Comments on: Ranking The Best To Worst Of M. Night Shyamalan https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/ The Correct Opinion Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Damian https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-165644 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:40:06 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-165644 I don’t know whats the deal with “The Happening” and the bad rap it gets. This movie just didn’t seem as bad to me when I watched. It was a different story something that we are not really accustomed to see when we go into the movie to watch a suspense movie Ill give you that but it was creepy as hell anyways. This flick kept me on the edge of my sit the entire time. The way he just makes a simple movie scary and tense with just sounds and light is just brilliant. To me I think his worst movie was “Lady in the Water” …now that was crap.

]]> By: Paul https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-146870 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:59:22 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-146870 I was surprised that you rated Unbreakable as poorly as you did. To me, it simply is one of the best movies of all time.

Then when I started scanning the comments, I believe my view has been reinforced – most of the comments tend to favour Unbreakable as Shamhammer’s best work, while you only rate it at 3rd place.

And just to counter the comment by Masakari above, “They called me Mr Glass” was the perfect closing for this movie, totally in tune with the concept of a Superhero story. If you still didn’t get it by now, what it means is: as the audience, we should have “realised” at the start of the movie that Samuel L Jackson’s character was going to become the movie’s super-villain. Why? Because the “clue” was already given at the start of the movie, when the little boy said: “They call me Mr Glass”.

]]> By: Seanowitz https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-146809 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:36:25 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-146809 Can’t stand his films – but you use as a derogatory “Shammy” – as in a “sham” – fake – fraud?

Or is there a racial tint to this as in “Sammy” – a racial epithet used by British colonist against Indians.

If there is – then shame on you.

If there isn’t then shame on you for not being smart enough to see the connection.

]]> By: Bino https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-143612 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-143612 1. Unbreakable
2. The Sixth Sense
3. The Village
4. Signs
5. The Happening

I love the village. I don’t get the hate. I thought it was a wonderful parable of bush’s strategy of fear

]]> By: Mkfreak2 https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142949 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:39:09 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142949 Unbreakable is by far his best film. Followed by Signs, then Sixth Sense, then The Village. Haven’t seen Lady in the Water.

]]> By: DIDOMAN https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142883 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:37:11 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142883 Disagree. Unbreakable was awesome, best twist at the end.
They are not getting worse, it’s just that the 6th sense was so good it’s hard to live up to it again. On their own his movies are tops.

I think people are trying to hard to guess the twist at the end before the movie even starts. I did it with the Village, and it sort of ruined it for me as it wasn’t that bad a movie

]]> By: Larry Christopher https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142812 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:31:52 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142812 I agree with your list as much as I can, considering I haven’t seen all his films. Frankly, after The Village and reading the reviews for Lady in the Water, I wanted to spare myself the experience of having to see it. What happened to this guy after such a promising start? All I can think of is that the success went to his head and, at way too young an age, he suddenly saw himself as a Serious Artist With Something To Say. We can only hope he recovers from this pathology and returns to the good storytelling that made Sixth Sense so good and original.

]]> By: Dan https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142801 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:05:37 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142801 Well i’ve only seen Signs and The Sixth Sense and i think they’re both great, but what really frustrates me is people who think Signs is trash or Night’s worst movie, its one of his best! Really Effective, Clever, About faith and does not have a twist which i like.

]]> By: Da hunter https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142700 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:14:37 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142700 #1 unbreakable #2 sixth sense #3 signs #4 the village i have not seen the rest of them but unbreakable is One of the best movies i have ever seen so that is definatly #1.

]]> By: Jason https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142344 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:14:51 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142344 Unbreakable
Sixth Sense
The Happening
The Village
Lady in the Water
The Signs

Every movie is great though, except Signs.

]]> By: Masakari https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142231 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142231 Why do so many people like Unbreakable? I love superhero movies (Iron Man & Batman Begins being the best), and Unbreakable had to be THE worst superhero movie I’ve ever seen…wait a second…the third worst. I forgot they made Elektra & Ghost Rider. “They called me Mr. Glass.” was the worst closing line of any movie I’ve ever heard. I felt jilted out of my money after hearing that.
Anyway, on to the list:
1) Sixth Sense (bya hair)- However this may be biased because I only bothered watching it in it’s entirety once. Since I knew it wouldn’tbe nearly as good a second time.
2) Signs – I have watced this one many times and love nearly everything about it. The only thing that bothered me was that the best Night could come with for a weakness for his ETs was water!?!?!? Why not just make them alergic to air?
3) Lady in The Water – Far behind the first two in terms of quality. I just like how none of the characters turn out to fit the roles that you’d expect them to.
4) Unbreakable – *Please see my gripe up top*
5) The Village – Nice atmosphere. That’s the only good thing I have to say about this movie. The ending was the most telegraphed, anti-climate “shocker” of Night’s repertoir. Stevie Wonder saw this one coming!

]]> By: vargas https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan/#comment-142182 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:12:56 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/ranking-the-best-to-worst-of-m-night-shyamalan#comment-142182 I think Shyamalan is unique and has a unique vision. Even the films that weren’t as successful gave you something to think about. I didn’t like The Village as much as his previous films but it did give me some things to ponder over for a long time after I had seen the film.

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