Thats why I was into it, I like those kind of plots. I may actually just stay home & watch Sybil on the fire stick. Matta fact I'll just watch Three Faces of Eve in my Amazon library. I'll wait a week or so to pull this up on the kodi
Not better than "The Visit" but overall I thought it was good. But it's like how I view Quentin movies. I appreciate it because only M. Knight can do this type of movies. Just like only Tarintino can only do his movies.
Professor X was a beast (double entendre, don't ask me how). Never really followed him outside of X-Men reboot movies but clearly he needs more leading roles, particularly in Oscar bait film. If you give him one of these type of films, I feel he could get nominated with his acting. The movie starts off with M. Knight humor but then turn basically switches genres throughout (thriller and horror).
On a minor note, the eye candy at some parts is . Particuraly, from the Black girl you see in the trailer. One part where she "reveals" more then I thought she would had me like. She does play a teen but she's grown in real life. I def. wanna see more of this mixed sister in films. She's bad for a skinny, mixed chick.
But back to the main part of the film. I think it's too many genres in here. As you can see from the trailer Professor X is a sick individual. And part of the film is on some pedo stuff. Some of which gets very uncomfortable. You come to this film for fun but then it's just feels too serious. But then you have the horror part, which is done well. Once the "reveal" happens, it's intense, you feel the tension and it's worth the build up. The biggest mistake of this film is the psychologist whom he sees. At times, the dialogue with her is not interesting.
Now, the twist, I don't totally get it. I get where it comes from (because the twist is one of my favorite surprise villian roles) but I'm not totally sure I made the right conclusion as to why M. Knight did. Or if I'm looking to deep at it. Who knows until yall see it. It's def too long but again, I enjoyed it.
Not better than "The Visit" but overall I thought it was good.
Now, the twist, I don't totally get it. I get where it comes from (because the twist is one of my favorite surprise villian roles) but I'm not totally sure I made the right conclusion as to why M. Knight did. Or if I'm looking to deep at it. Who knows until yall see it. It's def too long but again, I enjoyed it.
Obviously, if you don't wanna know read no further. Again, as I stated, I don't know if I totally got it. But here's what I think I saw. After Professor X let's the last girl go because she was pure at heart. A news report comes on telling the story about him, his killings and his multiple personalities. The scene takes place at a local diner. One of the women commented that there was a person similiar years ago with multiple personalities but she couldn't think of his name. Then the camera pans on Bruce Willis and he says, "They called him Mr. Glass. A reference of course to Samuel L Jackson character in "Unbreakable".
I really enjoyed this, perhaps even more than The Visit. There was a cool psychological component and commentary about childhood abuse, and how it can have different affects on different people. But ultimately it's about how strong children are and how they come up with their own ways of surviving, some more dysfunctional than others. In that sense, I think this is Shyamalan's best flick since 'Sixth Sense'.
I also love the characters, the girls were strong and smart, but human and believable. It was a refreshing change. There were only two victim "duh" moments
the first kidnapping scene, when the girl figured out that the guy wasn't the dad before he even turned around. She should have jumped out while he was spraying the other two. But I'll chalk that up to her being in shock and being a lifelong victim of abuse. That's probably crippling in itself. But then the doctor lady realizes her patient is gone off the rails and investigates herself, instead of leaving and calling the police. That was ridiculous!
James McAvoy stole the show. Dude was switching characters like every five seconds sometimes, and he nailed it. There was a lot more humor than I was expecting, particularly his Hedwig character, which was just a funny little dude. I didn't find the twist that surprising at all. They laid hints about it from the beginning, so it really wasn't a twist. In fact
I was actually hoping for something a little more supernatural and drastic, but I guess he wanted to keep it realistic as possible.
So yes, this was really fun and engaging and suspenseful. Everything a thriller should be. That's 2 for 2. Shyamalan is on a roll, and that's surprising because I totally wrote him off after "Signs", "The Village" & 'The Happening'.
I'd give this a 8 out of 10 for its genre, maybe a 8.5? Definitely two thumbs up.
I really enjoyed this, perhaps even more than The Visit. There was a cool psychological component and commentary about childhood abuse, and how it can have different affects on different people. But ultimately it's about how strong children are and how they come up with their own ways of surviving, some more dysfunctional than others. In that sense, I think this is Shyamalan's best flick since 'Sixth Sense'.
I also love the characters, the girls were strong and smart, but human and believable. It was a refreshing change. There were only two victim "duh" moments
the first kidnapping scene, when the girl figured out that the guy wasn't the dad before he even turned around. She should have jumped out while he was spraying the other two. But I'll chalk that up to her being in shock and being a lifelong victim of abuse. That's probably crippling in itself. But then the doctor lady realizes her patient is gone off the rails and investigates herself, instead of leaving and calling the police. That was ridiculous!
James McAvoy stole the show. Dude was switching characters like every five seconds sometimes, and he nailed it. There was a lot more humor than I was expecting, particularly his Hedwig character, which was just a funny little dude. I didn't find the twist that surprising at all. They laid hints about it from the beginning, so it really wasn't a twist. In fact
I was actually hoping for something a little more supernatural and drastic, but I guess he wanted to keep it realistic as possible.
So yes, this was really fun and engaging and suspenseful. Everything a thriller should be. That's 2 for 2. Shyamalan is on a roll, and that's surprising because I totally wrote him off after "Signs", "The Village" & 'The Happening'.
I'd give this a 8 out of 10 for its genre, maybe a 8.5? Definitely two thumbs up.
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. Particuraly, from the Black girl you see in the trailer. One part where she "reveals" more then I thought she would had me like
. She does play a teen but she's grown in real life. I def. wanna see more of this mixed sister in films. She's bad for a skinny, mixed chick. 
dude got multiple personalities like a Coli member.
Definitely two thumbs up.
