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 Jun 1 2008, 04:13 AM
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 Thoughts? Will you see this? |
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Jun 1 2008, 12:00 PM
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 James killed the radio star.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
I saw this trailer at the movies last night and I have to admit that I'm tempted... I can really see it turning out to be a massive let down though. Most likely a future rental.
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Jun 1 2008, 12:34 PM
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 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
When I saw it, I immediately got it confused with the mist. I agree with James, that I may be disappointed, but I am going to risk it anyway.
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Jun 1 2008, 10:13 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Shaymalan's (sp?) movies have really been lacking. The plot sounds really familiar to other movies.
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Jun 2 2008, 05:45 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
M. Night Shyamalan is a good director, though. Hmm...the trailer interested me and I'm kinda tempted to see it but I'd probably be too much of a sissy to.
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Jun 2 2008, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,028 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 579,129 |
Reminds me a bit of I am Legend.
It sounds pretty interesting, but not enough for me to go and see it. |
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Jun 4 2008, 05:26 PM
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 Rhinestone Cowboy Group: Official Designer Posts: 159 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,249 |
I've always been a fan of M. Night
and seeing as this movie is about characters who can't help but to kill themselves, I'm all in. Looks terrifying. |
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Jun 9 2008, 08:16 PM
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 i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
QUOTE(TheFegNut @ Jun 2 2008, 06:12 PM)  Reminds me a bit of I am Legend. It sounds pretty interesting, but not enough for me to go and see it. WTF how. |
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Jun 9 2008, 08:17 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
The dude lying down in front of the lawn mower (?) freaks me out every time.
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Jun 9 2008, 08:48 PM
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 YEAH! Group: Member Posts: 303 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,345 |
Movie looks pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if it's interesting enough to go see. Not really into the director's other movies, would be kind of a gamble to go see this one. Who knows though, maybe he makes a kick ass R rated movie.
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Jun 10 2008, 11:40 AM
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 let me go and get my camera Group: Member Posts: 30 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 655,355 |
this movie looks interesting however it seems like one of those movies, where the trailers turn out to be better than the movie =o
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Jun 11 2008, 02:15 PM
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 here, here, and here Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,301 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 206,103 |
hate scary movies so I'm not watching this even if it sounds lame.
It's going to be like the village. |
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Jun 11 2008, 04:51 PM
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Rhinestone Cowboy Group: Official Designer Posts: 159 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,249 |
This isn't your typical scary movie either...M. Night has a unique way to terrify its audience, not everyone gets it.
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Jun 11 2008, 05:40 PM
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 <33 Group: Member Posts: 2,745 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,234 |
Hmm. Comes out Friday the 13th. Weird.
Looks interesting. I may see it. |
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Jun 11 2008, 05:52 PM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
Hmm..I thought this was based from a book?
Anyway, thrillers are a plus, I hope it won't be too predictable. |
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Jun 11 2008, 06:15 PM
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Haile High Philosophy Group: Member Posts: 153 Joined: Jan 2008 Member No: 609,644 |
I love anything M.Night does.
I have to see it |
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Jun 12 2008, 12:07 PM
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<33 Group: Member Posts: 2,745 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,234 |
 I'll give my opinion later. Goddamnit.. I didn't get it at midnight so I don't really know when ima see it now. |
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Jun 14 2008, 01:07 PM
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 cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142 |
it sucked,,,, i figured the movie out before the theory in the movie was stated. thats all i was happy about, but the movie was stupid and mark wahlberg is stupid, science teacher my ass.
zooey deschanel's eyes were the best thing about the movie, they like enhanced her eyes in every scene and they were the bluest thing in the movie. M. night shymlan however you spell it lives in his own world. 6th sense will be and always be his best movie. |
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Jun 14 2008, 01:17 PM
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 SCHAA! Group: Member Posts: 51 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 408,178 |
i wanna gonna see it last night it was sold out.
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Jun 14 2008, 07:39 PM
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 Hello Newman. Group: Member Posts: 912 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 578,620 |
My sister just saw it like 10 minutes ago, she said it was pretty good.
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Jun 15 2008, 01:12 AM
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 muted imperfections <3 Group: Official Member Posts: 3,295 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,260 |
this movie looks crazy. i've lost some confidence in m.shyamalan since signs and the village. BUT, this movie looks pretty freaky. so i'm guessing we're going to see it. lol
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Jun 15 2008, 03:22 PM
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 in the reverb chamber. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,022 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 300,308 |
M. Night needs to stop writing his own movies; he sucks at it.
Otherwise, this was a pretty decent flick. I enjoyed the urgency in the situation and was pleased with the sort of allegorical and cautionary tale - until, of course, I realized that the symboling was light and that a literal story was being told. It panders to the audience, it makes no sense (who cares?), and, worst of all - it tries to scientifically explain the premise of the film, which is unbelievably... unbelievable. M. Night, for supposedly enjoying "mystery" so much really sucks it all the f**k out of his films. Mark Wahlberg was awesome. Zooey was strangely attractive and enjoyable (despite the fact that her performance equated to her widening her eyes and having her mouth agape). Way f**king better than The Sixth Sense (which is a shit kicker excuse for a film), not as shining as Unbreakable or The Village, but... cooler than Signs. |
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Jun 15 2008, 07:23 PM
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That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
I was kinda disappointed. I expected something more from Shyamalan since he's made better movies in the past.
 It was just a bunch of guts splashing everywhere. Eh, so what was the point of the movie? Global warming?
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Jun 16 2008, 01:49 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
LUL! On Friday last week, my friends decided to watch The Happening instead of The Incredible Hulk with us! So yea, they said it sucked and had wished they watched The Incredible Hulk with us. AHAHHAHAH!
Yea I probably wouldn't watch this movie... The trailer doesn't look that great... |
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Jun 16 2008, 02:02 AM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
I heard it sucked.
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Jun 16 2008, 03:00 AM
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i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
He was quoted he wanted the movie to be a "a great B horror movie".
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Jun 16 2008, 08:26 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,291 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 503,024 |
QUOTE(XTC @ Jun 16 2008, 03:02 AM) I heard it sucked. It actually did suck, I had to leave early from the movie because it was so bad, there were more laughs from the audience than screams. |
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Jun 16 2008, 08:28 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
If you didn't understand the message behind the movie, then of course it would have sucked. Very good movie, although a bit short.
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Jun 16 2008, 08:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,291 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 503,024 |
QUOTE(DoubleJ @ Jun 16 2008, 09:28 PM) If you didn't understand the message behind the movie, then of course it would have sucked. Very good movie, although a bit short. I agree, but it was hard to really get the movie when there were people talking throughout the movie most of the time. I'll just have to buy the dvd when it comes out. |
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Jun 16 2008, 08:35 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Yeah, I went to see the movie while drunk friday night with my friends. The movie did have some funny moments though.
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Jun 17 2008, 11:48 AM
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y0u had me at hell0. <3 Group: Member Posts: 169 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,187 |
it was okay. there was a message behind it which made it meaningful. there were some funny parts. :]
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Jun 17 2008, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE(mz sneaky @ Jun 17 2008, 12:48 PM) it was okay. there was a message behind it which made it meaningful. there were some funny parts. :] The "message" was pretty obvious and put right in our faces. Also, it was dumb. I don't need M. Night Shyamalan to tell me about the environment. Oh and Mark Wahlberg's acting was kinda off. |
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Jun 17 2008, 07:31 PM
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i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
None of you are making me want to see this any less. M. Night is a pretty smart guy, he can make a genius movie if he wants to and for this HE DIDN'T WANT TO. Plus, didn't we all know the "twist" long before this shit came out? I know I did. It makes me LOL if some of you went into this movie expecting some scary alien invasion or something.
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Jun 19 2008, 05:29 AM
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 skaters gonna skate. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,861 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,336 |
lol it was weak.
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Jul 4 2008, 01:15 PM
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James killed the radio star. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
Ok, so I just saw this.
Why was the acting SO BAD? Seriously, it was dreadful! Worst I've seen in a long time. Also, why didn't it make ANY sense? Half the time I kept thinking Mark Wahlberg had been hit by the virus, simply because he stood their muttering nonsense about hypotheses. Also, the basic premise confused me. I understand that the toxin turns off your instinct for self-preservation. Fine. But why does that make you ACTIVELY want to kill yourself right then and there? That makes NO SENSE. |
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Jul 8 2008, 07:15 AM
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 jubby<3 Group: Member Posts: 164 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 539,920 |
I wouldn't say I hated it..but it's not one of my favorites, it's one of those movies which drove me insane because it was just so..predicatble, like August Rush. One of my friends got so freaked out, she said she thought it was even scarier than Saw. Wtf.
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Jul 8 2008, 11:03 AM
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James killed the radio star. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
^ In all fairness, Saw isn't scary, so that's not really saying much.
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