Ignoring Zooey (who I adore), I think the movie actually looks pretty good.  I think he can turn out a very good movie as long as he has an interesting and well-developed concept.  That was really the problem with The Village and, to a far greater extent, Lady in the Water; they were well-done and all, but the actual concept was weak.  This one looks very creepy.

People jumping off a tall-ish building in NYC while the folks below hear the bodies hit just above them....too reminiscent of something else.  I won't be going to see this one. 

-CJ

Peux ce que veux. Allons-y! - LGen Romeo Dallaire

I would see the movie for Zooey, but Shyamalan has totally lost me as a fan with his recent films.

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Shyamalan's films stink. And Signs was the most overrated stinker I've ever had the displeasure to sit through (I had to watch it for a Spirituality and Culture course).

Now you know.

 

M. Night's from the suburbs of Philly, as am I. He sets his films in the Tri-state area of the Deleware River Valley (Penn, Jersey and Delaware, not the other tri-states- Jersey, NY and Conn). It's always great to see illusions to our shared past of tiny towns, an aging city and corn fields near by. I'll definitely see it. Plus he's a writer/director of color and give Cherry Jones consistent screen time.

Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were great, Signs wasn't bad, and really the Village wasn't too bad either. Lady in the Water... well.... um.... Anyway, I'll go see The Happening. Can't wait to see what M. Night's cameo is!

 

As much as I love Zooey Deschanel (the dark hair and blue eyes are adorable) but I can't share that love for M.N.S's films. The 6th sense is good but after watching it 3 times it's not amazing. I only liked The Village because I linked it to political control and how people go to such extremes to create a new life for themselves. I love Zooey, I think she's adorable and quirky and has a nice voice (she sings in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) but I don't care much for his directing and I think overall he's overrated.

I adore the dark hair and blue eyes too. I just realised I've seen all of Shyamalan's film. And they have been declining in quality. Lady In The Water was awful, though Bryce Dallas Howard is cute. I think mainly because he appeared in Lady in the water and it's almost Jenny Schecter-like the way his character was written. I will check out the Happening when it's on dvd cause I'm less critical of movies I only pay less than $2 to see.

The Village was great! I loved that movie... and on top of that, it's got one of the best soundtracks out there (Hilary Hahn is a genius!). I haven't seen Lady in the Water but Unbreakable was amazing. I'm really looking forward to seeing The Happening as well and LOVE the Deschanel sisters in basically anything so I'm all for it. And hey, anyone who played Trillian (in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) has my vote :D

I saw Unbreakable first, and I thought it was quite an engaging movie with a great concept, as well as a well-placed twist.  It was a first for me to see a superhero movie that wasn't superhero-y (I love comics, but I love the realism, both of which help me enjoy Heroes.).

The next I saw was ruined for me before I even watched it.  I was at my mom's friend's house watching The Others and quite easily guessed its predictable ending.  However, my mom's frinds exclaimed, "Oh, it's just like The Sixth Sense."  When I later saw the movie, it was ruined.  I knew the twist and was looking for it.  The movie could have been much more enjoyable.

Signs was one I wanted to like, since I thought the other two were well done.  Sadly, I found myself less than enamored with the movie.  I had expected a twist, such as that the aliens weren't real or were the government, but it was too much like War of the Worlds to me.  I also couldn't get around the basic science that we have water in the air and a moderately humid day could have stymied the invasion.

The final Shyamalan film I saw was The Village.  Immediately there was a problem with the movie: I guessed the twist when I saw the first preview.  Watching it was rather less than exciting because of this, and I instead tried to pay attention to the fact that Adrien Brody, who my mother swore looked so much like I did at the time, was in it.  I did like that my favorite color was the "safe color," though.  Any time that yellow is given some significance is nice, because people love to focus on black and red (yes, the movie was predictable enough for me to revel in color placement).

I actually want to see his other movies, because I believe he can still put something good together, but I'm going to watch them with a bit more trepidation.  He's kind of like the Coen brothers in the fact that you see a film with great promise and then the subsequent ones just sort of fizzle out.

 

Ave Messer, 66, B24, GO SHASTA!!!

I have to say that I am a fan of M. Night Shyamalan's movies. I like the way he tells a story and his visuals.

I liked the Sixth Sense but it has never been one of my favourites.

Signs - I really liked because of one scene and that is where Merrill is in the closet watching the news where the kids are @ the birthday party and we get to see footage of the alien. I thought that scene is very realistic and I think it's exactly how the world would first be exposed to an alien.

Unbreakable - Was a very slow unravelling of the superhero tale (and I hate slow films) but I really enjoyed watching it and I love going back to watch it every now and then. I really got into the fact that the Bruce Willis charter was depressed because his was not doing what he was meant to do. It really resounded with me.

The Village - I just watched that 2 weeks ago, I don't think that the story was all that great, but I love watching what images M. Night Shyamalan chooses to show his audience. it was a very visually stimulating movie.

Lady in the Water - I really loved this tale. He wrote this as a children’s story. This is the kind of tale I loved hearing my parents read to me @ night as I was growing up. I think I like this and Signs the best. I don't understand why people really don't like this one.

M. Night Shyamalan's stories I find are always about hope. Hope is something we sadly lack in today’s world, in fact it seems to me any talk about hope is looked upon as a weakness and devalued now a days.

I am a fan of M. Night Shyamalan the stories themselves may not be that strong but I know that when I see one of his films I am always going to enjoy it.