What movie did you watch last night? (15 Viewers)

[RSJ]

Anyone watch signs again last night? caught the middle half hour as i was falling asleep - great movie in my opinion, lots of great little nuances in the camera work.

 

[zub]

Anyone watch signs again last night? caught the middle half hour as i was falling asleep - great movie in my opinion, lots of great little nuances in the camera work.

Yup. I'm surprised how many people reckon it's his weakest. It's probably my favourite Shyamalan film. There's a nice sense of absurdity in with all the apocalyptic stuff.
Still too many corny bits with children though.

 

[LMD64]

damn, knew there was something i wanted to tape

ah well, at least i got next week's desperate housewives from e4, thank goodness for that.

 

[hanley]

Anyone watch signs again last night? caught the middle half hour as i was falling asleep - great movie in my opinion, lots of great little nuances in the camera work.

saw the last half a hour of it, though it was rubbish, maybe if i saw the start it might have been better, think mel gibson might have put me off, think he's a bit of an annoying prick. there was a really crap part where they were eating dinner or something and mel was tryin to force the kids to eat, just though it seemed shite...

 

[plug]

saw the last half a hour of it, though it was rubbish, maybe if i saw the start it might have been better, think mel gibson might have put me off, think he's a bit of an annoying prick. there was a really crap part where they were eating dinner or something and mel was tryin to force the kids to eat, just though it seemed shite...

first off I'm in an overly critical mood so forgive me, but.. it seems to me that this shyamalan dude, despite being able to visually create an interesting movie environment, is utterly unable to wrap it round a sembalance of a semi decent story, and if he starts to succeed, he wrecks it with a stupid "plot twist" or some shit. I watched unbreakable once. thought it was suitably moody, seemed to build well, looked great etc. I thought "wow this might be slowly building up to something decent here". Then! out of nowhere, this fucking REDICULOUS ending pops out of nowhere. "they call me mr. glass.."

seriously. what the fuck was that all about!?

a total premature ejeculation of an ending. it fails miserably where, say, the likes of "audition" succeeds. imho of course!!!

however, bruce willis' hair transplant was just wonderful

 

[nEiLo]

Then! out of nowhere, this fucking REDICULOUS ending pops out of nowhere. "they call me mr. glass.."

seriously. what the fuck was that all about!?

he's a supervillian... every superhero story needs one. i thought it was a cool movie.

 

[Wilbert]

UNBREAKABLE: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT™

By Rod Hilton


FADE IN:

INT. A TRAIN

BRUCE WILLIS, looking FORLORN, is sitting next to the
window. A woman comes by.

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
Hello. I'm Bruce Willis. Would you
like to have sex with me?

WOMAN
Uh, no. You suck.

AUDIENCE
Awww.. even though Bruce was trying
to cheat on his wife, it ended so
embarrassingly badly for him that I
hate that woman. I mean, look how
forlorn he his, how can she be so
mean? I hope she fucking dies!

She DIES. So does everyone on the TRAIN except BRUCE.

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
Wow, I am unbreakable. This makes me
feel just wretched.

DOCTOR
Hi. I'm about to say a line which is
so unrealistic, drawn-out, and
overly dramatic that it seems to
have actually been written just to
be in the trailer. I'm looking at
you like this for two reasons.
Number one, you're the only survivor
of a train wreck that killed a
number of extras, which might
possibly include a high school
friend of Rod Hilton's who allegedly
was going to try and be an extra in
the movie since the last time Rod
talked to him.. and two....you look
so damn forlorn, I wondered if you
wanted a prescription for prozac.

BRUCE WILLIS
No that's okay. I'm just re-hasing
my character from the sixth sense.
Same director, same tone, same
setting, same
built-around-surprise-ending style..
I figured I could do the whole bit
where I'm constantly forlorn, I'm in
an unhappy marriage, I care about a
kid, and I'm so pathetically dumb
that I can't figure out the surprise
ending before the audience.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Maybe I can help you out,
muthafucka. See, I think I know
something you might not.
(miraculously
straightfaced)
You see, I think comics are the
windows to ancient history.
Therefore they can be true.

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
I am forlorn. This makes me want to
shoot myself.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Go ahead and try it, you are
unbreakable. I, on the other hand,
am very breakable. Watch as I
valiantly sacrifice my ability to
walk in order to prove that you are
a superhero.

He does this.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
(cont’d)
Ow! I am wheelchair-bound! I hope
you learned how important you are!

BRUCE WILLIS
Actually, I learned you're a nut. I
almost drowned once. I can be
broken. I am not a superhero. Stay
the fuck away from me.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
I will react by going to a comic
book shop and being a major dick to
the guy who works there.

INT. BRUCE WILLIS' HOME

BRUCE'S KID
Hey dad. I'm going to shoot you and
prove you are a superhero.

BRUCE WILLIS
We're friends, son. Friends don't
shoot friends.

AUDIENCE
Was I supposed to take that line
seriously?

BRUCE WILLIS
Hey! This is a movie in which
people are seriously talking about
comics as history books and I'm
supposed to have super powers in
which I can't get sick or hurt yet I
managed to never notice this before.
I think you can swallow my kid
trying to shoot me.

DIRECTOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
Hey everyone. Sorry to interrupt,
but I just wanted to point out how
atmospheric my movie is. Thanks,
I'll go back to wetting myself in
anticipation of the surprise ending
again.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Hey Bruce! I figured out what
everyone in the audience who ever
read a comic book already knew!
Water is your kryptonite! You have
to go to a place where there is
people. Once there, you will partake
in a scene which is strangely
similar to the train station scene
in X-Men.

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
I am plagued and saddened by this
curse of invincibility. Hey, that
janitor is doing some evil shit.

BRUCE WILLIS mopes and follows the JANITOR.

INT. SOME SUBURBAN HOME

JANITOR
I am pure evil and don't even have
any lines, including this one! I am
the essense of the comic book goon
villain that serves no purpose but
to help the superhero establish
plot.

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
I will kill you and save these
three people.
(looking at the woman)
Two people. Who are kids. With no
parents now. I kinda sucked on this
one, didn't I? It's no matter, check
out my cool costume! It's a giant
rain coat with a hood and it says
"security" on the back. I'm
Securityman! Hmm, wait, how about:
Dr. Security! No.. The Securitor!

SAMUEL L. JACKSON
You have truly discovered that you
are indeed a superhero, Bruce! Now
we can join forces and fight crime!
I shall be the Robin to your Batman!
The Hawkeye of our Avengers! The
Kathie Lee to your Regis! Wait..
she's evil...hmm....

FORLORN BRUCE WILLIS
I'm slightly less forlorn now that
I know I can look forward to a life
of serving ungrateful bastards!
However, I can never tell my wife,
only you and my kid may ever know
the secret identity of The
Securitor!

DIRECTOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
Isn't this ending just ridiculously
surprising?? Aren't I fucking
clever???

AUDIENCE
No.

DIRECTOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
Securitor! After them!

BRUCE WILLIS grabs the AUDIENCE and makes them watch THE
STORY OF US and THE JACKAL.

END

 

[george mcfly]

he's a supervillian... every superhero story needs one. i thought it was a cool movie.

thought that was a pretty deadly film too.. although i did think that they tied a little bit too much of the plot up in a very strange way at the end. the three or four pages of text that appear at the end to explain what happened made it feel a little bit too much like Animal House..

there was potential there for a really deadly sequel.. and i remember reading something about how it was intended to end up as a trilogy.. wonder whether this will ever go ahead.. it does seem a bit unfinished as it stands.
it wasn't much of a twist either though was it..
"i'm your nemisis!!"
"ah yeah, that's grand"
"call me mr. glass"
"alright, hang on till i box the head off ye in your wheelchair so.."

 

[P. Littbarski]

i really like M. Night Shyamalan's films...(The Village is my favourite so far). There is something about the way he makes films that leave you (well, me anyway) in a constant state of expecting something crazy to happen...but it never really does happen...so there is this steady stream of anxiety building up that never really gets the chance to be released and only on a few occasions...which makes for a great, suspense building film...for a young film maker he has bags of potential and can only get better. I also like the nod to Hitchcock ie. appearing in every film he makes.

Signs is a bit of a mad film...on the one hand it's about an 'invasion' of Earth, on the other hand it's about a man regaining his faith in himself and in god. Ok the alien at the end was a bit ropey from a special effects point of view but overall i thought it was a cool film.

 

[aoboa]

Didn't like Signs. Alien who can jump over houses etc and Gibson beats him in a scrap... gimme a break. First hour was alright I suppose.

Saw Sideways last night. Great film
Have Vanity Fair to watch tonight. Only got it cos it was a 2 for 2 nights deal and we've seen most everything else. Any good?

 

[george mcfly]

Didn't like Signs. Alien who can jump over houses etc and Gibson beats him in a scrap... gimme a break. First hour was alright I suppose.

Saw Sideways last night. Great film
Have Vanity Fair to watch tonight. Only got it cos it was a 2 for 2 nights deal and we've seen most everything else. Any good?

i dont remember Mel Gibson boxing the head off an alien in this?? are you sure you're not thinking of Bird on a Wire?

 

[aoboa]

i dont remember Mel Gibson boxing the head off an alien in this?? are you sure you're not thinking of Bird on a Wire?

Maybe I'm mixing it up. Was there not a fight between Gibson and the alien in his house. House gets trashed etc???
Maybe I just wished there was.

 

[george mcfly]

Maybe I'm mixing it up. Was there not a fight between Gibson and the alien in his house. House gets trashed etc???
Maybe I just wished there was.

definitely Bird on a Wire..

 

[hanley]

Maybe I'm mixing it up. Was there not a fight between Gibson and the alien in his house. House gets trashed etc???
Maybe I just wished there was.

it was the guy with the wierd lip thing that bate up the alien.he baseball batted the shit out of him.then some water spilt on him what was his weakness or some bollix like that

 

[Wilbert]

well those aliens did travel millions of miles to get here, they had enough strength to jump onto the roof of the house but one of them got locked in a cellar.

 

[george mcfly]

it was the guy with the wierd lip thing that bate up the alien.he baseball batted the shit out of him.then some water spilt on him what was his weakness or some bollix like that

maybe it was What Women Want i was thinking of..

 

[RSJ]

Actually that was one thing that fucked me off about signs, the scene in the cellar with the camera falling on the ground, total rip off of Blair Witch. Bastards.

 

[aoboa]

well those aliens did travel millions of miles to get here, they had enough strength to jump onto the roof of the house but one of them got locked in a cellar.

Any water hurts them yet they can walk around in the air (full of water vapor) and run through the fields at night (hopefully covered in dew).

 

[aoboa]

Actually that was one thing that fucked me off about signs, the scene in the cellar with the camera falling on the ground, total rip off of Blair Witch. Bastards.

Speaking of Blair Witch. Saw the Last Transmission a few months ago.
Blair Witch TOTALY ripped it off.

 

[george mcfly]

Any water hurts them yet they can walk around in the air (full of water vapor) and run through the fields at night (hopefully covered in dew).

i thought it was 7-Up that kills them..??