First things first, that's clearly not his real name, its a blatant attempt to manipulate the public into believing that this man is of spiritual descendant, "ooooh look at me, I'll add the word 'Night' to my name to make my films seems more eery, atmospheric, supernatural and climactic". Spare me.
Has the word "one trick pony" been so apt since Heather showed us her special skill on that special website that hosts special videos that I won't mention (Google is your friend). Make a movie with an eery, supernatural film, drag it on as long as possible and end with an incredible eye opening "twist" each time making the twist more and more ridiculous and totally retarded. Take this simple formula and repeat over and over until you totally destroy any credibility you have, whilst disappearing totally up your own arse. Want proof? Well, when questioned as to whether his movies followed a similar pattern he says...
"A common misperception of me is ... A:That all my movies have twist endings, or that they're all scary. All my movies are spiritual and all have an emotional perspective."
Spiritual and emotional perspective? Right.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not totally unaware of the evident talent this man clearly has. The Sixth Sense was clearly a great piece of film making, and will go down in history as giving us a new perspective and spin on the traditional "twist" ending. Unbreakable was also an impressive insight into the mind of the modern day superhero produced in a urban setting which we could all strangely relate to. But after watching Signs I began to get disillusioned with his work. He went from trying to convince us that water could kill aliens, the same aliens who were smart enough to breach the earths atmosphere, somehow were not aware that the most abundant substance on the earth would cause them harm. He then led us to believe that a community could believe they were living in an an isolated 19th century village, when in fact they were in a sectioned off area living in the year 2000. And finally the piece de resistance, an abomination of a film called "The Happening" where people are mysteriously committing suicide much to the distress of the town. The inevitable, simply ridiculous, mind boggling, incredibly "inventive" twist is that its actually the trees causing all the problems. Yes, the good old trees, the dangerous, aggressive, confrontational and incredibly scary trees. The trees that are the scourge of men across the world. Awful. The film is best summed up by these lines...
"M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, The Happening, is not merely bad. It is an astonishment, so idiotic in conception and inept in execution that, after seeing it, one almost wonders whether it was real or imagined. It's the kind of movie you want to laugh about with friends, swapping favorite moments of inanity: "Do you remember the part when Mark Wahlberg ... ?" "God, yes. And what about that scene where the wind ... ?"
As for the abomination that is "Lady in the Water " do not even get me started. I think that "Dead in the Water" might be a more suitable title for his next film, which should be based on his future career prospects at the moment in all honesty.
The absolute cheek of the man, but maybe I should give him credit, he somehow gets these scripts past the studio executives, now that would be a twist I wasn't expecting. Pure genius.
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