The Village Sucks
Oh, M. Night Shyamalan, however you pronounce that crazy-ass last name of yours; first you wowed me by making Bruce Willis seem like a decent dramatic actor in The Sixth Sense, then you proved your mad directing skillz and Samuel L. Jackson attunedeness to me with Unbreakable, and then you pissed me off with the stupidly lame religiosity of Signs, despite the excellent first half (I blame Mel). But still, I knew deep down that you could be a great writer/director, if only you had free reign to create what you wanted to create.
Oh well, wrong again.
I mean, seriously - what the fuck? The Village is probably the stupidest movie I've seen in a few years, and yes, I did see Transporter 2. You had such promise, M, but then this shit, and that stupid American Express commercial on top of it. Thanks for letting me down yet again.
On the plus side, I've recently watched a shitload of House, and that show is awesome*. Take lessons, Shamalamadingdong.
* Anyone who, in Prime Time, can tell a cute little kid, "It takes one to know one, loser!" deserves my utmost respect.
Oh well, wrong again.
I mean, seriously - what the fuck? The Village is probably the stupidest movie I've seen in a few years, and yes, I did see Transporter 2. You had such promise, M, but then this shit, and that stupid American Express commercial on top of it. Thanks for letting me down yet again.
On the plus side, I've recently watched a shitload of House, and that show is awesome*. Take lessons, Shamalamadingdong.
* Anyone who, in Prime Time, can tell a cute little kid, "It takes one to know one, loser!" deserves my utmost respect.
posted by Levendis at 11:58 PM
2 Comments:
Dude. I completely agree. Signs could have been great if it weren't for Mel Gibson and his gawd-obsession bringing it down.
But, imo, if you looker closer, Signs is a great study in the selfish nature of faith.
The son has bad asthma. It is bad enough for the father to keep the harder medicates on hand. The family has spent several days under great stress. They spent the entire night in a musty, dirty old basement. He'd already had an attack during the night.
And yet, gawd closed the kid's lungs to avoid the alien poision from getting into his lungs. NOt the asthma the kid's been plagued with all his life.
But, gawd didn't see fit to save a lot of other people from death by alien gas as Phoenix's characters says "A lot of people died."
Arrogance and selfishness thy names are faith.
I think the point was that jeebus gave the kid asthma so that he'd survive the eventual alien attack. God works in mysteriously stupid ways.
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home