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The Happening gets bad reviews...will this affect the last airbender?

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    cg_619

    [41]Jun 14, 2008
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    Spacerac wrote:
    KikitheFiend wrote:
    Vxiel wrote:
    tomtitan wrote:
    BlindWatcher400 wrote:

    M. Night's most recent film is one of those "You love it or you hate it" type films.

    If you love suspense, dark mood, and watching people commit suicide (me all over), The Happening is the movie for you.

    Don't like any of that stuff, don't watch it.

    Reviewers nowadays hate anything that lacks a climatic fight sequence and actors that frequent the tabloids.

    Plus "Hulk" came out the same day.
    From what I've heard critics hated the Hulk too.

    They're crazy I saw Hulk yesterday morning and it was awesome

    It was alright; much better than Iron Man. The Dark Knight will kick its ass though.

    On topic: the last airbender will not need good reviews, the chances of critics being fans of the show are slim; the corporate strategy will- 1) Be profitable for Nick eg. McDonald's toys and other merchandise. 2) Be able to please its core fanbase(us).
    Nick's with Burger King not McDonalds.

    not true, they had El Tigre toys at McDonalds
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    Spacerac

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    cg_619 wrote:
    not true, they had El Tigre toys at McDonalds
    Spongebob was recently at BK for Pest of the West. Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Avatar, Kids Choice Awards, etc have also been at BK. So perhaps Nick just goes to who will pay the most for the promotion at the time.
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    Lisa31468

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    Spacerac wrote:
    cg_619 wrote:
    not true, they had El Tigre toys at McDonalds
    Spongebob was recently at BK for Pest of the West. Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Avatar, Kids Choice Awards, etc have also been at BK. So perhaps Nick just goes to who will pay the most for the promotion at the time.

    I think that's probably true. Sadly.

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    MaddoKos

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    Someone on IMDb described the gore in "The Happening" as "Hostel 2 level."

    Yikes.

    Probably an exaggeration, but hopefully it's an indicator of how graphic "The Last Airbender" will be.

    *sigh* Alas, probably not.

    But a man can dream. A man can dream.

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    KikitheFiend

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    I don't think gore is going help avatar...
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    Lisa31468

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    I read somewhere that 'The Happening' was just a remake of 'Signs' if Mel Gibson's family had left their home instead of staying to defend it.

    Hopefully with Mike and Bryan's work, Shyamalan will just be retelling a story, as opposed to creating one of his own.

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    MaddoKos

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    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

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    picaboomman

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    MaddoKos wrote:

    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

    i havent really seen those two that much. i have seen the sixth sense and signs
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    Lisa31468

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    MaddoKos wrote:

    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

    The 'Sixth Sense' was and always has been my favorite of his movies but honestly MK you didn't have a problem with 'Signs' in that an alien species is vulnerable to water but decides to overthrow a planet comprised mostly of well, water. It was soooo irritating.

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    MaddoKos

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    Lisa31468 wrote:
    MaddoKos wrote:

    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

    The 'Sixth Sense' was and always has been my favorite of his movies but honestly MK you didn't have a problem with 'Signs' in that an alien species is vulnerable to water but decides to overthrow a planet comprised mostly of well, water. It was soooo irritating.

    Actually, I have theory about "Signs" that I've been dying to share for awhile:

    I don't think they were "aliens" as in "E.T." aliens. After all, you never see any ships or advanced technology of any kind. But in folklore, supernatural creatures such as beings from faerie, big hairy monsters etc. are often said to have a distinct aversion to things such as iron and other metals (think the werewolf and silver) but also to water.

    Thus I think the "Signs" creatures were magical in nature, rather than Sci-fi and their silver, as it were, was water. It's just the characters (like the audience) assumed they were E.T.

    And if you thought all that was bullsh*t, consider the fact that the "Alien Nation" aliens were harmed by water.

    And besides, to me "Signs" is about the family's reaction and the claustrophobic "on the ground" feeling you get, with what was "really" going on left intentionally obscure. It's that much more psycologically effective that way.

    But hey... Different strokes for different folks.

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    Lisa31468

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    MaddoKos wrote:
    Lisa31468 wrote:
    MaddoKos wrote:

    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

    The 'Sixth Sense' was and always has been my favorite of his movies but honestly MK you didn't have a problem with 'Signs' in that an alien species is vulnerable to water but decides to overthrow a planet comprised mostly of well, water. It was soooo irritating.

    Actually, I have theory about "Signs" that I've been dying to share for awhile:

    I don't think they were "aliens" as in "E.T." aliens. After all, you never see any ships or advanced technology of any kind. But in folklore, supernatural creatures such as beings from faerie, big hairy monsters etc. are often said to have a distinct aversion to things such as iron and other metals (think the werewolf and silver) but also to water.

    Thus I think the "Signs" creatures were magical in nature, rather than Sci-fi and their silver, as it were, was water. It's just the characters (like the audience) assumed they were E.T.

    And if you thought all that was bullsh*t, consider the fact that the "Alien Nation" aliens were harmed by water.

    And besides, to me "Signs" is about the family's reaction and the claustrophobic "on the ground" feeling you get, with what was "really" going on left intentionally obscure. It's that much more psycologically effective that way.

    But hey... Different strokes for different folks.

    Wow you would enjoy Avatar Portal's Avatar Philosophy Hour! It's definitely for those who enjoy in-depth analysis. Personally I think you are cutting Shyamalan way too much slack. He could have devised a much more sophisticated explanation for the aliens presence and interest in Earth, but seemed just too lazy to write anything more in-depth than he did.

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    rockon45

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    Wow...We have a lot of Shanana...I can't spell his name. haters here. I haven't seen much of his work, but he can't possibly screw this up, with Bryke on the reins.
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    MaddoKos

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    Lisa31468 wrote:
    MaddoKos wrote:
    Lisa31468 wrote:
    MaddoKos wrote:

    I, personally, think Shyamalan is an excellent storyteller (yes, even in "The Village" and "Lady in the Water").

    It just takes a particular (and peculiar) aesthetic taste to appreciate it sometimes.

    The 'Sixth Sense' was and always has been my favorite of his movies but honestly MK you didn't have a problem with 'Signs' in that an alien species is vulnerable to water but decides to overthrow a planet comprised mostly of well, water. It was soooo irritating.

    Actually, I have theory about "Signs" that I've been dying to share for awhile:

    I don't think they were "aliens" as in "E.T." aliens. After all, you never see any ships or advanced technology of any kind. But in folklore, supernatural creatures such as beings from faerie, big hairy monsters etc. are often said to have a distinct aversion to things such as iron and other metals (think the werewolf and silver) but also to water.

    Thus I think the "Signs" creatures were magical in nature, rather than Sci-fi and their silver, as it were, was water. It's just the characters (like the audience) assumed they were E.T.

    And if you thought all that was bullsh*t, consider the fact that the "Alien Nation" aliens were harmed by water.

    And besides, to me "Signs" is about the family's reaction and the claustrophobic "on the ground" feeling you get, with what was "really" going on left intentionally obscure. It's that much more psycologically effective that way.

    But hey... Different strokes for different folks.

    Wow you would enjoy Avatar Portal's Avatar Philosophy Hour! It's definitely for those who enjoy in-depth analysis. Personally I think you are cutting Shyamalan way too much slack. He could have devised a much more sophisticated explanation for the aliens presence and interest in Earth, but seemed just too lazy to write anything more in-depth than he did.



    Thanks! I do have my moments of lucidity.

    But like I said, the audience didn't get any more information than the characters, and it would be so cliched to have this one family in rural Pennsylvania uncover the creatures' entire plot in specific detail. Assuming they even had a plot. They seemed more like just a pack of roving preditors to me.
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    Lisa31468

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    MK that's definitely a plausable explanation to me.
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    Ok let's see... I saw the Sixth Sense and that was good. I saw Signs and was bored out of my mind (I fell asleep the first time and could've done without watching it in full the second time) and it was ehh. I own Unbreakable.. great story. Then, I saw the Village... it was entertaining due to the awkrawdness of the characters but I thought the ending was kind of blah. As for the Lady in the Water and the Happening, the previews didn't appeal to me so I didn't see them (and w/ tickets costing 9-10 dollars, I have to be certain about a movie if I'm going to see it in the theater. not to mention, the bad reviews didn't help either.)


    With that said, I am somewhat weary of him being behind the film. However, from the Season 2 box set, Shyamalan seems like he is a legitimate part of the fandom and has given his loyalty to Bryke and their show on this project. That alone gives me some relief since some of the movies out now fail to do that. (I'm sure you can easily think of a remake or comic book movie that sucked badly because of this.)


    If he keeps the regular nature of the show, stays with the original storyline, and strays from putting any big-named-A-list-movie-whored-over-exposed actors in the cast then he is already on the right road. So, I am just going to reserve any thoughts until I finally see it.
    Edited on 06/14/2008 7:09pm
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    MaddoKos

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    Yeah, I have to say "Unbreakable" is my favorite of his films, with "Sixth Sense" as an extremely close second and "Signs" as an extremely close third.

    Then "The Village" a little further back.

    Then "Lady in the Water" a little further back.

    But I have to say LitW was still good in it's own weird little way.

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    MaddoKos wrote:

    Someone on IMDb described the gore in "The Happening" as "Hostel 2 level."

    Yikes.

    Probably an exaggeration, but hopefully it's an indicator of how graphic "The Last Airbender" will be.

    *sigh* Alas, probably not.

    But a man can dream. A man can dream.

    My aspirations for the movie are pretty much impossible... I want to see people beating each other to death with their limbs, people crawling and swarming in the bodies and blood of their victims and comrades. Basically a slaughter fest. Oh and Aang roaring to the heavens while in the Avatar State in an apocalyptic fiery inferno. + A few or many sexy scenes

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    Well I am probably not the only one who realizes that critics are rarely correct about movies, so yeah.

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    MaddoKos

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    Vxiel wrote:
    MaddoKos wrote:

    Someone on IMDb described the gore in "The Happening" as "Hostel 2 level."

    Yikes.

    Probably an exaggeration, but hopefully it's an indicator of how graphic "The Last Airbender" will be.

    *sigh* Alas, probably not.

    But a man can dream. A man can dream.

    My aspirations for the movie are pretty much impossible... I want to see people beating each other to death with their limbs, people crawling and swarming in the bodies and blood of their victims and comrades. Basically a slaughter fest. Oh and Aang roaring to the heavens while in the Avatar State in an apocalyptic fiery inferno. + A few or many sexy scenes



    Really? Isn't that kind of tame for you, Vx?
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    suss2it

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    I saw Unbreakable in the store with Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson so I knew I had to buy it plus it had to do with superheroes, but I had no idea that M. Knight Shaylman was behind that.
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