Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Strat wrote:

Dev wrote:

Strat wrote:Oh, I watched it follows last night

and?

I liked it. I liked that there were no answers or real depth to the story. The movie kind of starts in the middle and ends before the story is finished. A little frustrating but refreshing in a sense.

Although, a weird PSA on Abstinence though maybe. The end scene at the pool was completely pointless.

Just thinking about it gets me a little irritated. It's so undercooked. It's like the the guy thought of a hooky concept but never bothered to think its practicality or themes through to a point of coherence or insight. Argh. Laziness. It has some good ideas but it should have been so much better.

I got the impression that was the point. i dont think it was lazy in as much as it was a decision to let whatever that be, stay lingering and not letting the viewer's imagination go with it.

Not saying it was super effective but i dont believe it was lazy.

Strat wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Strat wrote:

Dev wrote:

Strat wrote:Oh, I watched it follows last night

and?

I liked it. I liked that there were no answers or real depth to the story. The movie kind of starts in the middle and ends before the story is finished. A little frustrating but refreshing in a sense.

Although, a weird PSA on Abstinence though maybe. The end scene at the pool was completely pointless.

Just thinking about it gets me a little irritated. It's so undercooked. It's like the the guy thought of a hooky concept but never bothered to think its practicality or themes through to a point of coherence or insight. Argh. Laziness. It has some good ideas but it should have been so much better.

I got the impression that was the point. i dont think it was lazy in as much as it was a decision to let whatever that be, stay lingering and not letting the viewer's imagination go with it.

Not saying it was super effective but i dont believe it was lazy.

I dunno, it seems pretty lazy both on a superficial level (it's plot-hole city and doesn't follow its own internal logic) and a subtextual level (it's themes never congeal) to me. Loose ideas without any discipline. It's style is very deliberate, but that deliberation doesn't seem to have been applied to anything else.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Get a new gimmick, amirite?

Spoiler: show

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Who gives a shit how the public views him now? Do what you want to do.

Strat wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Get a new gimmick, amirite?

Spoiler: show

I am so fucking proud of that post.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Who gives a shit how the public views him now? Do what you want to do.

I mean, yeah, but surely he must know he is just digging himself further and further into the one-trick-pony joke-hole by sticking to that shit?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Who gives a shit how the public views him now? Do what you want to do.

I mean, yeah, but surely he must know he is just digging himself further and further into the one-trick-pony joke-hole by sticking to that shit?

One would think. And, I'm certainly not an M. Night apologist, but so what? If that's what he's driven to do and to make, then far be it for me to shit on him for it. The guy likes what he likes and does what he's comfortable doing. He's really no different than someone like Michael Bay in that regard.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Who gives a shit how the public views him now? Do what you want to do.

I mean, yeah, but surely he must know he is just digging himself further and further into the one-trick-pony joke-hole by sticking to that shit?

One would think. And, I'm certainly not an M. Night apologist, but so what? If that's what he's driven to do and to make, then far be it for me to shit on him for it. The guy likes what he likes and does what he's comfortable doing. He's really no different than someone like Michael Bay in that regard.

Yeah, you make a good point. I concede.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:I watched The Visit last night. I wish I hadn't.....

I'm sorry you had to go through that, Rangi. R U OK?

I'm not sure - I keep getting flashbacks. The set-up was alright.....but that ending - what were they thinking?

I can't believe Shyamalan is STILL employing twist endings. It's as if he has no idea how the public views him now.

Who gives a shit how the public views him now? Do what you want to do.

I mean, yeah, but surely he must know he is just digging himself further and further into the one-trick-pony joke-hole by sticking to that shit?

One would think. And, I'm certainly not an M. Night apologist, but so what? If that's what he's driven to do and to make, then far be it for me to shit on him for it. The guy likes what he likes and does what he's comfortable doing. He's really no different than someone like Michael Bay in that regard.

yea if you are going to shit on someone shit on michael bay. Worst.

M Knight is pretty bad though.

I think the guy has made one great film, one pretty good film and two decent to fair films. And then some really terrible films. He's not a great director and I have no desire to see this new one.

I enjoyed the village quite a bit.

Shyamalan was pretty excellent from 1999-2002.

Unbreakable and Sixth Sense don't make up for the rivers of shit he's been responsible for since then.

Signs was excellent and The Village was fun

lies. All lies.

Strat wrote:I enjoyed the village quite a bit.

Me too, actually. It's got some pretty major warts, but I really liked it overall. The tone and the performances made up for a lot of the bizarre flaws.

I also quite enjoyed Lady in the Water, for what it was.