Saturday, March 22, 2008

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan better get his damn act together.

I keep seeing trailers and advertisements for his upcoming movie The Happening and I keep almost getting excited. Why? Because his last few movies have sucked donkey balls.

Lady in the Water was a pile of horse manure and was one of the hardest movies to not walk out of the theater I've ever seen. You know a movie is bad when the only motivation to stay in the theater is that you spent $8 to get in.

The Village was also bad. Who didn't see that ending coming from a mile away? I was halfway through and was like, "Oh I bet I know what the CRAAAAAZY ending to this movie's going to be."

I think M. Night Shymalan should cut it out with the whole plot twist thing. I can understand having it in there if it's going to improve the story (as in his first three major motion pictures), but if it's going to be completely out of left field, just leave it be.

Also, what's with Mark Wahlberg acting all "nice" in these The Happening trailers? He's supposed to be a badass who's an angry asshole to everyone. It just feels awkward not having him be pissed all the time.

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Anonymous said...

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-noun
1. excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
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–verb (used with object)
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–noun
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