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I'm going to have to take back what I said about the film not having a threat, having realized that Paul Giamatti has to face the demons after the "Narf." The few sites I've looked at mentioning the film seem to leave out this little detail.
I don't think it is a secret that I am a huge fan of M. Night. If it were not for this man's vision and style I would not be on this board now. I've have never seen a director with a distinct vision that can produce so much emotion into his movies. Some of the most powerful moments in his movies are ones with little dialouge and little action. It is a just a sense of the character's reactions and the way he directs to convey this.
I also want to speak a little on the twists. Most people dispise M. Night because they feel he puts a twist into each of his films to draw an audience and to get the same results that The Sixth Sense did. Those who read his interviews know this isn't always true. The thing about his movies are the fact this his characters are always flawed and not in the same way that most movies are. The heroes in his story never fully "win" or come out on top. There is alwasy another force that has had its hand in the story the entire time and this sense of unknowning is what makes him so unique. While watching his movies you never fully know who everyone is, what their motives are, and if they can be trusted. When the movie is finally over you can piece together the puzzle in his stories and everything comes together to make sense. This mirrors a lot of what happens in our real lives.
By the way, Lady In the Water looks amazing. Can't wait.
I knew you were a fellow M. Night fan. He is actually what got me into screen writing to. I agree with you on everything that you've said. He takes extraordinary situations and makes them seem ordinary in a way that no one else can. As for the twists, I don't think he strives to put them in there. His stories always have themes and the twists support them. None of them have twists just for the sake of it despite what some people say about the village.
As for the trailer and the comment that it wasn't very good, I disagree. It shows a man doing mundane apartment jobs, looks to be lonely, is a writer, and then one day finds 'something' that obviously isn't human in is pool. I'm glad it didn't give away any more than that. It did just enough to get intriguied. And of course, for those that didn't know about the movie before hand, his name pops up at the end to grab peoples attention, and the times I saw the trailer at the movies, it definetly worked.
To the ImagiNation, I am glad I found a fellow M. Night fan that can appreciate the movies on the same level as me. In july we'll have some interesting discussions about this flick
so... I just read the review for an apparent test screening of this movie and it wasn't very positive at all... i skimmed over it to avoid spoilers but basically what the reviewer said was that "if you hated the village then you'll hate this" as like the village it is not as much of a thriller as the sixth sense and signs were. Secondly the script left a lot to be desired (plot holes, awkward or unfunny dialogue etc.). The only positive thing was that the screening was two and a half hours long which means the movie will probably get cut down considerably and whoever wrote the review thought that'd help with clarifying somethings that were unclear or unecessary.
Postings on IMDB have already began discussing the review and some think it's too early for a test screening to have gone on but I kind of belief it. They were done filming in october. I enjoyed the village so I still have my hopes up for this one but judging by what other people have said this could be bad for M. Night if it's similar in style to that.
http://www.aintitcool.com if you are interested in reading the review. A link is on the front page -Matt
EDIT: I just checked the link now and apparently the review is gone. Whoever wrote it asked for it to be taken down and he said that he saw the movie at a personal "friends and family" screening and the review wasn't supposed to be released. HMMMM, now I really don't know if it was real or not. I wish I had saved the article to show you guys but I didn't. If anyone would be interested to know any exact details I guess you could PM me and I'll tell you but like I said, I skipped over the major spoilers.
I just saw the new trailer. looks a lot better than I thought, more of a monster movie, I just hope the monsters are real this time, not like the village!
The Village did really upset me. I was on the edge of my seat until I saw that it was a scare tactic to scare the citizens from leaving. This movie probably will be another great film.
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