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"Lady in the Water" was an incredibly well-directed, well-acted horrid movie. I have never seen an actor do more with less than Paul Giamatti did with that movie.

I would argue that Shaymalan's scene in the Village was 'key', especially since you don't see his face, and I don't even remember him in Sixth Sense.

He's still an excellent director. I can watch him set up scenes for at least an hour before it's clear there's no movie there (Lady in the Water).

I wish he'd direct somebody else's scripts. Just once. Just so I could see if he could do it.

"What about 'Ominous Things That Will Probably Turn Out Badly?'"

I think that would be a bit too close to 'A Series of Unfortunate Events.'

But I would still go see it, just for the title, probably.

MNS has a gift for making the wind blowing flags sound beautiful. (Check out The Village) But man I need some plot to go somewhere. I can listen to wind in my own backyard. He has a great eye for little details too. I just wish the ideas could come to fruition and maybe not be so self serving.

Notice you didn't bring up Shyamalan's cameo in Unbreakable. It was a lot less invasive than his other films, which is making Unbreakable look better and better.

He is fast becoming like George Lucas: a good storyteller, a fine director, but horrendous when using his own material. Either he direct someone else's scripts, or he writes and lets someone else handle the big chair. One or the other, buddy.

Sometimes I watch 2 seasons of Aqua Teen DVD's straight through, so I can somewhat rationalize sitting through a 90-minute movie.
Although, when I do that I am in my living room and there is certainly a "refresher" at the half waypoint, not the sort of thing the local AMC is usually cool with.
Maybe it will come to the Dollar theater, which is basically like being at home but stickier.

Oh Gawd. The Village had to be one of the worst films I had seen at the time. That was the second time in my entire movie going life that I wanted to walk out of a theatre. I had gone to see it with my brother and a friend, and as soon as we walked out, a collective "What the fuck!?" could probably be heard up to LA. After hearing reviews of Lady in the Water, I couldn't stay far enough away from it. And to top it off by painting your own character out to be the literary saviour of mankind?! Hell, I can string two sentences together (http://manny-hispanicatthedisco.blogspot.com/), it doesn't mean I'm gonna pull a muffin out of my ass and feed the worlds starving.

Ever since The Sixth Sense, he has steadily progressed on a downward talent spiral. At this point I fully expect him to shave his head, check into and out of and back into rehab, attack my car with an umbrella, and get a "Pajiba" tattoo on his wrist.

I dunno, I really liked Unbreakable. And this new flick actually sounds kind of cool:

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=49

lets see , we`ve got WILD HOGS we`ve got NORBIT what other garbage that the american public pre ejactulates over .I`de say m night back in the rotation can only be good . and yes KOBE is a dirty cheater player

No matter how sucky it turns out to be, I will go see it anyway. I think his movies are beautiful, even if his head is as big as a Macy's float.

If this new one can compare with Signs, I will be a happy camper. That movie was great in all the right places.

You know, usually when you hear a movie being universally panned, and you go to see it anyway, you end up saying "It wasn't THAT bad."
Well, "Lady in the Water" was worse than I was prepared for. I liked Sixth Sense. Signs was pretty good. I even thought the Village wasn't so bad.
But to hear anyone defend LitW -blows my freakin' mind-. I didn't even think it -looked- good ( in the visual sense).

Yay dialup.
Well, after about an hour and a half I finally managed to watch the above trailer, and having only heard of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and having zero knowledge of what it is, I thought the trailer was hilarious. Best trailer since the trailer for Comedian. "In a time-- in a world-- in a place-- One man--" etc etc. Good stuff. Movie trailers that mock movie trailers are the best thing since sliced bagels.

i used to run the farm where they filmed the village in chadds ford, pa. shyamalan was never anything but nice to us, and i almost ran him over by accident once! (true story)

too bad the movie was so awful.

and i agree, pasadenamike. natural shooting motion my ass.

Wait-you can buy presliced bagels?
Like at the Grocery store?

Wait-you can buy presliced bagels?
Like at the Grocery store?
Posted by: missmle at March 8, 2007 7:59 PM

Yeah, and not only that, you can get a blueberry bagel with an onion and chive schmear. I dunno what a schmear is, but wow. Fruit AND onions.
This modern world, eh?

Wasn't Shymalan the fiancee of the woman in the jewellery store in Sixth Sense (a kind of pivotal scene)not the doctor - but he was the doctor in Unbreakable, after the train accident??

The bagel world is so modernized you can now get bacon bagels.

Bacon bagels. Think about that one for a mo.

You'll never escape from, er, Alcatraz!

-Master Shake-

you gave lady in the water a good review. TEEHEE!

but seriously though, what was up with that?

You've seen the trailer. You've seen the creative genius behind ATHF.

I have never seen more sincerity and more heart from actors than from a movie directed from Shyamalan. He's so hit and miss, but for some reason always pulls it off, if only because he directs so well. And yeah, twig, I'd really like him to use someone else's script. I think he would be brilliant.

1. A schmear is a spreading (to schmear is to spread in Yiddish (more or less)) - in this case refers to cream cheese having been spread on the bagel.

2. bacon bagels - That has to be the wrongest thing I have ever seen on this site - and I watched the Santasm clip linked to in 03/08 Pajiba Love

I IMDBed it. The writer for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Matt Maiellaro, really was the first assistant director: second unit for Hellraiser 3. He actualy has several such credits from the mid 90's

Actually, Tallulah, in Sixth Sense, Shyamalan was the doctor, while in Unbreakable he was a drug dealer who David touched in the crowd scene (when he found out about the murderer holding the family hostage).

Whoops! Amend my last post. He met the drug dealer at the stadium where he worked. Thanks, wikipedia!

I'm not sure if this happens to many people, but I always, always, ALWAYS know how MNS films will end within about the first 15-20 minutes. After I was forced to sit through the rest of The Village bored out of my mind (save for the scenes with darling Joaquin), I have vowed to stay as far away from anything MNS directs, writes, produces, or sneezes on for that matter. It's beginning to look like I have some premonitions working in my favor. GASP! Maybe my life is actually an MNS film! Oh, the horror...yawn.

One more second of naked Ken Davitian would have killed me.
But I think I could have taken an eternity of naked Sacha Baron Cohen.
Just my opinion.

Oh, and yes--bacon bagels are WRONG.

Whaaaat? Bacon Bagels. I had some seriously hilarous shit prepared that would have floored the Pajiba staff and catapulted me into the stratosphere of literary genius, but......BACON BAGELS?! Me want bacon bagels! Me want bacon bagles!!!

It's MEAT bagels. While I think we have evolved as a society to the point where we can except-- nay, devour-- a fruit bagel with onion shmear, I do not think we are ready for meat bread.

Wait, Ari--are you denying the very existence of said bagels with bacon snips baked right into the dough? (which are being sold three blocks from my home)? Whatever the case, let us leap out of the way of Manny's flailing limbs as he zooms towards them--watch for those spritzing drool-ropes, girl, they'll catch in our hair if we aren't careful.

(Mm, onion shmears...)

I choose not to believe!!

The "Global Warming Swindle" is a very important documentary.

Below is a very easy to remember link to send to friends and family to encourage them to see the other side of the global warming issue.

http://gorelied.notlong.com

Here is the web page that talks about the documentary.

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swindle/index.html

Ohhh, thanks Vermillion. Does that mean I now have to go back and rewatch those movies as penance, seeing as I have allocated someone else's brilliant and thought provoking performances to Shymalan, because I still don't remember a doctor in Sixth Sense . . .

Like Kevin Costner, it's a wonder how Shymalamabobbanarama keeps gettin' work.

And yup, Get Smart "re-made" sounds like a great idea...