I actually liked the village, but Lady in the water made me want to murder myself, not commit suicide, but murder in the first degree, it would probably involve time travel...
Cheese 'n' Crackers! This is probably one of the best Bad movies I've ever seen. Meaning that after much thought, I agree that It Is not good In the quality department. But I actually like It. I laugh at the most preposturous things, I love laughing at stupid. Now don't watch "Going Overboard" That movie I found, Is the worst movie I've ever seen. Even for a Sandler movie, It's not even stupid/funny.
you should wake up your spirituality and esoteric side because his films are full of it, symbolism etc, you're just blind and can't understand the language. :)
you should wake up your spirituality end soteric side because his films are full of it, symbolism etc, you're just blind and can't understand the language. :)
Great review, too bad The Last Airbender proved to be even worse than this. I never understood why everyone expected great things from Shyamalan, I didn't actually think The Sixth Sense was very good. I would say Unbreakable is the best he'd done though... The thing that annoys me most about his films are that they don't end well, they shamble on for five, ten minutes after the actual "twist", as if he's trying to insist that his films are anything more than extended episodes of Goosebumps.
Couple things bout this movie keep tugging at me: 1)The "suicide effect" starts in what originally were known as the 13 colonies 2)It spreads to France.
The American Revolution first began in the Colonies (1776) then moved on to France (1789). Thousands died. WTF is this movie really about?
actauly higurashi no naku koro ni is all about gas that makes you delusoinal and sometimes kill yourself i might have spoiled this for a few people but i just felt like saying higurashi did it first + moviebob you realy need to go watch this series its kicks 3 - 5 kinds of ass
Signs is genius? I appreciate it's a well put together film but aliens who are allergic to water, come to a planet that is 90% water and populated by intelligent beings notorious for acting violently towards things different from them? How could they possibly think that would end well? That's like someone allergic to leaves going to a forest populated by angry squirrels.
i agree with most points this video makes- however i must confess, this is the only shyamalan film i like at all. the premise sold me... tho i agree, he dropped the ball somewhat in the latter half. the old lady beating her head through the windows scared me tho...
unless it's so bad everyone wants to see avatar this is it for M.night. bring on the documentary and M. Jackson song. wait........no bring out Jimmy Buffet to sing the soundtrack to M.night's final stand and let's see him become a writer for some small stuff to rebuild his cred and then be on the writing team for big movies and TV if that goes well. Never let him direct again.
fuck m night shamalan. he has never made a good film. i dont fucking know why people like any of his movies. 6th sense was OKAY. and ONLY because of the twist ending. nothing else. i love you bobby, but m night shamalan sucks.
That was a great review I loved it! I hated The happening the actors were planks of wood and the plot completely laughable. Worse than some Stephen King movie adaptions I've seen! lol! Thanks for putting it all together. ! I'm going to quote you when pepole ask me about this terrible film! It was truly an insult to all who watched it! And the director stooped to the level of a shyster! Big Love! x x x
Generally M.Night does great cinematography, but he can't write for shit. So seeing as Avatar the Last airbender isn;t his writing, I think it may turn out alright
This "MovieBob" guy is a total loser.. he's trying to imitate Yathzee but just with movies that no one gives a shit about.. what fucking post bot seriously.. i hate this guy. TheEscapist should really thing about firing that loser and stoping his pathetic wanna-be show...
I hated this film. With a main character with the stone-jawed performance of John Cena, and a premise that is cool, but executed very poorly (eg running away from the wind) I couldn't be more annoyed for paying for this film.
The excellent Sci-Fi comedy Red Dwarf had a similar storyline; S5, E6 (1992) called "Back to Reality".
The crew encounter a Despair Squid, which secretes a hallucinogenic nerve toxin, inducing despair in it's prey so that it kills itself.
you sure your not mixed up with that other "Avatar" movie thats coming out that has a video game adaptation. I have no freaking clue what that one is about but the avatar movie (the one based off the cartoon/ directed by Shyamalan) is called "The Last Airbender" because of it...
After actually seeing James Cameron's Avatar, it doesn't look as bad as I previously thought.
The game will still suck though.
The Last Airbender also looks cool. Let's just hope Shyamalan doesn't figure out a way to get Aang and his friends trapped in a small house trying to escape something.
@mst3k4evur Kind of. The real issue was that it tried to cram every ounce of detail from the cartoon into a movie 1/6 its length, and thus never got a chance to actually immerse the audience.
True, as much as hard core fans might hate it, you have to cut down a lot of the material to allow for character growth and for the events to have meaning. Rushing from one set piece to another, killing audience immersion and depth. It had a similar effect in X Men Origins Wolverine.
I Saw 6th Sense, then Unbreakable, then The Village. Loved all three. Only reason The Village worked for me is i had no internet at the time and thus, the twist at the end actualy surprised me. This movie seems uninspired though, and like you said, it seems M night is wrapped up in his ego as of late.
(If he fucks up my Avatar, I'm killing him. Srsly. They already started fucking up with casting by picking an all white cast of kids. In a faux-anime. That is all about Eastern culture. WTF?!)
I saw most of this movie when my sister was watching it with her friend and they kept screaming their lungs out over everything, so I went in to see what all the fuss was.
i liked sixth sense and signs a lot, the village i liked the idea of a town beign shut off from the rest of the world, the creatures or those who we do not speak of.. meh, not that bad, lady in the water i liked it, the fairy taleish take on it, i enjoyed it, but now i see it putting himself in the boots of the writer who shall save the world... ego boost, havent seen this one, maybe ill rent it
:: lady in the water ::: The water lady that fear of a rock // it is not acuary a rock but it is . . . . a dog :: The village ::: The villagers who fear of a monster // which is a man in a dog suite // so the fear of a human?? :: Six sence ::: The kid who fear of the ghosts // the ghosts was human ..
I really don't know if this movie was suppose to be scary or a comedy. The best scares that came from it were the crazy old lady and the unseen, child killing rednecks. Hell the scene where Mark Walberg is trying to reason with a plant inside a condo caused the entire movie theater to burst out laughing.
"Plastic. I'm talking to a plastic tree... I'm still doing it..." Classic so-bad-it's-good moment of this very crappy movie.
Well its not unreasonable to think of a mass suicide theme...There is a town in Wales were 27 young people killed themselves in various ways over a few months and it has never been explained!
I did like Unbreakable and I just knew there would be a string of sequels or at least one sequel that shows old bruce willis and old samuel l. jackson duking it out as super hero and villain. but well, now that i think about it more, and especially with Watchmen (sorry, I'd never heard of the comic because I'm not into comics) the concept of ordinary people as super heroes apparently was already done. :)
In my opinion Unbreakable was a great movie. And Signs was pretty good too. The Village had a lot of potential, which was sadly never used and I haven't seen Lady or Happening.
As an Avatar fan and as a fan of movies in general, I only hope that Shyamalan's Avatar movie is the next Sixth Sense instead of the next Lady in the Water *shudder*.
I am really uneasy with him at the helm of Avatar.
Dont get me wrong, I loved 6th sense and Unbreakable, Signs was ok, just not scary, like EVERYONE says it is.
But Avatar is a rare treasure, being an anime viewer, i groan any time we here in America try to mimic the japanese anime genre. However Avatar is the closest thing we have that could compare. Its entertaining for the kids, and has a real plot for the young adults.
And the guy who made Lady in the Water is directing it?
Wouldn't plants like global warming? I'm joking of course. Climactic changes on the planet are normal. You know what would be truly worrisome? If the ecosystem never changed. Stasis in nature is a sign that something is really wrong.
Thanks for clearing a spot on my Netflix queue, Bob.
You know, I can swallow the whole nature wanting us dead premise, but I get hung up on the fact that nature chooses to kill us with toxins, instead of using, say bears, or tornadoes. Or if it insists on toxins, ebola.
I liked the village and this film, though I must admit that some bits completely suck eggs.
Such as how badly the main guy just fails as an actor, making serious lines sound like sarcasm. And I can't forget the ending, which shows you how many films can suffer from AES. Seriously, who wants to see that they've got together and are now expecting a kid. It just buggers it up for me, even if he did partially save it by having the suicide problem re-occurring
Yeah, that's what we need - an Avatar movie that badly knocks-off ID4 for two hours, doesn't let the bad guys show up until the last 20 minutes, barely lets the main characters have any screentime and spends the whole movie following some brand-new sidekick around re-enacting National Treasure ;)
i mean i have to agree, all these movies about books and old shows arent comming out to, at least, my expectations so it may not turn out into the movie i want it to be but have hope
i mean, Shyamalan looks like he turning to the right direction a little (you said it yourself)
I like most of his work actually, partially cause he lives really f-ing close by me. The Happening? The scene with the greenhouses and the power plant in the distance? I can ride my bike there!
At least he doesnt sell out and become a semi good action director with mainstream heroes who never dies and always go home to his misunderstood broken home everyday!
Meh Signs didn't suck. No, that tragically awful remake of War of the World Worlds by Steven Spielberg fucking sucked. Signs was good and at worst okay.
War of The Worlds was brilliant, it brilliantly retold the story in a way a lot more faithful to the original novel. Had Speilberg just remade the original movie into a modern day it would have just been Independence Day. Speilberg's end product wasn't perfect by any means but it had a great soul and managed to purvey the feeling of the book brilliantly.
I suppouse I'm one of the few who loved The Village, why? because it's not about the damn monster!, it was never meant to be an horror film (Blame thestupid hollywood promotion) . It has suspense elements , but the theme was the Village itself as a "sanctuary" of people who decided to create their own ideal. And the way to keep this fantasy village out of sins is with fear. At the end is a drama with thriller elements, but not a monster movie at all.
Well while we are on the subject of signs, I loved and hated it, the suspense was excellent, but the writing and the story were just..."lacking".
Also, I agree about how "The Happening" didn't make the most of it's concept, I mean it's so ridiculous and it should have tried to exaggurate on a lot of things, but in the end it's just some cheesy message saying "save the environment or die!"
That's what that movie was about? Oh man my mother would have been pissed if she had paid to see that movie. Thank goodness she started hating him after 'Signs'. It was almost a good idea. But...
I'm going to have to stand out and disagree with others. I actually liked this movie. The idea is genious, even though it sounds a little ridiculous when explained. The one thing I love about Shyamalan's movies is that regardless of the premise, they just feel fucking creepy!
i hate this hollywood, liberal global warming crap. It makes me mad when i cant escape the global warming farse. i used to be a fan of M. Night Shyamalan but , no im also sick of his crap f":k global warming.
M. Night could have done SOOO much better with that little idea he had about the toxin that makes you kill yourself. For starters, it needed to be more subtle. The fact a mass of people can instantly become affected by the gas and then look for the nearest way to off themselves is absolutely ridiculous. Im sorry, but when everyone was passing around that cop's gun like a game of fully loaded russian roulette, it honestly made me wish that I had access to that firearm. And seriously, plants?!!!!
I agree on some points of his rant. Admittedly I am a Shyamalan fan but I can see where the general public would be saying WTF. I think his movies are better viewed on dvd where you can see the movie as a whole for what it was meant to be.
The village isn't supposed to be a Horror Movie so I'm not sure why he let it be marketed as such. And the Lady in the water is a strange film it seems he only really made for himself but I enjoyed it for it's strangeness nevertheless. I'll probably enjoy this movie as well but thanks for the heads up so I know what to expect going in.
LOL!!!! I think this film is horrific, I agree there could of been SO much more violent gore-nuss!! And yeah should of given it to John Carpenter or George A Romero!
I'd be more impressed if I hadn't seen/read Jisatsu circle, the movie being about a website that makes you kill yourself, and in horribly cheesy asian movie FX. Youtube up the opening scene.
NOT a bad movie? HA! This movie is quite possibly the worst film I have seen all year.
Everything about this movie was terrible: The directing (the fucking slow-mo scene on the deck), the writing (had to be the worst dialogue I have ever heard), the acting (oh god, oh my god so bad), and especially the character development (or should I say archetype development).
Yeah, being a botanist I yelled "BULLSHIT!" at that point. I was at Alamo Draft House and I suppose everyone thought it was the beer talking. Anyway, after The Village and Lady in the Water, Shyamalan became a red flag director for me. This movie reinforced that. Great review; it was perfect and everything that needed to be said was.
I absolutely agree with everything you said. From his poor choices of the tempo of character development to his genious that works for him and against him. Unfortunately, he does focus on the crap that doesnt spark the graphic terror (lawnmower scene, gun suicide domino starting with the cop- which doesnt need the blood to make it work)He should have had a similar suicidal tempo as the first few minutes throughout the entire film... and yes the "JAWslike field scene- quite a reversal of terror.
LOL What a twist! I didn't know he was gunna work on Avatar. That's kinda fucked up. I mean, I sorta like the show but I don't want to see a live action shit fest.
the video was not bad. i liked it well worth the money. saw it on my b day . the plant idea was kinda lame. but he did the story well. plus it looks cool how they killed them selfs.
i just saw the movie and i think what causes "the happening" is retarded. However i think it was irrelevant because the intricate suicides were worth my 10 bucks. As i said, although the cause of the suicides were retarded, the movie was mentally disturbing and a thriller. i did get my thrills i must say...
No.1 Roger Ebert a Real Film Critic can actually articulate how brilliant a movie this is. I liked it and Want to see it again. So many people want all the answers in one shot. you can Keep going to See Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Will Smith Movies for me I want to think what does this mean? in the End If he didnt have a big Fan Base the Industry would not keep giving him money to make films. So it seems all the haters are the minority.
Though there were parts of this movie that could have been done better, I did enjoy it. For some reason, I like the way Night tells his stories and I did. BTW, it was not the plants that caused the 'happening'. It was suggested and played, but not confirmed. In this way, Night once again focuses on the people in the event rather than the event.
lol damn you're an awesome reviewer, gonna listen to some more
I think the guy has a great imagination, and can create some very suspenseful scenes. But in terms of the films as a whole, it's the same shit. Spooky, wonder, and everything revealed in the end. That's it. He's not a good writer, but I have to say, the trailer scared the shit out of me. The unknown suicide disease was great! Terrifying! But, that's about all he can do :(
The acting was good in the movie, but it sucked! I mean come on! Fucking plants! There wasn't even a twist. This is M. Night Shamalyan's first R rated movie and there was no twist. It was just a stupid movie. After I saw this one, my respect for Shamalyan went down.
hello! the twist was wake up people on earth, that pollute the shit out of everything or just maybe the planet will fight back. In fact the earth is fight back. Its called AIDS.
Actually, the movie alludes to the fact that the government was behind the release of the strange neuro toxin gas. I thought it was made clear toward the end of the movie.
and then MOVIEBOB was created and he fucking sucks....... dude seriously shut your goddamn mouth you faggot this isnt even a review, get a life dumbass!
hows about we I-G-nore the fact that even the greatest of us have some kind of "stinker" and let us concentrate on trying to remove the large object that happens to be lodged in this moviebob's pooper-hole! :P
awesome review. i hate the movie and the whole plants killing humanity and uber liberal undertones just pisses me off. He does need an ego check. I do love signs and sixth sense but m night needs to square himself away before he gets fragged.
M. Night Shamalanana or whatever the hell his name is, is the Bruce Springsteen of movies; One hit and the rest boring turkeys for the next zillion years. It`s incredible to me that anyone with that kind of average can continuously hold a job in anything related to entertainment. Who are the suckers who constantly finance this fool? If they are so eager to lose money, why not give some to me? Even though I have absolutely no experience in movies, I`m sure I could produce something no worse.
haha i would only see it for mark wahlberg becuz he is so damn hot..btw moviebob, you are funny i was laughing so hard by the way you were talking!! :P
It seems like I may have enjoyed it a little more than you, but I agree with your end prognoses "Not a bad movie, just not a very good one." I was alerted to an article in SciAm about it before actually seeing it, and I enjoyed comparing what I saw to what was in the article.
M Night pisses me off. I want to like the guy. His directing is great but his writing, yeesh! But for some reason the direction in The Happening just seems...off. Maybe he was actually sucking his own dick while rolling.
Lady In the water... I did not know M. Night wrote that movie but I remember that i liked it. The Ending was just about how all of us including aliens were all conected with each other. i dont remember that much but i think that was the ending of Lady In The Water. but wow, I had no idea M. Night was the writer of Lady In The Water. what a twist! lol.
Oh lord.....I m sure you all know already, but that 180 turn stopped at about the 175 mark.....
bringitoninternet72 2 weeks ago
"What a twist!"
flipboywidskillz 4 months ago
Oh Irony of that last statement :D
gunmunz 6 months ago 4
hay its like spoony vs ultima.... your main enemy from the deapths of time THE GRASS!
apex2000 6 months ago
I actually liked the village, but Lady in the water made me want to murder myself, not commit suicide, but murder in the first degree, it would probably involve time travel...
namechoice 6 months ago
Cheese 'n' Crackers! This is probably one of the best Bad movies I've ever seen. Meaning that after much thought, I agree that It Is not good In the quality department. But I actually like It. I laugh at the most preposturous things, I love laughing at stupid. Now don't watch "Going Overboard" That movie I found, Is the worst movie I've ever seen. Even for a Sandler movie, It's not even stupid/funny.
RobRobertTheMovieGuy 9 months ago
you should wake up your spirituality and esoteric side because his films are full of it, symbolism etc, you're just blind and can't understand the language. :)
pommepot 1 year ago
you should wake up your spirituality end soteric side because his films are full of it, symbolism etc, you're just blind and can't understand the language. :)
pommepot 1 year ago
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DCEnigma 1 year ago
Great review, too bad The Last Airbender proved to be even worse than this. I never understood why everyone expected great things from Shyamalan, I didn't actually think The Sixth Sense was very good. I would say Unbreakable is the best he'd done though... The thing that annoys me most about his films are that they don't end well, they shamble on for five, ten minutes after the actual "twist", as if he's trying to insist that his films are anything more than extended episodes of Goosebumps.
TheReluctantKing 1 year ago
Couple things bout this movie keep tugging at me: 1)The "suicide effect" starts in what originally were known as the 13 colonies 2)It spreads to France.
The American Revolution first began in the Colonies (1776) then moved on to France (1789). Thousands died. WTF is this movie really about?
RideMyBMW 1 year ago
actauly higurashi no naku koro ni is all about gas that makes you delusoinal and sometimes kill yourself i might have spoiled this for a few people but i just felt like saying higurashi did it first + moviebob you realy need to go watch this series its kicks 3 - 5 kinds of ass
pielord16 1 year ago
Great review. Shyamalan really went downhill after Signs. Liked and subscribed :) check out my reviews some time if you have a chance.
Areashiftybun 1 year ago
Signs is genius? I appreciate it's a well put together film but aliens who are allergic to water, come to a planet that is 90% water and populated by intelligent beings notorious for acting violently towards things different from them? How could they possibly think that would end well? That's like someone allergic to leaves going to a forest populated by angry squirrels.
Jackpwnsn00bz 1 year ago
Review of this movie hits the nail on the head,well done Bob. The south park parody is far better which just about says it all.
19630541 1 year ago
Really good movie, old lady was creepy
Climpacman1 1 year ago
Not a bad movie? It's probably the worst of the decade
SecretHolder 1 year ago
i agree with most points this video makes- however i must confess, this is the only shyamalan film i like at all. the premise sold me... tho i agree, he dropped the ball somewhat in the latter half. the old lady beating her head through the windows scared me tho...
freedo333 1 year ago
unless it's so bad everyone wants to see avatar this is it for M.night. bring on the documentary and M. Jackson song. wait........no bring out Jimmy Buffet to sing the soundtrack to M.night's final stand and let's see him become a writer for some small stuff to rebuild his cred and then be on the writing team for big movies and TV if that goes well. Never let him direct again.
BrokenFWD 1 year ago
and as it turns out,the Avatar movie is a trainwreck,thats it M Night,you have had enough chances,bye bye.
CustardGanet 1 year ago
Oh my God, what a twist!
BunrakukenIII 1 year ago
1:14
It takes a lot of balls to defend a film equivalent of Sonichu.
moongoboom 1 year ago
a remake of this with romero would be awsome
gmosphere 1 year ago
blow your nose, moviebob.
teflonmagnet 1 year ago
Yeah that "You Deserve This" sign felt like a middle finger to his fans expecting a better movie then the one I was watching. BS!
theblocksays 1 year ago
if avatar sucks i will NEVER fucking forgive shyamalan.
viking977 1 year ago
...I've never heard anyone say that unbreakable sucked
CaptainTinTyrant 1 year ago
fuck m night shamalan. he has never made a good film. i dont fucking know why people like any of his movies. 6th sense was OKAY. and ONLY because of the twist ending. nothing else. i love you bobby, but m night shamalan sucks.
zaengo 2 years ago
Absolutely loved this review and agreed 100% go strong moviebob. Great work
Codez12 2 years ago
That was a great review I loved it! I hated The happening the actors were planks of wood and the plot completely laughable. Worse than some Stephen King movie adaptions I've seen! lol! Thanks for putting it all together. ! I'm going to quote you when pepole ask me about this terrible film! It was truly an insult to all who watched it! And the director stooped to the level of a shyster! Big Love! x x x
LeeteaHutchin 2 years ago
Generally M.Night does great cinematography, but he can't write for shit. So seeing as Avatar the Last airbender isn;t his writing, I think it may turn out alright
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This "MovieBob" guy is a total loser.. he's trying to imitate Yathzee but just with movies that no one gives a shit about.. what fucking post bot seriously.. i hate this guy. TheEscapist should really thing about firing that loser and stoping his pathetic wanna-be show...
johnybazukata 2 years ago
wow, you are a nerd. an intelligent argument about his movies.
paulwalker77 2 years ago
Killer plants?
Hasn't DC Comics beat that concept to death enough with Poison Ivy?
Marcus4600 2 years ago 2
I hated this film. With a main character with the stone-jawed performance of John Cena, and a premise that is cool, but executed very poorly (eg running away from the wind) I couldn't be more annoyed for paying for this film.
The excellent Sci-Fi comedy Red Dwarf had a similar storyline; S5, E6 (1992) called "Back to Reality".
The crew encounter a Despair Squid, which secretes a hallucinogenic nerve toxin, inducing despair in it's prey so that it kills itself.
I'd highly recommend it!
jaykhunter 2 years ago 2
what a twist XD
yeah, i agree perfectly with moviebob here
m night needs to get pulled down a few notches concerning his ego
DarkLink6590 2 years ago
I think the happening is a much better film if you don't accept straight away that the plants are the cause for the mass suicide.
However, this does not mean i forgive the film for it's terrible happy ending. It did not need the girl, the guy, and that woman to become a family.
TheOriginalBoman 2 years ago
but it's based of the cartoon...
lolmuffins123 2 years ago
THE AVATAR MOVIE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CARTOON.
And that is why it will suck.
Kilination 2 years ago 17
you sure your not mixed up with that other "Avatar" movie thats coming out that has a video game adaptation. I have no freaking clue what that one is about but the avatar movie (the one based off the cartoon/ directed by Shyamalan) is called "The Last Airbender" because of it...
SSBReDubbed 2 years ago
Yeah I did get it mixed up.
The one I thought of was James Cameron.
M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender looks great.
Kilination 2 years ago 3
NO!! dont tell me that.. it cant be true :(
im kinda anticipating it :'(
LovinThatTang 2 years ago
Which one, the James Cameron crap-fest with the corresponding game being in 3D?
Or the M. Night Shyamalan one?
Kilination 2 years ago
Kilination:
You probably know this now, but I'm just saying this anyway.
That's because the Avatar Movie is not called "Avatar", you're thinking of a different movie.
If you're looking for the Movie based off the actual Nickelodeon Cartoon Avatar, it's called "The Last Airbender".
joshp011 2 years ago
After actually seeing James Cameron's Avatar, it doesn't look as bad as I previously thought.
The game will still suck though.
The Last Airbender also looks cool. Let's just hope Shyamalan doesn't figure out a way to get Aang and his friends trapped in a small house trying to escape something.
Kilination 2 years ago 2
@Kilination If only he knew how wrong he was.
2ndprodigy 1 year ago 2
@Kilination
Actually, it too closely followed the cartoon. That was the biggest problem.
mst3k4evur 9 months ago
@mst3k4evur Kind of. The real issue was that it tried to cram every ounce of detail from the cartoon into a movie 1/6 its length, and thus never got a chance to actually immerse the audience.
XiremaXesirin 9 months ago
@XiremaXesirin
True, as much as hard core fans might hate it, you have to cut down a lot of the material to allow for character growth and for the events to have meaning. Rushing from one set piece to another, killing audience immersion and depth. It had a similar effect in X Men Origins Wolverine.
mst3k4evur 9 months ago
The acting was horrible. That's the only thing I couldn't stand.
Dall5000 2 years ago
OMG the breeze, run for you life!!
simonver222 2 years ago
I Saw 6th Sense, then Unbreakable, then The Village. Loved all three. Only reason The Village worked for me is i had no internet at the time and thus, the twist at the end actualy surprised me. This movie seems uninspired though, and like you said, it seems M night is wrapped up in his ego as of late.
Oh, and nice use of "What a twist!" at the end.
Made me lol.
SmokingFox33 2 years ago 2
WHAT A TWIST! XD
(If he fucks up my Avatar, I'm killing him. Srsly. They already started fucking up with casting by picking an all white cast of kids. In a faux-anime. That is all about Eastern culture. WTF?!)
ProserpinaFC 2 years ago
I saw most of this movie when my sister was watching it with her friend and they kept screaming their lungs out over everything, so I went in to see what all the fuss was.
Yeah, pretty weird stuff.
Rubberman202 2 years ago
i liked sixth sense and signs a lot, the village i liked the idea of a town beign shut off from the rest of the world, the creatures or those who we do not speak of.. meh, not that bad, lady in the water i liked it, the fairy taleish take on it, i enjoyed it, but now i see it putting himself in the boots of the writer who shall save the world... ego boost, havent seen this one, maybe ill rent it
DigitalPuppeteer 2 years ago
I only like Signs and The Six Sense.
Unbreakable, The Village and Lady in the Water sucked so badly it made me cry.
The Happening is so-so
cloverfieldmoster 2 years ago
NO NOT AVATAR !!!!
TheOrangePanda 2 years ago
oh god...please shamylon, spare avatar!
TinTyrantMM7BSS 2 years ago
the movie is actually scary but i really don't like the idea of plants causing people to kill themselves..like uhh?
Rikweirdo 2 years ago
:: Signs ::: The alien that fear of water
:: lady in the water ::: The water lady that fear of a rock // it is not acuary a rock but it is . . . . a dog :: The village ::: The villagers who fear of a monster // which is a man in a dog suite // so the fear of a human?? :: Six sence ::: The kid who fear of the ghosts // the ghosts was human ..
Ohh . . . its the hidden msg right ?
Now, im overthink too
BearyBBBeaR 2 years ago
I have seen Unbreakable, Village and Lady in the Water. I enjoyed all 3. I haven't seen the others so I can't comment on those.
Allogagan 2 years ago
The others are better than the 2 you saw!
mykulc 2 years ago
XD "We're tired of your shit, quit killing us!!"
Guilmon470 2 years ago
excilent review dude!
i'm about to watch the happening, i heard it was shit but i didn't no it was THAT shit
tariqsayed 2 years ago
I really don't know if this movie was suppose to be scary or a comedy. The best scares that came from it were the crazy old lady and the unseen, child killing rednecks. Hell the scene where Mark Walberg is trying to reason with a plant inside a condo caused the entire movie theater to burst out laughing.
"Plastic. I'm talking to a plastic tree... I'm still doing it..." Classic so-bad-it's-good moment of this very crappy movie.
darknight910 2 years ago
It wasn't meant to be anything. If it was anything it was a cry for help/demand for a mercy killing.
abortedjesus 2 years ago
Well its not unreasonable to think of a mass suicide theme...There is a town in Wales were 27 young people killed themselves in various ways over a few months and it has never been explained!
ursine121 2 years ago
I did like Unbreakable and I just knew there would be a string of sequels or at least one sequel that shows old bruce willis and old samuel l. jackson duking it out as super hero and villain. but well, now that i think about it more, and especially with Watchmen (sorry, I'd never heard of the comic because I'm not into comics) the concept of ordinary people as super heroes apparently was already done. :)
amme9nowlin 2 years ago
In my opinion Unbreakable was a great movie. And Signs was pretty good too. The Village had a lot of potential, which was sadly never used and I haven't seen Lady or Happening.
freaknr1 2 years ago
I liked lady in the water.
a23b23x 2 years ago
oh, c'mon mister shyamalan just want to tell us stories,
whats wrong with you people?
DirtyDayMix 2 years ago
nice picture of Zoey Deschanel. more great material as always. keep up the good work bob.
Drag0nknight999 3 years ago
I thought the whole premise sounded oddly reminiscent of Suicide Club
WesFulgham 3 years ago
lady in the water sucked-there was like one guy with like half his body exercised or some shit, it was completely retarded.
signs was great though
Troidmecrazy 3 years ago
As an Avatar fan and as a fan of movies in general, I only hope that Shyamalan's Avatar movie is the next Sixth Sense instead of the next Lady in the Water *shudder*.
mjuang84 3 years ago
village wasn't that bad..could have been good if the monsters were real...
happening was retarted...
good video from moviebob though,
he should have is own show.
Gthangorangatang 3 years ago
I kind of liked The Village. Haven't seen most of the others.
As long as its not Wicker Man, I'm down.
jasonsgroovemachine 3 years ago
I am really uneasy with him at the helm of Avatar.
Dont get me wrong, I loved 6th sense and Unbreakable, Signs was ok, just not scary, like EVERYONE says it is.
But Avatar is a rare treasure, being an anime viewer, i groan any time we here in America try to mimic the japanese anime genre. However Avatar is the closest thing we have that could compare. Its entertaining for the kids, and has a real plot for the young adults.
And the guy who made Lady in the Water is directing it?
aw fuck me.
patch5129 3 years ago
...Oh god. Seriously? D:
(They're all pieces on a chess game for the gods! And Aang's really a goat! And in the end the Heartless come and kill everyone!)
Merocet 3 years ago
What a TWIST!
keikoandgilly 2 years ago
i loved the happening!!
M night shyamalan rocks!!!
DourifPower 3 years ago
Wouldn't plants like global warming? I'm joking of course. Climactic changes on the planet are normal. You know what would be truly worrisome? If the ecosystem never changed. Stasis in nature is a sign that something is really wrong.
Thanks for clearing a spot on my Netflix queue, Bob.
MegaTroopX 3 years ago
I gotta say. First thing I said after watching Lady In The Water was precisely this:
"...What the fuck?"
TriforceTrio 3 years ago
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5:05 of my life back please
pingpong16 3 years ago
You know, I can swallow the whole nature wanting us dead premise, but I get hung up on the fact that nature chooses to kill us with toxins, instead of using, say bears, or tornadoes. Or if it insists on toxins, ebola.
TrueRPJesus 3 years ago
I liked the village and this film, though I must admit that some bits completely suck eggs.
Such as how badly the main guy just fails as an actor, making serious lines sound like sarcasm. And I can't forget the ending, which shows you how many films can suffer from AES. Seriously, who wants to see that they've got together and are now expecting a kid. It just buggers it up for me, even if he did partially save it by having the suicide problem re-occurring
TheOriginalBoman 3 years ago
an avatar movie?
hope he doesnt screw that up
i like the show
i hope it turns out like transformers where the producer took a childrens show and turned it into an awesome pg 13 war
kenshind007 3 years ago
Yeah, that's what we need - an Avatar movie that badly knocks-off ID4 for two hours, doesn't let the bad guys show up until the last 20 minutes, barely lets the main characters have any screentime and spends the whole movie following some brand-new sidekick around re-enacting National Treasure ;)
moviebob 3 years ago 13
wow
so much cynicalism
or maybe its just realism
i did say i "hope"
i mean i have to agree, all these movies about books and old shows arent comming out to, at least, my expectations so it may not turn out into the movie i want it to be but have hope
i mean, Shyamalan looks like he turning to the right direction a little (you said it yourself)
kenshind007 3 years ago
It was a joke.
And it's spelled cynicism.
Archonus 3 years ago
its kinda hard to understand jokes on the internet since i cant see facial expressions when people type.
also, i didn't know how to spell the word. thanks for the correction
kenshind007 3 years ago
transformers are awesome.
spartan20345 3 years ago
@kenshind007 hahahahahahahaha bitch please. he fucked it up
howlishiburu 1 year ago
@howlishiburu o wow
i made that comment?
fuck i was retarded 2 years ago
kenshind007 1 year ago
I like most of his work actually, partially cause he lives really f-ing close by me. The Happening? The scene with the greenhouses and the power plant in the distance? I can ride my bike there!
Ramencomic 3 years ago
I liked this movie.
LordSpleach 3 years ago
the village was aweomze!!!!
but im like the only one who thinks so lol.
DLotet 3 years ago
I love his movies!!!!!
DepecheSplicanka 3 years ago
Signs still holds the record to make me shit brix. When he wheels in the TV at the very end?
Fucking everytime.
arsenicone 3 years ago
At least he doesnt sell out and become a semi good action director with mainstream heroes who never dies and always go home to his misunderstood broken home everyday!
bernhardtsen74 3 years ago
btw, Signs sucked. It sucked raw shit.
jdbadboy 3 years ago
Meh Signs didn't suck. No, that tragically awful remake of War of the World Worlds by Steven Spielberg fucking sucked. Signs was good and at worst okay.
purplecharger88 3 years ago 2
War of The Worlds was brilliant, it brilliantly retold the story in a way a lot more faithful to the original novel. Had Speilberg just remade the original movie into a modern day it would have just been Independence Day. Speilberg's end product wasn't perfect by any means but it had a great soul and managed to purvey the feeling of the book brilliantly.
TheBroz 3 years ago
the sixth sense-very good,unbreakable-very good,signs-good,the village-ok,lady in the water-ok,and the happening-good.
dolphinsfan991 3 years ago
Yay avatar! Oh wait, it's just a gigantic knockoff of the Exalted table-top role playing game from White Wolf... ::mutter mutter::
That aside, keep up the awesome videos!
lostpuppyofdoom 3 years ago
Wow, I wasn't the only one who noticed that?
ebiljebus 3 years ago
I love The Village... I didn't think it sucked.
:/
KailaniLeiko 3 years ago
I suppouse I'm one of the few who loved The Village, why? because it's not about the damn monster!, it was never meant to be an horror film (Blame thestupid hollywood promotion) . It has suspense elements , but the theme was the Village itself as a "sanctuary" of people who decided to create their own ideal. And the way to keep this fantasy village out of sins is with fear. At the end is a drama with thriller elements, but not a monster movie at all.
AlphaLuna 3 years ago
As if someone has time to do this ? Ya fuckin knobhead
greenalien1 3 years ago
u idiot i aint watched it yet why not say movie bob (i gonna tell u the ending and why these are hapening) the happening asshole
terrorfinder3 3 years ago
Well while we are on the subject of signs, I loved and hated it, the suspense was excellent, but the writing and the story were just..."lacking".
Also, I agree about how "The Happening" didn't make the most of it's concept, I mean it's so ridiculous and it should have tried to exaggurate on a lot of things, but in the end it's just some cheesy message saying "save the environment or die!"
ElArabDeMagnifico 3 years ago
That's what that movie was about? Oh man my mother would have been pissed if she had paid to see that movie. Thank goodness she started hating him after 'Signs'. It was almost a good idea. But...
yuukisama2001 3 years ago
I saw it and thought it sucked. Why was that little kid there? She seemed like a third wheel.
zxadvent19 3 years ago
I'm going to have to stand out and disagree with others. I actually liked this movie. The idea is genious, even though it sounds a little ridiculous when explained. The one thing I love about Shyamalan's movies is that regardless of the premise, they just feel fucking creepy!
relworp69 3 years ago
i hate this hollywood, liberal global warming crap. It makes me mad when i cant escape the global warming farse. i used to be a fan of M. Night Shyamalan but , no im also sick of his crap f":k global warming.
grrimapirate69 3 years ago
i saw this movie today and it was freaky but retarted..... i think the only funny part was when the army guy said'Cheese and crackers!!'
StaySic2SlipKnot 3 years ago
great review.
Mailrobot 3 years ago
this movie sucked some major balls. the beginning wasnt bad but the movie itself sucked
hunterboy46 3 years ago
yeah! THE HAPPENING SUCKS!!!! SOOOOOO BAAADD!
Xgen001 3 years ago
The scene when the people are running from the wind, reminds me of the South Park episode when "Global Warming broke the dam".
amazemeplz 3 years ago
I agree. Just saw the movie and... LAME!
I would have loved the thing killing people to be anything else, just not plants.
Environmentalist propaganda crap.
I liked his movies up to signs but since then.. sry not good.
I was really hoping for a twist at the end. Because the idea it was the plants was almost right at the start of the movie!
Winnuting 3 years ago
M. Night could have done SOOO much better with that little idea he had about the toxin that makes you kill yourself. For starters, it needed to be more subtle. The fact a mass of people can instantly become affected by the gas and then look for the nearest way to off themselves is absolutely ridiculous. Im sorry, but when everyone was passing around that cop's gun like a game of fully loaded russian roulette, it honestly made me wish that I had access to that firearm. And seriously, plants?!!!!
startanew70 3 years ago
I agree on some points of his rant. Admittedly I am a Shyamalan fan but I can see where the general public would be saying WTF. I think his movies are better viewed on dvd where you can see the movie as a whole for what it was meant to be.
dirkdelshire 3 years ago
The village isn't supposed to be a Horror Movie so I'm not sure why he let it be marketed as such. And the Lady in the water is a strange film it seems he only really made for himself but I enjoyed it for it's strangeness nevertheless. I'll probably enjoy this movie as well but thanks for the heads up so I know what to expect going in.
dirkdelshire 3 years ago
LOL!!!! I think this film is horrific, I agree there could of been SO much more violent gore-nuss!! And yeah should of given it to John Carpenter or George A Romero!
ben88max88 3 years ago
I'd be more impressed if I hadn't seen/read Jisatsu circle, the movie being about a website that makes you kill yourself, and in horribly cheesy asian movie FX. Youtube up the opening scene.
TendouJigoku 3 years ago
Translated Suicide Circle.
I've seen that movie. Insane amounts of blood.
In fact I liked it better than The Happening.
Winnuting 3 years ago
wait did you even see the film?
NOT a bad movie? HA! This movie is quite possibly the worst film I have seen all year.
Everything about this movie was terrible: The directing (the fucking slow-mo scene on the deck), the writing (had to be the worst dialogue I have ever heard), the acting (oh god, oh my god so bad), and especially the character development (or should I say archetype development).
Another contender for a Razzie? I'd say so.
blashco 3 years ago
Yeah, being a botanist I yelled "BULLSHIT!" at that point. I was at Alamo Draft House and I suppose everyone thought it was the beer talking. Anyway, after The Village and Lady in the Water, Shyamalan became a red flag director for me. This movie reinforced that. Great review; it was perfect and everything that needed to be said was.
mattlittlej 3 years ago
I absolutely agree with everything you said. From his poor choices of the tempo of character development to his genious that works for him and against him. Unfortunately, he does focus on the crap that doesnt spark the graphic terror (lawnmower scene, gun suicide domino starting with the cop- which doesnt need the blood to make it work)He should have had a similar suicidal tempo as the first few minutes throughout the entire film... and yes the "JAWslike field scene- quite a reversal of terror.
tonysalle84 3 years ago
LOL What a twist! I didn't know he was gunna work on Avatar. That's kinda fucked up. I mean, I sorta like the show but I don't want to see a live action shit fest.
T9C1P 3 years ago
the video was not bad. i liked it well worth the money. saw it on my b day . the plant idea was kinda lame. but he did the story well. plus it looks cool how they killed them selfs.
jordler 3 years ago
i just saw the movie and i think what causes "the happening" is retarded. However i think it was irrelevant because the intricate suicides were worth my 10 bucks. As i said, although the cause of the suicides were retarded, the movie was mentally disturbing and a thriller. i did get my thrills i must say...
rhythm78 3 years ago
No.1 Roger Ebert a Real Film Critic can actually articulate how brilliant a movie this is. I liked it and Want to see it again. So many people want all the answers in one shot. you can Keep going to See Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Will Smith Movies for me I want to think what does this mean? in the End If he didnt have a big Fan Base the Industry would not keep giving him money to make films. So it seems all the haters are the minority.
Deepworld10 3 years ago
now that is a good idea but why did you need to use that launage ?! D:<
alibunny10012 3 years ago
well avatar could work in live action. just take out thee kiddy stuff and let the people actualy die. no wonder the wars been going on for 100 years.
kaasetermetdinge 3 years ago
i am going to be nicer to plants now :D
dipset437 3 years ago
No one said Signs sucked!Most people said that it was great!I liked the happening!
ValyJohn 3 years ago
shut the fuck up
loser
890phil890 3 years ago
now that i think about it, Aliens weak against water is actually an awesome idea. It's really realistic.
deadleather 3 years ago
Good story line and idea BAD BAD BAD actors and extras in this movie except sexy ass marky mark.
CelineyTodd 3 years ago
lol
iluveating69 3 years ago
Though there were parts of this movie that could have been done better, I did enjoy it. For some reason, I like the way Night tells his stories and I did. BTW, it was not the plants that caused the 'happening'. It was suggested and played, but not confirmed. In this way, Night once again focuses on the people in the event rather than the event.
Geekman100 3 years ago
lol damn you're an awesome reviewer, gonna listen to some more
I think the guy has a great imagination, and can create some very suspenseful scenes. But in terms of the films as a whole, it's the same shit. Spooky, wonder, and everything revealed in the end. That's it. He's not a good writer, but I have to say, the trailer scared the shit out of me. The unknown suicide disease was great! Terrifying! But, that's about all he can do :(
severmine 3 years ago
That movie gaves me nightmare. Very odd and would not watch it again ever.
daleyander2468 3 years ago
ohmygod, you have to be a complete idiot to like the happening
that was THE WORST movie EVER
no offense ;D
yourmomxxsakura 3 years ago
Plain boring... only the sixth sense is the best the rest suck!
rasia22 3 years ago
what they should of done to live in the movie is burn a field and stay there no plants, no grass still wind but no grass to get shaken up.
KanenKaneSweet 3 years ago
The acting was good in the movie, but it sucked! I mean come on! Fucking plants! There wasn't even a twist. This is M. Night Shamalyan's first R rated movie and there was no twist. It was just a stupid movie. After I saw this one, my respect for Shamalyan went down.
-GREEN DAY is GOD-
GREENDAYalltheWAY077 3 years ago
hello! the twist was wake up people on earth, that pollute the shit out of everything or just maybe the planet will fight back. In fact the earth is fight back. Its called AIDS.
piranhaleg 3 years ago
i loved it! .its a breath of fresh air after all these fuckin remakes . something original! finally .
CanwllCorfe615 3 years ago
Actually, the movie alludes to the fact that the government was behind the release of the strange neuro toxin gas. I thought it was made clear toward the end of the movie.
summercures 3 years ago
you really like to hear the sound of your own voice don't you?
bnnne 3 years ago
the movie would have been better if m night shamalyan didn't direct it
Stickynote74 3 years ago
The Happening was boring 2/10
aoecake 3 years ago
THE HAPPENING WAS AWEEEEEEEEESOME
jayjaykewl727 3 years ago
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I saw it
was good.
LydiaLovesGee 3 years ago
Went to see it today... quite clever story
ChrisAtkinson93 3 years ago
worst acting in a movie I've ever seen.
CommanderTank2k 3 years ago
This movie sucks. xD I really, really hated it. It's soooo...
ugh...
SanasSweetMode 3 years ago
Worst film I've ever seen! Seriously.
kevsmumstits 3 years ago
and then MOVIEBOB was created and he fucking sucks....... dude seriously shut your goddamn mouth you faggot this isnt even a review, get a life dumbass!
Jeromez13 3 years ago
This Is no review, really shut the F*** up!
BLC202008 3 years ago
Shut the F*** Up!
BLC202008 3 years ago
"Knight, you're a great writer"
NO.
BundlesofVitals 3 years ago
Omg YES he think hes too genious so hes not making good movie anymore
BaltAndTheDude 3 years ago
wow that was an excellent movie review...you need to review every movie...i really enjoyed that
blakecooley 3 years ago
at the end..the happening start again??i have no idea...
eLwinZane 3 years ago
this movie sucked. DO NOT GO SEE IT. its so corny.. acting, cinematography, story, EVERYTHING is terreble in this movie.
imJussSayin 3 years ago
"He's still set to make a feature based on Avatar." ...... AWSOME!! i (heart) avatar ^_^
Animefan237 3 years ago
i gots an idea!
hows about we I-G-nore the fact that even the greatest of us have some kind of "stinker" and let us concentrate on trying to remove the large object that happens to be lodged in this moviebob's pooper-hole! :P
Shorty51091 3 years ago
awesome review. i hate the movie and the whole plants killing humanity and uber liberal undertones just pisses me off. He does need an ego check. I do love signs and sixth sense but m night needs to square himself away before he gets fragged.
Peacekeeper76 3 years ago
M. Night Shamalanana or whatever the hell his name is, is the Bruce Springsteen of movies; One hit and the rest boring turkeys for the next zillion years. It`s incredible to me that anyone with that kind of average can continuously hold a job in anything related to entertainment. Who are the suckers who constantly finance this fool? If they are so eager to lose money, why not give some to me? Even though I have absolutely no experience in movies, I`m sure I could produce something no worse.
Edhallick 3 years ago
haha i would only see it for mark wahlberg becuz he is so damn hot..btw moviebob, you are funny i was laughing so hard by the way you were talking!! :P
LilSpShorttie93 3 years ago
It seems like I may have enjoyed it a little more than you, but I agree with your end prognoses "Not a bad movie, just not a very good one." I was alerted to an article in SciAm about it before actually seeing it, and I enjoyed comparing what I saw to what was in the article.
nels00 3 years ago
I love all of his movies. He's obviously doing well or he wouldn't keep producing movies... Duh.
pavilionking06 3 years ago
M Night pisses me off. I want to like the guy. His directing is great but his writing, yeesh! But for some reason the direction in The Happening just seems...off. Maybe he was actually sucking his own dick while rolling.
KevServo 3 years ago
Lady In the water... I did not know M. Night wrote that movie but I remember that i liked it. The Ending was just about how all of us including aliens were all conected with each other. i dont remember that much but i think that was the ending of Lady In The Water. but wow, I had no idea M. Night was the writer of Lady In The Water. what a twist! lol.
Dcsgems07 3 years ago