Just came back from viewing "No Mercy" 2019 (in the basement). It's a Black wrongful conviction movie from William Mcmillian that was overturned in 1993. It's the second time this year I look at this movie.
Yes, I will keep your above suggestion in mind. Unless there is a very upbeat end credit song, then you need to make a break somehow.
I do not think he's too slow. I like Shymalan's style of direction. I just think he's weird-wired somehow and it comes out in his film. It's like it has this slow / drama philosophical type of build-up to something, but it feels twisted at the same time. It's just a unique way he has in fleshing out the characters within the movie without losing the pacing of the movie. His latest movies Split 2016, and Glass 2019, sort of look disturbing when you watch it.Lynxh nkaf said:
One of his movies, Split, 2016, involves a kidnapped girls from a crazy man who had 23 personalities, and shows the kidnap. I was introduced to Anya Taylor-Joy, and looked at other movies she acted in, and also discovered Thoroughbreads (2017) from this. In Thoroughbreads she was a co-conspirator with another girl (who had a mental impairment of having no emotions) and discuss how to kill her step-father. Again, a disturbing type of movie involving Anya Taylor-Joy that started with her working with Shymalan, lol!
I've seen almost all of Shymalan's movies in theaters except for Six Sense, The Village and The Visit, and The Last Airbender. This is one director, along with Chris Nolan, that I wouldn't want to miss their movies if I can help it.
The last Shymalan movie I saw was Glass in 2019. It was seen at Fairview mall in the largest wide-screen they had. I've had a very intense interest in watching a wide-screen movie, where the screen was actually shaped wide so you don't get that letterbox (black on top and bottom of the screen) inside the theater itself! I picked a seat near the center back of the theater where I had a field of view where it felt very immersive. Wasn't able to sleep that night.
I feel this director takes allot of creative risks to his work. The Happening I saw in theater in 2008. Again it was a great movie with me, but panned by critics. You see that Shymalan charm in the work. The character, dialogue and atmosphere and story is just very weird.
The funniest of his works is 'Lady in the Water, 2006. This is the best. He makes a movie where someone is supposed to inspire someone to write something that will change the world. A mysterious lady that's some mythical creature. But guess who that person this creature has to inspire is? THE DIRECTOR SHYMALAN HIMSELF, lol!!!! (She inspired him to make this movie you just paid and wasted your time to see, lol!) That was so retarded I even laugh thinking I actually visited a cinema to watch that because it's so stupid. He has a scene where one of the mythical monsters gobbles up his film critics:
The best horror movie where the victim is a movie critic. Shymalan always has a rift with the critics.
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