Signs was a hit. Made more than 6th Sense. And Unbreakable is considered now a great film that was underappreciated and misunderstood. But that doesn't matter. One hitter is better than no hitter, which is what you are.
The Village was awesome..Lady in the water had potential but became dull and yes most of his other films were not that great with the exception of Signs and The Sixth Sens
It certainly isn't underrated now... but perhaps it was when it came out, but now it's number 1 on IMDB. Of all things, Shawshank is today desperately OVERRATED. Sure it's a fun movie, entertaining, with a sweet ending and all... but it's just so mainstream. There's nothing truly noteworthy about it. Good story, good actors... that's it. When I first saw it I liked it and quickly forgot about it. Then I was shocked to see it at number 1 on IMDB. That makes no sense. Is it that good?
@Wotanraven Well, I feel the same way about Shawshank as I feel about Family Guy. When SR first came out (like FG), I raved about it and constantly boasted that it was my favorite of all time. I would always tell everybody to see it and felt like SR was my little secret gem. Then, all of sudden, it gradually became the "in movie" among film students and hollywood wannabees to claim as their favorite film. So, now that fact that EVERYBODY raves about it sort of makes you dislike it somewhat.
@samsemia Yes it is now considered one of the greatest movies ever made, but it technically was an underrated film because when it was released it was a bomb and almost forgotten about before it got a second life on VHS.
I think the movie became more popular over time. I am not old enough to remember whether it was a sleeper movie or not, but I can tell you it's a great movie! I know a lot of independent sites, blogs, imdb, and hollywood entities have Shawshank Redemption high on its lists of one of the best movies, certainly one of the best movies in the last 20 years!!
"Underrated"? Yes, "underrated" is exactly the label I would put on a film that was nominated for 7 Oscars and is still consistently voted as the best movie ever made..."underrated" is definitely the first word that comes to mind...
"Underrated"? Yes, "underrated" is exactly the label I would put on a film that was nominated for 7 Oscars and is still consistently voted as the best movie ever made..."underrated" is definitely the first word that comes to mind...
@kickodude Come on! It's only rated #1 on IMDb's list over the best films of all time. Clearly it's a movie that's off the radar and not appreciated enough by the general public! (sarcasm)
@mistanature It was underrated BACK THEN. Now that anybody who's anybody has had a chance to see it in video, it's become overrated. Did you even listen to what he said? He said that back then, nobody had a chance to see it in THEATERS.
i bet he loved the TWIST at the end, when andy escapes through the TWISTs and turns of the sewage pipe. i can also only assume that when shyamalan realized that he was watching a great "sleeper" movie it was a HUGE TWIST. he was probably so surprised and happy he got up and did the TWIST
You know...the only thing I didn't like about him and his career was the immediate comparisons to Hitchcock. Yes, Sixth Sense had the Hitchcock feel, but people were too quick to add the moniker to his work in an overall manner.
Now, in this and other interviews of his on here, he seems like a really astute film person, very clear on opinions and very good on taste.
I have to say my favorite film of his is Unbreakable. People should give it more of a chance. It's quite subtle and good. IMO.
@halfwaydowntheroad Right, he's got great taste, and he *had* great sensibilities, but he's but he let his ego get to far ahead of him and was easily blinded by it. He's become something of a hack, and his biggest problem is that he refuses to accept that his choices are not infallible.
@halfwaydowntheroad It's not his fault he was compared to Htichcock. Every filmmaker who makes a successful thriller, suspense or horror movie get labelled as the next Hitchcock. Steven Spielberg was called the next Hitchcock when he did Jaws. And a lot of people were upset about that too.
Btw guys, just because Shyamalan's movies isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean you can call it bad like it's fact. The Happening...alright, I can forgive you for that. So which are you referring to? The Village? Lady in the Water? Those are, in my humble opinion, two of his best works after The Sixth Sense. The Village being up there together with Shawshank, actually...
Try to be a bit respectful/constructive instead of just being plain fucking rude - works in everyones favor.
Depends on how you define it really, I can see what Night meant by calling it underrated - not as appreciated at the time, but instead gathered a loyal cult following in the later years. BUT, it's still not known & appreciated by the majority... Shawshank is a cult movie, neither underrated nor overrated.
Sleeper means that few saw it, or that it didn't get as famous as it should have been, not that it was boring. At the time of its theater release it was competing with Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction, so it got overshadowed by those two. Shawshank has really become more of a phenomenon after it got the top spot on iMDb.
Sort of, not one movie on there exceeds 600,000 votes, so it's really hard to say how many people have actually seen it. That number is less than one percent of the American population. Maybe most of those people just felt so compelled to vote because it was a great movie. Ultimately I know a lot of people who have never even heard of it, if you're not a movie fan you might be left in the dark, it's just the way it goes.
@bloodySunday77 Man, I am sick of people thinking that the IMDB list is a 'best' list..it is a favorite list based on average rating by the members of that site. If more people like that movie than any other just get over it!!
@drgn78 I didn't say it's a "best" list. It's just IMDB's one, and I know perfectly well where it is based. I also know numerous other lists that are far better and more credible. I have nothing to "get over"... Whether you're "sick" or not is entirely your problem and I couldn't care less. :-)
@bloodySunday77 Check your comment moron, you even used the word best - "best movie of all time in IMDB". So my comment stands. Your so retarded to reply like you did without even checking what you said! hahahahaha.
@drgn78 Of course I used the word "best" in "best movie of all time". Apart from your reading skills, try to improve your grammar, spelling and general savoir vivre in your next attempt to reply. Have a shitty day! :-)
The Last Airbender is a true sleeper movie, 'cause it's boooooooooring.
The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most life affirming movies that have ever been made: "Get busy living or get busy dying...." and "Hope is a good, thing maybe the best of things..." an so on...
Sleeper? It was a studio film. The reason people didn't see it in the theater was because of Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction killing the box office at the same time.....just one of the many things to prove M. Night is in his own little world.....
@jasonturneronline pulp fiction didnt make money in theatres. get a clue and it was a sleeper in 1994. are you people retarded/ isnt it obviously that he's talking about 1994
@isobel64 Pulp Fiction made $108 million with a budget of only $8 million, Shawshank's budget was $25 million and it only raked in $28 million. The word sleeper means that it is a film that does well at the box office when it wasn't expected to do so. Shawshank was expected to make a heap of cash, but didn't. Perhaps you should check your facts, lest you expose your ignorance again. I have a child who is retarded by the way, and I don't appreciate people like you who sling that word around.
It's not a sleeper movie, M Night used the wrong phrase. A sleeper would be if it was a film with no names in it and a little budget and was huge like District Nine.
cough cough your movies fucking suck.
ZACKnirvana 1 month ago
The Happening was probably one of the worst movies ever made. The scene where they are trying to outrun the wind across the field was beyond stupid
frickandfrack100 1 month ago 2
@frickandfrack100 yeah!! it was poorly made...
roadhouseblues11 1 month ago in playlist More videos from afi
its implied but you never see anyone get raped
dalektaliban 1 month ago
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dalektaliban 1 month ago
He looks like the Chocolate Rain kid all grown up
Edbrad 1 month ago
m. night makes the opposite of a 'sleeper'. After 6th sense i expected greatness, but alas he always disappoints.
M. Night, you are one hit wonder. Nothing to be ashamed of, but shut-the-fuck-up.
mfurman6969 2 months ago
@mfurman6969
Signs was a hit. Made more than 6th Sense. And Unbreakable is considered now a great film that was underappreciated and misunderstood. But that doesn't matter. One hitter is better than no hitter, which is what you are.
dusk1234567890 1 month ago
He sounds like a south park character.
jumpstart55million 3 months ago
this is really cool
kaishaku72 3 months ago
The Village was awesome..Lady in the water had potential but became dull and yes most of his other films were not that great with the exception of Signs and The Sixth Sens
rjksoccer06 3 months ago
It certainly isn't underrated now... but perhaps it was when it came out, but now it's number 1 on IMDB. Of all things, Shawshank is today desperately OVERRATED. Sure it's a fun movie, entertaining, with a sweet ending and all... but it's just so mainstream. There's nothing truly noteworthy about it. Good story, good actors... that's it. When I first saw it I liked it and quickly forgot about it. Then I was shocked to see it at number 1 on IMDB. That makes no sense. Is it that good?
Wotanraven 3 months ago
@Wotanraven Well, I feel the same way about Shawshank as I feel about Family Guy. When SR first came out (like FG), I raved about it and constantly boasted that it was my favorite of all time. I would always tell everybody to see it and felt like SR was my little secret gem. Then, all of sudden, it gradually became the "in movie" among film students and hollywood wannabees to claim as their favorite film. So, now that fact that EVERYBODY raves about it sort of makes you dislike it somewhat.
BMeister22 2 months ago
@BMeister22 i get what you are saying, that happened also with fight club but probably to a lesser degree
TheBrando382 1 month ago
Underrated? Is he on crack? It's fuckin statistically voted the best motion picture ever made
samsemia 3 months ago
@samsemia Yes it is now considered one of the greatest movies ever made, but it technically was an underrated film because when it was released it was a bomb and almost forgotten about before it got a second life on VHS.
acm0416 4 weeks ago
I think the movie became more popular over time. I am not old enough to remember whether it was a sleeper movie or not, but I can tell you it's a great movie! I know a lot of independent sites, blogs, imdb, and hollywood entities have Shawshank Redemption high on its lists of one of the best movies, certainly one of the best movies in the last 20 years!!
davd1986 3 months ago
This man's movies are terrible; but he's right about Shawshank.
saintoccasionally 4 months ago
@saintoccasionally The Sixth Sense is good, but yes his other movies are awful.
TheGuyThatsAwesome 3 months ago
m night shayamalan goes to video stores?
packerfan748 5 months ago
Shawshank Redemption one of the best movie ever made!!
tony77tony77 5 months ago
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"Underrated"? Yes, "underrated" is exactly the label I would put on a film that was nominated for 7 Oscars and is still consistently voted as the best movie ever made..."underrated" is definitely the first word that comes to mind...
kickodude 5 months ago
He looks like a fat 1980 Micheal Jackson
nholt 5 months ago 2
"Underrated"? Yes, "underrated" is exactly the label I would put on a film that was nominated for 7 Oscars and is still consistently voted as the best movie ever made..."underrated" is definitely the first word that comes to mind...
kickodude 6 months ago
@kickodude Come on! It's only rated #1 on IMDb's list over the best films of all time. Clearly it's a movie that's off the radar and not appreciated enough by the general public! (sarcasm)
Ekit357 5 months ago
@kickodude soooo true, how is it underrated if its #1 on IMBD
starkingbiker 5 months ago
@kickodude it lost to phucking forrest gump, better believe its underrated.
isobel64 4 months ago
"Shawshank" will forever be one of cinema's greatest works of art. It has few equals.
Guigley 6 months ago
step up
brantleyfoster5115 6 months ago
I HATE YOU !
You ruined the BEST kid Serie in this CENTURY !!
MrPilleMcCoy 7 months ago 4
shawshank underrated? dumbass.
mistanature 8 months ago
@mistanature It was underrated BACK THEN. Now that anybody who's anybody has had a chance to see it in video, it's become overrated. Did you even listen to what he said? He said that back then, nobody had a chance to see it in THEATERS.
ShtarDusht 7 months ago
i bet he loved the TWIST at the end, when andy escapes through the TWISTs and turns of the sewage pipe. i can also only assume that when shyamalan realized that he was watching a great "sleeper" movie it was a HUGE TWIST. he was probably so surprised and happy he got up and did the TWIST
bijibadness 8 months ago 5
he sounds like jon lovits
logmein84 10 months ago 37
You know...the only thing I didn't like about him and his career was the immediate comparisons to Hitchcock. Yes, Sixth Sense had the Hitchcock feel, but people were too quick to add the moniker to his work in an overall manner.
Now, in this and other interviews of his on here, he seems like a really astute film person, very clear on opinions and very good on taste.
I have to say my favorite film of his is Unbreakable. People should give it more of a chance. It's quite subtle and good. IMO.
halfwaydowntheroad 11 months ago 19
@halfwaydowntheroad Right, he's got great taste, and he *had* great sensibilities, but he's but he let his ego get to far ahead of him and was easily blinded by it. He's become something of a hack, and his biggest problem is that he refuses to accept that his choices are not infallible.
futurestoryteller 5 months ago
@halfwaydowntheroad It's not his fault he was compared to Htichcock. Every filmmaker who makes a successful thriller, suspense or horror movie get labelled as the next Hitchcock. Steven Spielberg was called the next Hitchcock when he did Jaws. And a lot of people were upset about that too.
dusk1234567890 1 month ago
Btw guys, just because Shyamalan's movies isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean you can call it bad like it's fact. The Happening...alright, I can forgive you for that. So which are you referring to? The Village? Lady in the Water? Those are, in my humble opinion, two of his best works after The Sixth Sense. The Village being up there together with Shawshank, actually...
Try to be a bit respectful/constructive instead of just being plain fucking rude - works in everyones favor.
linvik1 11 months ago
@linvik1 Yeah, but dude.. Shyamalan is pretty damn bad.
mrjkdeyoung 7 months ago
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Depends on how you define it really, I can see what Night meant by calling it underrated - not as appreciated at the time, but instead gathered a loyal cult following in the later years. BUT, it's still not known & appreciated by the majority... Shawshank is a cult movie, neither underrated nor overrated.
linvik1 11 months ago
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linvik1 11 months ago
@HashRash87 yes i agree with you (in fact shawshank tops both pulp fiction and forrest gump) in IMDb and AFi's 100 Movies
ivanpanggabean 11 months ago 3
I agree with M. Night Shayamalan, except the part when he said it was Underrated.
OldSchoolGamer1203 1 year ago
@OldSchoolGamer1203 iit was underrated in 1994
isobel64 4 months ago
@isobel64 Yes in 1994, but not now.
OldSchoolGamer1203 4 months ago
Sleeper means that few saw it, or that it didn't get as famous as it should have been, not that it was boring. At the time of its theater release it was competing with Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction, so it got overshadowed by those two. Shawshank has really become more of a phenomenon after it got the top spot on iMDb.
HashRash87 1 year ago 2
@HashRash87
Sort of, not one movie on there exceeds 600,000 votes, so it's really hard to say how many people have actually seen it. That number is less than one percent of the American population. Maybe most of those people just felt so compelled to vote because it was a great movie. Ultimately I know a lot of people who have never even heard of it, if you're not a movie fan you might be left in the dark, it's just the way it goes.
futurestoryteller 1 year ago
The Shawshank Redemption is many things but "underrated" is not one of them, jackass
grindhouse141 1 year ago
M Night should get raped for doing bad movies.
Yblbr 1 year ago
@Yblbr don't forget his achievement in the sixth sense (included in AFI's 100 movies)
ivanpanggabean 11 months ago
I was the guy.....I dumped her.....
Ferosious3 1 year ago
What's with people and Shawshank? Ok, it's a very good film, but best movie of all time in IMDB? Please.
bloodySunday77 1 year ago
@bloodySunday77 Man, I am sick of people thinking that the IMDB list is a 'best' list..it is a favorite list based on average rating by the members of that site. If more people like that movie than any other just get over it!!
drgn78 1 year ago
@drgn78 I didn't say it's a "best" list. It's just IMDB's one, and I know perfectly well where it is based. I also know numerous other lists that are far better and more credible. I have nothing to "get over"... Whether you're "sick" or not is entirely your problem and I couldn't care less. :-)
bloodySunday77 1 year ago
@bloodySunday77 Check your comment moron, you even used the word best - "best movie of all time in IMDB". So my comment stands. Your so retarded to reply like you did without even checking what you said! hahahahaha.
drgn78 1 year ago
@drgn78 Of course I used the word "best" in "best movie of all time". Apart from your reading skills, try to improve your grammar, spelling and general savoir vivre in your next attempt to reply. Have a shitty day! :-)
bloodySunday77 1 year ago
The Last Airbender is a true sleeper movie, 'cause it's boooooooooring.
The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most life affirming movies that have ever been made: "Get busy living or get busy dying...." and "Hope is a good, thing maybe the best of things..." an so on...
slightlygrouchy 1 year ago
Sleeper? It was a studio film. The reason people didn't see it in the theater was because of Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction killing the box office at the same time.....just one of the many things to prove M. Night is in his own little world.....
jasonturneronline 1 year ago
@jasonturneronline pulp fiction didnt make money in theatres. get a clue and it was a sleeper in 1994. are you people retarded/ isnt it obviously that he's talking about 1994
isobel64 4 months ago
@isobel64 Pulp Fiction made $108 million with a budget of only $8 million, Shawshank's budget was $25 million and it only raked in $28 million. The word sleeper means that it is a film that does well at the box office when it wasn't expected to do so. Shawshank was expected to make a heap of cash, but didn't. Perhaps you should check your facts, lest you expose your ignorance again. I have a child who is retarded by the way, and I don't appreciate people like you who sling that word around.
jasonturneronline 4 months ago
Wtf do you mean Sleeper movies? If any things a sleeper movies its all of yours cause they all suck.
Cycloptic96 1 year ago
@Cycloptic96
It's not a sleeper movie, M Night used the wrong phrase. A sleeper would be if it was a film with no names in it and a little budget and was huge like District Nine.
Shawshank is a Cult movie
Filmzie 1 year ago
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freshsfs2003 1 year ago
WHAT A TWEEST!
DarthJones55 1 year ago
@DarthJones55 i expected something like that in his voice
pyroman645 1 year ago
Tim Robins was a ghost the whole time
awsomeoggy 1 year ago
he can only dream of making a film as good as shawshank.
Trampathon 1 year ago
He was raped indeed. Off camera.
GhostSnake 1 year ago
What a twist
MonkeySpank100 1 year ago
Andy didn't get raped in the film. They just beat him up instead.
AnimeFanJay 1 year ago
@AnimeFanJay He got raped, dude.
crh4878 1 year ago
@AnimeFanJay wrong im afraid.
ohdeasu 1 year ago