I AM WARHOL
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Watching tomorrow. His last few movies other than split have been basura
M. Night Shyamalan‘s ‘Knock at the Cabin’ | Official Trailer | Starring Jonathan Groff, Dave Bautista (2/3)
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Just copped tickets. You already know what it is with his movies, he's either going to leave you 
or
. There is no in-between. The premise looks really interesting though.
or. There is no in-between. The premise looks really interesting though.
I still never watched Old. Some time ago, I realized that M Night frames his movies like Twilight Zone episodes, but without the emotional beats, especially with the endings. His best movies were the ones that called for you to be emotionally drawn to the characters.
You aint missing much skipping old
I hope the twist isn't fukking stupid like it was in old...peeping tomorrow
I hope the twist isn't fukking stupid like it was in old...peeping tomorrow
I came up watching the first ones, the ones with big budgets (for the late 1990's) and sharp scripts, that made him a overnight sensation, into the 2000's. He lost his touch around the mid 2000's, and never recovered, for me. I watched for years and years, the concepts, trailers, and I'm sure the nostalgia for childhood lured me back again and again, I saw
The Happening
Devil
The Visit,
and I just realized I had to be done.
What an experience watching The Sixth Sense was in theaters, at 14, a masterful movie. Unbreakable was the same way, I saw that twice in theaters. His new movies aren't like that, not just in a visual sense, and I can understand the cultural norms he is expressing in recent work, as compared to 20 years ago, but those movies had heart, they had the big budget treatment for the score, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, and well crafted, written characters, they were real movies. These feel, again, very representative of the culture, disposable, meme movies.
The Happening
Devil
The Visit,
and I just realized I had to be done.
What an experience watching The Sixth Sense was in theaters, at 14, a masterful movie. Unbreakable was the same way, I saw that twice in theaters. His new movies aren't like that, not just in a visual sense, and I can understand the cultural norms he is expressing in recent work, as compared to 20 years ago, but those movies had heart, they had the big budget treatment for the score, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, and well crafted, written characters, they were real movies. These feel, again, very representative of the culture, disposable, meme movies.
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Duke Dixon
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I watched The Happening and he lost me. I skipped the Village and Lady in the Water before. I saw enough of After Earth to know that it wasn't worth watching anymore, about 20-45 minutes.
I watched Split after only knowing it was a sequel to Unbreakable. Split was great i loved it. I watched Mr Glass and that was OK enough for 1 watch. The dialogue in OLD was atrocious as was the twist. There was one funny part though that killed me.
Right now M Night has been regulated to I'll watch it at the crib unless there's good word of mouth.
I watched Split after only knowing it was a sequel to Unbreakable. Split was great i loved it. I watched Mr Glass and that was OK enough for 1 watch. The dialogue in OLD was atrocious as was the twist. There was one funny part though that killed me.
Right now M Night has been regulated to I'll watch it at the crib unless there's good word of mouth.
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I AM WARHOL
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Well, it was a movie 
I AM WARHOL
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I agree. This is the review. I really have nothing to add. Pretty boring movie. Better than garbage ass Old but that’s really not hard to one up
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
He had that 3 hit run. The Village even did well but it was his first movie that started showing major cracks. Signs worked, The Village was just like one long twilight zone episode but without the substance. And after that he turned into a journeyman quarterback. Made a comeback then has another few bad seasons. He used up his good ideas.
This was some well-directed mid. I say well-directed as there were some genuine moments of unease throughout and I gotta give it points there. The cast performances tried their best to carry this barebones script and while fantastic, could not overcome it. I do wanna see Rupert Grint in more big screen roles though.
There’s some cheesy ass dialogue in here that I’m positive would’ve had my theater laughing if packed. Felt out of place in an otherwise serious thriller. Peele gets called M. Night’s clone on here but he can balance comedy/suspense so much better than this man.
5/10.
That man had like 10 minutes of screentime and killed it. Words cannot describe just how bummed I was when his character got the axe. 
Him and Bautista were easily my biggest stand-outs.
Him and Bautista were easily my biggest stand-outs.
There’s some cheesy ass dialogue in here that I’m positive would’ve had my theater laughing if packed. Felt out of place in an otherwise serious thriller. Peele gets called M. Night’s clone on here but he can balance comedy/suspense so much better than this man.
Shyamalan really must’ve thought this movie was hot to sneak in a cameo. 
The biggest twist of the movie was that there was no twist, lol. I want to say this helped out M. Night a lot this go-round as he has shown he can go overboard in that regard. None of that over-explaining nonsense here that would usually have me rolling my eyes.
The story is actually pretty straightforward, and to the point where it hurts the film for me. Like there was something missing to elevate it.
The biggest twist of the movie was that there was no twist, lol. I want to say this helped out M. Night a lot this go-round as he has shown he can go overboard in that regard. None of that over-explaining nonsense here that would usually have me rolling my eyes.
The story is actually pretty straightforward, and to the point where it hurts the film for me. Like there was something missing to elevate it.
5/10.
Duke Dixon
Superstar
The people were selected to go on vacation by a company that created medicine. They knew the beach accelerated aging. They used the beach to test new medicine on the people.
