Lady in the Water

[Opaque]

Sixth Sense was a great movie. Everything else has been kind of a let down.

I have no faith that this movie will be good.

[Dyne]

Nah, I don't agree. I thought both Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were pretty good.

it took me 6 seperate viewings spread up amongst 3 weeks to finally watch all of Unbreakable. possibly the worst movie ever to me.

[Giga Power]

it took me 6 seperate viewings spread up amongst 3 weeks to finally watch all of Unbreakable. possibly the worst movie ever to me.

[Dolemite]

Yeah, what Giga said. There's movies far more deserving of scorn than Unbreakable, which was a pretty solid and enjoyable flick.

And this Wolf Creek movie sounds interesting. I might have to check it out. When was it released?

[Giga Power]

I'm actually really interested in seeing it myself. Never seen anything about it other than here however.

[arjue]

Wolf Creek was released on the 18th I think. It came out here last month or so. You should all watch it. I made a thread for it, but it got no attention

http://www.eatmybrains.com/showreview.php?id=98 <<< heres a good review of it.

You do realize this is how you create suspense in a movie? It's... ummm... one of the hardest things pull off.

Silence is not hard to pull off. I do it when I sleep.

You are stupid if you think suspense is made by silence and silence alone.

[MrWhitefolks]

m.night is a one trick pony, and his style of storytelling is hampered by his inability to wrap up his films without using a gimmick.

period.

[Mikey]

Before The Village he referred to his "three previous" films, which is strange considering he made two films that didn't do so well before The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable is the closest thing to a good film he's made (some good ideas, good scenes, a better child character and less of him, less dependence on the twist), though he spoke with disappointment of it since it didn't make a tonne of money.

The real problem for me with these films is that there's so little substance there. So much time passes with a character tip-toeing very, very slowly down a hallway, then stopping to look to his left as if he's heard something, for what seems like ages, then tip-toeing slowly forwards again, and so on. The Village had one good scene on the door-step at night and that's about all I can remember of it, aside from a few pretty visual images. So many scenes are disposable.

[Drewbacca]

Silence is not hard to pull off. I do it when I sleep.

You are stupid if you think suspense is made by silence and silence alone.

A) Nobody said anything about silence alone.

B) It has to do with cuts and editing more than silence. Long hold shots create tension in build up. Good directors know to avoid over cutting their film, or "overshooting" as it were. M. Night is brilliant at this, even if you dislike his mythical concepts and bizarre stories.

You should know this already, since you're producing a movie or something.

m.night is a one trick pony, and his style of storytelling is hampered by his inability to wrap up his films without using a gimmick.

period.

This is the biggest complaint I have about his movies. Lose the twist gimmick and get to telling a good movie. It's always hit or miss and he doesn't have a good batting average right now.

[Daitokuji]

What a twist!