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Its not a good sign that its a Thursday and there are no reviews. Likely they are holding the film form reivew which means it might sucketh.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771203480/

An M Night Shameluthabaddirector movie that sucks?

I sir, am shocked.

yea...

Whats amazing to me is how many theaters its opening in locally. I think three people went to see Air bender.

Frazzled wrote:yea...

Whats amazing to me is how many theaters its opening in locally. I think three people went to see Air bender.

Hey, can't be as bad as Super Zombies 4: This time in 3-D (Resident Evil Afterlife).

M Night Shakkalakkadingdong at least tries to be creative with his work.

You guys do know that he didn't write the script or direct it right? I'm not sure calling it his movie is all that accurate. Aside from that it usually is a bad sign when screeners are withheld from critics. Of course maybe they just want to make sure that the twist ending , which I'm sure is mind blowing and life changing, isn't given away.

Ahtman wrote: Of course maybe they just want to make sure that the twist ending , which I'm sure is mind blowing and life changing, isn't given away.

I can''t tell if you're being sarcastic there.

Frazzled wrote:

Ahtman wrote: Of course maybe they just want to make sure that the twist ending , which I'm sure is mind blowing and life changing, isn't given away.

I can''t tell if you're being sarcastic there.

Almost always ere on the side of 'yes' with that question.

Frazzled wrote:

Ahtman wrote: Of course maybe they just want to make sure that the twist ending , which I'm sure is mind blowing and life changing, isn't given away.

I can''t tell if you're being sarcastic there.

I can't tell if a movie has the name of the person it is from on it, if it is actually from him.

WarOne wrote:

Frazzled wrote:yea...

Whats amazing to me is how many theaters its opening in locally. I think three people went to see Air bender.

Hey, can't be as bad as Super Zombies 4: This time in 3-D (Resident Evil Afterlife).

M Night Shakkalakkadingdong at least tries to be creative with his work.

Resi 4 was alright if you ask me. I asked little, it delivered more than I expected. Happy Mr Mystery.

Ahtman wrote:You guys do know that he didn't write the script or direct it right?

It's called the M Night touch. It's like the Midas touch, but instead of turning things to gold it turns them into crap.

So, what is he creditied for if he didn't write/direct?

I would have seen both Airbender and Devil without his name attached to it.

Mr Mystery wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Frazzled wrote:yea...

Whats amazing to me is how many theaters its opening in locally. I think three people went to see Air bender.

Hey, can't be as bad as Super Zombies 4: This time in 3-D (Resident Evil Afterlife).

M Night Shakkalakkadingdong at least tries to be creative with his work.

Resi 4 was alright if you ask me. I asked little, it delivered more than I expected. Happy Mr Mystery.

The movie pandered too much to the 3-D effects. Unlike Avatard, which tried to deliver a movie and place the 3-D effects on a secondary or tertiary level, RE4 went with 3-D effects first, THEN used a plot as a vehicle for the effects.

And way too much slow animation for my tastes.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:So, what is he creditied for if he didn't write/direct?

I would have seen both Airbender and Devil without his name attached to it.

producing evidently.

Yes to B anyway.

WarOne wrote:

Mr Mystery wrote:

WarOne wrote:

Frazzled wrote:yea...

Whats amazing to me is how many theaters its opening in locally. I think three people went to see Air bender.

Hey, can't be as bad as Super Zombies 4: This time in 3-D (Resident Evil Afterlife).

M Night Shakkalakkadingdong at least tries to be creative with his work.

Resi 4 was alright if you ask me. I asked little, it delivered more than I expected. Happy Mr Mystery.

The movie pandered too much to the 3-D effects. Unlike Avatard, which tried to deliver a movie and place the 3-D effects on a secondary or tertiary level, RE4 went with 3-D effects first, THEN used a plot as a vehicle for the effects.

And way too much slow animation for my tastes.

Multiple Milla....that's all I'm saying.

Shame she doesn't get multiple nekkid though.

Frazzled wrote:

SlaveToDorkness wrote:So, what is he creditied for if he didn't write/direct?

I would have seen both Airbender and Devil without his name attached to it.

producing evidently.

Yes to B anyway.

M. Night Shimshamshamooze wrote a stroy in which this movie was based off of.

Well that could be ok, but as noted, keeping the film from prescreening when even Resident Evil 4: the Quest for More Cash was given out to review is nicht gut!

Ah, so he's going for the Stephen King gakky movie angle. I see.

They stopped putting SK's name on his "based on" movies. Too bad they did it after "Scary Cat People" or whatever that crap was titiled...

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Ah, so he's going for the Stephen King gakky movie angle. I see.

They stopped putting SK's name on his "based on" movies. Too bad they did it after "Scary Cat People" or whatever that crap was titiled...

Sleepwalkers...IIRC

M. Night Shaq-fu is one of my least favorite people.

Especially because all the trailers his films tend to look interesting up until the dreaded " A FILM FROM M. NIGHT. SHAM-WOW " slowly fades onto the screen.

And yes, this post was mostly to make fun of his name.

del'Vhar wrote:M. Night Shaq-fu is one of my least favorite people.

Especially because all the trailers his films tend to look interesting up until the dreaded " A FILM FROM M. NIGHT. SHAM-WOW " slowly fades onto the screen.

And yes, this post was mostly to make fun of his name.

That what's all my posts boil down to really.

I actually like most of his films. And the point that his name on the screen mean bubcus if you want to see it see it. dont let his name just being there deter you.

garret wrote:I actually like most of his films. And the point that his name on the screen mean bubcus if you want to see it see it. dont let his name just being there deter you.

Actually is name is a good deterrent now for crappy movies than have been universally panned by people who saw that there was a twist coming.

SWEAR to some higher power he gets off this kick for introducing twists into movies. The first movie he does this to he'll instantly be a movie making GOD again....maybe.

I think M. Night Shamallamallamallamaduck gets alot of un-deserved heat. I mean, there are alot worse directors than him. He did at least five movies that I actually found very enjoyable:

- Signs
- The Sixth Sense
- The Village
- Lady in the Water (Yeah, something about this one just appeals to me)
- Unbreakable

Darth Bob wrote:I think M. Night Shamallamallamallamaduck gets alot of un-deserved heat. I mean, there are alot worse directors than him. He did at least five movies that I actually found very enjoyable:

- Signs
- The Sixth Sense
- The Village
- Lady in the Water (Yeah, something about this one just appeals to me)
- Unbreakable

I agree with the first two and the last one, and number 4 was alright as the twist ending was actually okay. Lady in the Water was meh in my book, so I give you 3.5 out of 5 stars for guessing which of M. Night Sabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz's movies were good.

WarOne wrote:
Hey, can't be as bad as Super Zombies 4: This time in 3-D (Resident Evil Afterlife).

I saw that with a friend on Tuesday. I rather enjoy Resident Evil films. The trick with films like that is to ignore the more ridiculous plot concepts, accept the plot as is, watch the fight scenes, what passes for character development, guess who will make it to the next round and enjoy a bit of Milla of course. There is a lot of imagination behind those films, and despite the fact the plot is fairly flighty it is consistent and because of this the film will suprise you. I prefer a weak but consistent suprising plot to a more logical but heavily predictable plot. When I watched the film I had no idea where it would end up. and thus thoroughly enjoyed it. This does mean that it does have limited re-watchability, due to its long term quality issues. So I am happy to watch a Resident Evil film once only, but am happy for that once to be at a cinema.

Darth Bob wrote:I think M. Night Shamallamallamallamaduck gets alot of un-deserved heat. I mean, there are alot worse directors than him. He did at least five movies that I actually found very enjoyable:

- Signs
- The Sixth Sense
- The Village
- Lady in the Water (Yeah, something about this one just appeals to me)
- Unbreakable

I think that is the reason for the hate (though I would take 3 and 4 off that list). He started so strong, with such promise, and has slowly devolved into a shadow of his original self. It is almost as if he is a parody of himself.

Sixth sense and unbreakable were the only movies of those listed above that were any good. Shamalama is a one trick pony. The village might have been alright if I didn't instantly know it was fake, because it was a Shamalama movie. That's the problem. I know what to look for in his movies. If six sense came out today I would instantly know the ending as soon as Bruce shows up. The problem always seams that the solution is so unsatisfying after you think about it.

Village, you mean no planes have ever flown over that village......EVER.
Signs, Why try to take over a planet that is 3/4 water and rains if water is like acid to you and you don't wear clothes?.....Craptasic. At least earth germs make sense. Hey guys lets conquer this planet, it's atmosphere is mostly chlorine gas...what do you mean bring a respirator?

I bet in this devil movie they are already in hell and don't know it. I'm calling it.

Shamaloser

The problem with Signs is the ending, but up until that point it is a decent thriller.

Ahtman wrote:The problem with Signs is the ending, but up until that point it is a decent thriller.

Yeah.

I'm still waiting for a reasonable explanation as to why aliens who don't like water would invade a planet where water is an abundant resource...

EDIT: On a side note, we need a thread to make up names for M. Night Shamulkhanijahd

I though that was what this thread was for!?

M. Night. Sloppy Seconds